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- Patient education for adults with rheumatoid arthritis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Apr-2003
Because of the unpredictability people with arthritis face on a daily basis, patient education programmes have become an effective complement to traditional medical treatment giving people with arthritis the strategies and the tools necessary to make dail
- Patient education for mechanical neck disorders
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Sep-2009
To track down the best estimate of efficacy of the various conservative management strategies for mechanical neck disorders, a four-part systematic review was prepared. Part four investigates the efficacy of patient education strategies as the therapeutic
- Patient education for neck pain
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Mar-2012
Neck disorders are common, disabling, and costly. The effectiveness of patient education strategies is unclear.
- Patient education for preventing diabetic foot ulceration
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Dec-2014
Ulceration of the feet, which can result in loss of limbs and even death, is one of the major health problems for people with diabetes mellitus.
- Patient education in the management of coronary heart disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Jun-2017
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the single most common cause of death globally. However, with falling CHD mortality rates, an increasing number of people live with CHD and may need support to manage their symptoms and improve prognosis. Cardiac rehabilita
- Patient isolation measures for infants with candida colonization or infection for preventing or reducing transmission of candida in neonatal units
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Nov-2011
Candida is a common nosocomial infection and is associated with increased healthcare costs. In neonates, candida infection is associated with high mortality and morbidity and is transmitted by direct and indirect contact. Patient isolation measures, i.e.
- Patient reminder and recall interventions to improve immunization rates
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jan-2018
Immunization rates for children and adults are rising, but coverage levels have not reached optimal goals. As a result, vaccine-preventable diseases still occur. In an era of increasing complexity of immunization schedules, rising expectations about the p
- Patient support and education for promoting adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jul-2006
Adherence to prescribed regimens is required to derive maximal benefit from many highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens in people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Patient‐controlled analgesia with remifentanil versus alternative parenteral methods for pain management in labour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Apr-2017
Multiple analgesic strategies for pain relief during labour are available. Recently remifentanil, a short-acting opioid, has recently been used as an alternative analgesic due to its unique pharmacological properties.
- Patient‐initiated appointment systems for adults with chronic conditions in secondary care
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Apr-2020
Missed hospital outpatient appointments is a commonly reported problem in healthcare services around the world; for example, they cost the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK millions of pounds every year and can cause operation and scheduling difficu
- Patient-mediated interventions to improve professional practice
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-Sep-2018
Healthcare professionals are important contributors to healthcare quality and patient safety, but their performance does not always follow recommended clinical practice. There are many approaches to influencing practice among healthcare professionals. The
- Patient‐reported outcome measures for follow‐up after gynaecological cancer treatment
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Nov-2013
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Gynaecologic cancer treatment is known to have the potential for a major impact on quality of life (QoL). Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is an umbrella term that covers a range of potential types of
- Pay for performance for hospitals
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Jul-2019
Pay-for-Performance (P4P) is a payment model that rewards health care providers for meeting pre-defined targets for quality indicators or efficacy parameters to increase the quality or efficacy of care.
- Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-May-2021
There is growing interest in paying for performance (P4P) as a means to align the incentives of healthcare providers with public health goals. Rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of these strategies in improving health care and health in low- and middl
- Payment methods for healthcare providers working in outpatient healthcare settings
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Jan-2021
Changes to the method of payment for healthcare providers, including pay-for-performance schemes, are increasingly being used by governments, health insurers, and employers to help align financial incentives with health system goals. In this review we foc
- Payment methods for outpatient care facilities
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Mar-2017
Outpatient care facilities provide a variety of basic healthcare services to individuals who do not require hospitalisation or institutionalisation, and are usually the patient's first contact. The provision of outpatient care contributes to immediate and
- PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Oct-2020
Despite the availability of effective drug therapies that reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol (LDL-C), cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains an important cause of mortality and morbidity. Therefore, additional LDL-C reduction may be warranted,
- Pedicle screw fixation for traumatic fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Apr-2013
Spine fractures are common. The treatment of traumatic fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine remains controversial but surgery involving pedicle screw fixation has become a popular option.
- Peer support for people with schizophrenia or other serious mental illness
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Apr-2019
Peer support provides the opportunity for peers with experiential knowledge of a mental illness to give emotional, appraisal and informational assistance to current service users, and is becoming an important recovery-oriented approach in healthcare for p
- Peer support interventions for parents and carers of children with complex needs
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Dec-2021
Parents and family carers of children with complex needs experience a high level of pressure to meet children's needs while maintaining family functioning and, as a consequence, often experience reduced well-being and elevated psychological distress. Peer
