Vasques, Ana Inês Ochoa-Leite, Carlos Ramos Rocha, Diana Bento, João Rocha, Luís
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Acta medica portuguesa
Introdução: A 11 de março de 2020, a Organização Mundial da Saúde declarou a doença provocada pelo novo coronavírus uma pandemia. As medidas de prevenção, nomeadamente, o uso apropriado de equipamento de proteção individual e a higienização das mãos, são essenciais na diminuição da transmissibilidade. Os profissionais de saúde têm particular indica...
Langham, Robyn G Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar Bonner, Ann Balducci, Alessandro Hsiao, Li-Li Kumaraswami, Latha A Laffin, Paul Liakopoulos, Vassilios Saadi, Gamal Tantisattamo, Ekamol
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The high burden of kidney disease, global disparities in kidney care, and the poor outcomes of kidney failure place a growing burden on affected individuals and their families, caregivers, and the community at large. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals and organizations have, or equitably enable individuals to have, the ability to fi...
Rinaldi, Carmela; Ratti, Matteo; Russotto, Sophia; Seys, Deborah; 56145; Vanhaecht, Kris; 35350; Panella, Massimiliano;
BACKGROUND: The term second victim (SV) describes healthcare professionals who remain traumatized after being involved in a patient safety incident (PSI). They can experience various emotional, psychological, and physical symptoms. The phenomenon is quite common; it has been estimated that half of hospital workers will be an SV at least once in the...
Piessens, Veerle; Heytens, Stefan; Van Den Bruel, Ann; 33205; Van Hecke, Ann; De Sutter, An;
INTRODUCTION: Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of a disease that would never have caused any symptom or problem. It is a harmful side effect of screening and may lead to unnecessary treatment, costs and emotional drawbacks. Doctors and other healthcare professionals (HCPs) have the opportunity to mitigate these consequences, not only by informing the...
Joseph, Ria Hart, Nicolas H Bradford, Natalie Agbejule, Oluwaseyifunmi Andi Koczwara, Bogda Chan, Alexandre Wallen, Matthew P Chan, Raymond J
PurposeTo examine the perspectives of medical and nursing health professionals concerning their roles and responsibilities in providing dietary and exercise advice to cancer survivors, and referrals to allied health professionals.MethodsAn integrative review. PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Embase, Web of Science databases, and bibliographies of relevant...
Iness, Audra N Abaricia, Jefferson O Sawadogo, Wendemi Iness, Caleb M Duesberg, Max Cyrus, John Prasad, Vinay
Health care policymaking during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has questioned the precedent of restricting hospital visitors. We aimed to synthesize available data describing the resulting impact on patient, family/visitor, and health care provider well-being. We systematically reviewed articles from the W...
Sanders, Katie H Chousou, Panagiota Anna Carver, Kathryn Pugh, Peter J Degens, Hans Azzawi, May
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Patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) experience anxiety, depression and reduced quality of life (QoL).Objectives
This mixed-methods systematic review evaluates whether ICD support groups have a beneficial effect on mental well-being.Methods
Literature searches were carried out in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and ...
Buhmeida, Abdelbaset Assidi, Mourad Alyazidi, Omar Olwi, Duaa Ibrahim Althuwaylimi, Ahmed Yahya, Fatimah M Arfaoui, Leila Merdad, Leena Abuzenadah, Adel Mohammad
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Biobanking is a critical cornerstone of the global shift towards precision medicine (PM). This transformation requires smooth and informed interaction between a range of stakeholders involved in the healthcare system. In Saudi Arabia, there is still insufficient awareness of the importance of biobanking and its potential benefits for pati...
Quigley, Denise Qureshi, Nabeel Rybowski, Lise Shaller, Dale Edgman-Levitan, Susan Cleary, Paul D Ginsberg, Caren Hays, Ron D
BackgroundThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality held a research meeting on using Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) data for quality improvement (QI) and evaluating such efforts.Topics covered.Meeting addressed: 1)What has been learned about organizational factors/environment needed to improve patient experien...
Etkind, Simon Noah Li, Jiaqi Louca, John Hopkins, Sarah A Kuhn, Isla Spathis, Anna Barclay, Stephen IG
Funder: Health Education England Academic Clinical Lectureship / Funder: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) / OBJECTIVES: uncertainty pervades the complex illness trajectories experienced by older adults with multimorbidity. Uncertainty is experienced by older people, their informal carers and professionals providing care, yet is incompl...
