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Clemens JQ, Stephens-Shields AJ, Newcomb C, Rodriguez LV, Lai HH, Bradley CS, Naliboff BD, Griffith JW, Taple BJ, Gupta P, Afari N, Harte SE, Strachan E, Guo W, Landis JR. Correlates of 1-Year Change in Quality of Life in Patients with Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Findings from the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. J Urol 2020; 204:754-759. [PMID: 32294397 PMCID: PMC7483873 DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000001080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE We evaluated and identified baseline factors associated with change in health related quality of life among patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 191 men and 233 women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome or chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (collectively referred to as urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome) were followed for 12 months with bimonthly completion of the Short Form 12 to assess general mental and physical health related quality of life, and with biweekly assessment of condition specific health related quality of life using the Genitourinary Pain Index. A functional clustering algorithm was used to classify participants as improved, stable or worsened for each health related quality of life measure. Ordinal logistic regression was used to determine baseline factors associated with change. RESULTS Physical health related quality of life improved in 22% of the participants, mental health related quality of life improved in 25% and condition specific health related quality of life improved in 47%. Better baseline physical health related quality of life, older age and the presence of nonurological symptoms were associated with lower likelihood of improvement in physical health related quality of life. Better baseline mental health related quality of life, female sex, and greater baseline depression and stress were associated with a lower likelihood of improvement in mental health related quality of life. Better baseline condition specific health related quality of life and more severe baseline urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome pain symptoms were associated with a lower likelihood of improvement in condition specific health related quality of life. CONCLUSIONS While several nonurologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome factors influenced the trajectory of general health related quality of life over time, only condition specific baseline health related quality of life and urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms were associated with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome specific health related quality of life change. Significant differences in how urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome impacts various aspects of health related quality of life suggest a multidisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment of these patients.
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- J Q Clemens
- Department of Urology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Urology & Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Urology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego & Virginia San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California
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- Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Advance Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Newcomb C, Sur S, Lee SS, Yu JM, Zhou Y, Snead ML, Stupp SI. Supramolecular Nanofibers Enhance Growth Factor Signaling by Increasing Lipid Raft Mobility. Nano Lett 2016; 16:3042-3050. [PMID: 27070195 PMCID: PMC4948975 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The nanostructures of self-assembling biomaterials have been previously designed to tune the release of growth factors in order to optimize biological repair and regeneration. We report here on the discovery that weakly cohesive peptide nanostructures in terms of intermolecular hydrogen bonding, when combined with low concentrations of osteogenic growth factor, enhance both BMP-2 and Wnt mediated signaling in myoblasts and bone marrow stromal cells, respectively. Conversely, analogous nanostructures with enhanced levels of internal hydrogen bonding and cohesion lead to an overall reduction in BMP-2 signaling. We propose that the mechanism for enhanced growth factor signaling by the nanostructures is related to their ability to increase diffusion within membrane lipid rafts. The phenomenon reported here could lead to new nanomedicine strategies to mediate growth factor signaling for translational targets.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson
Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology,
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, United States
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology,
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
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University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern
University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United
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Hafkin J, Modongo C, Newcomb C, Lowenthal E, MacGregor RR, Steenhoff AP, Friedman H, Bisson GP. Impact of the human immunodeficiency virus on early multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Botswana. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2013; 17:348-53. [PMID: 23321297 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING The impact of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, where extensive rollout of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has occurred, remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To compare the time to initial culture conversion among patients with and those without HIV infection in a setting of individualized MDR-TB care in Botswana. DESIGN Prospective cohort study of MDR-TB patients receiving ambulatory, integrated TB-HIV care at two public clinics in Botswana. The time to culture conversion was compared by HIV status using Cox proportional hazard ratios (HRs). RESULTS A total of 40 HIV-infected and 30 non-HIV-infected patients with MDR-TB and follow-up cultures were identified. The median time to initial culture conversion was 78 days (interquartile range [IQR] 42-186) for HIV-infected and 95 days (IQR 70-133) for non-HIV-infected individuals (log rank P > 0.5; unadjusted HR 0.9, 95%CI 0.5-1.5). Adjusting for age, sex, treatment history and number of active anti-tuberculosis drugs did not change this result (adjusted HR 0.8, 95%CI 0.4-1.4). CONCLUSION We found no difference in the proportion of or time to initial sputum culture conversion between an HIV-infected and a non-infected cohort of MDR-TB patients in Botswana, suggesting that outcomes may be comparable in similar settings with access to individualized anti-tuberculosis treatment and HAART.
