... 26% of all patients had any contact with health care services [4] In Germany, the German Health Interview and Examination Survey showed health care utilization of 30% forpatients without co-morbidity ... König J, Gerlach FM, PRoMPT (PRimary care Monitoring for depressive Patients Trial): Case management for depression by health care assistants in small primary care practices: a cluster randomized ... effective service forpatientswith complex needs [12] A randomized study from Ontario, Canada, analysed clinical outcomes of patients, who received telepsychiatric consultations compared to patients...
... involves patient treatment with CMVALT with or without CMV-DCs pulsed with pp65 mRNA Patients will also receive standard of care radiotherapy and TMZ Interestingly, patients whose tumor recurs ... (NCT00293423) or newly diagnosed (NCT00905060) patientswith GBM Enrolled patients are being vaccinated with the heat shock protein peptide complex (HSPPC)-96 with or without concurrent TMZ therapy Heat ... pulsed with autologous tumor cell lysates with or without intratumoral Gliadel wafer recently were closed for accrual At Duke University (NCT00890032), recurrent GBM patients are treated with autologous...
... materials for provider-initiated HIV counseling and testing, HIV prevention and integrated primary HIV care and support for HCWs involved in the care of patientswith TB at the primary health care ... the burden of TB among people living with HIV/ AIDS are therefore urgently needed [3] HIV counseling and testing of patientswith TB and carefor co-infected patients are key activities in the ... activities for TB patients) at 14 primary health care clinics in Kinshasa, DRC Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:23 tiated HIV counseling and testing for...
... for primary care GPs will be informed about the project, and when they agree to participate they will be instructed to send in an admission form with data on practice organization necessary for ... educational materials for the professionals and patients There is a recommended protocol for multidisciplinary management and a template for clinical care presented as a guiding registration form Furthermore, ... different forpatientswith systolic CHF compared to patientswith a preserved systolic heart function, so called diastolic CHF (See Table 1) Finally, new recommendations on the use of devices were formulated...
... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of careforpatientswith diabetes ... secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of careforpatientswith diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying individual, team, and organisational factors that ... caring forpatientswith diabetes in Newcastle We have also conducted research in organizational development and behavioural change related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care...
... satisfaction withcare by both patients and informal caregivers Finally, we aim for a positive effect on attitudes, knowledge and skills of nurses Collaborative Careforpatientswith severe borderline ... are indicative for positive or negative outcomes Informal carers Participants Patients This Collaborative Care Program is developed to improve the quality of careforpatientswith severe personality ... adequate validity and reliability [69,70] Questionnaires for informal carers Process indicators Carer satisfaction withcareFor the measurement of carer satisfaction an adapted version of the CQ-index...
... until now no studies have been performed on the effects of CC forpatientswith bipolar disorder The current study will be the first to implement CC forpatientswith bipolar disorder, and moreover, ... program forpatientswith bipolar disorder We set out the following three research questions to answer: A What are the effects of a CC program, compared to Care as Usual (CAU), forpatientswith ... available about care provided in some highly specialized centres forpatientswith bipolar disorder that may resemble CC In the Netherlands, about 20.000 patients receive carefor bipolar disorder...
... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of careforpatientswith diabetes ... secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of careforpatientswith diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying individual, team, and organisational factors that ... caring forpatientswith diabetes in Newcastle We have also conducted research in organizational development and behavioural change related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care...
... In patientswith acute fulminant liver failure Several uncontrolled studies have been performed using MARS® in patientswith acute fulminant liver failure, showing Page of (page number not for ... treatment in intensive care unit patients and the dialysate solution is supplemented with approved human albumin that has no ability to cross the hemofilter membrane and to enter the patients blood, ... encephalopathy in 64% of the patients treated with MARS® and 38% of the control group (p = 0.04) In particular, ammonia levels were significantly reduced in patients treated with MARS® Other uncontrolled...
... people with dementia: 20 acetyl-L-carnitine165-168 cerebrolysin169 nicergoline170 lecithin.171 1++ INFORMATION FOR DISCUSSION WITHPATIENTS AND CARERS Information for discussion withpatients ... ANNEXES 43 MANAGEMENT of patientswithdementia 44 ANNEXES 45 MANAGEMENT of patientswithdementia 46 ANNEXES 47 MANAGEMENT of patientswithdementia Annex Short form of the Informant Questionnaire ... in people with vascular dementia (VaD) than in people with Alzheimer’s disease MANAGEMENT of patientswithdementiaDementiawith Lewy bodies Characteristic features of dementiawith Lewy bodies...
