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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"NICE guidelines"”.
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A clinical audit of the management of ADHD in children and adolescents and comparison between two treatment sites in Cape Town
… identified and treated. Evidence-based guidelines aim to standardize practice, but implementing them in low-resource environments can be challenging. To assess compliance, clinical audits for ADHD management have been conducted in higher income countries, but, to our knowledge, there …
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A Review of Psychotropic drug prescription for patients with Intellectual disability at Alexandra Hospital (a specialist Intellectual Disability psychiatric hospital) outpatient clinic
… Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for prescribing in people with intellectual disability. Results: psychotropic medication was prescribed to 88% of patients. Antipsychotics accounted for more than 56% of the medication prescribed and was used mainly to manage …
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An exploration of women’s experiences of cognitive-behaviour therapy for the treatment of bulimia nervosa
Background: The previous and current NICE guidelines consider cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) to be the best psychological intervention for the treatment of bulimia nervosa (BN). This is despite various issues with the studies contributing to this evidence-base. Overall, research has suggested …
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Petechiae in Children (PiC) study: evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA
… the performance of existing clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease (MD) in children presenting with fever and non-blanching rash in the UK.<br/><br/>Methods<br/>Data were collected prospectively from 37 UK Emergency Departments (ED) between …
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Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. An IPA study.
… appeared to echo the classification within the NICE guidelines for OCD and BDD (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2006) where the two conditions were grouped together on the presence of obsessions and compulsions, neurological evidence pointing to the activation of brain areas …
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Chronic kidney disease : comparing trends in primary and secondary care
… number of people in the UK. Guidance from NICE currently recommends referral of CKD patients at stages G4-5 but the guidelines themselves are not based on strong evidence. Objectives To compare progression rates for CKD G3 patients in primary and secondary care groups to determine whether …
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The impact of instrumentalism on British counselling and psychotherapy
… of therapy praxis in compliance with NICE guidelines for the empirical evaluation and approval of psychological therapy, using outcome measures and randomised controlled trials. They took place against a backdrop of neoliberal imperatives, designed to reduce welfare payments, …
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Prevention of catheter-associated infections : chlorhexidine vs unmedicated solutions
… of bacteria within the urinary tract (NICE Guidelines, 2014). This dissertation attempts to identify the more effective cleansing agent in preventing UTIs, between Chlorhexidine and unmedicated solutions. Research Question and PICO Elements: ‘Does chlorhexidine wash of at least 0.05% …
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The use of medical grade honey to reduce the incidence of surgical wound infection : a randomised controlled feasibility trial
… such as hand washing policies antibiotics but NICE guidelines suggest thatresearch is necessary to find alternatives, such as the use of medical grade honey. Todate, no rigorous study on the use of honey to prevent wound infection has been reported.Aim: To assess the feasibility of conducting a …
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Developing a Mindfulness Based Congnitive Therapy Service for Young People
… episodes of depression and is recommended in the NICE guidelines (2009). More recent evidence has also indicated its efficacy in helping adults who are actively depressed.Increasing numbers of young people are diagnosed with depression. Depression is a disorder characterised by a recurrent course …
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Physiotherapy palliative cancer care: a case study approach.
… users [5]); and policy document collection (NICE guidelines; white papers [12]). Detailed data analysis was then carried out using a thematic approach within a framework, comparing and contrasting patterns within and across the four data sets. Emergent themes highlighted a number of important …
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The availability of acute care resources to treat major trauma in different income settings: a self-reported survey of acute care providers
… aim. The survey instrument was based on the 2016 NICE guidelines for the management of patients with major trauma. It captured responses from participants working in both pre- and in hospital settings. Responses were grouped according to income group (either high income, or low- to middle-income) …
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Exploring the complex relationships between pre-existing conditions (comorbidities) and cancer treatments and outcomes
… out the recommended treatment pathways from the guidelines and evaluated the impact of comorbidity on adherence rates. Results: The systematic reviews showed that across cancer sites and countries, comorbidities were associated with treatment delays, a lower likelihood of receiving treatments, …
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Assessing risk of familial breast cancer: effectiveness of current UK guidelines
… Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines use family history to stratify patients by 10-year risk of breast cancer from the ages 40-49. Patients are divided into low (10-year risk <3%), moderate (3-8%) and high risk (>8%). Those with a BRCA mutation are considered to be …
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Evaluation of the Effect of the Clinical-Decision-Support Systems on Diabetes Management: A Multivariate Meta-Analysis Comparison with Univariate Meta-Analysis
… Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. To combine the results from studies that evaluate the effect of CDSSs on diabetes care management, meta-analysis was used. The results of the two univariate and multivariate meta-analyses were compared.</p> <p>The simulation study …
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Benefits and accessibility of OCTA imaging for diabetic retinopathy and macular edema
… the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines used in both the U.S. and U.K. These guidelines include FA imaging and a visual acuity test within 3 months of diagnosis of diabetes. In accordance with the guidelines, if DR or CSME is identified the participant will subsequently …
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Celiac Disease Diagnosis Among Primary Care Nurse Practitioners: A Quality Improvement Project
… Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. Two thirds of the respondents reported their education did not properly prepare them to accurately diagnose celiac disease. The vast majority also reported they do not test patients, pediatric or adult, using any celiac related …
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How do practitioners examine individuals living with chronic pain and trauma - are we asking the right questions?
… Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines stipulate a biopsychosocial assessment be completed when individuals attend a chronic pain management service. The experiences of practitioners in chronic pain services are vastly under-represented, and such voices are needed to …
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The experiences of EMDR therapists when working with PTSD
… and trauma clients as it is recommended by NICE guidelines (2005) however until recently research focused on the negative impact of trauma work. Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) appears to be the most commonly used term for ‘growth’ however attempts to define and measure it can be criticised for …
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The meaning and experience of receiving HIV post-test psychological counselling by African childbearing migrant women from a culturally appropriate counselling model in comparison to classical western models: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… The findings might inform policy, existing NICE guidelines and BHIVA-BPS (2012) standards, and the development of existential psychotherapy/counselling psychology practice and training. Further research output includes research-informed teaching and local HIV services development.
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