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- J Hafkin
- Botswana UPenn Partnership, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Brunet B, Newcomb C, Lau H, Craighead P, Danielson B. Patterns of Referral for Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients with Brain Metastases in Alberta, Canada. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pawlicki T, Thomadsen B, Newcomb C, Mutic S. TU-D-BRD-01: Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques. Med Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3182366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Smith S, duPlessis S, Lim G, Newcomb C, Yan E. 2570. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lim G, Yan E, Newcomb C, Smith S, Duplessis S. 102 Physician awareness of malignant spinal cord compression in Alberta. Radiother Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(06)80843-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Braithwaite L, Wu J, Karachewsky R, Skarsgard D, El-Gayedz A, Pearcey R, Joseph K, Newcomb C. 189 Accuracy and variability of image-guided radiotherapy during hypofractionated treatment for prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(06)80930-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Craighead P, Chan A, Kiss Z, Newcomb C. 27 What factors should be used for considering brain metastases patients for stereotactic radiosurgery?: A population based study of all brain metastases patients referred for radiation at the tom baker cancer centre between 1999 and 2004. Radiother Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(06)80768-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Newcomb C, Graham D, Yan E, Chan A, Baker T. 6 Radiotherapy of acoustic neuroma: Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) versus intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Radiother Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(06)80747-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Smith S, du Plessis S, Lim G, Newcomb C, Yan E. 115 Referral and management patterns of malignant spinal cord compression in Southern Alberta. Radiother Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(06)80856-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Murray B, Newcomb C, Breitman K, Connors S, Dunscombe P, Field G, MacKenzie M, Rathee S, Robinson D, Warkentin H, Fallone B. Po-Thur Eve General-06: Experimental Validation of the Eclipse AAA Algorithm. Med Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2244633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Rathee S, Murray B, Newcomb C, Breitman K, Connors S, Dunscombe P, Field C, MacKenzie M, Robinson D, Warkentin H, Fallone B. SU-FF-T-137: Commissioning the Eclipse AAA Algorithm with Golden Beam Data. Med Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2241062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Wright P, Zimmer J, Balogh A, Lau H, Newcomb C, Wu J. 199 Potential impact of urethography during treatment planning on systematic error for prostate radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(05)80360-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wu J, Skarsgardz D, Pearcey R, Cadman P, Murray B, Newcomb C. 124 Early experience of a multicentre phase i/11 study of hypofractionated radiotherapy (55 Gy/16 fractions/4 weeks) for localized prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(05)80285-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Davies PS, Huynh M, Newcomb C, O'Leary P, Rupp K, Sears J. Modeling SSI financial eligibility and simulating the effect of policy options. Soc Secur Bull 2002; 64:16-45. [PMID: 12428508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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This article simulates eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) among the elderly, analyzes factors affecting participation, and looks at the potential effects of various options to modify financial eligibility standards for the federal SSI program. We find that in the estimated noninstitutional elderly population of 30.2 million in the United States in 1991, approximately 2 million individuals aged 65 or older were eligible for SSI (a 6.6 percent rate of eligibility). Our overall estimate of the rate of participation among eligible elderly is approximately 63 percent, suggesting that more than a third of those who are eligible do not participate in the program. The results of our analysis of factors affecting participation among the eligible elderly show that expected SSI benefits and a number of demographic and socioeconomic variables are associated with the probability of participation. We also simulate the effects of various policy options on the poverty rate, poverty gap, annual program cost, the number of participants, and the average estimated benefits among participants. The simulations consider the potential effects of five policy alternatives: Increase the general income exclusion (GIE) from $20 to $80. Increase the earned income exclusion (EIE) from $65 to $260. Increase the federal benefit rate (FBR) by $50 for individuals and $75 for couples and eliminate the GIE. Increase the asset threshold to $3,000 for individuals and $4,500 for couples. Increase the asset threshold to $6,000 for individuals and $9,000 for couples. Using 1991 microdata from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) matched to Social Security Administration administrative records and making adjustments reflecting aggregate program statistics, we present the results of our simulations for December 1999. The results show substantial variation in the simulated effects of the five policy alternatives along the various outcome dimensions considered. The simulated effects on the poverty gap of the elderly population range from a 7.9 percent reduction ("Increase the GIE from $20 to $80") to a 0.1 percent reduction ("Increase the EIE from $65 to $260"). All simulated interventions are expected to increase the rate of SSI participation among the elderly from a high of 20.3 percent ("Increase the GIE from $20 to $80") to a low of 0.5 percent ("Increase the EIE from $65 to $260"). We also find that the interventions that have greater estimated effects in terms of increased participation and reduced poverty tend to cost more. At the high end, we estimate that increasing the GIE from $20 to $80 could raise annual federal SSI cash benefit outlays by about 46 percent, compared with only 0.9 percent for increasing the EIE from $65 to $260. Similar to the EIE intervention, raising the resource thresholds by 50 percent would reduce the overall poverty gap of the elderly by only 0.2 percent, would increase SSI participation only modestly (by 1.3 percent), but would entail slightly higher program costs (by 1.4 percent). Increasing the asset threshold by 200 percent would have higher estimated effects on all three outcomes, but it would still be associated with relatively low increases in both costs and benefits. Finally, the simulated effects on the three key outcomes of increasing the FBR by $50 for individuals and $75 for couples, combined with eliminating the GIE, are relatively large but are clearly less substantial than increasing the GIE from $20 to $80. This work relies on data from the SIPP matched to administrative data on federal SSI benefits that provide a more accurate picture of SSI participation than has been feasible for previous studies. We simulate eligibility for federal SSI benefits by applying the program rules to detailed information on the characteristics of individuals and couples based on the rich array of demographic and socioeconomic data in the SIPP, particularly the comprehensive information SIPP provides on assets and monthly income. A probit model is estimated to analyze factors affecting participation among the eligible elderly. Finally, we conduct the policy simulations using altered program rules represented by the policy alternatives and predicted participation probabilities to estimate outcomes under simulated program rules. We compare those simulated outcomes to observed outcomes under current program rules. The results of our simulations are conditional on the characteristics of participants and eligibles in 1991, but they also reflect aggregate adjustments capturing substantial changes in overall participation and program benefit levels between 1991 and 1999.
