The impacts of pre-surgery wait for total knee replacement on pain, function and health-related quality of life six months after surgery.

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 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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Occupational violence is increasingly recognized as a problem in general practice, and has been suggested as adversely affecting general practitioners' (GPs) provision of services to patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of experiences of violence and percepti...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Magin PJ,Adams J,Sibbritt DW,Joy E,Ireland MC

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Wristbands are essential for accurate patient identification. Some evidence suggests that missing wristbands is not an infrequent occurrence in acute hospitals. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has developed guidance on patient identification for hospitals in England and Wales. H...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sevdalis N,Norris B,Ranger C,Bothwell S,Wristband Project Team.

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：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：:The primary goal of evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been to change the way clinicians make decisions. But EBM has inappropriately privileged the results of clinical research for medical decision making and has undermined the importance of other kinds of medical knowledge, pathophysiologic understanding and clinical ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Tonelli MR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of this study is to gain an insight into hospital pharmacists' current practice and perceptions towards medicine reconciliation and to identify common challenges preventing pharmacists from providing this service. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted over 2 month...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Hammour KA,Farha RA,Basheti I

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:The main purpose of this paper is to measure the efficiency and ranking of medical diagnostic laboratories by applying a network data envelopment analysis (NDEA). METHODS:In this study, each medical diagnostic laboratory is considered as a decision-making unit (DMU), and an NDEA model i...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ghafari Someh N,Pishvaee MS,Sadjadi SJ,Soltani R

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Medication non-adherence is a major contributor to poor outcomes following discharge from psychiatric hospitals. It is therefore imperative that staff are able to accurately assess the extent to which patients have engaged with treatment. This study presents data on a new observer rating instrument of patien...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Byrne MK,Deane FP,Willis A,Hawkins B,Quinn R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the practices of physicians on the diagnosis and treatment of antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity (ATH), and to evaluate the concordance between these practices and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2006 guidelines. METHODS:Information was reviewed on 670 new cases of tuberculosis pat...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Thongraung W,Sittidach M,Khwansuwan P,Sariyasuntorn K,Wongsampan S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacoeconomic evaluations are often based on computer models which simulate the course of disease with and without medical interventions. The purpose of this study is to propose and illustrate a rigorous approach for validating such disease models. For illustrative purposes, we applied this approach to a computer-b...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sendi PP,Craig BA,Pfluger D,Gafni A,Bucher HC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the literature on the perceived benefits and disadvantages associated with significant event analysis (SEA) and identify reported barriers and facilitating factors. METHOD:A comprehensive search of electronic databases and peer reviewed journals was conducted during June 2006. Studies which explore...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Bowie P,Pope L,Lough M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Several international studies have been conducted on student burnout. To contribute to the clinical examination as well as research on the mental health of students, the MBI-SS (Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey) has been validated and used in different countries but not in French. OBJECTIVE:The ai...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Faye-Dumanget C,Carré J,Le Borgne M,Boudoukha PAH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:Low back pain (LBP) care can involve many providers. The provider chosen for entry into care may predict future health care utilization and costs. The objective of this study was to explore associations between entry settings and future LBP-related utilization and costs. METHODS:A retrosp...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Fritz JM,Kim J,Dorius J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:We aim to determine the prevalence of reconciliation errors (REs) at admission to surgery departments, report their potential clinical impact and analyse possible risk factors. METHODS:Prospective observational study was conducted for 8 months in a regional public hospital in Spain. The ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： González-García L,Salmerón-García A,García-Lirola M,Moya-Roldán S,Belda-Rustarazo S,Cabeza-Barrera J

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) are widely performed to cure obesity and obesity-related diseases. Our aim was to compare these two procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An electronic literature search was performed from inception to December 2018. The cli...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Zhao K,Liu J,Wang M,Yang H,Wu A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Following increased interest in having inter-professional (IP) health care teams engage patients in decision making, we developed a conceptual model for an IP approach to shared decision making (SDM) in primary care. We assessed the validity of the model with stakeholders in Canada. METH...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Légaré F,Stacey D,Gagnon S,Dunn S,Pluye P,Frosch D,Kryworuchko J,Elwyn G,Gagnon MP,Graham ID

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Radiology develops evidence-based practice guidelines to aid appropriate utilization of radiological procedures. Panel members use expert opinion to weight trade-offs and consensus methods to rate appropriateness of imaging tests. These ratings include an equivocal range, assigned when there is...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Agapova M,Bresnahan BB,Higashi M,Kessler L,Garrison LP Jr,Devine B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIM AND OBJECTIVE:In Australia and New Zealand, there are no established standards for the final presentations of prepared intravenous medications in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Variability has the potential to contribute to deficiencies in safety, efficiency and cost effectiveness. This study aimed to exam...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Levkovich BJ,Bui T,Bovell A,Watterson J,Egan A,Poole SG,Dooley MJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study (Stanhope et al. 1998) established that staff in two obstetric units reported less than a quarter of designated incidents to the units' risk managers. A questionnaire was administered to 42 obstetricians and 156 midwives at the same two obstetric units, exploring the reasons for low rates of reporting...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Vincent C,Stanhope N,Crowley-Murphy M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

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：: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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:This paper is the third of three related papers exploring the ways in which the principles of Learning Organizations (LOs) could be applied in Primary Care settings at the point of service delivery. METHODS:Here we provide a systematic literature review of contextual factors that either ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Rushmer R,Kelly D,Lough M,Wilkinson JE,Davies HT

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Handovers within and between health care settings are known to affect quality of care. Health care organizations, struggle how to guarantee best care during handovers. The aim of this paper is to evaluate handover practices in Dutch birth centres from a process perspective, to identify ob...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Hitzert M,Boesveld IC,Hermus MAA,de Graaf JP,Wiegers TA,Steegers EAP,Meijboom BR,Akkermans HA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The whole spectrum of medicine consists of complex non-linear systems that are balanced and interact with each other. How non-linearity confers stability on a system and explains variation and uncertainty in clinical medicine is discussed. A major theme is that a small alteration in initial conditions may have a major...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Petros P

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system approach termed P4 medicine has recently been proposed in the field of oncology. This approach has been advanced as an extension of what is usually called 'personalized' or 'genomic medicine'. P4 medicine creates effective predictive, personalized, preventive and participatory models to treat patients. In ord...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Pravettoni G,Gorini A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00