Morbidity figures from general practice: sex differences in traumatology.

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The goal is to fully automate the calculation of a breast ptosis measure from clinical photographs through automatic localization of fiducial points relevant to the measure. METHODS:Sixty-eight women (97 clinical photographs) who underwent or were scheduled for breast reconstruction were...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lee J,Kim E,Reece GP,Crosby MA,Beahm EK,Markey MK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Neonates with life-threatening conditions face complex clinical circumstances that confront parents and professionals with ethical decisions. Parents' participation in decision making has not gained sufficient attention in practice. Understanding factors affecting parents' participation ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Banazadeh M,Khanjari S,Naddaf A,Oskouie F

更新日期：2020-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The difference between the pth quantiles of 2 survival functions can be used to compare patients' survival between 2 therapies. Setting p = 0.5 yields the median survival time difference. Varying p between 0 and 1 defines the quantile survival time difference curve which can be straightforwardly estimated by the horiz...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Heinzl H,Mittlboeck M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escalating costs, increasing multi-morbidity, medically unexplained health problems, complex risk, poly-pharmacy and antibiotic resistance can be regarded as artefacts of the traditional knowledge production in Western medicine, arising from its particular worldview. Our paper presents a historically grounded critical...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kirkengen AL,Ekeland TJ,Getz L,Hetlevik I,Schei E,Ulvestad E,Vetlesen AJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Mortality prediction models using logistic regression analysis play a pivotal role in intensive care quality evaluation, allowing a hospital's performance to be compared with a standard. However, when a difference between predicted and observed mortality exists, that is, the numerator of ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Foltran F,Berchialla P,Giunta F,Malacarne P,Merletti F,Gregori D

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a court in Belgium awarded a sum of 400 000 euros to the parents of a child with disability who at that point had already died of Sanfilippo syndrome. Their charge was not that the baby was born with disability, but that the child was born. The charge was brought in the child's name, and so effectively, the ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Devisch I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many developed nations, the state of publicly administered health care is increasingly precarious as a result of escalating numbers of chronically ill patients, inadequate medical personnel and hospital facilities, as well as sparse funding for ongoing upgrades to state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic technol...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Genuis SJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine the validity of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) in terms of change in relation to sex, clinical characteristics and level of clinical change as assessed using other measures. METHODS:The sample consisted of N = 690 admissions from one ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Egger ST,Weniger G,Prinz S,Vetter S,Müller M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) statin guidelines recommend that people with risk of cardio-vascular disease (CVD) ≥7.5% over 10 years should be treated with statins. This recommendation ignores individual patient CVD risks and preferences. We c...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Djulbegovic B,Tsalatsanis A,Hozo I

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:The patient-centred medical home (PCMH) is an innovative approach to health care reform. Despite a well-established process for recognizing PCMH practices, fidelity to, and/or adaptation of, the PCMH model can limit health care and population health improvements. This study explored the ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sklar M,Seijo C,Goldman RE,Eaton CB

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIM AND OBJECTIVE:As the prescribing of drugs in secondary care is known to influence prescribing in primary care and because an understanding of prescribers' reasoning is essential for evaluating prescribing appropriateness, the aim of this study was to investigate secondary care doctors' views of appropria...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ljungberg C,Lindblad AK,Tully M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The role of pharmacists in chronic disease state management has been shown to significantly improve patient health outcomes and reduce overall health care costs. The current study is designed to assess the roles and attitudes of West Virginia (WV) pharmacists toward diabetes, evaluate services provi...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shatnawi A,Latif DA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Medical tradition considers a physical examination (PE) an essential part of the clinical encounter. In real medical practice, however, a full PE may not be necessary when the diagnosis is clear after anamnesis and general impression. We assessed the value of PEs in 500 diagnoses of upper respiratory infecti...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kiderman A,Dratva D,Ever-Hadani P,Cohen R,Brezis M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Wide variations in referral practice from primary to secondary care have been observed. Clinical, demographic and referrer characteristics explain little of this variation. Patient psychological characteristics have been suggested as a potential explanation of this, biasing referral. The objective of this stu...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Glozier N,Prince M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Appropriate indications for colonoscopy (C) are essential for a rational use of resources. The aim of this study is to evaluate the appropriateness of indication for C according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) guidelines and to evaluate whether appropriate us...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Suriani R,Rizzetto M,Mazzucco D,Grosso S,Gastaldi P,Marino M,Sanseverinati S,Venturini I,Borghi A,Zeneroli ML

