A critique of hypertension treatment trials and of their evaluation.

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Complex problems require strategies to engage diverse perspectives in a focused, flexible manner, yet few options exist that fit with the current health care and public health system constraints. The Complex Network Electronic Knowledge Translation Research model (CoNEKTR) brings together...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Norman CD,Charnaw-Burger J,Yip AL,Saad S,Lombardo C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence-based health care (EBHC), previously evidence-based medicine (EBM), is considered by many to have modernized health care and brought it from an authority-based past to a more rationalist, scientific grounding. But recent concerns and criticisms pose serious challenges and urge us to look at the fundamentals o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wieringa S,Engebretsen E,Heggen K,Greenhalgh T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:In the UK fewer than 15% of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) cases are diagnosed, representing a major gap in coronary heart disease prevention. We wished to support primary care doctors within the Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to implement NICE guidance (CG71) and consider ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Green P,Neely D,Humphries SE,Medway FH Audit Steering Committee.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a fatal complication and the most common preventable cause of death in hospitals. The risk-to-benefit ratio of thromboprophylaxis depends on the performance of the risk assessment model. A linear model, the Padua model, is recommended for medical inpatients in the United States...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wang X,Yang YQ,Liu SH,Hong XY,Sun XF,Shi JH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and review evidence relating to the measurement properties of published multi-item outcome measures for the conservative management of lateral ligament injuries of the ankle. METHODS:Systematic literature searches were used to identify measures, which were then assessed against pre-defined criter...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Haywood KL,Hargreaves J,Lamb SE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIM AND OBJECTIVE:Factors influencing doctors in prescribing of drugs have mostly been studied in primary care. Studies performed in hospital care have primarily focused on new drugs, not prescribing in general. An in-depth understanding of the prescribing process in the more specialized secondary care is no...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ljungberg C,Lindblad AK,Tully MP

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a worldwide approach to improving health care. There is, however, a shortage of studies examining whether or not newly graduated health care professionals are actually applying EBP in their daily work. OBJECTIVES:To examine the application of EBP in clinical practice by regi...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Boström AM,Ehrenberg A,Gustavsson JP,Wallin L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Current meta-analysis was conducted aiming to assess the efficacy and safety of recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) in the treatment of acute leukaemia (AL) patients with chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia (CIT). METHODS:We searched PubMed, Embase, Chinese National Knowledge I...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Liu Z,Wang Y,Yan J,Liu J,Chen B,Zhang L,Cheng L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this paper were to investigate quality of care for individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) and to determine if those most in need had the outcome of a total joint replacement (TJR). Key quality indicators were involvement in treatment decisions, appropriate information provision and outcomes o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： McHugh GA,Campbell M,Luker KA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use structured implicit review following large-scale explicit audit of antipsychotic polyprescribing to: (1) determine the true rate of antipsychotic polytherapy that deviated from best practice for schizophrenia treatment; and (2) assess whether explicit antipsychotic polytherapy criterion was appropriate...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wheeler A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Variability in indications for total hip replacement (THR) and unequal waiting times may limit health care access. OBJECTIVE:To analyse the relationship between appropriateness and previously developed surgical priority instruments. METHOD:Multicentre cross-validation study of patients placed on the waiting...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Allepuz A,Quintana JM,Espallargues M,Escobar A,Moharra M,Arostegui I

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Nurses' work is inextricably linked to the evaluation of the quality of care provision in health care. Within this evaluation, individualized care is a topical theme in western countries. Currently, there is no suitable instrument to measure the level of individualized care from the nurses' point of view. AI...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Suhonen R,Gustafsson ML,Katajisto J,Välimäki M,Leino-Kilpi H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Issues of overuse, underuse and misuse are paramount and lead to avoidable morbidity and mortality. Although evidence-based practice is advocated, the widespread implementation of this kind of practice remains a challenge. This is also the case for evidence-based practice related to the p...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Van Herck P,Sermeus W,Jylha V,Michiels D,Van den Heede K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient non-adherence is a common and important concern in clinical medicine. Some cases of patient non-adherence are cases in which the patient disagrees with the physician's recommended treatment based on particular reasons. Drawing upon science and technology studies literature, specifically the discussion by Colli...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Yelovich MC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work on resilience in health and illness has been approached from a number of perspectives. These are the biological and psychosocial with a focus on the individual's responses to cope and adapt to changing circumstances wrought by changing physical health states. This we argue has a place but is far too narrow emphas...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Walker C,Peterson CL

