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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"patient-centred"”.
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Improving clinical outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a patient centred approach
… using suppressive treatments. However, patients have broader concerns spanning other symptoms like fatigue and pain and the way their health care is delivered. This thesis used qualitative and quantitative research methods to address three inter-related aspects of clinical care. Firstly, …
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A study of transplant online services for patient-centred care
… technologies in the management and support of patients following kidney transplantation. Health information websites are recognised to differ widely in quality and reliability of their content. This has led to the development of various codes of conduct and rating tools to assess the quality of …
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Patient-centred communication and patient education: a multimodal social semiotic approach
Patient-centred communication and patient education: a multimodal social semiotic approach This study explores the phenomenon of patient-centred communication within the South African health context. Patient-centred communication involves several distinct but interlinked elements, namely, taking a …
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Developing a patient-centred outcome measure for patients suffering with pernicious anaemia
… Given the absence of objective markers of patients’ experience, the current thesis describes the development of a patient-centred measure for the identification and management of health-related quality of life in patients diagnosed with pernicious anaemia (PA-HRQoL), informed by the …
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Exploring the patient journey: a collaborative approach to patient-centred improvement in healthcare.
Despite widespread endeavours over many years, patient-centred care continues to evade some areas of healthcare. This can be clearly evidenced by regular reporting of sub-standard care and the findings of national patient experience surveys which repeatedly highlight a number of common contributory …
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Developing a patient-centred care pathway for paediatric critical care in the Western Cape
… along the referral pathway, and the impact on patient outcomes. Methods: A year-long cohort study of critically ill and injured children was performed in Cape Town, South Africa, from first presentation until paediatric intensive care unit admission or emergency centre death, using a modified …
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An Assessment of Patient-Centred Care in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions Attending Chiropractic Practice
Background: Patient-centred care is seen as an increasingly important component of health care quality, particularly for patients with chronic conditions. Chiropractors frequently see patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions and the chiropractic profession is often described as …
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Evaluation of patient-centred services by community pharmacists in New Zealand: Focus on cardiovascular disease risk assessment
… although most are related to screening patients for the presence of risk factors with minimal involvement in CVD absolute risk assessment or management. The research into the views of key stakeholders, in an effort to understand this poor uptake of pharmacists in CVD prevention …
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Enhancing service delivery for chronic low back pain: evidence for patient-centred physiotherapy and the objective measurement of outcome.
… management of chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients in primary care. A qualitative study explored patients' perceptions of physiotherapy for CLBP, in order to influence service redesign. Twenty-five people who had received physiotherapy for CLBP were purposively sampled. They participated in …
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Influence of patient-centred care and population health management approaches to improve adherence to oral hypoglycaemic agents in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the borough of Hounslow (UK)
… and assessing medication adherence of the patients attending the surgical pre-assessment clinic at West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH), it was noticed that most patients and particularly those with diabetes were neither fully aware of their condition nor adherent to their prescribed …
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Patient-Centered Hemodialysis Nursing Care: An Interpretive Description
Background Patient-centred care originated in the 1950s, gained popularity in the 1990’s, and is a professional regulatory, clinical practice guideline, governmental health policy, and perhaps organizational expectation of every nurse in Canada. The term is used liberally on the Health Canada …
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Investigating patient centered care in an acute older adult ward - a qualitative study
This project investigates patient centred care on an acute older persons' unit in a NHSTrust in the UK. It uses a method based on grounded theory, integrated with anethnographic approach to examine the knowledge, beliefs and behaviour of staffworking on an acute older persons' unit regarding …
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A qualitative study of healthcare workers' and patients' perspectives on changing the model of care from outpatient to in-home for the infusion of natalizumab
… natalizumab intravenous infusions through an outpatient intravenous therapy service. Using a hospital in the home model to offer people with multiple sclerosis natalizumab infusions in their own home could be an improved model of care for patients. However, no previous qualitative research has …
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'Expert Patient' in Health Professional Education: Experience of OT Students
Patient-centred care is the gold standard of health care, yet in practice, problems prevail. The use of the ‘expert patient’ in health professional education is one form of learning patient-centred care. A gap in the literature regarding how the use of ‘expert patient’ in health professional …
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HITEQI-A framework to implement health information technology-enabled quality improvement.
… CMF. Specifically, these gaps are the lack of; patient-centred focus, intra/inter-organizational considerations, and data and information flows. The proposed HITEQI Framework provides a structured approach for implementing health information technology (HIT). The framework is demonstrated …
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Understanding the multi-faceted patient experience after spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
… the experience of SCAD and its effects from the patient perspective. Understanding the person’s experience of SCAD is critical to the provision of patient-centred care. 𝗔𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 The SCAD-Insights study aimed to gain a better understanding of the multifaceted patient experience …
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The Construction of Care in Computed Tomography. Exploring Care from the Perspective of Patients and Radiographers
Purpose: Patient centred care and the ‘patient voice’ are core components of UK healthcare policy and practice guidance. This study explores how care is perceived and experienced within the high technology environment of CT. Methods and Materials: A two-phase approach of Critical Discourse Analysis …
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The impact of having intellectual or developmental disabilities on breast cancer treatment: A convergent mixed-methods study
… cancer can help inform strategies for improving patient-centred care. Methods: This mixed methods project includes three studies: (1) A population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario among females diagnosed with breast cancer (2007- 2018) using routinely collected provincial health data …
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Examining the Influence of the Patient Declaration of Values on Hospital Policies and Practices
… a leading Ontario hospital operationalizes their Patient Declaration of Values (PDoV) in policy and in practice. This was a single case study, which took place in a leading patient-centred Ontario hospital. The study included 18 individual interviews with employees and patient experience advisors, …
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