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience of knowledge management initiatives in non-health care organizations can offer useful insights, and strategies, to implement evidence-based practice in health care. Knowledge management offers a structured process for the generation, storage, distribution and application of knowledge in organizations. This ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sandars J,Heller R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over 30 years, "evidence-based" clinical guidelines remained entrenched in an oversimplified, design-based, framework for rating the strength of evidence supporting clinical recommendations. The approach frequently equated the rating of evidence with that of the recommendations themselves. "Grading Recommendations...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wyer PC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:National policy, guided by research, suggests several patient and service benefits achieved by providing 7-day health care. Therefore, a 7-day inpatient neurophysiotherapy service was introduced at a large teaching hospital in London. The study's aim was to evaluate the effect of the 7-d...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： McGlinchey MP,Buttery C

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Loss of situation awareness (SA) by health professionals during handover is a major threat to patient safety in perinatal care. SA refers to knowing what is going on around. Adequate handover communication and process may support situation assessment, a precursor of SA. This study describ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Poot EP,de Bruijne MC,Wouters MG,de Groot CJ,Wagner C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time and timeliness are key issues in appraising and ensuring the clinical relevance of systematic reviews. Time considerations entering the systematic review process include the history of the clinical problem, disease, or treatment that is the target of the review, and the history of the research conducted to addres...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Barroso J,Sandelowski M,Voils CI

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale, aims and objectives  The study aims to investigate the effects of a patient safety advisory on patients' risk perceptions, perceived behavioural control, performance of safety behaviours and experience of adverse incidents. Method  Quasi-experimental intervention study with non-equivalent group comparison w...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Schwappach DL,Frank O,Buschmann U,Babst R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical tests of heterogeneity and bias, in particular publication bias, are very popular in meta-analyses. These tests use statistical approaches whose limitations are often not recognized. Moreover, it is often implied with inappropriate confidence that these tests can provide reliable answers to questions that ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ioannidis JP

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Explicit criteria have been used worldwide to identify suboptimal prescribing such as potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs). The objective of our study was to determine prevalence, types and factors associated with PIPs in older people discharged from an Albanian hospital. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Hudhra K,Beçi E,Petrela E,Xhafaj D,García-Caballos M,Bueno-Cavanillas A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To describe the application of systems and complexity science principles to real patient care. RATIONALE:Our current global health care system is not sustainable. It is structured based on the principles of reductionist science, which was discovered and developed over the past 400 to 600 years. Bec...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ramshaw B

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identified as a mental disorder by Emil Kraepelin and Eugen Bleuler (1858-1939), schizophrenia has been subject to various criticisms, on both political and scientific grounds. Still, until the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, as the'Spectrum of Schizophrenia and Othe...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Gonçalves J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:A positive and strong safety culture underpins effective learning from patient safety incidents in health care, including the community pharmacy (CP) setting. To build this culture, perceptions of safety climate must be measured with context-specific and reliable instruments. No pre-exist...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Newham R,Bennie M,Maxwell D,Watson A,de Wet C,Bowie P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common for primary care providers (PCPs) to manage complex multimorbidity. When caring for patients with multimorbidity, PCPs face challenges to tackle several issues within a short consultation in order to address patients' complex needs. Furthermore, some PCPs may lack access to a multidisciplinary team and ne...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ng CJ,Lee YK,Abdullah A,Abu Bakar AI,Tun Firzara AM,Tiew HW

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Virtues are an important component in the practice of clinical medicine. Prudence or wisdom and charity or love are often viewed as crucial for virtuous practice. Generally, the two virtues are discussed separately, with no connection between them; however, a synergy exists between the two virtues as a compou...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Marcum JA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00