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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"undertreatment"”.
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CNAS' Ratings of Nursing Home Residents' Pain: The Role of Empathy
… and without cognitive impairment may experience undertreatment of persistent pain (Fain et al., 2017). Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are important sources of information about resident pain as provide the majority of residents' hands-on care. Therefore, assessing the accuracy of CNAs' pain …
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Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain and Pain Management
… primary reason people seek health care; however, undertreatment of pain has been reported in the literature as a significant clinical problem for more than three decades. Researchers have concluded that nurses have inadequate knowledge of pain assessment, are misinformed about opioids, and have …
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Aligning Eye Care Provider Beliefs with Behaviors: Exploring and Improving Ocular Surface Disease Decision-making in a Cataract Surgery Clinic
… led to curiosity regarding the root cause of undertreatment of ocular surface disease. Specifically, I had the impression that eye care providers held strongly to the belief that ocular surface disease should be managed preoperatively, yet this belief was not reflected in their behavior. The …
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Beyond opioid regulation: Why a social and cultural analysis of pain in America is a prerequisite for ethical evidence-based pain policy
… legal, and political reasons for the widespread undertreatment of pain in the United States, and to prescribe evidence-based policy recommendations for improving culture and practice as to the treatment of pain. Though the American problems in treating pain have, over the last three decades, …
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Circadian and Multi-day Rhythms in Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure: A Probabilistic Approach
… risk of premature mortality. Underdiagnosis and undertreatment remain pervasive, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Studies have discovered that seizure occurrences are phase-locking to subject-specific circadian and multi-day rhythms in human physiological signals. Also, various …
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The burden of chronic respiratory disease in the Western Cape
… amongst this population. Findings also suggest undertreatment, with 40% of patients not receiving treatment for CRD despite being symptomatic. More respiratory symptoms were associated with male sex, a positive screen for depression, previous tuberculosis, previous smoking, more activity …
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Essays on Asymmetric Information
… The second essay, "Physician Overtreatment and Undertreatment with Partial Delegation", considers strategic communication from doctors selling medical services to patients. We find that communication problems stemming from misaligned incentives lead the patient to being overtreated for some …
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The prevalence, characteristics and morbidity of neuropathic pain in AIDS patients, prior to the use of HAART, at the Kalafong Hospital HIV clinic, Pretoria
… have noted the problem of under-diagnosis and undertreatment of pain and more specifically, neuropathic pain, in patients with AIDS. A review of the literature reveals a wide variation in the prevalence of neuropathic pain and peripheral neuropathy in AIDS patients. To determine the prevalence, …
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The Influence of Stigma on Help Seeking Attitudes for Depression
… who are at greater risk for underdiagnosis and undertreatment.
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Development of a Multispectral VIS-SWIR Imaging Modality for Cutaneous Water Assessment
… of treatable diseases. There persists systematic undertreatment of skin of color patients given the more subtle presentation of erythema against pigmented skin. There exists a clinical need for a quantitative and objective inflammation assessment tool that meets the needs of a diverse patient …
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Factors Influencing the Type of Pain Interventions in Patients Who are Nonverbal and Unable to Self-Report
… documented disabilities may be vulnerable to undertreatment when unable to self-report their pain. Recognizing these risks highlights the importance of reliable instruments and further research to ensure equitable pain management in this population.</p>
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Observers' Misperception of Pain in Older Adults with Dementia
Undertreatment of pain in older adults with dementia is a serious concern. Though inadequate pain assessment in this population appears to underlie the problem, contributing factors remain unclear. It is unsurprising that communication interferes with understanding the experience of pain in …