Indirect Interventions in Civil Wars [PDF]
Czech Journal of International Relations, 2019 Current research on motivational sources of military interventions in civil wars frequently assumes that states intervene due to direct interests in the civil war country.
Kamil Klosek
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(Re)Conceptualising ‘good’ proxy decision-making for research: the implications for proxy consent decision quality [PDF]
BMC Medical Ethics, 2022 People who are unable to make decisions about participating in research rely on proxies to make a decision based on their wishes and preferences. However, patients rarely discuss their preferences about research and proxies find it challenging to ...
Victoria Shepherd
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Quality of Life Ratings and Proxy Bias in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Two Sides to the Story?
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 2023 A valid measure of quality of life is important for clinical goal setting and for evaluating interventions. In the amnestic dementias, proxy-raters (e.g.
Leanne Ruggero PhD +2 more
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Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions [PDF]
Health Science Reports, 2022 Introduction Evidence suggests that, while a preference for functional Health Literacy (HL) outcome measurement exists, researchers are converging towards more all‐encompassing instruments.
Luke Sawyers +5 more
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Proxy responses to ICECAP-A: Exploring variation across multiple proxy assessments of capability well-being for the same individuals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundThe ICECAP capability measures are increasingly being used to capture the impact of health and social care interventions on well-being. In cases where the recipient of an intervention is highly vulnerable, proxy completion may be necessary ...
Philip Kinghorn, Nafsika Afentou
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Developing a proxy version of the Adult social care outcome toolkit (ASCOT) [PDF]
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017 Background Social care-related quality of life is a key outcome indicator used in the evaluation of social care interventions and policy. It is not, however, always possible to collect quality of life data by self-report even with adaptations for people ...
Stacey Rand +3 more
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Agreement between child self-report and parent-proxy report for functioning in pediatric chronic pain [PDF]
Journal of Patient-Reported OutcomesPurpose Accurate assessment of chronic pain and functional disability in children and adolescents is imperative for guiding pain management interventions.
Joan W. Hanania +4 more
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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2020 Abstract We analyze the history of Japanese foreign exchange interventions from 1971 to 2018. First, we provide the best proxy for monthly interventions for the period from 1971 to 1990, when the intervention timings and amounts were not officially disclosed.
Tomoyoshi Yabu
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A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to and interventions for proxy decision-making by family carers of people with dementia [PDF]
International Psychogeriatrics, 2015 Relatives of people with dementia report that proxy decision-making is difficult and distressing. We systematically reviewed the literature about barriers and facilitators to family carers of people with dementia making proxy decisions, and interventions used to facilitate their decision-making.We searched electronic databases and references of ...
Lord, Kathryn +2 more
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Health-related quality of life in children with HIV/AIDS: Child and parent perspectives at a tertiary ART clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundChildren living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) face persistent physical, emotional, and social challenges that can reduce their quality of life.
Kamala Budha, Prakash Ghimire
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