The Health Problem: There is often a lack of capacity to see follow-up patients within a specified time frame due to pressures of clinical resources. As a result, many patients waiting for routine follow-up have their appointments delayed. In some cases a formal face-to-face follow-up appointment may not be necessary. In addition, telephone consultation may be considered preferable by patients ...

BACKGROUND To investigate and to compare the effectiveness of a nurse short message service (SMS) by cellular phone and telephone follow-up by nurse on Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Semi experimental study consisted of 77 patients with type 2 diabetes that randomly assigned to two groups: telephone follow-up (n = 39) and short message service (...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cognitive outcomes in cohorts and trials are often based only on face-to-face clinic assessment. However, cognitive impairment is strongly associated with increased morbidity and mortality, leading to substantial loss to clinic follow-up. In the absence of previous population-based data, we determined the effect of such attrition on measured risk of dementia after transie...

OBJECTIVE To compare traditional hospital follow-up with telephone follow-up by specialist nurses after treatment for breast cancer. DESIGN A two centre randomised equivalence trial in which women remained in the study for a mean of 24 months. SETTING Outpatient clinics in two NHS hospital trusts in the north west of England PARTICIPANTS 374 women treated for breast cancer who were at low...

the exposure to electromagnetic field emitted by mobile telephones is increasing rapidly worldwide that causes side effects, including thermal and non thermal side effects. ear proximity to electromagnetic source may lead to greater damage and side effects, including hearing loss. this study was performed to assess the chronic effect of exposure to electromagnetic field of mobile telephones on ...