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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2013
ReviewLiposomal extended-release bupivacaine for postsurgical analgesia.
When physicians consider which analgesia to use postsurgery, the primary goal is to relieve pain with minimal adverse side effects. Bupivacaine, a commonly used analgesic, has been formulated into an aqueous suspension of multivesicular liposomes that provide long-lasting analgesia for up to 72 hours, while avoiding the adverse side effects of opioids. ⋯ However, like other bupivacaine formulations, the liposomal extended-release bupivacaine does have some side effects. In this brief review, we provide an update of the current knowledge in the use of bupivacaine for postsurgical analgesia.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2013
Impact of reducing dosing frequency on adherence to oral therapies: a literature review and meta-analysis.
To assess the impact of reduced frequency of oral therapies from multiple-dosing schedules to a once-daily (OD) dosing schedule on adherence, compliance, persistence, and associated economic impact. ⋯ Current meta-analyses suggested that across acute and chronic disease states, reducing dosage frequency from multiple dosing to OD dosing may improve adherence to therapies among patients. Improving adherence may result in subsequent decreases in health care costs.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2013
Perceptions of diabetes obtained through drawing in childhood and adolescence.
To examine whether drawing is useful in the detection of problems of psychosocial adaptation in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and in improving communication with health professionals. ⋯ Drawing is a useful technique by which to identify children's and adolescents' feelings and possible problems in adapting to T1D, as well as to gain information directly from the children themselves. Future studies should delimit the possibilities of this technique in clinical practice in greater detail.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2013
Facilitators and barriers to hypertension self-management in urban African Americans: perspectives of patients and family members.
We aimed to inform the design of behavioral interventions by identifying patients' and their family members' perceived facilitators and barriers to hypertension self-management. ⋯ African American patients with hypertension and their family members reported numerous patient, family, clinic, and community-level facilitators and barriers to patients' hypertension self-management. Patients' and their family members' views may help guide efforts to tailor behavioral interventions designed to improve hypertension self-management behaviors and hypertension control in minority populations.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2013
Perspectives on medicine adherence in service users and carers with experience of legally sanctioned detention and medication: a qualitative study.
To explore and analyze perceptions of service users and caregivers on adherence and nonadherence to medication in a mental health care context. ⋯ This study investigated service user and caregiver perceptions of medication adherence and compulsory treatment. Participants described a process perceived as variable and potentially doubly faceted. The behavior of professionals was seen as crucial in collaborative decision making on medication adherence.