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Filter by:THE PROBLEM: Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) ask patients about their healthcare service experience. It gives them a voice to share their views. PREMs allow healthcare providers (HCPs) to see where care is good, and where they could improve. Vascular surgery is a surgical speciality looking after people's blood vessels (arteries and veins). There is no PREM available for vascular patients. The research team want to create a PREM for this patient group. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT: A PREM allows HCPs to record and understand patients' experiences of their treatment. It gives patients a way to provide feedback on their healthcare experience. PREMs can help HCPs make changes to patients' care, identifying areas of good practice and areas for improvement. The Welsh Government is keen to support the use of PREMs. AIMS: To develop a PREM specific to vascular surgery patients. RESEARCH PLAN: The research team will summarise the literature about PREMs in surgery. The research team will then run focus groups and interviews with patients and staff to create a 'draft' PREM for vascular patients in Wales. The 'draft' PREM will be translated into Welsh. In the second phase, a larger number of vascular patients (100-300 depending on how long the 'draft' PREM is) from hospitals across Wales will complete the questionnaire. Statistical tests will look at the results to see if the questionnaire works well to capture patients' experiences. Based on these results, small changes will be made to make the 'draft' PREM better. This will make sure the 'final PREM' is ready for widespread use in Wales and beyond. PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: The patients' experience team at CAVUHB has reviewed our patients' materials. Our research team includes PPI co-applicants (DC and AH). DC a double amputee who has had many vascular operations. DC has experience raising awareness about vascular disease through public forums like the Limbless Association Charity and BBC Radio Wales. AH has issues with her leg due to smoking and had a keyhole operation to help with that. She had some problems after the procedure This is her first time as a PPI representative. DC and AH supported our research design and will be steering group members. Also, our research focuses on giving patients a voice and will include patients across Wales. A diverse group of patients will be involved across all stages of the PREM development.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an animated video delivered by text message in patients whose pregnancies are complicated with fetal anomalies. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the video intervention prepare parents to talk to the doctors during prenatal appointments? Participants will be randomized to receive either the video intervention or links to the clinic's webpages. They will complete an enrollment survey before their appointment and a follow up survey after their appointment. The researchers will compare the video and webpage groups to see which group reports engaging in more of the identified best-practices of communication.
This is a prospective, single-center, randomized control study to determine if video education at the time of postpartum discharge improves patient knowledge on the warning signs for the top three causes of severe maternal morbidity (infection, hemorrhage, and blood pressure disorders) in the first seven days following delivery for self-identified, Black, Latinx, other with two or more self-identified races, Medicaid, and/or uninsured postpartum individuals. Participants will be randomized to written discharge education + video education (intervention) vs standard discharge education (control). They will complete a baseline questionnaire and a post-discharge education questionnaire during their postpartum stay to assess for knowledge improvement. The investigators hypothesize that video education will improve patient's knowledge of severe maternal morbidity warning signs.
Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways associated with an extreme increase in airway hyperresponsiveness leading to recurrent wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing attacks. The World Health Organization states that approximately 339 million individuals worldwide have asthma and more than 400 thousand deaths occur due to asthma every year. With effective and sustainable asthma management, it is possible to reduce disease-related complaints, admissions to emergency units and hospitalizations, limit the physiological and psychological effects of the disease, prevent dependence on healthcare professionals and caregivers, increase the quality of life and reduce the mortality of the disease. Patient education, which is within the educational role of professional nurses, is very important in asthma management. The research was planned in a single-center, randomized control group pretest-posttest design. The sample will consist of individuals who applied to the Allergy and Immunology clinic of Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital between May 2024 and January 2024, who have been diagnosed with asthma for at least one year and who accept the study [25 intervention group - 25 control group]. Groups will be determined using the random numbers table from the simple random sampling method. A web-based asthma education module will be created in line with the literature, and participants in the intervention group will be given synchronous training in 5 modules. After meeting the individuals in the intervention and control groups and obtaining verbal and written consent, they will be asked to fill out the Patient Information Form, Patient Empowerment Scale and Asthma Control Test prepared via Google Forms. A 30-minute training session will be given to the intervention group every week and there will be short evaluations after each training. When the 5th Module is completed, the intervention group will be asked to fill out the Patient Empowerment Scale and Asthma Control Test Scale. No intervention will be applied to the control group. 5. At the end of the module, the Patient Empowerment Scale and Asthma Control Test will be completed by individuals in the control group. It is thought that web-based asthma education that individuals will receive will positively affect their empowerment levels and increase their disease control.
Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis, collectively known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), impose a significant burden on patients and healthcare systems due to their chronic nature and complex treatment. This study aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of on-demand telemonitoring, as opposed to standard fixed-schedule telemonitoring, in managing IBD. The primary objective is to evaluate the impact of on-demand telemonitoring on the number of persistent flares over 12 months. The study involves a multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing standard telemonitoring, which includes regular completion of the Monitor IBD At Home questionnaire and fecal calprotectin home tests, with on-demand telemonitoring where patients use the app based on their symptoms. The study population includes adult patients with stable remission on maintenance therapy. Disease activity, measured by unplanned healthcare contacts, is the primary outcome, while secondary outcomes encompass clinical and patient-reported disease activity, quality of life, self-efficacy, patient activation, total healthcare contacts, safety, and costs. Baseline characteristics include patient, disease, and socio-demographic factors. This innovative approach has the potential to enhance patient autonomy, satisfaction, and self-management, while reducing the overall burden on the healthcare system.
Background Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease causing reduced quality of life. Psoriasis patients are often insufficiently informed about their disease with its treatment possibilities leading to non-adherence of treatment resulting in unsatisfactory patient outcomes. We therefore propose to develop an educational intervention for psoriasis patients; evaluate the feasibility of implementing it in a nurse-led psoriasis-outpatient clinic and compare the psoriasis percentage reduction, quality of life, health literacy and patient benefit, between patients receiving this educational intervention and those receiving standard care. Method/Design We first will develop an evidence-based educational intervention in collaboration with an expert panel and second will conduct a randomized controlled feasibility study in a psoriasis outpatient clinic in Western Switzerland. Twenty eligible patients with psoriasis will be randomized to receive either a multidisciplinary education and usual care or only usual care, for 6 weeks. Data will be analyzed using R conducting linear models allowing us to assess the impact of the intervention on psoriasis reduction and other secondary outcomes of interest, once controlled for reliable socio-economic cofounding factors. Discussion This trial will investigate the feasibility of the elaborated nurse-led education and the planed randomized controlled trial. In this study, we will elaborate and provide an informational brochure with information concerning psoriasis in addition to a nurse-led oral educational program in addition to medical standard care. We expect that this nurse-led person-centered intervention will contribute to enhanced education with a higher functioning, better self-efficacy and improved quality of life, better disease knowledge with a better adherence to the medication protocol. The results will further inform the final design of a subsequent large-scale randomized controlled trial, which will examine the effectiveness of this educational intervention. Additionally, through this study the role of the nursing profession and its research will be strengthened in assuring that the voice of individuals, families and communities are incorporated into design and operations of clinical health systems by eliminating gaps and disparities in health care.
UPRIGHT-HTM will compare risk stratification, treatment efficiency and health economic outcomes of a diagnostic approach based on home blood pressure telemonitoring combined with urinary proteomic profiling with home blood pressure telemonitoring alone
Confirming or denying it in the future is an opportunity for certain patient groups to have the option of video delivery. So that in calm circumstances and possibly. several times can review the video and equipment in the home and hopefully achieve the same or better compliance with the ongoing treatment.