BACKGROUND It has been argued that only 12% of adults have the necessary health literacy to manage their health care effectively, which can lead to difficulties in self-care activities, such as medication adherence. Prior research suggests that health literacy may influence knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care, but this has not been fully examined. OBJECTIVE To test a model to explain the r...

OBJECTIVE To compare patient's assessment of primary care of medical institutions by structural type. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Primary care clinics where family physicians work in South Korea (nine private clinics, three health cooperative clinics, three public health center clinics and five teaching hospital clinics). We collected data by questionnaire survey from April 2007 t...

introduction : road traffic injuries (rti) are among the most important health problems worldwide as they cause more than 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries each year. therefore, the present study aims to evaluate the outcome and aftermath of rti in those who were injured and hospitalized due to a traffic accident. methods : in the present retrospective cohort study with a one-year foll...

endometrial stromal sarcomas (ess) are the second most common uterine sarcomas. endometrial stromal sarcomas account for 0.25% of all uterine malignancies. uterine sarcomas most often affect postmenopausal women. the aim of this retrospective study was to review the experience in the treatment and clinical outcome of low grade malignant endometrial stromal sarcoma. seventeen patients with histo...

conclusions although the majority of women had pcc records and received advice from healthcare professionals to carry out pchbs, most of them did not adhere to the pchb guideline recommendations. it is therefore suggested that strategies should be adopted to establish pcc services in the healthcare system and encourage clients to adhere to the pchb guideline recommended by the ministry of healt...

results two major themes were extracted from the analysis of the transcripts: “comprehensive caring commitment” and “patients’ medication grudge”. conclusions according to the findings, the nurses are in a unique position to care for people with ms; therefore they should be ready to provide high-quality patient care in ms patients. patients must be encouraged to study about their condition and ...

BACKGROUND There is a wide range of actions an individual could take when sick or injured such as self-care, consulting a traditional healer, or seeking treatment from a private or public health care facility. The specific action taken is influenced by individual characteristics, provider characteristics, societal factors, and geographical factors. A key individual characteristic is the ability...

The Indian government has made a commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) [1, 2], as a means to reduce catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure and ensure affordable access to essential health care for the entire population. As part of the plan to deliver UHC, the government has identified ensuring value for money in the health budget to be a key priority [1, 2]. The central g...

OBJECTIVES To explore the views of a range of stakeholders regarding whether patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can be developed to measure key attributes of long-term conditions (LTCs) care in England, and the potential value of a single generic measure. DESIGN Qualitative semistructured interview study, analysed using a framework approach. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Interviews with 3...

BACKGROUND Findings from several countries indicate that the prevalence of multimorbidity is very high among clients of primary healthcare. A deeper understanding of patients' experiences from their own perspective can greatly enrich any intervention to help them live as well as possible with multimorbidity. OBJECTIVE To describe the fundamental structure of adults' experience with multimorbi...