نتایج جستجو برای: patient decision aids
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background: geographic and doctor-to-doctor variations in care are a focus of quality and safety efforts in medicine. this study addresses factors associated with variation in the rate of operative treatment of de quervain tendinopathy. methods: we used a database including all patient encounters at 2 large medical centers, to study the experience of 10 hand surgeons and 1 physiatrist workin...
Modifying unwarranted variations in health care: shared decision making using patient decision aids.
Shared decision making is the process of interacting with patients in arriving at informed values-based choices when options have features that patients value differently. Patient decision aids (PtDAs) are evidence-based tools designed to facilitate that process. Numerous randomized trials indicate that PtDAs improve decision quality and prevent overuse of options that informed patients do not ...
PURPOSE Accurate estimates of risk are essential for physicians if they are to recommend a specific management to patients with prostate cancer. Accurate risk estimates are also required for clinical trial design, to ensure homogeneous patient groups. Because there is more than one model available for prediction of most outcomes, model comparisons are necessary for selection of the best model. ...
Decision aids (DAs) are tools to support patients make informed health decisions with their practitioner. They aim to improve patient knowledge of options, incorporate patient preferences and values, and increase patient involvement in health decision making. Increasingly, the debate about DAs concerns how they should be implemented in practice, with the view that DAs are superior to usual clin...
El cáncer de próstata es un problema importante para los hombres mayores en países desarrollados. Las decisiones acerca del screening y tratamiento del cáncer de próstata se caracterizan por múltiples opciones razonables que parecen “arriesgadas”, donde las preferencias personales de los pacientes son importantes. Se va reconociendo de modo creciente la toma de decisión compartida entre el paci...
Studies have shown that unilateral cochlear implant users who have residual hearing in the contralateral ear can benefit from combining a hearing aid in the nonimplanted ear with their cochlear implant. The purpose of this study was to better understand the factors influencing decision making by adults. Adults who had discontinued hearing aid use shortly after cochlear implantation were selecte...
This paper presents an application of neural networks to classify and predict the symptomatic status of HIV/AIDS patients. The purpose of this study is to apply an arti®cial neural network (ANN) to provide correct classi®cation of AIDS versus HIV status patients. An ANN model is developed using publicly available HIV/AIDS data in the AIDS Cost and Services Utilization Survey (ACSUS) datasets as...
BACKGROUND Patient decision aids (DAs) are support tools designed to provide patients with relevant information to help them make informed decisions about their healthcare. While DAs can be effective in improving patient knowledge and decision quality, it is unknown what types of information and evidence are used to populate such decision tools. METHODS Systematic methods were used to identif...
Background: Geographic and doctor-to-doctor variations in care are a focus of quality and safety efforts in medicine. This study addresses factors associated with variation in the rate of operative treatment of de Quervain tendinopathy. Methods: We used a database including all patient encounters at 2 large medical centers, to study the experience of 10 hand surgeons and 1 physiatrist workin...
OBJECTIVE To develop a set of quality criteria for patient decision support technologies (decision aids). DESIGN AND SETTING Two stage web based Delphi process using online rating process to enable international collaboration. PARTICIPANTS Individuals from four stakeholder groups (researchers, practitioners, patients, policy makers) representing 14 countries reviewed evidence summaries and ...
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