Assessing the methodological quality of the Canadian Psychiatric Association's anxiety and depression clinical practice guidelines.

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:Accrediting health care organizations against standards is a recognized safety and quality intervention. The credibility of an accreditation programme relies on surveying reliability. We investigated accreditation survey coordinators' perceptions of reliability issues and their continued r...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Greenfield D,Hogden A,Hinchcliff R,Mumford V,Pawsey M,Debono D,Westbrook JI,Braithwaite J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:In the UK fewer than 15% of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) cases are diagnosed, representing a major gap in coronary heart disease prevention. We wished to support primary care doctors within the Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to implement NICE guidance (CG71) and consider ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Green P,Neely D,Humphries SE,Medway FH Audit Steering Committee.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to improve our understanding about what might be the specific characteristics of mental disorders to strengthen the scientific credibility of psychiatry and to clarify its position among other medical and nonmedical sciences. On the other hand, this issue has diagnostic, research, therapeutic, legal, f...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Telles Correia D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the current study was to assess, in patients scheduled for primary total knee replacement (TKR), the effects of pre-surgery waiting time on pain and functional limitations related to the knee joint undergoing surgery, on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and on contralateral knee pain 6 mo...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Desmeules F,Dionne CE,Belzile ÉL,Bourbonnais R,Frémont P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

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：INTRODUCTION:Non-routine events (NREs) are atypical or unusual occurrences in a pre-defined process. Although some NREs in high-risk clinical settings have no adverse effects on patient care, others can potentially cause serious patient harm. A unified strategy for identifying and describing NREs in these domains will ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Alberto EC,Jagannath S,McCusker ME,Keller S,Marsic I,Sarcevic A,O'Connell KJ,Burd RS

更新日期：2020-08-16 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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the quality of occupational health care provided to National Health Service (NHS) staff. We designed the first national clinical audits of occupational health care in England. We chose to audit depression and back pain as health care workers have high levels of both ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Williams S,Rogers C,Peel P,Harvey SB,Henderson M,Madan I,Smedley J,Grant R

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：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 paper proposes that frameworks typical to metaphysics and art could be used in clinical treatment in somatic and psychiatric contexts to ensure improved care. The concept of the "body electric" of somatic patients which I introduced in previous work is developed further and paired with the "mind electric" of psych...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Pârvan A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The London Health Sciences Centre found that its emergency room (ER) mental health services were affected by people presenting with problems that did not require psychiatric intervention. Consequently, a second triage using a crisis worker (CW) was introduced in the ER to identify those p...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Coristine RW,Hartford K,Vingilis E,White D

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:The effect of the presence of pressure ulcers on burden of caregivers is unknown. We investigated the relationship between the state of pressure ulcers in vulnerable elderly patients and the burden on their informal caregivers. METHODS:This cross-sectional study enrolled 137 patients aged > or...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Yamamoto Y,Hayashino Y,Higashi T,Matsui M,Yamazaki S,Takegami M,Miyachi Y,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Patients can play an important role in reducing health care harm. Finding strategies to encourage patients to take on an active role in issues related to the quality and safety of their care is therefore essential. The aim of this study was to examine patients' and health care professiona...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Davis RE,Pinto A,Sevdalis N,Vincent C,Massey R,Darzi A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Drug-related morbidity is common, which results in suffering for the patients and a high cost to society. SÄKLÄK2 is a multi-professional intervention model aiming at improving drug safety in primary health care. The objective of this study was to elucidate the perceptions of the partici...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Skoog J,Lenander C,Modig S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Issues of overuse, underuse and misuse are paramount and lead to avoidable morbidity and mortality. Although evidence-based practice is advocated, the widespread implementation of this kind of practice remains a challenge. This is also the case for evidence-based practice related to the p...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Van Herck P,Sermeus W,Jylha V,Michiels D,Van den Heede K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) both in health care and academic philosophy. This has been due mainly to the rise of effective machine learning and deep learning algorithms, together with increases in data collection and processing power, which have made rapid pr...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Begley K,Begley C,Smith V

更新日期：2020-11-13 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：RATIONALE, AIM AND OBJECTIVE:Factors influencing doctors in prescribing of drugs have mostly been studied in primary care. Studies performed in hospital care have primarily focused on new drugs, not prescribing in general. An in-depth understanding of the prescribing process in the more specialized secondary care is no...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ljungberg C,Lindblad AK,Tully MP

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of protocol-based care on nursing roles, practice and service delivery. DESIGN:Case study evaluation informed by realistic evaluation methodology. Qualitative data collection methods were used including non-participant observation, post-observation interviews with nurses and patients, ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Rycroft-Malone J,Fontenla M,Bick D,Seers K

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Recently, some leaders of the evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement drew attention to the "unintended" negative consequences associated with EBM. The term 'cognitive biases plus' was introduced in part I to encompass cognitive biases, conflicts of interests, fallacies and certain behaviours. HYPOTHESIS:'...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Seshia SS,Makhinson M,Young GB

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Unattended home sleep studies have been implemented to minimize the cost and delay in establishing obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) diagnosis and therapy. However, their accuracy and validity remain disputed. The purpose of our study is to assess their effectiveness (i.e. their technical reliability ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Domingo C,Vigil L

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:The aim of the present study was to examine the use of maternal weight measurements during antenatal care throughout the United Kingdom. A postal questionnaire and follow-up letter were sent to 1500 midwives throughout the United Kingdom, selected at random from the UKCC register. The postal survey achieved a response...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ellison GT,Holliday M

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：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：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：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