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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Patient preferences"”.
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Patient Preferences for Ultrasound Soft Sign Disclosure with Prior Negative cfDNA Screening
… waning. Thus, this study aimed to establish patient preferences for whether and how soft signs are disclosed in pregnancy to inform recommendations for disclosure. A survey was presented to eligible individuals in UTHealth clinics and via online Reddit discussion forums. A total of 210 fully …
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PATIENT PREFERENCES, STRUCTURE, AND HIV ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE TO TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT IN URBAN UGANDA
… outcomes of cure and mortality, yet HIV and patient preferences including patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) may be important determinants of low adherence to prescribed tuberculosis treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: We applied descriptive and logistic …
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The Need for Change: A Pluralistic Psychotherapeutic Approach to Adult Outpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa - A Critical Literature Review.
… psychotherapeutic treatment offered to adult outpatients with a moderate form of the condition via the National Health Service in Wales is exclusively based on an enhanced form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-ED). This research is presented as a standalone critical review of post-2015 …
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Ethical Considerations in Goals of Care for Patients with Polysubstance Use and Medical Complications in the Era of Xylazine
… substance use disorder necessitates prioritizing patient autonomy in healthcare decision-making. Critical discussions on care goals with hospitalized drug users are imperative, encompassing pain management, withdrawal mitigation, and medication for opioid use disorder, aligning with patient …
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Exploring Healthcare Consumer Involvement in Clinical Practice Guideline Development
… in CPG development were also interviewed. Patients, family members, and informal caregivers have been involved in the formulation of recommendations, CPG reviewing and editing, and through use of patient resources. According to the results, involving HCCs is done to incorporate patient …
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The Development of a New Model for Assessing African-American Spirituality in Palliative Care
… in particular for this population. Acknowledging patient preferences are essential in administering quality health care especially when a patient's condition is terminal. But when African-Americans are least likely to complete living wills or durable power of attorneys for health care and more …
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Analysis of Respiratory Time Series Data for Breathing Discomfort Detection Prior to Sleep Onset During APAP Therapy
… assist healthcare providers in identifying which patients may be struggling with therapy, and why, to enable more effective interventions and personalized patient education. One potential cause of discomfort is perceived stuffiness from pressure levels that is lower than tolerable for some patient …
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Hospital and Medical Care Days in Pancreatic Cancer
… or medical care) between diagnosis and death in patients with pancreatic cancer. Methods: Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked data, we identified 25,476 patients with pancreatic cancer (1992-2005). Hospital and medical care days per person-month from the time …
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Quantitative clinical photography for managing the quality of life concerns arising from appearance change resulting from breast cancer and its treatment
Patients who experience appearance change resulting from breast cancer and its treatment face a variety of quality of life challenges related to these changes over the course of their cancer journey, such as decisional conflict, decisional regret, and anxiety. As more women become breast cancer …
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Chronic Stressors, Obesity Pathogenesis, and the Moderating Effect of Internalized Weight Stigma; a Quantitative, Illinois Study
… It also explored the relationships among patient preferences for care, perceptions of clinical stigma, and demographic variables. The findings evidenced that internalized weight stigma, but not childhood adversity or perceived stress, predicted BMI/obesity diagnosis. It also found that …
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The role of cough in severe asthma
… that is both important and troublesome for patients and has been shown to be associated with a less well controlled disease. However, the role of cough within asthma is not well understood and there is little knowledge as to how cough is associated with typical markers of asthma disease …
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The feasibility and acceptability of novel surveillance models for people with advanced staged lung cancer in Aotearoa. Kia Mataara: staying alert for lung cancer
… at diagnosis results in a large proportion of patients entering follow-up programmes. Follow-up protocols are variably defined with no input from patients as to what would work best for them. Instead, protocols stem from ritualistic clinician behaviour rather than any understanding of their …
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Consumer Judgment and Decision-making in Healthcare Contexts
… and for understanding the role of race in patients' choice of physicians. In Essay 1, we examine the effect of providing morbidity statistics in absolute numbers (vs. absolute numbers and percentages) for diseases varying in prevalence (number of cases) and fatalities (number of deaths). …
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Does changing the way a discrete choice experiment (DCE) is presented to respondents affect results? An investigation in the context of health using between-subject designs
… The first empirical study investigated patient preferences for features of an assessment tool for peripheral neuropathy, a possible side effect of cancer treatment. The second study investigated the same topic but this time in a general population sample. The aim was to investigate the …
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Patient-Centeredness In Pharmacist Practice: Filling A Foundation For What Counts To Patients
… all healthcare stakeholders that team-based, ‘Patient-Centered Care’ (PCC) is essential to successful prevention and management of chronic disease as well as the promotion of health and well-being. However, there is ambiguity and divergent thinking about the explicit meaning of the …
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The development and piloting of a discrete choice experiment to measure the support preferences of people with chronic respiratory diseases in Ireland
… in Ireland, there is a need to ensure that patient preferences are considered. Aim: to examine the SMS preferences of people with asthma and/or COPD in Ireland through the development and piloting of a discrete choice experiment (DCE). Methods: Early work in the thesis identified and …
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Aligning Patients' Defibrillator Status with their Goals of Care: A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Project at Parkland Hospital
… in the United States annually. Because a patients' goals may evolve over time, current guidelines direct providers to discuss goals of care and ICD deactivation with patients. However, many patients do not have these conversations, and many have poor understanding regarding their ICD and …
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A mixed-methods study of the impact of simulation-based education on the general practice clinical pharmacist in NHS Scotland.
… prescribing and treatment choices for patient care using a combination of clinical evidence, patient preferences and their own clinical expertise. Good clinical decision making requires confident and competent management of ambiguity and dubiety from the clinician, and can lead to …
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Essays on the Economics of Insurance and Healthcare Markets
… and the discretion to choose a treatment for the patient.</p><p>The first chapter, co-authored with Frank Sloan and Lindsey Eldred, quantifies the role of private information in automobile insurance policy choice using data on individuals' subjective beliefs, risk preference, reckless driving, …
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Ecology and emergence: Understanding factors that drive variation in process quality and clinical outcomes in general practice
… delivery do not reflect differences in patient preferences or clinical need, is considered a hallmark of poor quality care. 'Unwarranted' variation is the focus of mounting policy attention and a growing body of literature, but remains poorly explained and theorised, with ways of …
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