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There are several challenges in providing healthcare services for lung cancer patients. Using teleoncology is an effective solution to meet such challenges. Given this, we in this study aimed to identify the features of teleoncology in lung cancer. We conducted this scoping review in 2023. We first searched scientific databases including PubMed, Sc...
Published in Patient education and counseling
Published in Patient education and counseling
Secrecy about a child's difference of sex development (DSD) can lead to internalized shame and stigma. We explored how teenagers and adults with DSD, parents, healthcare providers, and allied professionals value and perceive patient education. Stakeholders (n = 110) completed qualitative semi-structured interviews. Relevant themes for educational c...
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Chaplains address religious, spiritual and existential issues with heterosexual patients but critical questions arise of whether chaplains do so with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) patients, too, and if so, how. Chaplains were interviewed for ∼1 h each. Four spontaneously discussed LGBTQ issues. Chaplains described seve...
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Online health information contributes to patient education and knowledge on disease management. The aims of this study were to design the Health Information Website Evaluation Tool (HIWET) to evaluate the quality of online information, and to investigate the reliability, validity, and utility of HIWET. HIWET was developed by a literature search and...
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Vaccination is a key strategy to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, among vulnerable groups such as cancer patients. However, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is limiting vaccination uptake in this population as in others. This study aimed to synthesise the emerging literature on vaccine hesitancy in this population and in Oncology health profess...
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To examine whether non-adherent African American patients with glaucoma who received a question prompt list and video intervention were more likely to be given treatment options, have their input included into treatment regimens, and rate their providers as using more of a participatory decision-making style. African American patients with glaucoma...
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The study aimed to better understand children's emergency perioperative experience, a little researched topic. Current literature shows discrepancies between child and adult perceptions for the same healthcare experience. Acquisition of knowledge from the child's perspective can be utilized to improve perioperative care. This qualitative study incl...
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Promoting behavioral strategies to better regulate pain and decrease the use of prescription pain medications immediately after childbirth is an attractive approach to reduce risks for adverse outcomes associated with the maternal mortality crisis. This study aimed to understand women's beliefs and experiences about pain management to identify impo...
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We examined patient attitudes and beliefs and provider perspectives on patients' attitudes and beliefs towards testosterone therapy in Veterans Affairs (VA). We used a thematic analysis approach to understand variation in patient attitudes and beliefs towards testosterone at six VA sites with high and low levels of testosterone prescribing in VA. S...
