introduction: cancer and its treatments have a significant effect on the quality of life (qol) of people who suffer from cancer. nursing consultation involving cancer survivors might be beneficial for other patients as they successfully managed and lived with cancer. but controversies still exist in the research findings as how nursing consultation involving cancer survivors might influence oth...

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a recommendation (Technical Consultation: Paris 2006, Luxembourg 2007) that salt consumption, as a risk factor for hypertension, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, stroke, and select cancers, should be restricted. The European Commission looked to adhere to this recommendation by creating the High Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity. Ac...

BACKGROUND Evidence for the use of telephone consultation in childhood inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is lacking. We aimed to assess the effectiveness and cost consequences of telephone consultation compared with the usual out-patient face-to-face consultation for young people with IBD. METHODS We conducted a randomised-controlled trial in Manchester, UK, between July 12, 2010 and June 30, ...

Draft agreed by CVMP Efficacy Working Party (EWP-V) February 2014 Adopted by CVMP for release for consultation 10 April 2014 Start of public consultation 23 April 2014 End of consultation (deadline for comments) 31 July 2014 Revised draft adopted by CVMP for release for second consultation 21 April 2016 Start of public consultation 29 April 2016 End of consultation (deadline for comments) 31 Ju...

Early nutritional intervention is thought to play a major role in the preservation of renal function and the overall wellbeing in the renal patient. In preparation for renal replacement therapy (RRT), a consultation with the renal nutritionist to establish a diet consistent with the existing diagnosis may increase the likelihood of reducing cardiovascular risk factors, preventing malnutrition a...

BACKGROUND Because psychiatric disorders are risk factors for suicide, psychiatric consultation should be an essential element of suicide prevention among individuals with a high risk of suicide. The aim of the present study was to compare the characteristics of individuals who had or had not received psychiatric consultation before they attempted suicide in Japan. METHODS Clinical records we...

The Consultation Readiness Scale is designed to facilitate mental health and other forms of human services consultation. The scale is based on the assumption that consultee-consultant relationships vary in their "readiness" for consultation. A basic task for consultants is to assess the current readiness level and help move the relationship to a higher level. The Consultation Readiness Scale fa...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that can enhance the use of e-consultation in primary care. We investigated the barriers, demands and motivations regarding e-consultation among patients with no e-consultation experience (non-users). METHODS We used an online survey to gather data. Via online banners on 26 different websites of patient organizations we recruited primary care patients with chroni...

The database model presented in this paper is suitable for application in which queries may require non-crisp references to certain attributes. The data item (attribute) values may be crisp or fuzzy. For instance, such adjectives as 'high' or 'normal' may be attribute values for the attribute blood pressure. A disease or a condition can be described by a number of symptoms which may be crisp al...