“…Some patients (or their family/friends) look up symptoms online before their diagnosis, to decide whether they should see a doctor. Interventions are needed to ensure people can find useful information online that will encourage them to seek help for relevant symptoms. …”
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“…Four phases have been identified: the first (1978-98) characterized by the eradication of smallpox, the hopes of further eradications and the introduction of hepatitis B and acellular antipertussis vaccines; the second (1999-2008) coincided with the first national vaccination plans and with the hypothesis of a progressive transition from mandatory vaccinations to nudging initiatives with the relevant experimentation in the Veneto Region; the third phase (2009-14) was characterized by the spread of health information on the web and social networks, by anti-scientific judgments and by an increasingly vaccines hesitancy that led to incorrect perceptions, falls in coverage rates and re-ignition of some epidemics; in the last phase (2015-18) there was a strong political committment that led to the approval of the National Plan (PNPV) 2017-19, to the extension of the mandatory vaccinations and to the sanctions against the anti-vaxxers doctors. This has led to a rapid rise in coverage, but also to a heated political and media debate on the ethical and social aspects linked to the admission bans and sancions of unvaccinated children in schools. …”
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“…Because family members can often access patients’ opioids, one such indicator may be the frequency with which opioid prescriptions are filled by patients when their family members are engaged in opioid prescriber and pharmacy shopping (“doctor and pharmacy shopping”). To date, this frequency has not been estimated. …”
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“…From all hospitals evaluated, 90% (18/20) were suffering from shortage of staff, especially doctors. About half of the health care providers (46.7%) did not receive severe malaria management training. …”
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“…Upon first detection, the majority of MGUS patients will be under the care of their General Practitioner (GP)/Family Doctor who is also often the first healthcare professional that patients report symptoms of progression to. …”
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“…Limitations: (1) This study considered patients assisted by doctors, not a random sample of the general population. (2) The cross-sectional nature of the study limits the interpretation of the relationships between frailty and multi-morbidity. (3) Few covariates were available for our multivariate models. …”
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“…My duty, the duty of all doctors, is to listen and be part of the emotions of those we treat every day’.…”
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“…The positive function of medical staff as role models predominated (88.4%) across all specialties. Junior doctors were the most frequently perceived role models (28.5%), followed by consultants (25.1%) and nursing staff (22.4%). …”
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“…In our city, patients with hypertension and diabetes in primary care are looked after mainly by doctors with little nursing support; also, there is no published dataset among Colombian populations on the effect of nursing intervention to increase adherence to therapeutic regimen. …”
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“…Each meeting was run by a trained facilitator, did not establish a doctor-patient relationship, and consisted of a DVD presentation of a health professional followed by group discussion. …”
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“…These episodes were accompanied by diaphoresis, palpitations, flushing and nervousness. Patient went to a doctor being diagnosed heart failure so he receives medication, but symptomatology does not improve. …”
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“…Employed patients were more likely than the unemployed to see their eye doctor for regular eye “examinations” (42.1% vs 19.4%, χ2=6.0, P=0.02). …”
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“…Some committee and government openness to reclassification and self-medication reportedly enabled reclassification, while conservatism was considered a barrier, particularly for classifications with special conditions for supply such as initial doctor diagnosis or other complexities. Some improvements to the committee constitution and considerations were recommended. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Self-medication is the use of any drug or medication to treat an illness or ailment without the supervision of a licensed medical doctor/health care providers. Self-medication practice in Eastern Ethiopia is quite common. …”
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“…From 2008–2009, HIV+ Zambian adult men and non-pregnant women were followed for 9 months at a Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers, MSF) HIV clinic in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. …”
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“…We wanted to find out the best ways to identify these patients so that doctors and nurses can be sure to give them information in ways that they can understand. …”
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“…OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the link between provider communication and older patients' perceived encouragement to talk about physical, social, sensitive, and emotional problems with their usual source of care (USC), be it a doctor or nurse. METHODS: Data were from the Irish sample of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE; N = 720). …”
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“…Only 41 (11.1) patients have attended a class on diabetic foot care, and 81 (22.0%) received education on diabetic foot care from a doctor and 38 (10.3%) from a nurse. Majority of them washed their feet daily (98.4%), 59.8% inspects shoes before wearing them, but less than half of the patients (47.6%) actually self-inspect their foot daily. …”
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“…In each situation, the decision was made by the doctor responsible for the patient in the hospital ward. …”
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“…Close to 60% of encounters were accompanied by questions about a doctor’s visit or the child’s symptomatology while a past history of drug allergies was enquired in only 11.1% of visits. …”
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