Browsing by Author "Matchar, David"
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Assessing applicability when comparing medical interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program.
(Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2011-11)<h4>Objective</h4>To describe a systematic approach for identifying, reporting, and synthesizing information to allow consistent and transparent consideration of the applicability of the evidence in a systematic review according ... -
Clinical implementation of an oncology-specific family health history risk assessment tool.
(Hereditary cancer in clinical practice, 2021-03-20)<h4>Background</h4>The presence of hereditary cancer syndromes in cancer patients can have an impact on current clinical care and post-treatment prevention and surveillance measures. Several barriers inhibit identification ... -
Contemporary outcome measures in acute stroke research: choice of primary outcome measure.
(Stroke, 2012-04)<h4>Background and purpose</h4>The diversity of available outcome measures for acute stroke trials is challenging and implies that the scales may be imperfect. To assist researchers planning trials and to aid interpretation, ... -
Depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of older adults: insights from the Singapore Survey on Informal Caregiving.
(International psychogeriatrics, 2012-08)This paper determines care recipient and caregiver characteristics and caregiving dimensions - associated with depression among caregivers of older adults, using path analysis and assesses whether the identified path model ... -
Diagnostic performance of short portable mental status questionnaire for screening dementia among patients attending cognitive assessment clinics in Singapore.
(Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2013-07)<h4>Introduction</h4>The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) is a brief cognitive screening instrument, which is easy to use by a healthcare worker with little training. However, the validity of this instrument ... -
Digital health competencies for primary healthcare professionals: A scoping review.
(International journal of medical informatics, 2020-11)<h4>Background</h4>Despite digital health providing opportunities to enhance the quality, efficiency and safety of primary healthcare, the adoption of digital tools and technologies has been slow, partly because of poor ... -
Experience and Perceptions of a Family Health History Risk Assessment Tool among Multi-Ethnic Asian Breast Cancer Patients.
(J Pers Med, 2021-10-19)A family health history-based risk assessment is particularly valuable for guiding cancer screening and treatment strategies, yet an optimal implementation depends upon end-users' values and needs. This is not only true ... -
Healthcare utilization and costs associated with dabigatran compared to warfarin treatment in newly diagnosed patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
(Current medical research and opinion, 2015-12)<h4>Purpose</h4>Real-world healthcare resource utilization and costs were compared among patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) receiving either dabigatran or warfarin.<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective cohort ... -
Higher persistence in newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients treated with dabigatran versus warfarin.
(Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 2013-09)<h4>Background</h4>Oral anticoagulation therapy is the primary tool in reducing stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation but is underused. Patients nonpersistent with therapy contribute to this underuse. ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on perceived wellbeing, self-management and views of novel modalities of care among medically vulnerable patients in Singapore.
(Chronic illness, 2021-12-29)<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 measures on wellbeing and self-management in medically vulnerable non-COVID patients and their views of novel modalities of care in Singapore.<h4>Metho... -
Living with long-term consequences: Experience of follow-up care and support needs among Asian long-term colorectal cancer survivors.
(Psycho-oncology, 2020-10)<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to provide an in-depth exploration of follow-up care experiences and supportive care needs in long-term colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors within multiethnic Asian communities.<h4>Metho... -
Multicomponent interventions for enhancing primary care: a systematic review.
(The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2021-01)<h4>Background</h4>Many countries have implemented interventions to enhance primary care to strengthen their health systems. These programmes vary widely in features included and their impact on outcomes.<h4>Aim</h4>To identify ... -
Multifactorial influences underpinning a decision on COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers: a qualitative analysis.
(Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2022-06-10)COVID-19 vaccination in healthcare workers (HCW) is essential for improved patient safety and resilience of health systems. Despite growing body of literature on the perceptions of COVID vaccines in HCWs, existing studies ... -
Preferences for Enhanced Primary Care Services Among Older Individuals and Primary Care Physicians.
(Applied health economics and health policy, 2023-05)<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to identify the factors that are most important for community-dwelling older individuals (i.e., users) and primary care (PC) providers to enhance PC services.<h4>Methods</h4>Discrete choice experiment ... -
Projecting the number of older singaporeans with activity of daily living limitations requiring human assistance through 2030.
(Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2014-01)<h4>Introduction</h4>In the context of rapid population ageing and the increase in number of activity of daily living (ADL) limitations with age, the number of older persons requiring human assistance in Singapore is likely ... -
Revisiting the four core functions (4Cs) of primary care: Operational definitions and complexities
(Primary Health Care Research and Development, 2021-11-10)Background: The four primary care (PC) core functions (the '4Cs', ie, first contact, comprehensiveness, coordination and continuity) are essential for good quality primary healthcare and their achievement leads to lower ... -
Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.
(Lancet (London, England), 2012-01)<h4>Background</h4>Uptake of self-testing and self-management of oral anticoagulation [corrected] has remained inconsistent, despite good evidence of their effectiveness. To clarify the value of self-monitoring ... -
Spillover Effects of COVID-19 on Essential Chronic Care and Ways to Foster Health System Resilience to Support Vulnerable Non-COVID Patients: A Multistakeholder Study.
(Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2021-11-12)<h4>Objectives</h4>Little empirical research exists on how key stakeholders involved in the provision of care for chronic conditions and policy planning perceive the indirect or "spillover" effects of the COVID-19 on non-COVID ... -
The effect of a nurse-led telephone-based care coordination program on the follow-up and control of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease.
(International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, 2016-12)<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to analyse the impact of a care coordination protocol on transiting patients with coronary artery disease who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to primary care and its effect ... -
The relationship between workload and length of stay in Singapore.
(Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2018-07)Prior studies link higher workload with longer length of stay (LOS) in the US. Unlike U.S. hospitals, Singaporean hospitals, like other major hospitals in the Asia-Pacific, are partially occupied by patients with non-acute ...
