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Soliman C, Thomas BC, Santaguida P, Lawrentschuk N, Mertens E, Giannarini G, Wuethrich PY, Wu M, Khan MS, Nair R, Thurairaja R, Challacombe B, Dasgupta P, Malde S, Corcoran NM, Spiess PE, Dundee P, Furrer MA. Active involvement of nursing staff in reporting and grading complication-intervention events-Protocol and results of the CAMUS Pilot Nurse Delphi Study. BJUI COMPASS 2022; 3:466-483. [PMID: 36267199 PMCID: PMC9579890 DOI: 10.1002/bco2.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Objectives The aim of this study is to gain experienced nursing perspective on current and future complication reporting and grading in Urology, establish the CAMUS CCI and quality control the use of the Clavien-Dindo Classification (CDC) in nursing staff. Subjects and Methods The 12-part REDCap-based Delphi survey was developed in conjunction with expert nurse, urologist and methodologist input. Certified local and international inpatient and outpatient nurses specialised in urology, perioperative nurses and urology-specific advanced practice nurses/nurse practitioners will be included. A minimum sample size of 250 participants is targeted. The survey assesses participant demographics, nursing experience and opinion on complication reporting and the proposed CAMUS reporting recommendations; grading of intervention events using the existing CDC and the proposed CAMUS Classification; and rating various clinical scenarios. Consensus will be defined as ≥75% agreement. If consensus is not reached, subsequent Delphi rounds will be performed under Steering Committee guidance. Results Twenty participants completed the pilot survey. Median survey completion time was 58 min (IQR 40-67). The survey revealed that 85% of nursing participants believe nurses should be involved in future complication reporting and grading but currently have poor confidence and inadequate relevant background education. Overall, 100% of participants recognise the universal demand for reporting consensus and 75% hold a preference towards the CAMUS System. Limitations include variability in nursing experience, complexity of supplemental grades and survey duration. Conclusion The integration of experienced nursing opinion and participation in complication reporting and grading systems in a modern and evolving hospital infrastructure may facilitate the assimilation of otherwise overlooked safety data. Incorporation of focused teaching into routine nursing education will be essential to ensure quality control and stimulate awareness of complication-related burden. This, in turn, has the potential to improve patient counselling and quality of care.
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- Christopher Soliman
- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Health Research Methodology Evidence and Impact (HEI)McMaster UniversityHamiltonOntarioCanada
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- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Unit of UrologySanta Maria della Misericordia Academic Medical CentreUdineItaly
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University HospitalUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of UrologyGuy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Department of UrologyGuy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Department of UrologyGuy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Department of UrologyGuy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Department of UrologyGuy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
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- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of UrologyWestern HealthSt AlbansVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Genito‐Urinary OncologyH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteTampaFloridaUSA
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- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
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- Department of Urology, Royal Melbourne HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVictoriaAustralia
- Department of UrologyGuy's and St. Thomas NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
- Department of UrologyUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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Protocol for CAMUS Delphi Study: A Consensus on Comprehensive Reporting and Grading of Complications After Urological Surgery. Eur Urol Focus 2022; 8:1493-1511. [PMID: 35221259 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2022.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reproducible assessment of postoperative complications is essential for reliable evaluation of quality of care to enable comparison between healthcare centres and ensure transparent patient counselling. Currently, significant discrepancies exist in complication reporting and grading due to heterogeneous definitions and methodologies. OBJECTIVE To develop a standardised and reproducible assessment of perioperative complications and overall associated morbidity, to allow for the construction of a uniform language for complication reporting and grading. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The 12-part REDCap-based Delphi survey was developed in conjunction with methodologist review and experienced urologist opinion. International urologists, anaesthetists, and intensive care unit specialists will be included. A minimum sample size of 750 participants (500 urologists and 250 critical care specialities) is targeted. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS The survey assesses participant demographics, opinion on complication reporting and the proposed Complications After Major & Minor Urological Surgery (CAMUS) reporting recommendations, grading of intervention events using the existing Clavien-Dindo classification and the proposed CAMUS classification, and rating of various clinical scenarios. Consensus will be defined as ≥75% majority agreement. If consensus is not reached, then subsequent Delphi rounds will be performed under steering committee guidance. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS Twenty-one participants completed the draft survey. The median survey completion time was 128 min (interquartile range 88-135). The survey revealed that 90% of participants believe that the current complication classification systems are useful but inaccurate, while 100% of participants believe that there is a universal demand for reporting consensus. Several amendments were made following feedback. Limitations include complexity of the proposed supplemental grades and time to completion of the survey. CONCLUSIONS To ensure comprehensive and comparable complication reporting and grading across centres worldwide, a conclusive uniform language for complication reporting must be created. We intend to address shortcomings of the current complication reporting and classification systems with a new CAMUS classification system developed through multidisciplinary expert consensus obtained through a Delphi survey. Ultimately, standardisation of urological complication reporting and grading may improve patient counselling and quality of care. PATIENT SUMMARY The reporting and grading of operative complications that occur during or after an operation and associated costs provide a means to stratify quality of patient care. Current complication reporting and classification systems are not standardised and somewhat inaccurate, and thus significantly underestimate patient morbidity and surgical risk. This Delphi survey will provide the basis for the creation of a uniform complication reporting and grading system. Our new system may allow improved reporting and grading between centres, and ultimately improve patient counselling and care.
