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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of early initiation versus national standard of care of antiretroviral therapy in Swaziland's public sector health system : study protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized trial [PDF]

, 2017
Background: There is robust clinical evidence to support offering early access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) to all HIV-positive individuals, irrespective of disease stage, to both improve patient health outcomes and reduce HIV incidence. However, as
Barnighausen, Till, Delva, Wim, Fleming, Yvette, Khumalo, Gavin, Lejeune, Charlotte L, Mazibuko, Sikhathele, Mlambo, Charmaine Khudzie, Okello, Velephi, Reis, Ria, Spiegelman, Donna, Walsh, Fiona J, Zwane, Mandisa   +11 more
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Disclosing conflicts of interest in patient decision aids [PDF]

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2013
In 2005, the International Patient Decisions Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration developed quality criteria for patient decisions aids; one of the quality dimensions dealt with disclosure of conflicts of interest (COIs). The purposes of this paper are to review newer evidence on dealing with COI in the development of patient decision aids and to ...
Barry, MJ, Chan, E, Moulton, B, Sah, S, Simmons, MB, Braddock, C   +5 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic development process for patient decision aids [PDF]

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2013
The original version of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) recommended that patient decision aids (PtDAs) should be carefully developed, user-tested and open to scrutiny, with a well-documented and systematically applied development process. We carried out a review to check the relevance and scope of this quality dimension and, if
Coulter, A., Stilwell, D., Kryworuchko, J., Mullen, P.D., Ng, C.J., van der Weijden, T.   +5 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of decision aids to enhance shared decision making for diabetes (the DAD study): protocol of a cluster randomized trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background Shared decision making contributes to high quality healthcare by promoting a patient-centered approach. Patient involvement in selecting the components of a diabetes medication program that best match the patient’s values and preferences may ...
LeBlanc Annie, Ruud Kari L, Branda Megan E, Tiedje Kristina, Boehmer Kasey R, Pencille Laurie J, Van Houten Holly, Matthews Marc, Shah Nilay D, May Carl R, Yawn Barbara P, Montori Victor M   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Nudges to Enhance Clinicians’ Implementation of Shared Decision Making With Patient Decision Aids

MDM Policy & Practice, 2020
Background. Although effective interventions for shared decision making (SDM) exist, there is a lack of uptake of these tools into clinical practice. “Nudges,” which draw on behavioral economics and target automatic thinking processes, are used by policy
Kristin M. Kostick, Meredith Trejo, Robert J. Volk, Jerry D. Estep, J.S. Blumenthal-Barby   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using patient decision aids to promote evidence-based decision making [PDF]

Evidence-Based Medicine, 2001
Evidence-based medicine integrates clinical experience with patients' values and the best available evidence.1 In the past, clinicians took responsibility not only for being well informed about the benefits and harms of medical options but also for judging their value in the best interests of the patients.
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Providing information about options in patient decision aids [PDF]

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2013
Legal, ethical, and psychological arguments indicate that patients need to receive information about their health situations before their care decisions are made. Patient decision aids (PtDAs) are designed to help patients make decisions; therefore, they should provide information that results in patients understanding their health situation.
Feldman-Stewart, Deb, O’Brien, Mary Ann, Clayman, Marla L, Davison, B, Jimbo, Masahito, Labrecque, Michel, Martin, Richard W, Shepherd, Heather   +7 more
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