Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
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Family participation in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bedside rounds has been advocated as a way to improve communication between families and health care providers; however, the associated impact and modulators have not been fully described. The purpose of this study was to explore benefits, drawbacks, barriers, and facilitators to family participation in ICU rounds in order to inform ways to improve how families are integrated into rounds. ⋯ Our study provides insight into the multiple processes involved in family participation in ICU rounds, along with suggestions for improvement. Our findings may help guide development of a structured approach to family participation in ICU rounds that can be adapted to local contexts.
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Previous research has shown inconsistent results regarding the association of depression and screening mammography use behaviours. This study aimed to assess the relationship between women's depression and mammography adherence. ⋯ Depression itself was related to nonadherence with mammography screening guidelines. However, after controlling for demographic and HBM characteristics, depression was not associated with adherence with mammography screening guidelines.
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Patient-centred care (PCC) has been increasingly recognized as the standard in current health care, especially when it comes to health communication between patients and health care professionals. The evidence suggests that PCC could potentially improve medication-related outcomes such as medication adherence, disease self-management, and patient-provider relationships. Pharmacists are strategically positioned in the health care system to provide medication management to patients. However, there is a paucity of research regarding PCC in pharmacist-patient consultations. This study aimed to explore the views and experiences of pharmacists and patients on the important aspects of a PCC consultation. ⋯ Comparison of pharmacists' and patients' views provided insight towards important aspects of PCC in pharmacist-patient consultations. It was suggested that PCC is not a one-sided approach but rather a patient-provider collaboration to optimize the consultation. Further research can be done to improve the integration of PCC in the local health care context, including pharmacist consultations.
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There is a general lack of awareness and understanding of dementia within ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom. There is also a dearth of research involving ethnic minority caregivers about reducing barriers to accessing services and optimizing engagements with religiously tailored interventions. This paper reports findings from a qualitative study that examined the barriers to health care service use in the Bangladeshi community living in the United Kingdom. ⋯ The findings provide an understanding of the experiences of the Bangladeshi community when seeking to access mainstream UK health care services and may help to provide useful directions for future research.
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RATIONALE, AIM, AND "Periodontal medicine" is based on evidence of interactions between periodontal disease and overall health. The aim of the present study was to assess awareness of oral-systemic disease relationship among French general practitioners (GPs) and clarify how this influences their practices in a wider effort to better integrate oral health concerns into global health care delivery.