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Integration of Multi-Criteria Decision Support with Infrastructure of Smart Services for Sustainable Multi-Modal Transportation of Freights. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13094675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The problems of developing online decision support systems concern the complexity of the transportation management processes, the multi-dimensionality of data warehouses (DWs), and the multi-criteria of decision making. Such issues arise in the management processes by supporting them with adaptable information and communication infrastructure for the management of the freight’s transportation processes. Our research domain involves the assurance of infrastructure for the provision of smart services for the operative management of multi-modal transportation of freights under the conditions of the heterogeneity of communication channels and multi-criteria decision support. The complexity of managing multi-modal transportation processes raises some problems for ensuring the infrastructure for finding more optimal management solutions by the requirements of green development. This research aims to develop the approach for providing the infrastructure of intelligent smart services for adaptable implementation in management processes of online multi-modal freight transportation. The objectives are forwarded to construct the multi-criteria decision-making components and integrate them into the multi-layered, computer-based information management of intelligent systems. We present the steps of extension of the structure of the knowledge-based system with a multi-criteria decision support method, and the possibilities to work under the conditions of wireless networks and the recognition of context-aware situations. The results are demonstrated for the analysis of alternatives by assessing the multi-modal transportation corridors between the East and West regions of Europe, and the opportunities to evaluate them for more effective managerial perspectives under sustainable development requirements.
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Cavers D, Cunningham-Burley S, Watson E, Banks E, Campbell C. Setting the research agenda for living with and beyond cancer with comorbid illness: reflections on a research prioritisation exercise. RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT 2020; 6:17. [PMID: 32368351 PMCID: PMC7191759 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-020-00191-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND People living with and beyond cancer are more likely to have comorbid conditions and poorer mental and physical health, but there is a dearth of in-depth research exploring the psychosocial needs of people experiencing cancer and comorbid chronic conditions. A patient partnership approach to research prioritisation and planning can ensure outcomes meaningful to those affected and can inform policy and practice accordingly, but can be challenging. METHODS We aimed to inform priorities for qualitative inquiry into the experiences and support needs of people living with and beyond cancer with comorbid illness using a partnership approach. A three-step process including a patient workshop to develop a consultation document, online consultation with patients, and academic expert consultation was carried out. The research prioritisation process was also appraised and reflected upon. RESULTS Six people attended the workshop, ten responded online and eight academic experts commented on the consultation document. Five key priorities were identified for exploration in subsequent qualitative studies, including the diagnostic journey, the burden of symptoms, managing medications, addressing the needs of informal carers, and service provision. Limitations of patient involvement and reflections on procedural ethics, and the challenge of making measurable differences to patient outcomes were discussed. CONCLUSIONS Findings from this research prioritisation exercise will inform planned qualitative work to explore patients' experiences of living with and beyond cancer with comorbid illness. Including patient partners in the research prioritisation process adds focus and relevance, and feeds into future work and recommendations to improve health and social care for this group of patients. Reflections on the consultation process contribute to a broadening of understanding the field of patient involvement.
