... the nonresponded bias Free gifts such as sun glasses and facial cosmetics could be used in the future, in response to a patient's response and could bolster patients impressions quite cost effectively ... The result of this research also confirms the loyalty, perceptions and expectations relationship on LASIK surgery by SEM methods Limitations One of the advantages of this research study was the ... between satisfaction scores and age, job, and education The gender aspects of these results were the same as Hall [29] However, these results differed from former research studies, such as Sorlie's...
... analysis with adjustment for variances (significance of 5%) The statistical tests were performed using the SAS software [41] A Poisson regression model was used to assess the association between ... Barbosa et al [19] and presents good psychometric properties The CPQ 11-14 is a self-administered instrument used to determine qualityoflife associated with oral health and consists of 35 items ... informed consent was obtained from the participants or parents/guardians of the participants of this study Study population The present cross-sectional study referred to a representative sample of children...
... of bone, dental and soft tissues with respect to esthetics and function.21-24 Assessment of soft tissues is an important aspect of orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning; this encompasses ... encompasses profile analysis Soft tissue profile experiments changes associated to surgical or non-surgical orthodontic treatments These have been previously studied Orthodontists as well as surgeons are ... profiles given for each gender in a scale of (very attractive) to (less attractive), with no repetitions when evaluating in one session All statistical analyses were processed using SPSS Scores given...
... subjects subjects 15/53 (28%) subjects 10 subjects subject subject subject 13/53 (24%) subjects subjects 10/53 (19%) subjects subjects subject subject subjects subjects 7/53 (13%) subjects subject subjects ... would you say that? (determinants of a good qualityof life) Among 38 subjects with positive assessment of their current life and 17 subjects with assessments with opposite values, 53 subjects mentioned ... dos idosos Xavier FMF et al Rev Bras Psiquiatr 2003;25(1):31-9 satisfeitos, os insatisfeitos tinham mais problemas de saúde pela CIRS e mais sintomas depressivos quando avaliados pela GDS Os satisfeitos...
... between scale scores for the two assessments (≥ 0.70 considered satisfactory) [36] Sensitivity to change was assessed for patients with a degradation or improvement of their health status and/or ... test-retest reliability of RTQ was assessed for patients whose health status was declared unchanged between M0 and M6, and for those without stressful events Intraclass Correlation Coefficients ... correlations were found between RTQ scores and SF36 scores The dimension scores of RTQ had medium to high correlation (> 0.6) with those of SF36 assessing similar dimensions: PH-RTQ with PF-SF36, RFP-SF36,...
... frequency of symptoms may not always reflect subjects' assessments of treatment success, and that both symptom-based measures and patient- centric measures of treatment impact should be used in studies ... Brodsky M, Glasser DB, Jumadilova Z, Carlsson M: Relationships between improvements in symptoms and patient assessments of bladder condition, symptom bother and health-related qualityoflife ... [9] patients with OAB are not incontinent [3-5] Because UUI was the only variable used to assess these relationships, we cannot extrapolate these results to other OAB symptoms Conclusion Changes...
... that physicians should so We think that this is a topical issue Some authors believe that physicians' perceptions of QoL may be at odds with those held by the patients and QoL assessment should ... statistically significant - Specific knowledge without research activity - Use of QOL assessment in clinical practice - Use of QOL assessment for research purpose The SF-36 is: - Self administered ... know the SF-36 questionnaire Results are shown in Table Discussion The present study shows that the majority of physicians who answered to the questionnaire on QoL are aware of its usefulness in...
... components of a successful TB program Consequently, it is important that people in communities are aware and able to suspect TB in persons who show signs and symptoms suggestive of the disease, such ... such as prolonged cough, persistent fevers, and weight loss Maybe not surprising, as previous TB patients our respondents showed a good level of knowledge on the symptoms and modes of transmission ... test was used to examine associations of factors A p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant Methods Study design and population National Guidelines for management of TB This was a cross-sectional study...
... access to care than Whites for 32% of access measures o Asians had worse access to care than Whites for 17% of access measures o AI/ANs had worse access to care than Whites for 62% of access measures ... part, using readmission measures as well as measures of success in transitioning across health care settings Chapter 7: Efficiency is often assessed by how well the health care system promotes quality, ... has used the State Snapshots tool (statesnapshots.ahrq.gov) to examine variation across States This Web site helps State health leaders, researchers, consumers, and others understand the status...
