In order to provide data in the process of decision making, collection is first step. Currently, there are severalmethods that have been used such us questionnaires, surveys, focus group interviews. Or collectionof

OBJECTIVES To gauge the frequency and circumstances of use of placebo in clinical practice and the attitudes towards its use among those who administer it. DESIGN Retrospective questionnaire. SETTING Two large hospitals and various community clinics in the Jerusalem area. PARTICIPANTS 31 physicians working in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments, 31 head nurses working in hospita...

if lives were saved on only 10% of these occasions, then each would have been saved at a drug cost of £330-670. The range of doses given raises the possibility that naloxone was being titrated to effect resuscitation without provoking withdrawal. If so, recovery needs monitoring to avoid subsequent relapse into overdose. Some casualty departments and ambulance services now recommend giving nalo...

OBJECTIVE There has been little research on the prevalence of defensive practice within hospital settings. The aim of this report was to examine the extent of defensiveness among psychiatrists and to examine the relationship between defensiveness and seniority, as well as the effect of previous experiences on the level of defensiveness. DESIGN A postal questionnaire survey on defensive practi...

OBJECTIVES To explore doctors' perceptions of the acceptable limits to self-treatment and to identify barriers to doctors seeking appropriate healthcare. DESIGN Self-completion, postal survey using three hypothetical case vignettes. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS 896 Australian doctors randomly selected from the Health Insurance Commission database and stratified by sex, discipline (general pract...

Although the rate of hepatitis B immunisation of patients with chronic renal failure in the United Kingdom has improved in recent years, most renal units still fail to follow current guidance. Partial coverage is the norm, and outmoded regimens are still used. The shared care management of immunisation may be one solution, although this requires good collaboration between primary and specialist...

An advance directive gives patients the legal right to give or withhold consent to specific medical treatments prospectively. This provides them with some reassurance about the dying process being managed in accordance with their wishes. Apprehension could be further allayed if it were known that the legal status of advance directives was consistently applied across the NHS. Guidance on advance...

One of the big challenges in India in confronting computer viruses is to educate users effectively. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey, carried out in India in 2014 specifically in Jodhpur(Raj),India investigating the knowledge of people and attitudes towards computer viruses and virus protection and addressing the problems faced by users. Out of 127 questionnaires distri...

the acceptability of hearing aids in people with presbyacusis has been improved but assessment of whether there is a need for more counseling to increase the number of regular hearing-aid users seems to be important. the aim of this study was to determine if the hearing aid was worn regularly and over a long period of time in people with presbyacusis. a questionnaire survey of patients with pre...