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- D. Cavers
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Rm 123, Doorway 1, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Rm 123, Doorway 1, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Jack Straws Lane, Marston, Oxford, OX3 0FL UK
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- c/o NCRI, 2 Redman Place, Stratford, London, E20 1JQ UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Rm 123, Doorway 1, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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Taylor F, Halter M, Drennan VM. Understanding patients' satisfaction with physician assistant/associate encounters through communication experiences: a qualitative study in acute hospitals in England. BMC Health Serv Res 2019; 19:603. [PMID: 31455342 PMCID: PMC6712610 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4410-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Physician assistants/associates (PAs) are a recent innovation in acute hospital teams in England and many other countries worldwide. Although existing evidence indicates generally high levels of patient satisfaction with their PA hospital encounters, little is known about the factors associated with this outcome. There is a lack of evidence on the process of PA-patient communication in hospital encounters and how this might influence satisfaction. This study therefore aimed to understand patients' satisfaction with PA acute hospital encounters through PA-patient communication experiences. METHODS A qualitative study was conducted among patients and representatives of patients seen by or receiving care from one of the PAs working in acute hospital services in England. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken face-to-face with study participants in the hospital setting and shortly after their PA encounter. Data were coded and analysed using thematic analysis. The study was framed within a theoretical model of core functions of medical encounter communication. RESULTS Fifteen patients and patient representatives who had experienced a PA encounter participated in interviews, across five hospitals in England. Four interrelated communication experiences were important to participants who were satisfied with the encounter in general: feeling trust and confidence in the relationship, sharing relevant and meaningful information, experiencing emotional care and support, and sharing discussion on illness management and treatment. However, many participants misconceived PAs to be doctors, raising a potential risk of reduced trust in the PA relationship and negative implications for satisfaction with their PA encounter. Participants considered it beneficial that patients be informed about the PA role to prevent confusion. CONCLUSIONS PA encounters offer a constructive example of successful clinician-patient communication experiences in acute hospital encounters from the patient's perspective. Study participants were generally naïve to the PA role. Hospital services and organisations introducing these mid-level or advanced care practitioner roles should consider giving attention to informing patients about the roles.
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- Francesca Taylor
- Centre for Health & Social Care Research, Joint Faculty of Kingston University & St George's University of London, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK.
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- Centre for Health & Social Care Research, Joint Faculty of Kingston University & St George's University of London, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK
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- Centre for Health & Social Care Research, Joint Faculty of Kingston University & St George's University of London, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK
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Black M, Matthews LR, Millington MJ. Using an adapted Delphi process to develop a survey evaluating employability assessment in total and permanent disability insurance claims. Work 2019; 60:539-548. [PMID: 30103361 DOI: 10.3233/wor-182761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND No research has been undertaken about employability assessment of total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance claims. Employability assessment provides vocational information to life insurers to help decide claims. To determine how helpful employability assessment is, a new measure was needed to survey insurers. OBJECTIVE To generate survey items by harnessing the knowledge and agreement of rehabilitation advisors with expertise in employability assessment. METHODS A panel of 10 (89% of eligible Australian rehabilitation advisors) participated in an adapted three-round Delphi process. Rounds 2 and 3 were incorporated into a novel real-time card sort format. RESULTS From 94 potential items submitted for first round qualitative analysis, 36 items in four domains-quality, content, utility, and claims-were generated. Two quantitative ranking rounds in one face-to-face session produced a 21-item prototype. The final electronic survey instrument contained 11 sections seeking insurer demographics and feedback on: external providers; employability assessment concepts, components, quality, and usefulness; functional, occupational, labor market items; and finally, cost and type. Our Delphi process was anonymous, completed in four weeks with 100% response rate and 75% agreement. More time between Rounds 2 and 3 would enhance statistical analysis. CONCLUSIONS Our adapted Delphi methodology for survey item generation is generalizable for any panel able to meet in person.
