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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Oral medication"”.
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UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING ORAL MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN BREAST CANCER
Oral therapies are widely prescribed for the treatment of different types of cancer, including breast cancer, but, despite their convenience and apparent simplicity, relevant rates of non-adherence to oral medications have been reported. Nonadherence can lead to suboptimal clinical outcomes and …
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Preoperative Teaching and its Relationship to Postoperative Recovery
… group of patients would require less pain medication, develop fewer complications and have a shorter length of hospital stay.</p> <p>A total of one hundred patients who had intra-abdominal surgery were included in the study, fifty in each group. The experimental group consisted of adult …
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Examining the Role of Social Resources in Diabetes Control among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
… restless sleep, smoking status, and taking oral medication and insulin to treat diabetes were significant predictors of at least one of the four diabetes control typologies, 1.) truly controlled, 2.) falsely controlled, 3.) falsely uncontrolled, and 4.) truly uncontrolled. The results of …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practice of patients diagnosed with diabetes regarding diabetic self-care management in intermediate Rundu hospital, Kavango east region
… of the patients were uneducated, 115 (58.5%) on oral medications. 79 (39.9%), were on insulin and only 4 (2%) were on both oral medication and insulin. Almost half, 97 (49%) of patients had adequate knowledge regarding self-care management mainly on domains such as meal plan 184 (92.9%), …
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The effect of health on the labour force outcome among working age individuals in the UK
… probability are higher among insulin or oral medication users.
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The use of anticholinergic agents to treat excessive oropharyngeal and tracheal secretions in palliative care
… may become weak, resulting in difficulty taking oral medication and have periods of unconsciousness. Some patients may require drug administration via subcutaneous infusion. A proportion of patients may develop difficulty clearing respiratory secretions causing a characteristic ‘death rattle’, …
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Factors related to medication adherence among people experiencing homelessness
This study used the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to evaluate the relationships between medication adherence and traditional and vulnerable predisposing, enabling, and need (PEN) factors among people experiencing homelessness (PEH). A cross-sectional survey was administered to 150 PEH …
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Acesso a medicamentos pela população brasileira: dados da pesquisa nacional de saúde 2019
Introduction: access to medication is a global challenge, especially in developing countries, which is why data from population surveys are essential to measure related factors. In addition, the high prevalence of people with chronic diseases and, consequently, who make continuous use of …
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Assessing the Impact of a Unit-Based Clinical Pharmacist on Antimicrobial Use in a Level I Trauma Center – A Pilot Study
… patient care team. Studies show that optimum medication use is demonstrated in only 4-21% of patients. Greater pharmacist involvement has been shown to lead to fewer re-hospitalizations, lower healthcare costs, better adherence to evidence-based consensus guidelines, and better outcomes. …
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Optimization of porcine buccal mucosa for in vitro evaluation
… mucosa is found to be very similar to human oral mucosa in structure and function. However, the in vitro permeation studies across porcine buccal mucosa show high variability which is mostly due to the various experimental and biological variables that are often overlooked while conducting …
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Evaluation of Dose-Exposure-Response Relationships of Miltefosine and Discovery of Multicomponent Crystal Forms of Artesunate
Background: Miltefosine is the first and only oral medication to be successfully utilised as an antileishmanial agent. However, the drug is associated with differences in exposure patterns and cure rates among different population groups e.g. ethnicity and age (i.e., children v adults) in clinical …