Evaluation of Health Outcomes with Relation to Intimate Partner Abuse among Pregnant Women Attending Gachsaran Hospitals in 2007 [PDF]
Background and ObjectivesIntimate partner abuse during pregnancy is a major problem associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. However, this relationship has not been adequately explored, especially in the developing countries.
M. Dolatian +4 more
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Background A person’s participation is acknowledged as an important outcome of the rehabilitation process. The Participation Scale (P-Scale) is an instrument that was designed to assess the participation of individuals with a health condition or ...
Mariana Angélica Peixoto Souza +5 more
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Postural Control Measures in Randomized Controlled Trials for Older Adults Balance: A Systematic Scoping Review [PDF]
The aim of this work was to identify and characterize the measures employed for assessing postural control in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of balance interventions in older adults with the reference to the Systems Framework for Postural Control. A
Romain Pichon +4 more
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Systematic review and economic modelling of the relative clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery and robotic surgery for removal of the prostate in men with localised prostate cancer [PDF]
PMID: 23127367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free full text Funding for this study was provided by the Health Technology Assessment programme of the National Institute for Health Research.Peer ...
Royle, J. +62 more
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Assessment instruments for post–intensive care syndrome: a COSMIN-based scoping review [PDF]
Purpose Post–intensive care syndrome (PICS) has traditionally been conceptualized as comprising physical, cognitive, and psychological impairments. However, emerging evidence highlights additional domains, including fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain ...
Yooun-Joong Jung +3 more
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Diversity and Regional Inequalities: Assessing the Outcomes of the Spanish 'System of Health Care Services' [PDF]
The consolidation of a universal health system coupled with a process of regional devolution characterise the institutional reforms of the National Health System (NHS) in Spain in the last two decades. However, scarce empirical evidence has been reported on the effects of both changes in health inputs, outputs and outcomes, both at the country and at ...
Guillem Lopez Casasnovas +2 more
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O apoio matricial (AM) é um dispositivo pedagógico-assistencial utilizado, sobretudo, para aumentar a resolutividade da atenção primária à saúde, possuindo considerável difusão na Saúde Mental.
Carlos Eduardo Menezes Amaral +3 more
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Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System [PDF]
Presents the results of a two-year study that analyzes how patient safety practices are being adopted by U.S. health care providers, examines hospital experiences with a patient safety culture survey, and assesses patient safety outcomes trends. In case studies of four U.S. communities, researchers collected information on the dynamics of local patient
J. Ashwood +13 more
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Patient-based health related quality of life (HRQoL) measurements are associated with an improvement in quality of care and outcomes. For a complex disease such as sarcoma, there is no disease-specific questionnaire available which covers all clinically relevant dimensions.
Nasian Mosku +6 more
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To inform the potential use of patient-reported depression symptom outcomes as measures of care quality, this study collected and analyzed longitudinal Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) scores among 1,638 patients who screened positive for major depression according to a PHQ9 ≥ 10 across 29 Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.
Pfeiffer, Paul N. +7 more
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