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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.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2013
Predictors of willingness to undergo elective musculoskeletal surgery.
Knowledge of what influences patients' willingness to undergo elective orthopedic surgery is vital to the patient shared decision-making process. We sought to document the prevalence and identify the predictors of unwillingness to undergo surgery among a cohort of hip/knee, foot/ankle, neck/back, and hip/knee patients. ⋯ In addition to demographic/economic influences, perceptions of surgical risk and success play a critical role in patients' willingness to undergo surgery.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2013
Adherence to antidepressant medications: an evaluation of community pharmacists' counseling practices.
Recent studies have shown that pharmacists have a role in addressing antidepressant nonadherence. However, few studies have explored community pharmacists' actual counseling practices in response to antidepressant adherence-related issues at various phases of treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate counseling practices of community pharmacists in response to antidepressant adherence-related issues. ⋯ The majority of pharmacists provided information about the risks and benefits of antidepressant treatment. However, there remains scope for improvement in community pharmacists' counseling practice for patients on antidepressant treatment, particularly in providing key educational messages including adherence-related messages, exploring patients' concerns, and monitoring medication adherence.