Browsing by Subject "Qualitative Research"
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A qualitative analysis of the Three Good Things intervention in healthcare workers.
(BMJ open, 2017-06-13)BACKGROUND:Intensive care unit (ICU) personnel have an elevated prevalence of job-related burn-out and post-traumatic stress disorder, which can ultimately impact patient care. To strengthen healthcare workers' skills to ... -
Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians.
(BMC Fam Pract, 2018-03-01)BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are a common reason for antibiotic overuse worldwide. We previously showed that over 80% of outpatients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka ... -
Becoming the Baptized Body: Disability, Baptism, and the Practice of Christian Community
(2019)This dissertation takes up questions of how theologies and practices of baptism shape visions of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and a participant in Christian ecclesial communities. In particular, the dissertation ... -
Building a Group-Based Opioid Treatment (GBOT) blueprint: a qualitative study delineating GBOT implementation.
(Addiction science & clinical practice, 2019-12-27)BACKGROUND:Group-Based Opioid Treatment (GBOT) has recently emerged as a mechanism for treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) in the outpatient setting. However, the more practical "how to" components of successfully ... -
Complexities and Challenges of Singapore Nurses Providing Postacute Home Care in Multicultural Communities: A Grounded Theory Study.
(Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, 2018-09)INTRODUCTION:Studies are needed to inform the preparation of community nurses to address patient behavioral and social factors contributing to unnecessary readmissions to hospital. This study uses nurses' input to understand ... -
Developing integration among stakeholders in the primary care networks of Singapore: a qualitative study.
(BMC health services research, 2022-06-15)<h4>Background</h4>Integrating healthcare services across and between the different health system levels can be achieved in a few ways; however, examining the social side of integration is essential and challenging. This ... -
Development of a clinical trials version of the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite questionnaire (IWQOL-Lite Clinical Trials Version): results from two qualitative studies.
(Clinical obesity, 2017-10)Existing measures of health-related quality of life and patient functioning in obesity, such as the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite (IWQOL-Lite) questionnaire, lack the developmental rigour required by the Food ... -
Environmental management for malaria control: knowledge and practices in Mvomero, Tanzania.
(Ecohealth, 2010-12)Environmental conditions play an important role in the transmission of malaria; therefore, regulating these conditions can help to reduce disease burden. Environmental management practices for disease control can be implemented ... -
Experiences of COVID-19 infection in North Carolina: A qualitative analysis.
(PloS one, 2022-01)<h4>Background and aim</h4>It has been demonstrated that marginalized populations across the U.S. have suffered a disproportionate burden of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, illustrating the role that social ... -
Experiences With Smoking Cessation Attempts and Prior Use of Cessation Aids in Smokers With HIV: Findings From a Focus Group Study Conducted in Durham, North Carolina.
(AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education, 2021-04)Cigarette smoking remains disproportionately prevalent and is increasingly a cause of death and disability among people with HIV (PWH). Many PWH are interested in quitting, but interest in and uptake of first-line smoking ... -
Healthcare Experiences, Needs, and Strategies of Survivors of Violence
(2018)The long-term and multi-faceted consequences of trauma are well documented and health conditions associated with traumatic life events are often those that benefit from early and regular attention from a healthcare provider. ... -
How Prepared Are Medical and Nursing Students to Identify Common Hazards in the Intensive Care Unit?
(Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2017-04)<h4>Rationale</h4>Care in the hospital is hazardous. Harm in the hospital may prolong hospitalization, increase suffering, result in death, and increase costs of care. Although the interprofessional team is critical ... -
Implementation of the HEART Pathway: Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.
(Critical pathways in cardiology, 2018-12)OBJECTIVE:The HEART Pathway is an evidence-based decision tool for identifying emergency department (ED) patients with acute chest pain who are candidates for early discharge, to reduce unhelpful and potentially harmful ... -
Neem Tree Assessment for Socioeconomic Empowerment in Rural Burkina Faso
(2010-04-30)The many uses of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) include health, pesticide, and soil amending applications, however neem is underutilized by certain Bissa communities of South-Central Burkina Faso, herein referred to ... -
Predictors of latent tuberculosis treatment initiation and completion at a U.S. public health clinic: a prospective cohort study.
(BMC Public Health, 2012-06-21)BACKGROUND: Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a key component in U.S. tuberculosis control, assisted by recent improvements in LTBI diagnostics and therapeutic regimens. Effectiveness of LTBI therapy, ... -
Primary Care Networks and Starfield's 4Cs: A Case for Enhanced Chronic Disease Management.
(International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021-03-12)The primary care network (PCN) was implemented as a healthcare delivery model which organises private general practitioners (GPs) into groups and furnished with a certain level of resources for chronic disease management. ... -
Qualitative analysis of the interdisciplinary interaction between data analysis specialists and novice clinical researchers.
(PLoS One, 2010-02-24)BACKGROUND: The inherent complexity of statistical methods and clinical phenomena compel researchers with diverse domains of expertise to work in interdisciplinary teams, where none of them have a complete knowledge in their ... -
Recruiting young adults into a weight loss trial: report of protocol development and recruitment results.
(Contemp Clin Trials, 2013-07)Obesity has spread to all segments of the U.S. population. Young adults, aged 18-35 years, are rarely represented in clinical weight loss trials. We conducted a qualitative study to identify factors that may facilitate ... -
Specialist and primary care physicians' views on barriers to adequate preparation of patients for renal replacement therapy: a qualitative study.
(BMC Nephrol, 2015-03-28)BACKGROUND: Early preparation for renal replacement therapy (RRT) is recommended for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet many patients initiate RRT urgently and/or are inadequately prepared. METHODS: ... -
Toward Robust Assessments of Student Knowledge of Occupation.
(The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 2021-03)<h4>Importance</h4>Occupational therapy students must master knowledge of occupation, yet how educators assess such knowledge has not been explored. In this study, we elucidate robust assessment practices that can help students ...
