... Discussion Main findings Among the participating GPs, definitions of health promotion interventions inthe elderly widely varied The opinion regarding the effectiveness of health promotion inthe elderly ... group interviews in Geneva, the interview guide was translated into French As an introduction to the discussion, we asked questions concerning the opinion of the GPs about health promotion inthe ... promotion programmes for the elderly This contains the accessibility in a regional sense as well as regarding the content of the programme Providing information over the internet for instance, may not...
... and around the home • keeping safe inthe community • keeping safe inthe home Personal circumstances • dealing with finance • social relationships and maintaining friendships • dining as an activity ... activities are intended as starting points; they should be tailored to meet the needs of the participants, as opposed to the activities dictating the group The organisation of themes within the manual ... Fieldwork findings Fieldwork aimed to test the relevance, usefulness and the feasibility of implementing the recommendations and the findings were considered by PHIAC in developing the final recommendations...
... SYMPTOM-TRIGGERED DOSING Although there are studies of the efficacy of symptom-triggered dosing and/or loading dosing in inpatients, there is no evidence regarding the use of these methods inprimary care. 92,108-110 ... the individual counselling and therapy for the family treatment options including medication to relieve the physical effects of stopping drinking and to help to reduce the incidence of drinking ... any changes or statements that the drinker makes towards stopping or reducing the drinking, and to nothing to enable or reward drinking The treating team lays down the groundwork for rapid availability...
... enough for the monitoring of individual patients in ordinary health care [2] Limitations To evaluate the stability of the CCQ, it was tested inthe target context under realistic primarycare conditions, ... for use in COPD [12,13] The SF-36 was included inthe study as a means of characterising the study population As instructed by the developers, SF-36 was always administered first [10,11] The SF-36 ... according to their professional expertise The only restrictions made to the ratings were that the patients' individual scores on the QoL questionnaires were blinded for the patient and the GP...
... for the effects of clustering as well as adjusting for multiple covariates, including the variables used inthe minimization (baseline values for BP, LDL, the composite process score, and the ... of the clinics are involved in other quality improvement interventions Thus, these clinics may be more innovative and may also be achieving a higher level of evidence-based care than most other ... participating to date in EMRALD Funding for the study includes: The development and testing of the intervention and the qualitative aspect of the project is supported by a Canadian Institutes...
... studying changes inthe behaviour of health professionals [22] According to the Theory of Planned Behaviour, intention is the immediate determinant of behaviour It is driven by the will of the individual ... pilot study in Québec, Canada, in 2007 and 2008 [10] We will begin by contacting the person in charge of the CME activities in each FMG (the contact person) to plan a meeting during which the researchers ... consequently increases patients’ participation inthe decisionmaking process In spite of the growing interest in SDM, few health professionals practice it, and only a few studies on implementing SDM in...
... outdated [15] The main difficulty in recruitment appeared during the initial contact by the principal investigator with the medical director of the FMG Twelve FMGs (57%) declined the invitation ... combining patients’ and their physicians’ perspectives could enlighten the relational process occurring inthe encounter [12-14] These findings suggest the need for a better understanding of the ... concerning the evaluation of an intervention targeting the improvement of the SDM process among family physicians and their patients regarding the use of antibiotics for treating ARIs inprimary care...
... improvement interventions selected for use inthe intervention group We evaluate the experiences of GPs inthe intervention group, the GP Page of visitors and the experts with the tailoring process, the ... from the contacts between the GP and the interviewer Data about the experiences of participants inthe tailoring process, the implemented changes in practice, and their ideas about influencing ... optimise the tailoring process All contacts between the experts, the GP visitor, and the GP are reported Training GPs in both conditions received one day of training by experts in (a) the early...
... arthritis or other musculoskeletal condition), or have complex care needs (defined as requiring ongoing care from their general practitioner [GP] and at least two other health care providers) The EPC ... responding to the initiative Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the utilisation of podiatry services under the EPC program between 2004 and 2008, by extracting data from the Medicare ... is striking when viewed inthe context of the size of the podiatry labour force The most recent labour force statistics estimate that in 2003, there were 1,820 practicing podiatrists in Australia...
