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... Implementation Science 20 09, 4 :22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Thomas RE, Croal BL, Ramsay C, Eccles M, Grimshaw J: Effect of enhanced feedback and brief educational reminder ... results [20 ,21 ], an enhanced area wide diabetes register [22 ], and outreach visiting [23 -25 ]; studies introducing QI strategies into health service organisations [26 ,27 ]; and studies exploring the ... standards of care, but studies of the quality of care forpatientswithdiabetes suggest less than optimum care in a number of areas [2] Quality and outcomes framework (QOF) data for 20 04 and 20 05...
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... 82 (22 ) 3.5 (-5.0 to 12. 0) 0. 42 65 (17) 69 (17) 0 .2 (-5.3 to 5.6) 0.96 63 (23 ) 69 (20 )¶ 1.5 (-5.6 to 8.6) 0.68 85 (24 ) 89 (17) 89 (18) 2. 4 (-5 .2 to 10.0) 0.53 78 (33) 81 (29 ) 74 (39) 82 (34) 2.2 ... found in studies evaluating the questionnaires in both typediabetespatients [8 ,23 ,26 ,27 ] and in the general population [28 ] However, the mean score of several items in the SF-36 questionnaire was ... complete the questionnaires at home after the randomisation and then bring it back to the study personnel on the first day of the intervention Most of the lost patients dropped out at the time of randomisation...
... Bodenheimer T, Wagner EH, Grumbach K: Improving primary care forpatientswith chronic illness Jama 20 02, 28 8(14):1775-9 23 24 25 26 27 28 Hunter DJ, Fairfield G: Disease management Bmj 1997, 315(7099):50-3 ... each score, withthe characteristics they were felt to reflect The raters were blinded to the outcomes of the studies The kappa for http://www.implementationscience.com/content /2/ 1 /28 these scores ... Adaptive Systems In Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Heath System forthe 21 st Century National Academy of Sciences; 20 00:309- 322 Cilliers P: Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems...
... (34) 82 (22 ) 69 (17) 69 (20 ) ¶ 89 (18) -1.5 (-13.5 to 10.6) 3.5 (-5.0 to 12. 0) 0 .2 (-5.3 to 5.6) 1.5 (-5.6 to 8.6) 2. 4 (-5 .2 to 10.0) 0.81 0. 42 0.96 0.68 0.53 82 (34) 82 (16) 2.2 (-8.8 to 13 .2) ... complete the questionnaires at home after the randomisation and then bring it back to the study personnel on the first day of the intervention Most of the lost patients dropped out at the time of randomisation ... 73 41 /29 (59/41) 44 /29 (60/40) 58.5 ±9.0 58.0 ±10.3 6.7 (0-37) 14 (20 ) 7.9 ±0.8 96 .2 ±15 .2 15 /27 (21 /39) (13) 48 (68) 13 (19) (13) (4) (6) 28 (40) (11) 6.4 (0 -24 ) 12 (15) 7.8 ±0.9 98 .2 24 .8 13/36...
... in the analysis Details of the studies are described in Tables and AF2 (Additional file 2) There were 1,963 patients included in the 21 RCTs, and 526 , 629 , in the 42 observational studies The ... DM, Boonen A, van der Linden S: Randomised comparison of combined step-down prednisolone, 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 methotrexate and sulphasalazine with sulphasalazine alone in early ... (1.61, 2. 36) 79.4% 1 .26 Baseline 1.46 (0.87, 2. 45) 79.7% 1.00 (referent) Current (within 3/ 12) 22 1.70 (1.47, 1.97) 58.9% 1.16 Recent (within 6/ 12) 1.56 (1 .24 , 1.96) 79.5% 1.07 Ever 1.80 (1 .29 , 2. 51)...
... demographically similar to the 53 patients in the ST group, except forthe greater number of patientswith TBI in the ET group (Table 2) All 21 of the ET patients survived and were liberated from ... developed in 20 (27 %) patients Most patients survived to be successfully liberated from MV Relationship between ET and duration of weaning andthe total duration of MV The 21 patients in the ET group ... and TBI in the process of liberation from MV, we re-examined the relationship between ET andthe duration of weaning separately forpatientswithand without TBI, controlling forthe same factors...
... Between March 20 04 and February 20 07, a total of 23 0 patients were screened in the present study Of these, 159 patients meeting the protocol stipulation and condition were recruited and randomized ... ( 12) 0.71 Assault (5) (8) 0.40 Other (3) (2) 0.59 Surgical procedures 24 (31) 22 (26 ) 0.54 Bilaterally normal 26 (33) 26 (31) 0.78 Abnormal 51 (66) 56 (68) 0.78 I 0 II (11) (8) 0.50 III 22 (28 ) ... Different from the placebo group: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 Figure shows the ICP in the progesterone group patientsand in the placebo group patients at 24 hours, 72 hours and days after injury The ICP...
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... episodes and risk of dementia in older http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/91 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 patientswithtypediabetes mellitus JAMA 20 09, 301:1565-15 72 American ... in type diabetes: a consensus algorithm forthe initiation and adjustment of therapy Diabetes Care 20 06, 29 :1963-19 72 Cook MN, Girman CJ, Stein PP, Alexander CM: Initial monotherapy with either ... treated with metformin and a sulphonylurea andpatients treated with metformin and a glitazone did not reach statistical significance for hypoglycaemia (p = 0.1 127 ) or HFS-II scores (p = 0. 522 2), the...