BACKGROUND Medicine usage in Parkinson's disease patients is often imperfect, in particular irregular timing of medication. The effect of informing Parkinson's disease patients about the continuous dopaminergic hypothesis (to encourage regular medicine intake) on medication adherence and motor control was tested. METHODS Patients were randomised either to the active group (receiving the inter...

Objectives. To determine whether completion of a patient counseling course improved pharmacy students’ perceptions of the importance of pharmaceutical care and whether there was a difference in students’ perceptions of pharmaceutical care provided in retail settings compared to that provided in clinic settings. Methods. A pre-course and post-course survey instrument was designed to measure stud...

BACKGROUND Effective interaction between care providers and patients is crucial for the success of most medical treatments; in nutritional medical treatment, it is of paramount importance. The aim of the present study was to ascertain the role of the dietitian-patient relationship and the counseling approach in influencing individual patient decisions to adhere to counseling by persisting with ...

Diabetes mellitus is a major public health concern for the U.S. population because of its high prevalence and long-term health implications. The purpose of this study was to apply the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to assess dental faculty member and student willingness to provide diabetes education and counseling to patients in a dental school. A survey was administered to dental students (n...

In this study, we apply an existing medical communication coding system to BRCA1 genetic counseling sessions, describe the session dynamics, and explore variation in session communication. The sample was comprised of 167 members of an identified BRCA1 kindred whose pretest counseling session was audiotaped and coded using Roter’s Interaction Analysis System (RIAS). Three certified genetic couns...

Traditionally, human services counseling (HSC) training programs have relied upon face-to-face interactions, including such methods as simulated counseling sessions and live supervision, to teach interpersonal and clinical skills. Concerns about the ability of online media to facilitate the interpersonal interaction needed to teach discipline-specific skills has delayed adoption of online learn...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that pharmacists have a role in addressing antidepressant nonadherence. However, few studies have explored community pharmacists' actual counseling practices in response to antidepressant adherence-related issues at various phases of treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate counseling practices of community pharmacists in response to antidepressa...

The purpose of this study was to examine how site and university supervisors differed on the interpretation of ethical dilemmas based on the ethical standards developed by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Ethical Guidelines for Counseling Supervisors (1993). A survey of ethical dilemmas based on salient ethical issues in counseling supervision (i.e., dual relations...

objectives: the present study was carried out to determine the rate of depression and the need for counseling among women with breast cancer in kerman chemotherapy centers. method: 120 subjects were selected through convenient sampling within one year from among the female breast cancer patients calling on chemotherapy centers in kerman. the beck depression inventory (bdi) was administered toge...