Evaluation of a health service delivery intervention to promote falls prevention in older people across the care continuum.

abstract：:The notion of stigma and its influence on the understanding of dementia has commonly been recognized as a great challenge to seeking healthcare services for South Asians in England. The aim of this commentary is to examine how Muslims view, understand and tackle dementia stigma in the context of revivalist Islam, espe...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Hossain MZ,Mughal F

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Local health administrators implemented chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure admission order sets to increase guideline adherence. We explored the impact of these order sets on workflows and guideline adherence in the internal medicine specialty in two Canadian teachin...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lander B,Balka E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Values-based practice (VBP), developed as a partner theory to evidence-based medicine (EBM), takes into explicit consideration patients' and clinicians' values, preferences, concerns and expectations during the clinical encounter in order to make decisions about proper interventions. VBP takes seriously the importance...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Fernandez AV,Wieten S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) and Health of Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) are both measures of outcome for adolescent mental health services. AIMS:To compare the ADAD with HoNOSCA; to examine their clinical usefulness. METHODS:Comparison of the ADAD and HoNOSCA o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Holzer L,Tchemadjeu IK,Plancherel B,Bolognini M,Rossier V,Chinet L,Halfon O

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To measure the impact of French national consensus guidelines on the clinical practices of primary care paediatricians and general practitioners. DESIGN:Non-randomized intervention study, with a first survey 1 year before the consensus development conference and a second survey 1 year after. INTERVENTION:Implemen...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Touzet S,Réfabert L,Letrilliart L,Ortolan B,Colin C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine IMR trends and regional variations among 47 prefectures in Japan and to identify associated population-based factors. METHODS:We conducted an ecological study of infant mortality rate (IMR) by analyzing publicly available data from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Outcome me...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mishina H,Hilton JF,Takayama JI

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we reflect upon and problematize the ways in which 'patient involvement' is interpreted in a substantial proportion of the research literature on involvement and shared decision making. Drawing upon an analysis of this literature we raise concerns about the 'medicalization of involvement' embedded in, an...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Donetto S,Cribb A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following my own involvement in the rise of evidence-based medicine in General Practice in the UK, and having seen how this tide has led to a relative devaluation of other kinds of knowing this paper sets out four alternative approaches to the problem of knowledge in a way which both undermines the predominance of a s...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mitchell D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONAL, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence based strategy for facilitating employment among adults with severe mental illness (SMI) where staff may lead mock job interviews to prepare clients for real-world interviews (a method with limited scalability and cost effectiveness). A...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Smith MJ,Graham AK,Sax R,Spencer ES,Razzano LA,Smith JD,Jordan N

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:In Switzerland, there is a dearth of information on the extent to which patients with chronic illnesses receive care congruent with the Chronic Care Model (CCM). To drive quality improvement programmes, it is necessary to have practical assessment tools in the country's own language to evaluate the delivery ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Steurer-Stey C,Frei A,Schmid-Mohler G,Malcolm-Kohler S,Zoller M,Rosemann T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare glycaemic control, as reflected in the A1c level, of diabetic patients with primary care vs. with specialist care. METHODS:The study used administrative data from eastern Ontario, Canada, and a database containing the results of all A1c tests from this region between 1 September 1999 and 1 Septemb...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shah BR,Hux JE,Laupacis A,Mdcm BZ,Austin PC,van Walraven C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health management programmes are generally evaluated as point treatment studies in which only a baseline and outcome measurement are used in the analysis, even when multiple observations for each individual are available. By summarizing observations into two distinct measurements the evaluator loses any ability to dis...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Linden A,Adams JL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The implementation of automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) in healthcare facilities appears to be increasing, in particular within Australian hospital emergency departments (EDs). While the investment in ADCs is on the increase, no studies have specifically investigated the impacts of ADC...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Fanning L,Jones N,Manias E

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Evidence-based medicine (EBM) calls for medical practitioners to "integrate" our best available evidence into clinical practice. A significant amount of the literature on EBM takes this integration to be unproblematic, focusing on questions like how to interpret evidence and engage with patient values, rather than cri...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lawson-Frost S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartwright and Munro argued that extrapolation of findings from randomized controlled trials to other settings can be difficult because information about the underlying causal structure and subgroups is often not available. They advocated the use of 'capacities' - that is fixed causal contributions - in predicting eff...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Hubbeling D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The efficiency of a hospital's operating room (OR) management can affect its overall profitability. However, existing indicators that assess OR management efficiency do not take into account differences in hospital size, manpower and functional characteristics, thereby rendering them unsuitable for multi-ins...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Tanaka M,Lee J,Ikai H,Imanaka Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive improvements in antihypertensive drug therapy over the past four decades have provided clear benefits in limiting cardiovascular complications. Unfortunately, and largely inexplicably, the inclusion in meta-analyses of defective trials plus the employment of inappropriate diagnostic criteria for adverse co...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Robertson JI

更新日期：2001-05-01 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

abstract：:Clinical guidelines are essential in promoting the implementation of evidence-based practice within the NHS. But there are two broad schools of thought about their development and implementation: the first argues that guidelines should be entirely evidence-based and tolerates a degree of complexity which may make the ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Onion CW,Walley T

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Clinical guidelines are tools that systematize scientific evidence and help to achieve proper care. Several difficulties are reported regarding the effective use, such as the shortcomings in the level of knowledge and attitudes by the professionals, the service structure and the preferenc...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Magluta C,Gomes MA,Wuillaume SM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In Canada, Aboriginal people, particularly First Nations experience significant health disparities and a lower health status compared with the non-Aboriginal population. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic and clinical characteristics of First Nations patients admitte...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lafond G,Haver CR,McLeod V,Clarke S,Horsburgh B,McLeod KM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Heterogeneity is a critical issue in meta-analysis, because it implies the appropriateness of combining the collected studies and impacts the reliability of the synthesized results. The Q test is a traditional method to assess heterogeneity; however, because it does not have an intuitive...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lin L

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Models for the structured delivery of care rely on organizational attributes of practice teams. The Survey of Organizational Attributes for Primary Care (SOAPC) is known to be a valid instrument to measure this aspect in the primary care setting. The aim of this study was to determine the validity of a transl...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ose D,Freund T,Kunz CU,Szecsenyi J,Natanzon I,Trieschmann J,Wensing M,Miksch A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of chronic disease risk prediction models has become a growing area of research in recent years. The internal validity of such models is sometimes lower than estimated from the development sample. Overfitting or overoptimism of the developed model and/or differences between the samples are likely...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mannan HR,McNeil JJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to determine whether there are differences among family physicians (FPs) and general practitioners (GPs) in terms of their preference for different classes of antihypertensives, either alone or in combinations, in uncomplicated cases of hypertension and to determine the extent of adherence to WHO/ISH guide...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sequeira RP,Jassim KA,Damanhori AH,Mathur VS

更新日期：2002-11-01 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:It is suspected that childhood urinary tract infection (UTI) remains under-diagnosed in primary care, and is consequently the cause of subsequent morbidity from renal scarring, hypertension and eventual renal failure. Practice-based education and service developments were undertaken to tr...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Cunningham AM,Edwards A,Jones KV,Bourdeaux K,Willock J,Barnes R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00