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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Reasons for delayed admission after stroke: results of a qualitative and quantitative survey.
Background: Acute stroke treatment shows time-dependent benefit to prevent disability. Public information campaigns and streamlining of emergency management have been performed, but still, only one-third of acute stroke patients are admitted >4.5 hrs after symptom onset. Patients and methods: We interviewed 15 patients, presenting >4.5 hrs after symptom onset, regarding symptom recognition, emotions and their first action after symptom onset. ⋯ Significantly better knowledge was shown in the answers on closed questions compared to open questions, although the same items were named. Conclusion: Shame, uncertainty and insufficient individual risk knowledge about stroke were the most important factors delaying admission after stroke. Individual risk counseling could be investigated to close the gap between general stroke knowledge and recognition of own stroke risk.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Illness Perceptions, HbA1c, And Adherence In Type 2 Diabetes In Saudi Arabia.
Little is known about predictors of adherence to diabetes medication in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to investigate whether illness perceptions, beliefs about medicine, and God locus of health control beliefs were associated with adherence to medication and glycaemic control (HbA1c) in Saudi patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). ⋯ In Saudi Arabia, patients' perceptions of T2D, beliefs about medicine, and God locus of control beliefs are associated with adherence. These results inform the development of interventions based on the Common-Sense Model (CSM) to encourage improved adherence and glycaemic control among Saudi patients with T2D. Further research with larger and more diverse samples is warranted to expand the generalizability of these findings.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Achievement of patients' preferences for participation in oncological symptom management and its association with perceived quality of care.
The subjectivity of symptom experience and the recognized role of patients in symptom management highlight the need to understand cancer patients' participation in symptom management and to identify the associations between patient participation and quality of care. However, research on patient participation has focused mostly on general healthcare activities, rather than symptom management, especially in cancer-care settings. This study aimed to compare the congruence between cancer patients' preference for and actual perceived experience of participation in symptom management and identify the relationships between preferred and actual patient participation and perceived quality of care. ⋯ This study identified substantial agreement between patients' preferred and actual participation, given the generally passive preference. The findings indicated that supporting patients to achieve their preferred level of participation may be more important than focusing activities on encouraging increased desire to participate for the purpose of care-quality improvement.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
What is the most important factor affecting patient satisfaction - a study based on gamma coefficient.
Objective: To analyze the influencing factors of patients satisfaction and find out the key factors, so as to provide suggestions for improving health policy. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted in Wuhan China. A total of 2,719 questionnaires were collected and 2,626 valid answer sheets were obtained. ⋯ Patients had a higher degree of satisfaction with the "Hospital convenience", "Hospital facilities and environment", "Medical staff services technology", "Medical staff service attitude", but had a lower degree of satisfaction with "Medical expense" and "Reimbursement ratio for medical expenses". Conclusion: "Medical staff's service attitude", "Medical staff services technology" and "Hospital convenience" was the most three important factors. The health managers should focus on the above three aspects and implement appropriate management decisions to improve patient satisfaction.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Patient activation in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: associated factors and the role of insulin.
This study explored the relationship between insulin use and patient activation (a person's internal readiness and capabilities to undertake health-promoting actions) in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and aimed to identify demographic, clinical and psychosocial factors involved in patient activation. ⋯ Patient activation does not differ between individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus on insulin therapy and those on other therapies.