Patient Prefer Adher
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2014
Shared decision-making: the perspectives of young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Shared decision-making (SDM) is at the core of patient-centered care. We examined whether young adults with type 1 diabetes perceived the clinician groups they consulted as practicing SDM. ⋯ The majority of clinicians engaged in SDM. Young adults with type 1 diabetes prefer such clinicians. They may fail to take up recommended health services when clinicians do not practice this component of patient-centered care. Such findings have implications for patient safety, improved health outcomes, and enhanced health service delivery.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2014
Assessment of selected quality fields of nursing care in neurosurgical wards: a prospective study of 530 people - multicenter studies.
One of the elements influencing the assessment of nursing care quality is the assessment of the nurse's functions that determine the nurse's particular tasks. The aim of this work was to assess selected tasks involved in the nurse's caring function, which influence nursing care quality on neurosurgical wards, on the basis of patients' and nursing staff's opinions. ⋯ Selected tasks in the field of the caring function of nurses were assessed differently by particular groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the assessment of particular tasks in the opinions of patients and nurses, which means that both examined groups similarly assessed tasks involved in the nurse's caring function, which influence nursing care quality.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2014
Developing a bone mineral density test result letter to send to patients: a mixed-methods study.
To use a mixed-methods approach to develop a letter that can be used to notify patients of their bone mineral density (BMD) results by mail that may activate patients in their bone-related health care. ⋯ Using a mixed-methods approach, we were able to develop and optimize a printed letter for communicating a complex test result (BMD) to patients. Our results may offer guidance to clinicians, administrators, and researchers who are looking for guidance on how to communicate complex health information to patients in writing.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2014
Willingness to pay for ovulation induction treatment in case of WHO II anovulation: a study using the contingent valuation method.
To measure the willingness to pay (WTP) of women aged 18-45 years to receive drug treatment for ovulation induction (ie, the social value of normal cycles of ovulation for a woman of childbearing age) in order to feed the debate about the funding of fertility cares. ⋯ Medical treatment for ovulation induction is highly socially desirable in Quebec.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2014
Patient preferences and satisfaction in a multispecialty infusion center.
Direct feedback from patients about their preferred modes of medication administration has been increasingly sought by providers to develop care programs that best match patient goals. Multispecialty infusion centers generally provide care to hematology-oncology (HO) and non-HO patients in one unit, with the same nursing staff. Our staff perceived that this was dissatisfying to our non-HO patients. We assessed patient satisfaction, as well as nursing and physician perceptions of patient preference/satisfaction with our infusion center, to determine whether a separate unit should be recommended when designing our new Cancer Institute Infusion Center. ⋯ Understanding patient preferences is an important step in deciding the structure of infusion centers. Based on these survey conclusions, a combined multispecialty infusion center has been continued at our institution, thus improving quality by including patients in decision-making affecting their care.