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- Margaret Black
- Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
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Tang CC, Draucker C, Tejani MA, Von Ah D. Patterns of interactions among patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, their caregivers, and healthcare providers during symptom discussions. Support Care Cancer 2018; 26:3497-3506. [PMID: 29696423 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4202-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Effective symptom discussion is an essential step to enhance symptom management in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC). However, little is known about how these patients communicate their symptoms during health encounters. The purpose of this study was to develop a typology to describe patterns of interactions between patients with APC, their caregivers, and healthcare providers as regards to symptoms and symptom management. METHODS Thematic analysis was used to analyze 37 transcripts of audio-recorded, naturally occurring encounters among APC patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Transcripts were drawn from the Values and Options in Cancer Care study, a larger randomized controlled communication and decision-making intervention trial, which recruited advanced cancer patients and caregivers across the USA. All transcripts from APC patients that were pre-intervention were analyzed. RESULTS Eight unique types of interaction patterns among patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers were identified as follows: collaborative interactions, explanatory interactions, agentic interactions, checklist interactions, cross-purpose interactions, empathic interactions, admonishing interactions, and diverging interactions. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide a systematic description of a variety of types of interaction patterns regarding symptom discussion among APC patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. These typologies can be used to facilitate effective communication and symptom management.
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- Chia-Chun Tang
- National Taiwan University School of Nursing, No1, Sec 1, Jen-Ai Rd, Taipei, Taiwan, 10051.
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- Angela Barron McBride Endowed Professorship in Mental Health Nursing, Indiana University School of Nursing, 600 Barnhill Drive, NU409W, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Community & Health Systems, Indiana University School of Nursing, 600 Barnhill Drive, NU 407, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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Identifying Ethical Issues in Mental Health Research with Minors Adolescents: Results of a Delphi Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2016; 13:ijerph13050489. [PMID: 27187425 PMCID: PMC4881114 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13050489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Research with minors, especially for preventive purposes, e.g., suicide prevention, investigating risk or self-destructive behaviors such as deviance, drug abuse, or suicidal behavior, is ethically sensitive. We present a Delphi study exploring the ethical implications of the needs formulated by researchers in an international pre-conference who would benefit from ethics support and guidance in conducting Mental Health Research with minors. The resulting List of Ethical Issues (LEI) was submitted to a 2-rounds Delphi process via the Internet, including 34 multidisciplinary experts. In the first round, the experts reviewed the LEI and completed a questionnaire. Results from this round were analyzed and grouped in nine categories comprising 40 items. In the second round, the experts had to agree/disagree with the needs expressed in the LEI leading to a final list of 25 ethical issues considered relevant for Mental Health Research with minors such as: confidentiality of the sensitive data, competence for consenting alone and risk of harm and stigma related to the methodology used in research. It was shown that studies like SEYLE (Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe) trigger among researchers wishes to obtain specific recommendations helping to comply with standards for good practice in conducting research with minors.
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Eliassen AH. Power Relations and Health Care Communication in Older Adulthood: Educating Recipients and Providers. THE GERONTOLOGIST 2015; 56:990-996. [PMID: 26491035 DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Unequal power relations lie just below the surface in much of today's discourse on health care communication with older adults. Focusing on pathologies or deficits tends to reinforce stereotypes of frailty and dependency, thus framing elders as a vulnerable group requiring special assistance. Implicit stereotyping frequently colors interactions of health care personnel with older clients and their families-interactions likely to affect elders' perceptions and health outcomes. Health care providers need to be attuned to the vast and growing diversity in today's older population, wherein many older adults are exemplars of what it takes to marshal resources and cope with multifaceted challenges. Thus, elders have the potential to teach medical personnel through narratives of resilience as well as tribulation. This potential can be fully realized, however, only in contexts where communication patterns characterized by paternalism, consumerism, and collaboration are mutually recognized and selectively challenged or implemented. Promising interventions to facilitate health care communication in older adulthood might well be directed toward (a) educating both recipients and providers to become more mindful of cues that evoke stereotypical thinking, (b) promoting an institutional culture that normalizes situationally appropriate assertive responses to stereotyping, and (c) formally ratifying older adults' life experience in the training of health care personnel.
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- A Henry Eliassen
- Department of Social Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, Texas.
