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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"treatment choice"”.
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Women's Perception of Treatment Choices and Counseling for Early Breast Cancer
… study investigated women’s perceptions of treatment choice and counseling for early breast cancer. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Subjects were women who had mastectomies. Eighty questionnaires were mailed and forty were returned and utilized in the study analysis. Frequencies …
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An investigation of the factors underlying the choice of treatment modalities used by students in the Victoria University Osteopathic clinic and practicing osteopaths
… of the integration of factors which govern the choice of treatment techniques. The results of this study indicated surprisingly little difference between experienced practicing osteopaths and osteopathic students in terms of both the factors considered when choosing treatment techniques and the …
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Physician Behavior In Accountable Care Organizations
… groups and health systems, determine marginal treatment choice and set the level of care provided to patients. Utilizing the widespread adoption of Accountable Care Organization (ACO) contracts by both commercial payers and Medicare, presented research explores changes in care delivery and …
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Skill-based treatment embedded in enhanced choice model for a child with developmental disabilities and impaired verbal skills in a school setting
Skill-Based Treatment (SBT) embedded in the Enhanced Choice Model (ECM) has proven to be an effective treatment approach for challenging behaviour in children with and without Developmental Disorders (DD). However, there is currently limited research on this treatment package applied to individuals …
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Medication Versus Brain-Based Treatment: Evaluation Treatment Preferences of Parents of Children with ADHD
… disorders across the world. Currently, treatment for ADHD mostly consists of either medication or behavioral therapy or a combination of both. However, research has shown that medication used as therapy for the treatment of ADHD has side effects which parents deem undesirable for their …
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Performance and microbial community structure of Midwestern groundwater pretreatment reactors
… order to meet disinfection requirements, so a pretreatment configuration is the one of the few feasible locations for biological activity. Parallel fixed-bed column reactors were operated in order to investigate the applicability of biological pretreatment for Midwestern groundwater containing …
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Minfulness-based Treatment Options for Anxiety as a Function of Described Etiology and Psychological Characteristics
Mindfulness-based treatments have demonstrated clinical utility with a variety of theoretical approaches for both physical illness (e.g. chronic pain) and psychological disorders, including anxiety (Baer, 2003; Shigaki, Glass, & Schopp, 2006). Responding to a lack of data regarding patient …
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Minfulness-based Treatment Options for Anxiety as a Function of Described Etiology and Psychological Characteristics
Mindfulness-based treatments have demonstrated clinical utility with a variety of theoretical approaches for both physical illness (e.g. chronic pain) and psychological disorders, including anxiety (Baer, 2003; Shigaki, Glass, & Schopp, 2006). Responding to a lack of data regarding patient …
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Tratamento ortodôntico de pacientes com agenesia de incisivos laterais superiores
… lateral incisors and upper premolars. The treatment of dental agenesis of maxillary lateral incisors may consist in closing the space by orthodontic movement added to a new anatomy form of the canine and the first premolar. Another option of treatment is preserving the space for eventual …
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The Effect of a Nominal Fee on Treatment Choices for Children Needing Dental Rehabilitation
… the number of appointments, perceived risks of treatment, child's awareness during treatment, or insurance type appeared to play a role in this preference.Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey design, questionnaires were distributed to caregivers of patients in the waiting room of the Virginia …
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Treatment of early middle ear cholesteatoma by atticosinoplasty
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Treatment of early cholesteatoma usually involves surgical modification of mastoid antrum and tympanum to prevent recurrence. Reconstruction of ossicular chain and the ear drum after complete elimination of cholesteatoma in tympanum improves hearing greatly. However, like …
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Mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in inflammatory bowel disease
… morbidity. There are currently several treatment options with many more in the drug pipeline, but there are a lack of accurate biomarkers for decisions on treatment choice, assessment of disease activity and prognostication. There is a growing interest and desire for personalised or …
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Individuals Self-Selecting Yoga versus Physical Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
… patient with cLBP will benefit from a particular treatment approach is challenging, since little is understood about the patient characteristics that predict improved treatment outcomes. Understanding these characteristics could reduce treatment failures and costs of care.</p> <p> This study was …
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Evaluation of antimalarial chemotherapeutic practices and outcomes in the southwest region of Nigeria
… A major factor that affects the effective treatment of malaria is the lack of awareness of the recommended treatment guidelines and standardised protocols to routinely decipher the quality of the available drugs in the regions. Nigeria bears more than a quarter of the global burden of …
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Antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of acute schizophrenia after the first episode
… Antipsychotic drugs (APDs) represent the treatment of choice for psychotic disorders, but uncertainty surrounds the optimal selection of agents. Methodology: This was a mixed method study which included a systematic review and psychiatrists’ opinion survey. The systematic review focused on …
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Development of novel fertilizer manufacturing processes using human urine
… logistics. Another important aspect is the urine treatment method and how resources are recovered. This is because urine is 97% water, making the logistics of using urine as a fertilizer challenging. In addition, without treatment, the major nitrogen source in urine (urea) breaks down to ammonia …
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Risk Reduction Decision Making in Women with BRCA1/2 Gene Mutations
… about the decision making factors underlying the choice of prophylactic mastectomy for women with a BRCA1/2 mutation. To address this issue, 137 unaffected, positive BRCA1/2 gene mutation carriers (42 who opted for prophylactic mastectomy, 95 who did not) served as participants. All women …