Inadequate knowledge

Aging Ergonomics: A Field with Inadequate Notice

Inadequate housing and health

For many years, the housing environment has been acknowledged as one of the main settings that affect human health. Living and housing conditions are the basis of many factors influencing residential health. Still, to date there is no commonly agreed upon definition of ‘healthy housing’, and there are still major gaps in the knowledge on how housing conditions may affect health. Epidemiological...

Inadequate physician knowledge of the effects of diet on blood lipids and lipoproteins.

BACKGROUND To assess the nutrition knowledge of physicians on the basic effects of diet on blood lipids and lipoproteins. METHODS Anonymous mailed dietary knowledge surveys to 6000 randomly selected physicians in the United States licensed in either Internal Medicine or Cardiology. RESULTS Response rate: 16% (n = 639). Half of the physicians did not know that canola oil and 26% did not know...

Problems with solutions: drowning in the brine of an inadequate knowledge base.

BACKGROUND & AIMS We undertook a telephone questionnaire to determine current fluid prescribing practices and relevant knowledge among surgical preregistration house officers (PRHOs) and senior house officers (SHOs) working in 25 British hospitals. METHODS One hundred PRHOs were surveyed within 10 days of starting their first job (Group A). Fifty other PRHOs were surveyed 6-8 weeks after star...

Patient kidney disease knowledge remains inadequate with standard nephrology outpatient care

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) knowledge among patients newly referred to a nephrology clinic is limited. This study aimed to determine if CKD knowledge 1 year after initial consultation in a nephrology clinic improves with standard care. METHODS Patients newly referred to a nephrology outpatient clinic received standard care from nephrologists, and had access to educational pamphlet...