... for assessment of the issues of greatest concern for a wide spectrum of patients The qualitative research process used to develop the PACT-Q aims at providing researchers with an instrument based ... sports, going out, vacationing and gardening Patients also reported avoidance of some movements and shortness of breath Psychological impact of the disease on patients Patients sometimes described ... procedures; they present succinct evaluations of patients' perceptions through the use of a short set of simple questions; they offer additional relevant information that cannot be assessed through...
... Epidemiology of Paget 's disease of bone Bone 1999, 24: 3S- 5S Ankrom MA, Shapiro JR: Paget 's disease of bone (osteitis deformans) J Am Geriatr Soc 1998, 46:1025-1033 Thomas DW, Shepherd JP: Paget 's disease ... techniques of internal fixation This unusual case of delayed union of the femur fracture associated with Paget 's disease of the bone for which functional bracing was ultimately successful illustrates ... recent years, the concept of biological osteosynthesis has gained a reputation in fracture treatment Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) techniques minimize the extent of soft tissue trauma...
... long as they present an English abstract Stakeholders in quality colonoscopy services Stakeholders are gastroenterologists, surgeons, family physicians, nurses, decision-informants, patients, healthcare ... family physicians, nurses, decision-informants, patients, healthcare services managers, healthcare systems administrators); (2) categorise, synthesise, and compare the perceptions of these different ... principal investigators and a research associate to assess fitness of studies with the inclusion criteria Any discrepancies in study inclusion between the two reviewers will be resolved by discussion...
... on QUERI research, assessing impacts on patients and system outcomes (step 5) and evaluating impacts on health-related qualityoflife Table 1: QUERI Series articles addressing cross-cutting conceptual ... such as research on the determinants of knowledge use, the effectiveness of interventions to increase the application of knowledge in real-world settings, and studies of the sustainability of improvement ... QUERI researchers have documented and shared their processes, methods and experiences After reviewing the papers in the Series, health systems and health research funders in all jurisdictions should...
... surrounding submucosal vessels and runs below the muscularis mucosae A similar appearance has been reported throughout the gastrointestinal tract Although the pathogenesis is unclear, the lesion ... lesion is believed to be congenital in origin Endoscopic diagnosis of extragastric Dieulafoy 's lesion can be difficult becauseof its small size and obscure location Increased awareness and careful ... these ulcers the condition [7,8] In a large series of 89 patients with DLs, the lesions were extragastric in a third of the cases The duodenum was the most common location (18%) of extragastric...
... on QUERI research, assessing impacts on patients and system outcomes (step 5) and evaluating impacts on health-related qualityoflife Table 1: QUERI Series articles addressing cross-cutting conceptual ... such as research on the determinants of knowledge use, the effectiveness of interventions to increase the application of knowledge in real-world settings, and studies of the sustainability of improvement ... QUERI researchers have documented and shared their processes, methods and experiences After reviewing the papers in the Series, health systems and health research funders in all jurisdictions should...
... of the EwQI varied widely Some project teams saw themselves as researchers, others as clinicians developing clinical audit, others as members of established departments in professional bodies ... all Scottish practices and five clinics three years Royal College of Psychiatrists To improve services for people who have self harmed Time series analysis of repeat audits 34 selected teams four ... Research and Quality and the US-based Institute of Healthcare Improvement, identifying key documents such as the Institute of Medicine 's 'Crossing the Quality Chasm' [18] Across disciplines,...
... correlations of PGI-I with VSSSMT scores and opinion of methadone as a medication PGI-I VSSS-MT, overall -0.032 VSSS-MT, Basic interventions -0.001 VSSS-MT, Specific interventions VSSS-MT, Social ... Brecht S: Patient- assessed versus physician-assessed disease severity and outcome in patients with nonspecific pain associated with major depressive disorder Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry ... and clinicians consider in assessing patients improvement Conclusions MMT patients’ perceptionof improvement shows low concordance with the clinical staff s perspective Assessment of MMT efficacy...
... This is a collection of almost three thousand problems from Encyclopedia oflife and death by Cho Chikun The problems come without solution becauseof two particular reasons: first, I think we can ... more by actually solving the problem, trying all the possible variations; and second, the solutions are copyrighted It is always black to move, so I only show pictures without any distracting text ... In this first part, you can find about nine hundred problems mostly for low kyu players, but also dan players can benefit from going through lots of such problems very quickly – dan player should...
... This is a collection of almost three thousand problems from Encyclopedia oflife and death by Cho Chikun The problems come without solution becauseof two particular reasons: first, I think we can ... more by actually solving the problem, trying all the possible variations; and second, the solutions are copyrighted It is always black to move, so I only show pictures without any distracting text ... motto: “It is a matter oflife and death, a road either to safety or to ruin Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.” Sun Tzu: The Art of War preface: This is a collection...