Causation in evidence-based medicine: in reply to Strand and Parkkinen.

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:Diagnostic reasoning is a critical aspect of clinical performance, having a high impact on quality and safety of care. Although diagnosis is fundamental in medicine, we still have a poor understanding of the factors that determine its course. According to traditional understanding, all information used in dia...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lucchiari C,Pravettoni G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Day surgery is evolving, with a majority of recoveries occurring at home. There is, in parallel, an evolution in telemedical technology. The aim of the present project was to identify patients' willingness to use predefined follow-up techniques and to clinically test preferred techniques ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Warren-Stomberg M,Jacobsson J,Brattwall M,Jildenstål P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the methodological limitations identified in a recent authoritative US report by the Public Health Service, which provides the theoretical background to several other guidelines on cost effectiveness, such as those of the British Medical Journal. It places each limitation in context and discusses ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Raftery J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obese people consume significantly greater amounts of health resources. This study set out to determine if health resource utilization by obese people decreases after losing weight in a comprehensive medically supervised weight management programme. Four hundred and fifty-six patients enrolled in a single-centred, mul...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： van Walraven C,Dent R

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：: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：:One knowledge translation method, of putting evidence into practice, is the use of clinical practice guidelines (CPG). The purpose of this brief report is to describe an 8-step process of "how to" contextualize a training programme to increase CPG-uptake for a targeted audience in a clearly defined setting. This proce...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Stander J,Grimmer K,Brink Y

更新日期：2020-09-14 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：: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

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：OBJECTIVE:Self-efficacy - the confidence to carry out certain behaviour in order to achieve a specific goal - has increasingly been recognized as an essential prerequisite of effective self-management of chronic diseases. Therefore, valid and reliable measures are needed to evaluate self-efficacy in both research and c...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Freund T,Gensichen J,Goetz K,Szecsenyi J,Mahler C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Short-term intensive insulin therapy (IIT) early in the course of type 2 diabetes can improve pancreatic beta-cell function and even induce normoglycemia that persists post-therapy. In spite of this benefit, insulin is often delayed until late in the course of disease partly because of it...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Opsteen C,Qi Y,Zinman B,Retnakaran R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through the yellow card and made concrete by the knowledge and attitudes of doctors, has been rousing a great deal of bibliographical interest in recent years. However, there does not seem to be any actual revision in the theme on...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Herdeiro MT,Polonia J,Gestal-Otero JJ,Figueiras A

更新日期：2004-11-01 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: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：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：BACKGROUND:Child psychoanalytic psychotherapy has been criticized for its reluctance to embrace evidence-based practice. This study aims to explore the historical narrative of a sample of child psychoanalytic psychotherapists about progress in developing the evidence base. METHODS:Fourteen psychotherapists were interv...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Rous E,Clark A

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Randomized trials are undoubtedly different from observational studies, but authors sometimes propose differences between these designs that do not exist. In this article we examine two claims about randomized trials: first, a recent claim that the causal structure of exposure measurement (information) bias in a rando...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shahar E,Shahar DJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Focusing on the implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the management of adult cancers, the objectives of this study were to (a) describe the intrinsic elements known to influence CPG use; (b) identify the ways in which CPGs are implemented; and (c) explore how CPG cha...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Urquhart R,Woodside H,Kendell C,Porter GA

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：: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, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Guidelines for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) are suboptimally implemented in clinical care. To improve guideline adherence, patients' perceived barriers and facilitators in current care were investigated. METHODS:Eleven patients with knee OA were extensively interviewed using a ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Spitaels D,Vankrunkelsven P,Desfosses J,Luyten F,Verschueren S,Van Assche D,Aertgeerts B,Hermens R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While shared decision-making (SDM) training programmes for health professionals have been developed in several countries, few have been evaluated. In Norway, a comprehensive curriculum, "klar for samvalg" (ready for SDM), for interprofessional health-care teams was created using generic didactic methods an...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kienlin S,Nytrøen K,Stacey D,Kasper J

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES: "Implementation science," the scientific study of methods translating research findings into practical, useful outcomes, is contested and complex, with unpredictable use of results from routine clinical practice and different levels of continuing assessment of implementable interventio...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Rapport F,Clay-Williams R,Churruca K,Shih P,Hogden A,Braithwaite J

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:The way in which care providers describe incapacitated elderly people is not without implications. The different ways in which they describe their patients-client, patient, or a sick human being-have consequences for their relationships with these patients and the decision-making process...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： de Bock BA,Willems DL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00