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The incidence of falls and fall-related injuries in older age is predicted to increase concomitantly with global population ageing, representing a serious challenge to health care systems. In spite of the availability of policy and practice guidelines for the prevention of falls and fall-...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Peel NM,Travers C,Bell RA,Smith K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the current study was to assess, in patients scheduled for primary total knee replacement (TKR), the effects of pre-surgery waiting time on pain and functional limitations related to the knee joint undergoing surgery, on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and on contralateral knee pain 6 mo...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Desmeules F,Dionne CE,Belzile ÉL,Bourbonnais R,Frémont P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Human brain connectome is a new and rapidly developing field in neuroscience. The pattern of structural and functional connectivity in the brain is not fixed but is continuously changing in response to experiences. Exploring these phenomena opens a powerful arsenal of analyses and comput...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Popova F,Kovacheva A,Garov P,Sivkov S,Kandilarova S,Sirakov N,Stoeva M,Velkova KG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:RATIONAL AND AIMS: In recent years, guidelines for treatment of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have been updated. Insight in current pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of CHF in primary care, which was non-optimal in earlier studies, is limited. We aim to describe current pharmacolo...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Bosch M,Wensing M,Bakx JC,van der Weijden T,Hoes AW,Grol RP

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to appointments in primary care is not routinely measured, and there is no one standardized method for doing so. Any measurement tool has to take account of the dynamic status of appointment availability and the definitional problems of appointment types. The aim of this study was to develop and trial a method ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Elwyn G,Jones W,Rhydderch M,Edwards P

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of medical ethics education comprise several dimensions: legal duties to secure informed consent, tell the truth and protect confidentiality; objective competencies that include an understanding of DNR regulations and surrogate decision-making procedures; discursive moral skills such as moral sensitivity, re...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Gross ML

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) usually entails regular hospital reviews with a specialist often when the patient is well rather than during a period of exacerbation. An alternative approach where patients initiate appointments when they need them can improve patient satisfact...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Goodwin VA,Paudyal P,Perry MG,Day N,Hawton A,Gericke C,Ukoumunne OC,Byng R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:Accrediting health care organizations against standards is a recognized safety and quality intervention. The credibility of an accreditation programme relies on surveying reliability. We investigated accreditation survey coordinators' perceptions of reliability issues and their continued r...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Greenfield D,Hogden A,Hinchcliff R,Mumford V,Pawsey M,Debono D,Westbrook JI,Braithwaite J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Efforts to implement evidence-based medicine (EBM) training in developing countries are limited. We describe the results of an international effort to improve research capacity in a developing country; we conducted a course aimed at improving basic EBM attitudes and identified challenges....

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Tomatis C,Taramona C,Rizo-Patrón E,Hernández F,Rodríguez P,Piscoya A,Gonzales E,Gotuzzo E,Heudebert G,Centor RM,Estrada CA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Data about health care organizations (HCOs) are not useful until they are interpreted. Such interpretations are influenced by the theoretical lenses used by the researcher. OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to suggest the usefulness of theories of complex adaptive systems (CASs) in guiding research interpretation. S...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Jordon M,Lanham HJ,Anderson RA,McDaniel RR Jr

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicine is predicated on a view of human nature that is highly positivist and atomistic. This is apparent in the way in which its students are taught, clinical consultations are structured and medical evidence is generated. The field of medical humanities originally emerged as a challenge to this overly narrow view, ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Macnaughton J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to examine Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption among Florida doctors who treat the elderly. This analysis contributes to the EHR adoption literature by determining if doctors who disproportionately treat the elderly differ from their counterparts with respect to the utilizati...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Yeager VA,Menachemi N,Brooks RG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:In the context of an ageing population, increasing numbers of older people with long-term conditions are presenting to secondary health care facilities in the United Kingdom having experienced a fall or fall-related injury. Despite such observations, falls and long-term conditions have tr...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Robinson L,Newton JL,Jones D,Dawson P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Often, when conducting programme evaluations or studying the effects of policy changes, researchers may only have access to aggregated time series data, presented as observations spanning both the pre- and post-intervention periods. The most basic analytic model using these data requires only a single group and models...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Linden A,Adams JL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Malnutrition screening is essential to detect and to treat patients with stunting or wasting. The aim was to evaluate the subjective perception of frequency and assessment of malnutrition by health care professionals. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES:In a paediatric university hospital, a...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Restier L,Duclos A,Jarri L,Touzet S,Denis A,Occelli P,Kassai-Koupai B,Lachaux A,Loras-Duclaux I,Colin C,Peretti N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00