medicine outcome measures and practice guidelines

... Integrative Pain Medicine Contemporary Pain Medicine Integrative Pain Medicine: The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management Series ... Integrative Pain Medicine The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management Edited by Joseph F Audette, MA, MD Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ... Pain Medicine: The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management We begin with several chapters that discuss pain and its management from a mechanistic standpoint...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 07:21

... Mapping of the EQ-5D index from clinical outcome measures and demographic variables in patients with coronary heart disease Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:54 ... obvious candidates for inclusion in models for mapping the EQ-5D index in cardiac patients Consistency in relationships between the EQ-5D index, patient characteristics and cardiac outcome measures ... the studies used, the clinical measures, the use of measurements from different time points, and the individual relationship between each of these clinical measures and the EQ-5D index can be found...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... Internal Medicine residents' knowledge and adherence to clinical practice guidelines In Evidence Based Clinical Practice newsletter McMaster University; 2008:12 Bachman KH, Mazur DJ: Using practice guidelines ... 3.66) Discussion We conducted a survey of family medicine and internal medicine residency programs to determine how family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in the US teach the ... the content of clinical practice guidelines; a national survey, 2007 Combined Family Medicine Internal Medicine N = 434 N = 239 N = 195 61 (14) 32 (13) 29 (15) Identifying and locating CPGs 310...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... Internal Medicine residents' knowledge and adherence to clinical practice guidelines In Evidence Based Clinical Practice newsletter McMaster University; 2008:12 Bachman KH, Mazur DJ: Using practice guidelines ... 3.66) Discussion We conducted a survey of family medicine and internal medicine residency programs to determine how family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in the US teach the ... the content of clinical practice guidelines; a national survey, 2007 Combined Family Medicine Internal Medicine N = 434 N = 239 N = 195 61 (14) 32 (13) 29 (15) Identifying and locating CPGs 310...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... support and appropriate technology • Best practice guidelines • Improved stakeholder participation in decision-making Best Practice Guidelines for water quality management of mining Best Practice Guidelines ... were identified and include: • Improved and harmonized legislation • Governmental structure and mining laws • Education and training • Capacity building • Collaboration forum and co-ordination ... Heath, R.G.M (2002a) Prevention and Management of Water Pollution from Small-Scale Mining Practices (Standard Format) Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, 2002 Best Practice Guideline No 2.1a...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... clinical cure rates were 51% and 50% for amoxicillin clavulanate and ciprofloxacin, respectively, and 95% and 88% for amoxicillin clavulanate and cefuroxime This difference in outcomes may be a reflection ... Department of Medicine, and Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada Deparmtent of Medicine, ... Quality Improvement and Management (AAP SCQIM) guidelines [7], the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) grading system [8], and the AAO-HNS guidelines in sinusitis...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 08:20

