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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Utilization of Hydroxyurea Among Patients Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
The early diagnosis of sickle cell disease (SCD) patients and getting appropriate treatment are crucial for improving clinical outcomes. This study aims to assess the use of hydroxyurea among patients diagnosed with SCD and assess factors influencing the attitude toward the medication and the reasons for discontinuation. ⋯ The findings indicate the importance of increasing the role of clinicians in educating patients and caregivers about the use of hydroxyurea and its benefits.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Preferences for Attributes of Sodium Oxybate Treatment: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Patients with Narcolepsy.
Current US FDA-approved treatments for narcolepsy include sodium oxybate (SXB) and calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates (mixed-salt oxybates), which require 2 nightly doses, 1 at bedtime and another 2.5 to 4 hours later. Once-nightly SXB (ON-SXB; FT218) is under FDA review to treat adults with narcolepsy. This study quantitatively characterized attributes of SXB treatment preferred by individuals with narcolepsy via a discrete choice experiment (DCE) and evaluated preferences for the product profiles of once-nightly vs twice-nightly SXB treatment. ⋯ Among the choices presented, dosing frequency was the most important attribute for overall product choice, likelihood to take medication exactly as directed, and reducing anxiety/stress. The ON-SXB blinded profile was significantly preferred over twice-nightly SXB.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
The Impact of Biofeedback on Self-Efficacy in Adults with Asthma: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Survey.
Educating patients to self-manage chronic diseases such as asthma is a key role for nurses. The success of this education is often limited by low patient self-efficacy. In this study, we hypothesized that the self-efficacy of patients could be enhanced if their education was based on biofeedback of their own self-management, following a nurse led educational intervention. ⋯ Repeated nurse-delivered education results in high levels of self-efficacy among patients with severe asthma. A high level of perceived self-efficacy should not be assumed to result in higher inhaler adherence.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Acceptability of Community Saliva Testing in Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Two Case Studies in Nursing Homes and Schools.
Current public health debate centers on COVID-19 testing methods and strategies. In some communities, high transmission risk may justify routine testing, and this requires test methods that are safe and efficient for both patients and the administrative or health-care workers administering them. Saliva testing appears to satisfy those criteria. ⋯ Administrators at the facilities in question seemed to think highly of saliva testing and wished to continue it after the pilot study was over. This result reinforces the criteria (the noninvasive aspect, in particular) supporting a key role for saliva testing in monitoring community spread of the virus. Nevertheless, wider-scale deployment of this particular method will only be possible if the testing strategy as a whole takes a health promotion approach.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2022
Quality Perceptions and Choice of Public Health Facilities: A Mediation Effect Analysis of Outpatient Experience in Rural China.
Outpatients have choices of providers in the hierarchical health service delivery system of China. Understanding how quality perceptions and outpatient experience affect the choice of health facility would help inform decisions about priorities for action aimed at guiding the use of primary care. This study examines how quality perceptions of outpatient service affect the facility level choice in rural China. ⋯ Outpatient quality perceptions-especially positive perceptions regarding environment, doctor-patient communication, and physician ability-could contribute to minimizing upward referral via improvement in outpatient experience. Policymakers and health care providers may need to therefore optimize outpatient experience as they push to develop a more locally responsive primary care system.