A model of caregiver paediatric HIV disclosure decision-making

Virtual support for paediatric HIV treatment decision making

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to review clinical outcomes of recommendations made by a multidisciplinary paediatric virtual clinic (PVC) for complex case management of paediatric HIV as a model of care within a tertiary network. DESIGN A retrospective review of the clinical outcomes of paediatric and adolescent (0-21 years) referrals to the PVC at St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial Coll...

Assessing health diagnosis disclosure decisions in relationships: testing the disclosure decision-making model.

Illness affects millions of Americans each year, and the disclosure of health conditions can facilitate access to social support, in addition to other physical and physiological benefits. This article tests the Disclosure Decision-Making Model (DD-MM; Greene, 2009 ) to predict factors that influence the likelihood of disclosing (and past disclosure of) nonvisible physical or mental health-rela...

A GA Model Development for Decision Making Under Reverse Logistics

  Managing products’ end-of-life and recovery of used products is gaining significant importance during last years. Therefore, managing the reverse flow of products can be an important potential for winning consumers in future competitive markets. In this context, establishing reverse logistics networks is becoming a main problem in reverse supply chains. Genetic Algorithm (GA) is utilized to s...

The impact of family environment and decision-making satisfaction on caregiver depression: a path analytic model.

OBJECTIVES This research examines caregiver depression in the context of traditional care-related primary stressors, such as the caregiving context and care-recipient impairment, and secondary stressors, such as family environment and decision-making satisfaction. METHODS The authors examine a causal (path) model of depression among 244 caregivers. Ordinary least squares regression results a...

Caregiver fatigue and surrogate end-of-life decision making.