Sentences with phrase «treatment on clinical outcomes»

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Access to medication and treatments Diabetes UK believes that people with diabetes should have equal access to the best diabetes care and health outcomes available on the basis of clinical need and appropriateness, not on their or the NHS's ability to pay.

Besides working at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, Meyer heads something called the DREAM challenges, contests that ask teams of computer scientists to solve outstanding biomedical problems, such as predicting the outcome of prostate cancer treatment based on clinical variables or detecting breast cancer from mammogram data.

The study, Developing an Interventional Stroke Service: Improving Clinical Outcomes and Reducing Cost and Delivering Great Cost Savings Benefits to Health Economy, conducted at the University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke - on - Trent, U.K., found that mechanical thrombectomy (the use of a device to retrieve a clot from the vessel) in the treatment of stroke reduced the average stroke patient's hospital stay to 14 days when compared to previously recorded 90 days.

«Once additional key clinical and genetic factors are identified, infants who are determined to have a low risk of requiring medication can be sent home without prolonged monitoring, and those who are predicted to have a difficult clinical course can be started on more aggressive treatment earlier, which will lead to shorter hospitalizations and improved outcomes.»

«Using an algorithm based on genetic testing to guide treatment is sustainable and associated with better clinical outcomes in a real - world clinical practice, although it is difficult to consistently maintain,» said Craig R. Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A., associate professor of pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

«TOPCAT is the first randomized, double - blind trial to assess the effect of a treatment - spironolactone - on clinical outcomes in this patient demographic.»

Your recent article on multiple personality disorder (28 September, p 46) doesn't reflect the current scientific and clinical knowledge concerning dissociative identity disorders (DID), nor does it accurately describe the outcome for treatment.

The study is investigator led and has therefore focused on clinical need, targeting patients with progressive multiple sclerosis in whom most disability is incurred... The study also reports a predominant effect on neurodegenerative rather than inflammatory outcomes, suggesting a novel mechanism of action that might be suitable as combination treatment with immunomodulatory treatments... Further phase 3 studies to measure the effect of simvastatin on sustained disability, particularly in patients with non-relapsing secondary progressive and primary progressive multiple sclerosis, are clearly needed, but this trial represents a promising point from which to develop trials of progressive disease.»

The studies rigorously assessed the clinical impact of omega - 3 fish oil treatment on outcomes such as heart attacks, strokes, atrial fibrillation (a heart rhythm disorder) and others.

Clinical pathogen sequencing has been demonstrated to have a positive outcome on treatment of patients with unknown bacterial infection.

Continued intractable seizure activity in an infant will impact on long - term cognitive and behavioural outcomes, with considerable cost implications for health services due to need for regular clinical review, hospital treatment, medications and support of other therapies.

Several pieces of evidence demonstrate the efficacy of hypnosis: «the addition of hypnosis substantially enhanced treatment outcome» according to the Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology in which six studies on weight loss were investigated.

The Canadian study that isolated avocado's compound avocotin B to observe its effect on AML cells» conversion to apoptosis mode started with this line: «Treatment regimens for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) continue to offer weak clinical outcomes.»

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Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)-- Duties & Responsibilities Provide support to other staff and coordinate all care efforts while acting as primary point of contact to patients Perform frequent patient evaluations, including initial and on - going examinations, monitoring and tracking of vital signs, executing various minor procedures, and both administering and tracking medication use per physician orders for an extensive variety of conditions Alert physicians to any change in condition and raise concerns when necessary through accurate communication Communicate effectively with other medical staff, family members and interested parties to facilitate the efficient treatment of patients as well as ensure the timely information flow Collaborate in the development of treatment plans, providing guidance from point of admission through discharge while utilizing initial and on - going assessments to provide correct medical direction Deliver emotional and informational support to patient, their families, and other interested parties, helping them understand conditions, treatments and potential outcomes Develop and maintain competencies and knowledge of medical techniques, information, conditions, treatments, medications, and potential interactions, participating actively in all continuing education opportunities Utilize and employ knowledge from clinical rotations in MedSurgical, Telemetry, GI, Emergency Room, Post-Partum, Nursery, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Family Practice and Urgent Care settings Adhere strictly to local, state, and federal health - related laws in the administration of care, the operation and utilization of all medical equipment and procedures, and treatment of patients Address patient and doctor queries, resolving them in an expedited manner

Primary outcome: treatment response defined variably; number of patients with at least a 50 % reduction from baseline score on a condition relevant scale: the Hamilton Anxiety Scale for generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), the Panic Disorder Severity Scale or the Sheehan Panic Anxiety Scale — Patient for panic disorder, the Brief Social Phobia Scale or the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for social phobia or a Clinical Global Impressions — Improvement (CGI - I) score of 1 or 2.