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- University of Minnesota Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center, Minneapolis (Ms Voss), United States
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- Samueli Institute, Alexandria, Virginia (Ms Smith), United States
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- Samueli Institute, Alexandria, Virginia (Dr Jonas), United States
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Trasande L, Zoeller RT, Hass U, Kortenkamp A, Grandjean P, Myers JP, DiGangi J, Bellanger M, Hauser R, Legler J, Skakkebaek NE, Heindel JJ. Estimating burden and disease costs of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the European union. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015; 100:1245-55. [PMID: 25742516 PMCID: PMC4399291 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-4324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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CONTEXT Rapidly increasing evidence has documented that endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) contribute substantially to disease and disability. OBJECTIVE The objective was to quantify a range of health and economic costs that can be reasonably attributed to EDC exposures in the European Union (EU). DESIGN A Steering Committee of scientists adapted the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change weight-of-evidence characterization for probability of causation based upon levels of available epidemiological and toxicological evidence for one or more chemicals contributing to disease by an endocrine disruptor mechanism. To evaluate the epidemiological evidence, the Steering Committee adapted the World Health Organization Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group criteria, whereas the Steering Committee adapted definitions recently promulgated by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency for evaluating laboratory and animal evidence of endocrine disruption. Expert panels used the Delphi method to make decisions on the strength of the data. RESULTS Expert panels achieved consensus at least for probable (>20%) EDC causation for IQ loss and associated intellectual disability, autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, childhood obesity, adult obesity, adult diabetes, cryptorchidism, male infertility, and mortality associated with reduced testosterone. Accounting for probability of causation and using the midpoint of each range for probability of causation, Monte Carlo simulations produced a median cost of €157 billion (or $209 billion, corresponding to 1.23% of EU gross domestic product) annually across 1000 simulations. Notably, using the lowest end of the probability range for each relationship in the Monte Carlo simulations produced a median range of €109 billion that differed modestly from base case probability inputs. CONCLUSIONS EDC exposures in the EU are likely to contribute substantially to disease and dysfunction across the life course with costs in the hundreds of billions of Euros per year. These estimates represent only those EDCs with the highest probability of causation; a broader analysis would have produced greater estimates of burden of disease and costs.
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- Leonardo Trasande
- New York University (NYU) School of Medicine (L.T.), New York, New York 10016; NYU Wagner School of Public Service (L.T.), New York, New York 10012; NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development (L.T.), Department of Nutrition, Food & Public Health, New York, New York 10003; NYU Global Institute of Public Health (L.T.), New York, New York 10003; University of Massachusetts (R.T.Z.), Amherst, Massachusetts 01003; National Food Institute (U.H.), Technical University of Denmark, 19 2860 Søborg, Denmark; Brunel University (A.K., R.H.), Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom; Department of Environmental Health (P.G.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; University of Southern Denmark (P.G.), 5000 Odense, Denmark; Environmental Health Sciences (J.P.M.), Charlottesville, Virginia 22902; IPEN (J.D.), SE-402 35 Gothenburg, Sweden; EHESP School of Public Health (M.B.), 75014 Paris, France; Department of Chemistry and Biology (J.L.), Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Growth and Reproduction (N.E.S.), Rigshospitalet, Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC) and University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (J.J.H.), Division of Extramural Research and Training, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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Oostendorp LJM, Durand MA, Lloyd A, Elwyn G. Measuring organisational readiness for patient engagement (MORE): an international online Delphi consensus study. BMC Health Serv Res 2015; 15:61. [PMID: 25879457 PMCID: PMC4334597 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0717-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Widespread implementation of patient engagement by organisations and clinical teams is not a reality yet. The aim of this study is to develop a measure of organisational readiness for patient engagement designed to monitor and facilitate a healthcare organisation’s willingness and ability to effectively implement patient engagement in healthcare. Methods The development of the MORE (Measuring Organisational Readiness for patient Engagement) scale was guided by Weiner’s theory of organisational readiness for change. Weiner postulates that an organisation’s readiness is determined by both the willingness and ability to implement the change (i.e. in this context: patient engagement). A first version of the scale was developed based on a literature search and evaluation of pre-existing tools. We invited multi-disciplinary stakeholders to participate in a two-round online Delphi survey. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of each proposed item, and to comment on the proposed domains and items. Second round participants received feedback from the first round and were asked to re-rate the importance of the revised, new and unchanged items, and to provide comments. Results The first version of the scale contained 51 items divided into three domains: (1) Respondents’ characteristics; (2) the organisation’s willingness to implement patient engagement; and (3) the organisation’s ability to implement patient engagement. 131 respondents from 16 countries (health care managers, policy makers, clinicians, patients and patient representatives, researchers, and other stakeholders) completed the first survey, and 72 of them also completed the second survey. During the Delphi process, 34 items were reworded, 8 new items were added, 5 items were removed, and 18 were combined. The scale’s instructions were revised. The final version of MORE totalled 38 items; 5 on stakeholders, 13 on an organisation’s willingness to implement, and 20 on an organisation’s ability to implement patient engagement in healthcare. Conclusions The Delphi technique was successfully used to refine the scale’s instructions, domains and items, using input from a broad range of international stakeholders, hoping that MORE can be applied in a variety of healthcare contexts worldwide. Further assessment is needed to determine the psychometric properties of the scale.
