AIM Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a complex and clinically challenging syndrome. Intended for specialist audiences, this narrative review aims to summarise the available literature related to assessment in the adult patient context, synthesising both research evidence and clinical consensus guidelines. METHOD We provide a review of the available literature on specialist assessment of AN focusing o...

OBJECTIVE This study examines the effect of taking a health risk assessment (HRA) on health care costs, utilization, and member health risks over a 3-year period. METHODS This retrospective cohort study examined changes utilization, costs, and health risks among a random sample of 500 employees completing an HRA compared with a matched group of 500 employees who did not complete an HRA. RES...

BACKGROUND A new primary care model for stroke aftercare has been developed to address the longer-term needs of patients who have had a stroke and their families. AIM To test the feasibility and acceptability of the new model on patients who have had a stroke and their carers. DESIGN OF STUDY An observational feasibility study. SETTING Patient and carer assessments and interviews conducte...

It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that the quality of life and nutritional status of older adults residing in health care communities can be enhanced by individualization to less-restrictive diets. The Association advocates the use of qualified registered dietitians (RDs) to assess and evaluate the need for nutrition care according to each person's individual medical condi...

The control of health care costs continues to be the primary goal of managed care. Double digit inflation in the health care sector continues to be problematic; although society as a whole has not declared what fraction of economic productivity is properly applied to health care. No student of the subject can help but be impressed by the circumstantial evidence that suggests that society is beg...

INTRODUCTION The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool encompasses the physical, psychological, social, practical, financial, and spiritual support needs that government policies in many countries emphasize should be assessed and addressed for family caregivers during end-of-life care. AIM To describe the experience of family caregivers of terminally ill people of the Carer Support Needs Assess...

Violence risk assessment is an important and challenging task undertaken by mental health professionals and others, in both clinical and nonclinical settings. To date, computational linguistic techniques have not been used in the risk assessment process. However they could contribute to the current threat assessment process by allowing for early detection of elevated risk, identification of ris...

To assess the level of risk as perceived by hospital workers and experts in Health and Safety (H&S) referring to occupational hazards, as a contribution to the improvement of the work conditions. A cross sectional study using triangulation in one general hospital and an oncology one, in two capital Greek cities. 447 hospital professionals randomly stratified by hospital service: nursing, medica...

BACKGROUND Residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged locations are more likely to have poor health than residents of socioeconomically advantaged locations and this has been comprehensively mapped in Australian cities. These inequalities present a challenge for the public health workers based in or responsible for improving the health of people living in disadvantaged localities. The purpose...

Integrating risk assessment in an organization is a process that generally follows a sequence of phases. To be effective, the company culture must be willing to embrace the risk assessment process, and cultural acceptance stems from management leadership. Emphasizing some of the major benchmarks in occupational risk assessment approaches, the paper summarizes and outlines several basic principl...