Self-assessed health of young-to-middle-aged adults in an English-speaking Caribbean nation [0.03%]
英语加勒比国家年轻人的自评健康状况
Paul A Bourne,Neva South-Bourne
Paul A Bourne
Background: Gender differences in self-assessed health in young-to-middle-aged adults are understudied in the English-speaking Caribbean nations. Aims: ...
Meta-analysis provides evidence-based interpretation guidelines for the clinical significance of mean differences for the FACT-G, a cancer-specific quality of life questionnaire [0.03%]
基于证据的FACT-G（癌症特异性生活质量问卷）均值差临床意义解释指南的荟萃分析
Madeleine T King,David Cella,David Osoba et al.
Madeleine T King et al.
Our aim was to develop evidence-based interpretation guidelines for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G), a cancer-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument, from a range of clinically relevant ancho...
Patient outcome in migraine prophylaxis: the role of psychopharmacological agents [0.03%]
偏头痛的预防：精神药理学药物的作用
Maurizio Pompili,Gianluca Serafini,Marco Innamorati et al.
Maurizio Pompili et al.
Introduction: Migraine is a serious illness that needs correct treatment for acute attacks and, in addition, a treatment prophylaxis, since patients with migraine suffer during acute attacks and also between attacks. ...
The use of patient-reported outcomes becomes standard practice in the routine clinical care of lung-heart transplant patients [0.03%]
肺心移植患者的常规临床护理中使用患者报告结果成为标准做法
Maria J Santana,David Feeny,Justin Weinkauf et al.
Maria J Santana et al.
Objective: To assess the use of patient-reported outcome (PROs) measures in the routine clinical care of lung-heart transplant patients. We assessed whether the addition of PROs in routine clinical care affected the durat...
Public and private health care utilization differences between socioeconomic strata in Jamaica [0.03%]
牙买加不同社会经济阶层的医疗卫生利用差异性分析
Paul A Bourne,Denise Eldemire-Shearer,Tomlin J Paul et al.
Paul A Bourne et al.
Objective: To assess trends in the use of private and public health care services among Jamaicans over a 15-year period (1991-2007). Design and methods: ...
Health-related restrictions of choices and choosing: implications for quality of life and clinical interventions [0.03%]
与选择和抉择相关的健康限制：对生活质量及临床干预的启示
Barry J Gurland,Huai Cheng,Mathew S Maurer
Barry J Gurland
Background: The process of "accessing choices and choosing among them" (c-c) has been proposed as a model for understanding, evaluating, and assisting a patient's management of quality of life. If desired choices are free...
Optimizing use of 5-ASA in the treatment of ulcerative colitis: Focus on patient compliance and adherence [0.03%]
优化氨基水杨酸类药物治疗溃疡性结肠炎的患者用药依从性的措施
Steven J Bernick,Sunanda Kane
Steven J Bernick
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition that requires long-term treatment. The first-line therapy remains 5-ASA, which is available in a variety of different formulations and dosing schedules. Multiple studies have demonstrated that adher...
Jin-Shei Lai,Rita Bode,Hwee-Lin Wee et al.
Jin-Shei Lai et al.
We aimed to validate a more rapid, yet reliable means of assessing physical function (PF) for patients with prostate cancer. The sample included 128 prostate cancer patients recruited from urology and general oncology clinics at two Chicago...
Health literacy and health seeking behavior among older men in a middle-income nation [0.03%]
发展中国家中老年男性健康素养与求医行为的关系研究
Paul A Bourne,Chloe Morris,Christopher Ad Charles et al.
Paul A Bourne et al.
Health literacy is a measure of the patient's ability to read, comprehend and act on medical instructions. This research article examines health literacy and health-seeking behaviors among elderly men in Jamaica, in order to inform health p...
Perspectives on electronic medical records adoption: electronic medical records (EMR) in outcomes research [0.03%]
电子健康记录应用展望：电子健康记录在医疗效果研究中的应用
Dan Belletti,Christopher Zacker,C Daniel Mullins
Dan Belletti
Health information technology (HIT) is engineered to promote improved quality and efficiency of care, and reduce medical errors. Healthcare organizations have made significant investments in HIT tools and the electronic medical record (EMR)...