Reliability, validity and factor structure of the Appraisal of Self‐Care Agency Scale – Revised (ASAS‐R)Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Tập 16 Số 6 - Trang 1031-1040 - 2010
Valmi D. Sousa, Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, Sandra Bergquist‐Beringer, Carol M. Musil, Jane B. Neese, Ala’a F. Jaber
AbstractRationale, aims and objectives Self‐care agency is a fundamental concept in nursing and health care research. Having self‐care agency enhances an individual's health‐promoting behaviours and/or specific capabilities for chronic disease self‐management. The purpose of this study was to continue the development and psychometric testing...... hiện toàn bộ
A population‐based cohort study of ambulatory care service utilization among older adultsJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Tập 16 Số 4 - Trang 825-831 - 2010
Jason X Nie, Li Wang, C Shawn Tracy, Rahim Moineddin, Ross Upshur
AbstractRationale, aims and objectives Age‐related effects on ambulatory care service utilization are not well understood. We aim to measure the utilization patterns of ambulatory health care services (i.e. family physician visits, specialist physician visits and emergency room visits) in the late life course (65 years and older).... hiện toàn bộ
Patients' Beliefs about Medicines in a primary care setting in GermanyJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 409-413 - 2012
Cornelia Mahler, Katja Hermann, Rob Horne, Susanne Jank, Walter E. Haefeli, Joachim Szécsényi
AbstractObjectives The aim of this study was to explore patients' beliefs about medicines by administering the German version of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) in a primary care setting among chronically ill patients and to examine its psychometric properties. The BMQ assesses patients' beliefs about their individual prescri...... hiện toàn bộ
The accuracy of primary care teams in diagnosing disorders of the shoulderJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Tập 17 Số 1 - Trang 118-122 - 2011
Shelain Patel, Fahad Hossain, Henry Colaco, M. El‐Husseiny, Marcus H Lee
AbstractObjective The aim of this retrospective, observational study was to determine the accuracy of diagnoses given by a multitude of primary care services to patients referred to an orthopaedic upper limb surgeon with a focus towards shoulder pathology.Methods Records of all patients referred to a ...... hiện toàn bộ
Fear of knowledge: Clinical hypotheses in diagnostic and prognostic reasoningJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Tập 23 Số 5 - Trang 928-934 - 2017
Daniele Chiffi, Renzo Zanotti
AbstractPatients are interested in receiving accurate diagnostic and prognostic information. Models and reasoning about diagnoses have been extensively investigated from a foundational perspective; however, for all its importance, prognosis has yet to receive a comparable degree of philosophical and methodological attention, and this may be due to the difficulties ...... hiện toàn bộ
A systems analysis approach to medical errorJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 213-222 - 1997
Lucian L. Leape
Evidence from various sources indicates that a substantial number of hospitalized patients suffer treatment‐caused injuries. Most of these injuries result from errors. Yet physicians and other health professionals have been reluctant to admit and address the problem of errors, both because of feelings of guilt and from the desire to avoid punishment or disapproval by colleagues. Research i...... hiện toàn bộ
Evidence‐based practice – an incomplete model of the relationship between theory and professional workJournal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - Tập 10 Số 2 - Trang 187-196 - 2004
Helen Hancock, Patrick Easen
AbstractRationale, aims and objectives Current day realities of diminishing resources, reductions in spending and organizational change within health care systems have resulted in an increased emphasis on a multidisciplinary team approach to quality patient care. The movement of nursing towards more autonomous practice combined with the curr...... hiện toàn bộ