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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"patient experiences"”.
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Innovations in genetic testing and counseling: Patient experiences
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Patient experiences of behavioral activation therapy for bipolar depression : a qualitative study
… promising, yet a deeper exploration of bipolar patients’ experiences and perceptions is required to advance BA as a therapeutic approach for this population. This study aimed to explore the experiences of individuals with bipolar disorder following BA treatment, with a particular focus on their …
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Patient Experiences with the New Nurse Practitioner Role in New Brunswick Canada
… interpretive description study was to examine patient responses to this new role of NP in New Brunswick. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit 17 participants who were patients of eight NPs who had practiced in New Brunswick for at least a year. Data were collected by interviews and …
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Examining Healthcare Access Disparities: Social Determinants and Patient Experiences at Valley HealthCare
… shaped healthcare engagement among adult patients. A mixed-methods case study design was used to analyze survey data, patient satisfaction feedback, and organizational reports from a sample of 80 adult patients between January and March 2025.</p> <p>The results showed that patients …
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Three Papers on Patient Experiences with Symptom Persistent Lyme Disease in Canada
… consists of three empirical papers on patient experiences with symptom persistent Lyme disease in Canada. Lyme disease infection rates are rising across the country, a phenomenon attributed to climate change and the northern migration of ticks. The focus of this dissertation can advance …
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Understanding Clinical Pain Management and Patient Experiences of Pain from Electronic Health Records
… lack of pain medication can also lead to patients being unable to perform daily activities due to unmitigated pain. In this thesis, we find that data on opioid prescriptions and self-reported pain reveal differences in how patients of different demographics report pain and in how providers …
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Investigating quality of life in inherited optic neuropathies: Evaluating patient experiences and outcome measures
… life (QoL) of people with IONs and evaluate the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used to capture their experiences. The hypothesis of this study was that pre-existing PROMs were inadequate for capturing the experiences of affected individuals, warranting the development of a …
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A Mixed-Methods Exploration to Develop and Test the Alberta Cardiac Surgery Patient Experiences Survey
With an increased focus on patient-centred care (PCC), many organizations conduct routine surveys as part of their core business. Many surveys that are used in the hospital setting have been designed to capture the experiences of a wide variety of patients. Thus, they do not ask condition-specific …
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Pictogram use during chest pain nurse specialist consultations in regional New Zealand: Patient experiences and clinical outcomes
… required. Chest pain is subjective and is the patient’s perception. Obtaining pain history can be difficult when verbal articulation is limited. This study’s concern is that if the nature and characteristics of pain are not accurately conveyed, investigations and treatment may be delayed. This …
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Stargardt patient experiences in the first gene-based clinical trial for an inherited retinal condition in South Africa
… This study aimed to explore the expectations and experiences of individuals with Stargardt disease who participated in the first gene-based clinical trial for an inherited retinal disorder in South Africa — the SeaSTAR trial. Eighteen individuals completed the trial, and four participants were …
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At the foot of Table Mountain: paediatric tuberculosis patient experiences in a centralised treatment facility in Cape Town, South Africa
… as such, caters to both adult and paediatric TB patients. While there are other similar facilities in South Africa, BCH specializes in paediatric TB and is the only facility of its kind in the Western Cape Province. Many (but not all) paediatric patients at BCH came from troubled social …
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The global Landscape of ALS: A combined Analysis of Patient Experiences (IMPACT-ALS) and epidemiological Characteristics (LAENALS) in Europe and Latin America
… while information from other regions and patient-centered perspectives remains scarce. This doctoral thesis seeks to bridge these gaps by integrating epidemiological, experiential, and professional perspectives through three complementary studies conducted in Europe and Latin America, …
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Patients as stakeholders: a mixed-methods evaluation to understand patient experiences of care at a public-private partnership hospital network in Lesotho
BACKGROUND: Patient-centered care that is dignified and respectful, shares information, and encourages patient participation is a fundamental building block of high quality healthcare. As part of a larger performance evaluation of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial …
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Natural Language Processing Reveals Patient Reported Experiences
Patient-reported experiences play a significant role in healthcare performance monitoring and evaluation, and are critical to developing patient-centred care approaches. While quantitative approaches to uncovering patient experience through survey-based methods traditionally dominate healthcare …
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Understanding patient experience from online medium
Improving patient experience at hospitals leads to better health outcomes. To improve this, we must first understand and interpret patients' written feedback. Patient-generated texts such as patient reviews found on RateMD, or online health forums found on WebMD are venues where patients post about …
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Emergency department patients' perception of care: do doctors understand their patients?
The aim of my study is to directly compare the patient’s perceptions of care received in the emergency department to that of the attending physician’s. The aim is to give us better insight into how the patient experiences their care, with a view to improving the level of care offered. The study …
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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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Think ‘Zebra’
… of systemic underdiagnosis that impacts both patient lives and the flow of research funding. Through stories of scientific research, healthcare provers, and patient experiences, this thesis illustrates the interplay between: difficulty of rare disease diagnosis, systemic barriers that prevent …
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Inpatient Staff Perspective on Verbal De-escalation within a High Acuity Population
<p>This study explored inpatient staff’s perspective of verbal de-escalation within a high acuity population as well as the factors that make either a positive or negative impact on the effectiveness of verbal de-escalation as used in high acuity impatient settings. This phenomenological study used …
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Psychological factors and physical outcomes in patients with chronic diseases of lifestyle
… of psychological factors in the management of patients with CDL who participated in a comprehensive lifestyle intervention (CLI) programme. METHODS: An explanatory mixed methods design was used to describe the CLI experience. These included an initial clinical audit of 308 patients commencing …
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