... Health and Ageing, the NHMRC initiated the development of the guidelines In working on the project, and having determined that separate guidelines were required for adults and for children and adolescents, ... researched practices for managing overweight and obesity and ensured that the practices identified were multi-faceted—for example, strategies that span physical activity, diet and self-esteem These guidelines ... that these guidelines be updated and revised by 2006 viii Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults SUMMARY S U M M A RY B AC K G RO U N D Overweight and obesity...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... Advisory Committee developed the Standards for Child and Adolescent Immunization Practices and the Standards for Adult Immunization Practices [23, 50] The standards recommended by this committee ... Advisory Committee developed the Standards for Child and Adolescent Immunization Practices and the Standards for Adult Immunization Practices [41, 50] The standards recommended by this committee ... Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); the ACP; the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, including the Standards for Child and Adolescent Immunization Practices and the Standards for Adult Immunization;...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... and early childhood The National Center for Maternal and Child Health published Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health to promote and improve the health and well being of infants, children and ... the health of pregnant women and children The panel reviewed literature, identified existing inter­ ventions, practices and guidelines, assessed issues of concern, and developed recommendations ... for Education in Maternal and Child Health published The Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health to promote and improve the health and well being of infants, children and adolescents The American...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... pediatric CAP guidelines and were not addressed by the panel METHODOLOGY Practice Guidelines Practice guidelines are ‘‘systematically developed statements to assist practitioners and patients in making ... Diseases Society (PIDS) and the IDSA Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee (SPGC) convened experts in pediatric CAP from the fields of community pediatrics, public health, and the pediatric subspecialties ... Hospital Medicine, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine The guidelines were reviewed and approved by the PIDS Clinical Affairs Committee, the IDSA SPGC, the Council of the PIDS, and the Board...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... be tested for strokespecific outcome measures and the extent of any additional error when transforming from descriptive stroke-specific measures to preference-based measures has yet to be quantified ... or random effects frequently fail to provide unambiguous guidance; and concludes that the choice between fixed and random effects should instead be driven by the data Specifically, the random ... the job at hand Findings from the present study also provide a unique insight into the feasibility and value of TTU regression in stroke-specific outcome measures such as the Barthel and NIHSS;...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... years), Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of between and 5.5 and neurologically stable for at least 30 days prior to randomization Twiss et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, ... Reliability and Validity The distributional properties of the PRIMUS and U-FIS were explored through descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, median and inter-quartile range [IQR]) and floor and ... sclerosisspecific patient reported outcome measures (the PRIMUS and U-FIS) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:117 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: •...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... ‘others’, ‘sport and school’ and ‘treatment’ Age groups II and III have in addition the domains ‘perceived support’ and ‘dealing with haemophilia’ and for adolescents the domains ‘future’ and ‘relationship’ ... categories in the chapter “Products and Technologies”, namely “Drugs (e1101)” and “Assistive products and technology for personal indoor and outdoor mobility and transportation (e1201)” Within ... paediatric and adult measures Discussion This study analyzed and compared the contents of PRO questionnaires that can be used in haemophilia The analysis was based on the ICF and the ICF-CY and provided...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... TCM-Qi and bioenergy TCM has been practiced for more than five thousand years, is a complete ancient medical system that takes a deep understanding of the laws and patterns of nature and applies ... Western medicine is usually more concrete in diagnosis and judgment Treatment is often quicker, particularly in acute cases, and surgery Recent Advances in Theories and Practice of Chinese Medicine ... something to be measured and quantified and often ignores the psychological, social and behavioral factors involved in illness Chinese medicine, on the other hand, can be too flexible and too general...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 15:20

... use guidelines We will define guidelines in other disciplines as any recommendations or guidance for behaviours that are consistent with those of clinical practice guidelines in medicine (and ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/69 of guidelines and their relationship with uptake Metaethnography offers a systematic approach to synthesis to better understand specific attributes of guidelines and their relationship ... review can thus facilitate the careful examination and understanding of the attributes of guidelines (e.g., its text, content, and presentation) and how changing these attributes might impact clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice guidelines development and implementaFigure tion Conceptual framework: Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice guidelines ... engage patients and the public in a more meaningful and effective way The Canadian Medical Association, in its 2007 handbook on clinical practice guidelines, notes that patient and public involvement ... important and effective; perceived barriers and facilitators for the development and implementation of effective PPIPs; examples of best (and 'bad') practices Interviews will be recorded and transcribed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... the CPG characteristics and messages and the CPG development process, actual and perceived facilitators and barriers to implementation, and factors related to norms and the practice context [2,8-15] ... Service on Clinical Practice Guidelines, Institute of Medicine: Clinical Practice Guidelines: Directions for a New Program Washington: National Academy Press; 1990 Grol R: Success and failures in ... formalized cancer system defined by data and monitoring of system performance, evidence-based knowledge and best practices, transfer and exchange of this knowledge, and strategies to leverage implementation...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... appraisal of an individual who is informed and knowledgeable about the probabilities and severity of the effects and risks of interventions, and about process and outcome aspects of healthcare For example, ... on clinical practice guidelines Our research questions are: How should clinical practice guidelines be adapted to elicit individual patients’ preferences and to support patients’ and health professionals’ ... Nevertheless, EBM guidelines are often viewed as conflicting with patient-centred medicine and with taking into account individual choice and preference [51] Clinical practice guidelines are typically...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... interventions on these health outcomes is fundamental to advancing clinical practice and research The current use of patient-oriented outcome measures in research and practice is deficient, despite ... within their practice and requires chart audits and observations Stage focuses on the client and requires evaluation of the efficiency, effectiveness, adequacy and appropriateness of care and its ... specific research question and defining study objectives and methods JM identified study outcome measures and wrote the proposal; P Stratford conducted sample size calculations; and P Solomon developed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice guidelines development and implementaFigure tion Conceptual framework: Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice guidelines ... engage patients and the public in a more meaningful and effective way The Canadian Medical Association, in its 2007 handbook on clinical practice guidelines, notes that patient and public involvement ... important and effective; perceived barriers and facilitators for the development and implementation of effective PPIPs; examples of best (and 'bad') practices Interviews will be recorded and transcribed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20