Lough, Tony Luo, Qingyang O’Sullivan, Paul Chemaslé, Christophe Stotzer, Michael Suttie, James Darling, David
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Oncology and Therapy
IntroductionInternational guidelines advocate regular surveillance of patients following urothelial carcinoma (UC). A validated molecular diagnostic non-invasive urine test, Cxbladder Monitor, correctly identifies patients with a UC history who have low-probability of recurrence. The present study assesses the clinical utility of Cxbladder Monitor ...
Persky, Susan Ferrer, Rebecca A. Klein, William M. P.
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Journal of Behavioral Medicine
It is crucial to examine patient reactions to genomics-informed approaches to weight management within a clinical context, and understand the influence of patient characteristics (here, emotion and race). Examining nonverbal reactions offers a window into patients’ implicit cognitive, attitudinal and affective processes related to clinical encounte...
Tai-Seale, M.
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Encyclopedia of Health Economics
Steinhausen, Simone Ommen, Oliver Thüm, Sonja Lefering, Rolf Koehler, Thorsten Neugebauer, Edmund Pfaff, Holger
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Patient Education and Counseling
ObjectiveTo analyze whether patients’ perception of their medical treatment outcome is higher among patients who experienced a higher empathy by trauma surgeons during their stay in hospital. Methods127 patients were surveyed six weeks after discharge from the trauma surgical general ward. Subjective evaluation of medical treatment outcome was meas...
Ernstmann, Nicole Ommen, Oliver Kowalski, Christoph Neumann, Melanie Visser, Adriaan Pfaff, Holger Weissbach, Lothar
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Supportive Care in Cancer
PurposeWhilst much is known as to the met and unmet communication needs of prostate cancer patients, few studies have been conducted on the changes in communication between provider and patient over time. Therefore, the aim of our study is to examine (a) whether there are changes over time in the quality of psychosocial care in long-term treatment ...
Douma, Kirsten F. L. Koning, Caro C. E. Zandbelt, Linda C. de Haes, Hanneke C. J. M. Smets, Ellen M. A.
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Supportive Care in Cancer
PurposeWe aimed to investigate if cancer patients’ information needs decrease during radiotherapy and if so, which patient, consultation and radiation oncologist characteristics are associated with a decrease in information needs over time.MethodsIn this longitudinal study, patients (n = 104) completed a baseline questionnaire a week before the ini...
Ommen, Oliver Thuem, Sonja Pfaff, Holger Janssen, Christian
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International Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesEmpirical studies have confirmed that a trusting physician–patient interaction promotes patient satisfaction, adherence to treatment and improved health outcomes. The objective of this analysis was to investigate the relationship between social support, shared decision-making and inpatient’s trust in physicians in a hospital setting.Metho...
Ommen, Oliver Wirtz, Markus Janssen, Christian Neumann, Melanie Ernstmann, Nicole Pfaff, Holger
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Patient education and counseling
The scale psychosocial care by physicians can be used as a valid instrument in regard to quality assessment and assurance.