... (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:55 discriminate between levels of severity, with satisfaction shown to be higher forpatientswith lower symptom ... impact of BPH on patients' general well-being It measures aspects of physical discomfort, worry, bother, and interference with everyday activities The items about physical discomfort have a 4-point ... score for all items, ranging from to 13, with higher scores indicating a greater impact on patients' general well-being Validity of the BII has been previously demonstrated (e.g [10]) Patients...
... versions was developed for diabetes patients (n = 14) Five respectively four instruments referred to asthma and arthritis patients and three to patientswith COPD Aim of instrument For approximately ... included forpatientswith heart failure The 25 papers covered 23 different self-efficacy instruments For three instruments, different versions were developed: for the Self-Efficacy Score for Diabetes ... in combination with input from experts (4 instruments [22,30,35,36]), followed by input from experts and patients without literature searches (for instruments [21,28,33]) Overall, for the development...
... Simulation of patientswith topographical disorientation A connected graph with 10 nodes and different weights for the links was constructed as shown in Figure We simulated patientswith five different ... in a uniform manner In the present case, however, we intend to route patients, each with unique characteristics The minimum distance route assuming uniformly processed packets is therefore not ... patientswith physical disabilities This experiment intended to demonstrate how the proposed routing scheme accommodates patientswith different abilities We defined three different virtual patients, ...
... applicable in both patientswith hip or knee OA However, we have based our study only on patients undergoing total hip replacement, and therefore, further validation studies in patientswith different ... test for multiple comparisons at P< 0.05 based on the Rasch model but used a very small sample of patientswith hip OA (n = 57) Given that our target population is composed of patientswith hip ... independent sample of patientswith hip OA and in different languages Besides, the original WOMAC has been used in patientswith hip or knee OA, consequently this 11items short form could probably...
... versions was developed for diabetes patients (n = 14) Five respectively four instruments referred to asthma and arthritis patients and three to patientswith COPD Aim of instrument For approximately ... included forpatientswith heart failure The 25 papers covered 23 different self-efficacy instruments For three instruments, different versions were developed: for the Self-Efficacy Score for Diabetes ... in combination with input from experts (4 instruments [22,30,35,36]), followed by input from experts and patients without literature searches (for instruments [21,28,33]) Overall, for the development...
... causes of dementia, accounting for approximately two thirds or more of all dementia cases [2] Vascular dementia (VaD) accounts for approximately 15% of all dementias [2], while some patients may ... effect of donepezil treatment on caregiver burden used a survey of AD caregivers of patients treated with donepezil matched to AD caregivers of patients not treated with donepezil [31] In the survey, ... function in AD patients receiving galantamine 24 mg/day for 12 months or placebo for months followed by galantamine 24 mg/day for months [51] Although patients who took galantamine 24 mg/day for 12 months...
... Figure 18 month follow before and after CRT intervention and at BMI of patients – up BMI of patients – before and after CRT intervention and at 18 month follow up Age of the patients and duration ... was forpatients An aspect of the intervention that seemed appealing forpatients was that the exercises and reflection on them involved thought processes and not thought content In the patients' ... intervention for AN patients This was done in a number of ways from adding new tasks to adjusting the delivery of the intervention For example, a monitoring form was used to report patient performance...
... survival rate forpatients without lymph node metastases (N-) and forpatientswith lymph node metastases (N+) The majority of patients (12/22) received SRS treatment as outpatients with curative ... All patients included in this study completed an informed consent form Patients were examined using PET-CT, MRI, and Ultrasound Prior to radiation therapy, biopsies were performed for all patients, ... Surviving patients † Additional non-recurrent patients treated, data presented for recurrent patients only unless otherwise noted ‡ Includes non-recurrent patients § Includes patientswith non-squamous...
... questionnaire (Table 4) The treatment of patientswith BM can consist of best supportive care, surgery or radiosurgery with or without WBRT We have included patientswith one BM in our treatment protocol ... hypofractionated SIB approach for the treatment of patientswith - BMs would be a safe alternative to WBRT with or without radiosurgery The observed toxicity was minimal Less than one third of patients had alopecia ... respectively (p = 0.035) Likewise, patientswith good performance status lived significantly longer The estimated 6-month OS was 66.9% and 37.5% forpatientswith a KPS of 90-100 and 70-80, respectively...
... 142.8~240.0 Gy) in 24 patientswith tumor size of 3~5 cm, 165.5 Gy (range, 142.8~212.2 Gy) in 10 patientswith tumor size of 5~7 cm and 144.0 Gy (range, 142.8~184.8 Gy) in patientswith tumor size ... first SBRT was mild 22 of 25 patientswith local recurrence had the second SBRT After the treatment, patients achieved CR; 15 patients Figure The local control of patientswith different tumor sizes ... mortality of the patientswith stage II was 4.064 times higher than that of the patientswith stageI (p = 0.015) Systemic chemotherapy increased the risk of death of the patientswith early stage...