The primary outcome was clinical response defined using a global rating scale (eg, «much improved» or «very much improved» on the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI)-RRB- or a set level of improvement on a continuous depression rating scale (eg, improvement of 50 % or greater from baseline to end of treatment on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) or the Montgomery — Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRclinical response defined using a global rating scale (eg, «much improved» or «very much improved» on the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI)-RRB- or a set level of improvement on a continuous depression rating scale (eg, improvement of 50 % or greater from baseline to end of treatment on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) or the Montgomery — Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRClinical Global Impression Scale (CGI)-RRB- or a set level of improvement on a continuous depression rating scale (eg, improvement of 50 % or greater from baseline to end of treatment on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) or the Montgomery — Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)-RRB-.

We report on the development of the evidence base by examining the ACE survey scores in relationship to the established clinical measures of clinical severity, global function, and problem severity collected routinely for children and adolescents referred and accepted for treatment.29, 30 Systemwide implementation of the ACE survey, as a first step, positions CAAMHPP to become an evidence - based, trauma - informed service organization, because ACE survey scores necessarily must relate to clinical outcomes in order to evaluate the effect of trauma - focused interventions in clinical practice.

We previously reported the demographic and clinical characteristics of the mother - child pairs before the commencement of maternal treatment.14 Our focus herein is on the symptomatic and behavioral functioning of the children assessed 3 months after the initiation of treatment of maternal depression by a team of evaluators not involved in maternal treatment and unaware of maternal outcomes.

Careful preparation and implementation as well as regular supervision seem to be critical success factors for blended interventions, 72 and as some studies on online interventions show, more experience with a given treatment can result in better outcomes.73 Third, even though clinical interviews were conducted to assess participants» psychopathological status, other properties of our sample restrict generalisability.

Therapeutic alliance as a predictor of outcome and retention in the National Institute on Drug Abuse Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Vol 69 (1) Feb 2001, 119 - 124.

Boekamp's current clinical and research interests focus on serious emotional, behavioral and relationship disturbances in early childhood, treatment outcome and program evaluation, and firesetting behavior in childhood.

The most distinctive feature of the course is its emphasis on integrating outcome research and clinical reasoning in treatment planning.

Specifically designed to meet the changing needs in clinical practice today, the Parent Project ® is a short - term psycho educational program that significantly improves treatment outcomes, increases your visibility in the community, generates more referrals and receivables, makes your practice less dependent on managed care and exposes your agency or practice to an ever - increasing client base.

For both treatment conditions, improvements from pre - to posttreatment were seen for all of the clinical - outcome measures, including the Drug Abuse Score on the PSS.

Current studies about IAD have focused on case summaries, behavioral components, negative consequences in daily life, along with clinical diagnosis, epidemiology, associated psychosocial factors, symptom management, psychiatric comorbidity and treatment outcome [7], [8], [9], [10], [11].

Measures utilized include therapists conducted semistructured interviews using an instrument based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — IV — Text Revision (DSM - IV - TR), the Reaction to Treatment Questionnaire (RTQ), the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF), Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI), Quality of Life Index (QOLI), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS), the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI — II), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ), and the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ).

The search was limited by language (the paper had to be in English), by methodology (the study had to be an empirical study, experimental replication, follow - up study, longitudinal study, prospective study, retrospective study, quantitative study, or treatment outcome / randomized clinical trial), by publication type (the study had to be a journal article published in a peer - reviewed journal), and by sample (the study had to be conducted on humans).

Goals include enhancing community awareness about the presence and effects of trauma on young children; increasing organizational readiness and delivery of trauma - informed practices; identifying appropriate clinical treatments for children and families who have suffered complex trauma; and improving child and family outcomes.

The goal was to produce three clinical video vignettes that differed only by race / ethnicity of the actor and represented (a) common clinical presentation in community care, and (b) sufficient ambiguity in diagnosis and treatment recommendations to elicit variability in physicians» decisions on the key outcome variables (diagnosis and treatment recommendations).

The impact of clinical severity on outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of mentalisation - based treatment (MBT) was contrasted with structured clinical management (SCM).

The present study examined rates of trauma exposure, clinical characteristics associated with trauma exposure, and the effect of trauma exposure on treatment outcome in a large sample of primary care patients without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Conclusions The modular approach outperformed usual care and standard evidence - based treatments on multiple clinical outcome measures.

The following data describes treatment outcome maintenance results from a randomized clinical trial investigating the impact of a cognitive behavioral intervention Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Therapy - Physical Illness (PASCET - PI) as compared to treatment as usual (TAU) on youths with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).