... managed by the integrated activities of clinical and non-clinical members of theprimarycare team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards ... health care organizations inprimary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for inprimarycare by identifying individual, ... relating to individual staff's perceptions of the clinical care of their patients with type diabetes, team functioning, and practice organisation Choosing theories The theoretical frameworks included...
... for studying ways to improve care for diabetes patients intheprimarycare setting During the A-TRIP project, making the patient-level SQUIDs available to the clinicians responsible for the patients' ... the study, thus reducing the values of the overall practice-level SQUIDs When the SQUID algorithm and preliminary findings were presented to clinicians participating in site visits or attending ... track them over time Because the denominator (referred to as 'E' inthe algorithm) used in calculating the SQUID reflects the total number of relevant indicators for a given patient, a rather intuitive...
... managed by the integrated activities of clinical and non-clinical members of theprimarycare team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards ... health care organizations inprimary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for inprimarycare by identifying individual, ... relating to individual staff's perceptions of the clinical care of their patients with type diabetes, team functioning, and practice organisation Choosing theories The theoretical frameworks included...
... package The aims of the training are outlined in Table The content of the training package was developed by TB, CCG, LG, AK, and JP, and the preliminary format for the training sessions inthe exploratory ... going.’ Patient: ‘They stop?’ Clinician: ‘They stop doing what they because they’re frightened of getting breathless, and then the less they the more breathless they become when they something ... refining the training package to better ensure the WISE approach can be adopted in practice, two key issues emerged: one related to implementing the training, and the other to the use of the...
... were included inthe final version The McNemar test or binomial distribution was used to compare the "prevalence" of symptoms at self-report and after clinical validation The cut-off point for the ... turned to unexplained As reported for false-positives, the clinical interview setting also seemed to interfere inthe opposite way, leading some participants to enhance their complaints This problem ... symptoms, since they need a thorough investigation involving their doctors in order to decide the nature of symptoms This group of somatizers blurs the distinction between MUS and medically explained...
... by interviewers not involved in patients treatment and trained to the use of instruments and scales Research personnel was trained to the use of study instruments in investigator’s meetings, in ... patterns in interpersonal interactions This inventory assesses the severity of interpersonal problems in domains: domineering or controlling, vindictive or self-centred, cold and distant, socially inhibited, ... statistical advice inthe design of the study and its on-going evolution PS, MM and BB participated inthe design and inthe planning of the interventions PR, BB and AB managed the trial data All...
... diabetes The instrument was designed to assess the efficacy of new measures The inclusion of a positive well-being dimension was designed to increase the sensitivity of the instrument The positive ... were achieved in patients treated with the oral hypoglycemic agents (OHA) mono-therapy if compared to those treated with insulin or combination therapy [32] On the other hand, insulin was associated ... and creatinine) and microalbuminuria inthe spot urine were performed for all patients inthe study The Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ) Questionnaires WHO-Well-Being Questionnaire...
... The spirometers and their use, including calibration, had to meet the American Thoracic Society's criteria [16] Spirometry training was given prior to initiating the study and a repeat training ... response at the end of the 12-week treatment period Trough FEV1 response was defined as the change from baseline at the end of the 24-hour dosing interval (i.e 10 minutes prior to drug administration) ... for secondary care, neither the patients nor the treatment practices are representative of experiences inprimarycareThe current study was designed to assess the effects of introducing tiotropium...
... more informative The same principle can be applied to other dimensions of the LBP experience, for example, measuring the number of days in pain over a period, instead of those still in pain at the ... increases in pain and progressive increases in activity limitation However, the mean scores for the variables measured were around 50% at the beginning of the study and did not improve over the ... extracted and interpreted the data, wrote the paper, and approved the final manuscript JLK conceived of the study, participated in its design, interpreted the data, and revised and approved the final...
... consisting of 42 amino acids Aβ peptides with this length form the major part of the senile AD plaques inthe brain As Aβ42 cumulates into plaques inthe brain, lower concentration of Aβ42 inthe ... guidelines Furthermore, the clinical- neuropsychological criteria for MCI due to AD resemble the MCI criteria inthe present studies 2.3.1 Preclinical AD The stage of preclinical AD as defined inthe ... dysfunction in at least one other cognitive domain, as defined earlier inthe text b Nonamnestic presentations: Language presentation: The most prominent deficits are in word-finding, but deficits in other...