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- Linda J M Oostendorp
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Lifespan and Chronic Illness Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Lifespan and Chronic Illness Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK. .,The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, HB 7256, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.
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- Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
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- The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA.
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Farin E, Schmidt E, Gramm L. Patient communication competence: development of a German questionnaire and correlates of competent patient behavior. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2014; 94:342-350. [PMID: 24332119 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to design and psychometrically test a patient questionnaire to capture patient communication competence in the context of patient-provider interaction (CoCo questionnaire). We also aimed to determine patient characteristics associated with competent patient behavior. METHODS To assure content validity, we initially conducted 17 focus groups (n=97) made up of patients and providers. In the main study n=1.264 patients with chronic back pain, chronic-ischemic heart disease or breast cancer who underwent inpatient rehabilitation were surveyed at the end of rehabilitation. RESULTS The CoCo questionnaire contains four scales (patient adherence in communication, critical and participative communication, communication about personal circumstances, active disease-related communication) and 28 items addressing competent patient behavior. We provide evidence of unidimensionality, local independence, reliability, a Rasch-Model fit, the absence of differential item functioning, and signs of construct validity. The most important correlates of communication competence are health literacy and communication self-efficacy. CONCLUSION The CoCo questionnaire has good psychometric properties in German. Future research should examine CoCo's responsiveness and analyze criterion validity by means of observation data. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS The CoCo questionnaire can be recommended for use in evaluating patient communication training programs.
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- Erik Farin
- Department of Quality Management and Social Medicine, University Freiburg - Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Quality Management and Social Medicine, University Freiburg - Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Quality Management and Social Medicine, University Freiburg - Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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Talking about feelings and worries in cancer consultations: the effects of an interactive tailored symptom assessment on source, explicitness, and timing of emotional cues and concerns. Cancer Nurs 2014; 36:E20-30. [PMID: 23416693 DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0b013e318254af66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients are experts of their own symptoms and worries, but tend not to express their concerns spontaneously in the consultation. Even when emotions are brought up, they are discussed briefly. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the impact of an interactive tailored patient assessment (Choice) on communication of emotional cues and concerns expressed by cancer patients in terms of source of initiation of cues/concern, explicitness, timing during the consultation, and consultation type (inpatient/outpatient). METHODS We audiotaped and coded consultations between cancer patients and nurses or physicians in 1 control group (n = 99) with standard consultations and 1 intervention group (n = 97) where patients used Choice prior to the consultation. Direct and interaction effects were tested using multilevel analyses. RESULTS In the Choice intervention group, there were significantly more frequent and more explicit expressions of cues and concerns; more clinician-initiated concerns occurred during the first 10 minutes; and it was more likely for any cue or concern to be succeeded by a subsequent one. In consultations with many cues/concerns, these were on average more emotionally descriptive or explicit and occurred somewhat earlier in the consultation in the Choice group. Furthermore, more cues/concerns were expressed in inpatient consultations with nurses than in outpatient consultations with physicians. CONCLUSION Cancer patients' expressions of cues and concerns do not occur at random. More cues/concerns are expressed early in the consultation, in consultations with nurses, and in the Choice intervention group. IMPLICATION FOR PRACTICE Choice may be a useful clinical tool. Use of Choice might aid cancer patients in handling their emotions.
