Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of chronic care management for diabetes: investigating heterogeneity in outcomes.

abstract：:The Central Research and Development Committee is seeking to involve lay perspectives in the NHS R&D Programme. This paper describes some recent examples of lay involvement in each step of the research process from setting the agenda to making use of research findings. Innovative approaches have involved lay people in...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Oliver S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quality of life (QoL) is an important consideration in the care of patients with chronic neuromuscular disorder (NMD). The current study sought to determine the factor structure of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 (SF-36) version 2 in patients with NMD to determine the appropriateness of using this in...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Banks P,Martin CR,Petty RK

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：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：:The foundationalist and anti-foundationalist conceptions of medical knowledge have been at loggerheads for decades. Evidence-based medicine (EBM), the most prominent form of foundationalism, has attained wide appeal and acceptance among authorities. It proposes that evidence is the "base" upon which all clinical decis...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ghinea N

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the evidence for tai chi in reducing resting blood pressure (BP) in the elderly. METHODS:Databases were searched up to February 2009. All randomized clinical trials (RCTs) testing the effects of tai chi on resting BP in the elderly were considered. The selection of studies, data extraction and val...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lee MS,Lee EN,Kim JI,Ernst E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Individual comparisons of the performance of risk-adjustment indices have been widely conducted. Few reviews have been conducted to summarize the performance of different risk-adjustment indices. A 30-day mortality rate is widely used to evaluate the quality of care in hospitals by federa...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Yang M,Mehta HB,Bali V,Gupta P,Wang X,Johnson ML,Aparasu RR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the use of an inter-professional care team on patient length of stay and payer charges in a geriatric transitional care unit. METHODS:An analysis of de-identified administrative records for transitional care patients for the 12-month period (2003-2004) care...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Blewett LA,Johnson K,McCarthy T,Lackner T,Brandt B

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Existing literature suggests that doctors' poor adherence with guidelines is one of the major contributing factors to suboptimal control of hypertension. This study aims to evaluate doctors' adherence with Malaysian clinical practice guideline (CPG 2008) in a tertiary care hospital, and f...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ahmad N,Hassan Y,Tangiisuran B,Meng OL,Abd Aziz N,Ahmad FU,Atif M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:In 2011 the module cardiometabolic risk of the Prevention Consultation guideline was introduced in the Netherlands in order to prevent cardiometabolic diseases. We aimed to compare attitudes and working methods of Dutch general practitioners (GPs) towards selective prevention of cardiomet...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Vos HM,Van Delft DH,De Kleijn MJ,Nielen MM,Schellevis FG,Lagro-Janssen AL

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance indicators for healthcare organizations represent a strategy for accountability worldwide. A universal approach to either the design for indicators or their applicability to local needs remains a work in progress. The Maryland Hospital Association's Quality Indicator Project (QIP) is the only indicator-bas...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kazandjian VA,Matthes N,Wicker KG

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of the quality of allocation concealment with heterogeneity in age, the P value of the primary outcome and statistical significance of the primary outcome. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We extracted data from articles published in four major medical journals in 2017 and 2018 that reporte...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mitchell A,Moe-Byrne T,Cunningham-Burley R,Dean A,Rangan A,Roche J,Torgerson DJ

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：:Parts 1 and 2 in this series of three articles have shown that and how strong evidence-based medicine has neither a coherent theoretical foundation nor creditable application to clinical practice. Because of its core commitment to the discredited positivist tradition it holds both a false concept of scientific knowled...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mugerauer R

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate asthma management and control in primary care clinics so as to design improvements based on guideline-directed outcomes. METHODS:In this study, all medical records of asthma-diagnosed patients (children as well as adults, entire lifespan, asthma-related visits or not) were re...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： du Plessis JM,Gerber JJ,Brand L

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：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：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: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

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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Predictors of intimate partner violence (IPV) include husband, wife and relational characteristics. However, we know little about the proximal, day-to-day triggering of abusive events. The purpose of the study was to analyse the daily temporal relationships among environmental, relational...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Katerndahl D,Burge S,Ferrer R,Becho J,Wood R

更新日期：2014-10-01 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:This paper reports an initiative which promoted evidence-based practice in pressure risk assessment and management among home nursing clients in Melbourne, Australia. AIM AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the introduction and uptake of the Australian Wound Management Association Guidelines...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kapp S

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Artificial intelligence and big data are more and more used in medicine, either in prevention, diagnosis or treatment, and are clearly modifying the way medicine is thought and practiced. Some authors argue that the use of artificial intelligence techniques to analyze big data would even ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Brault N,Saxena M

更新日期：2020-12-23 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：:The final years of life present challenges for care. In middle-/high-income countries, the percentage of people of advanced age in the population is growing, and the dying process continues to become more complex and protracted. We propose that a new understanding of care, 'teleological care', be considered as an impo...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Cellarius V,Upshur R

更新日期：2014-12-01 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:Despite increasing dissemination efforts, many psychotherapists still do not use treatments that are supported by research. Some have claimed that psychotherapists rely more on their clinical intuition than scientific evidence when making treatment decisions, but there is a paucity of res...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Gaudiano BA,Brown LA,Miller IW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To develop a reliable and valid questionnaire that can distinguish features of organizational culture for patient safety across subgroups such as hospitals, professions, management/non-management positions and units/wards. METHODS:We developed a Hospital Organizational Culture Questionna...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kobuse H,Morishima T,Tanaka M,Murakami G,Hirose M,Imanaka Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00