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Street RL, De Haes HCJM. Designing a curriculum for communication skills training from a theory and evidence-based perspective. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2013; 93:27-33. [PMID: 23890580 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Because quality health care delivery requires effective clinician-patient communication, successful training of health professionals requires communication skill curricula of the highest quality. Two approaches for developing medical communication curricula are a consensus approach and a theory driven approach. We propose a theory-driven, communication function framework for identifying important communication skills, one that is focused on the key goals and outcomes that need to be accomplished in clinical encounters. We discuss 7 communication functions important to medical encounters and the types of skills needed to accomplish each. DISCUSSION The functional approach has important pedagogical implications including the importance of distinguishing the performance of a behavior (capacity) from the outcome of that behavior in context (effectiveness) and the recognition that what counts as effective communication depends on perspective (e.g., observer, patient). CONCLUSION Consensus and theory-driven approaches to medical communication curricula are not necessarily contradictory and can be integrated to further enhance ongoing development and improvements in medical communication education. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS A functional approach should resonate with practicing clinicians and continuing education initiatives in that it is embraces the notion that competent communication is situation-specific as clinicians creatively use communicative skills to accomplish the key goals of the encounter.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard L Street
- Department of Communication, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
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Lv J, Liu M, Jiang Y, Li LM. Prevention and control of major non-communicable diseases in China from 1990 to 2009: results of a two-round Delphi survey. Glob Health Action 2013; 6:20004. [PMID: 23406920 PMCID: PMC3572215 DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to learn about the progress of the prevention and control of major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China from 1990 to 2009 and to determine what prevention and control gaps remain based on the opinions of a group of panellists. DESIGN Sixty-four panellists, who are members of the Subcommittee of the Non-Communicable Diseases, the Expert Committee on Disease Control and Prevention established by China's Ministry of Health in 2010, were invited to participate in an email-based, two-round Delphi survey. In each round, a structured questionnaire was given to participants, who were asked to rate the importance and practical implementation of items relevant to the prevention and control of NCDs over two periods, 1990-1999 and 2000-2009, on a 10-point scale. RESULTS Of the 64 panellists invited, 20 (31.3%) completed the first-round survey, and, of those, 14 (70.0%) completed the second-round survey. Of the 237 common variables in the two survey rounds, there were 161 (67.9%) and 209 (88.2%) with an interquartile range ≤2 in the first round and second round, respectively. These results indicated a better expert consensus in the second round. There were 92 items in total in the second round of the questionnaire, 88 (95.7%) of which had median importance rating scores of equal to or greater than 7.00. The median scores for the practical implementation items during 2000-2009 were greater than those for the 1990-1999 period. The results indicate improved implementation in the recent decade. CONCLUSIONS China has made progress in the prevention and control of NCDs during the 21st century. However, these intuitive rating results indicate that there are still large action gaps in the fight against epidemic NCDs in China.
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- Jun Lv
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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Dielissen P, Verdonk P, Bottema B, Kramer A, Lagro-Janssen T. Expert consensus on gender criteria for assessment in medical communication education. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2012; 88:189-95. [PMID: 22365589 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2011] [Revised: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2012] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to develop gender criteria that can be included in communication skills assessment in medical education. METHODS A three-round Delphi study was conducted. The invited 59 participants were experts in the field of gender medicine education (n = 28) and doctor-patient communication (n = 31). Each Delphi round comprised a questionnaire, an analysis, and a feedback report. In the first round, gender experts explored gender themes in doctor-patient communication from which initial gender criteria were defined. The second and third rounds were used to validate the importance and feasibility of gender criteria. Consensus was defined as a 75% panel agreement and a mean of 4 or higher on a 5-point Likert scale. RESULTS Four gender criteria achieved consensus after the third round. The importance of including the gender criteria in communication skills assessment was rated consistently higher than its feasibility. Gender criteria relating to the patients' perspective, to gathering information and to gender and power were considered the most important. CONCLUSION Using a Delphi study, we have developed gender criteria for inclusion in communication skills assessment to promote good communication between doctors and patients. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Gender influences medical communication. Incorporating gender in communication skills assessment may be useful to improve the teaching and learning of communication skills.
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- Patrick Dielissen
- Radboud University Medical Centre, Department Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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