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Tang PC, LaRosa MP, Newcomb C, Gorden SM. Measuring the effects of reminders for outpatient influenza immunizations at the point of clinical opportunity. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999; 6:115-21. [PMID: 10094064 PMCID: PMC61350 DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of computer-based reminders about influenza vaccination on the behavior of individual clinicians at each clinical opportunity. DESIGN The authors conducted a prospective study of clinicians' influenza vaccination behavior over four years. Approximately one half of the clinicians in an internal medicine clinic used a computer-based patient record system (CPR users) that generated computer-based reminders. The other clinicians used traditional paper records (PR users). MEASUREMENTS Each nonacute visit by a patient eligible for an influenza vaccination was considered an opportunity for intervention. Patients who had contraindications for vaccination were excluded. Compliance with the guideline was defined as documentation that a clinician ordered the vaccine, counseled the patient about the vaccine, offered the vaccine to a patient who declined it, or verified that the patient had received the vaccine elsewhere. The authors calculated the proportion of opportunities on which each clinician documented action in the CPR and PR user groups. RESULTS The CPR and PR user groups had different baseline compliance rates (40.1 and 27.9 per cent, respectively; P<0.05). Both rates remained stable during a two-year baseline period (P = 0.34 and P = 0.47, respectively). The compliance rates in the CPR user group increased 78 per cent from baseline (P<0.001), whereas the rates for the PR user group did not change significantly (P = 0.18). CONCLUSIONS Clinicians who used a CPR with reminders had higher rates of documentation of compliance with influenza-vaccination guidelines than did those who used a paper record. Measurements of individual clinician behavior at the point of each clinical opportunity can provide precise evaluation of interventions that are designed to improve compliance with guidelines.
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- P C Tang
- Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To understand and address patients' need for information surrounding ambulatory-care visits. DESIGN The authors conducted two patient focus groups regarding patient education. The first covered general information needs of patients and the second explored their reactions to a computer-generated patient handout that was developed in response to the results of the first focus group and implemented in a clinic. RESULTS Participants sought information about their health--generally after the encounter with their caregiver. They wanted a permanent record of personal health data and relevant educational information. Participants recommended that the information be concise, clear, and illustrated with graphics if appropriate. Receiving health-related information from their providers favorably affected the participants' trust in, relationship with, and confidence in their physicians. When given printouts with graphic trends depicting their responses to therapy, participants reported that they were more motivated to adhere to a treatment plan and were more satisfied with their care. Based on the results of the focus groups, we developed a set of attributes (P.A.T.I.E.N.T.) to guide the development of patient and consumer health information. CONCLUSIONS Patients participating in our focus groups felt that providing printed summary information to patients at the end of a clinic visit improves their understanding of their care, enhances their relationships with providers, improves their satisfaction with care, and motivates them to adhere to treatment plans. Further empirical studies are necessary to test their perceptions.
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- P C Tang
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Tang PC, Newcomb C, Gorden S, Kreider N. Meeting the information needs of patients: results from a patient focus group. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp 1997:672-6. [PMID: 9357710 PMCID: PMC2233596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Changing roles in health care call for patients to share increased responsibility for managing their health. Patients may need additional health-related information to participate more fully in health care decisions. We examined patients' information needs from the perspective of clinicians, educational software vendors, and patients. The most instructive information came directly from patients in focus groups. The participants in our focus groups clearly sought more information about their health than they had received during visits with their physicians. Patients' needs were specific to their individual clinical situation, and timing was critical. Although physicians spend a significant amount of time on patient education during an encounter, patients typically formulate their questions after the encounter. We used the results of focus groups to develop desired characteristics of patient education material that addresses patients' information needs. Providers who understand and address these needs will be in a better position to effectively engage patients' active participation in their health care.
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- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Nerenz D, Rosman H, Newcomb C, Bolton MB, Heudebert G, Simmer T, Goldstein S. The on-call experience of interns in internal medicine. Medical Education Task Force of Henry Ford Hospital. Arch Intern Med 1990; 150:2294-7. [PMID: 2241437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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As part of an effort to examine the structure and content of our residency program in internal medicine, we assessed interns' activities on call to identify problems with workload scheduling, supervision, or learning. Eleven interns were observed continuously during a 34-hour on-call period. Interns averaged 5.6 hours at the bedside, with 57 minutes of that time under direct supervision of a resident or attending physician. Nearly half of new patient examinations continued after midnight despite a special night admission team that evaluated all patients admitted after 11 pm. The interns averaged 21 beeps per 30 hours. They slept an average of 2.5 hours with two interruptions. They read about their patients an average of 4 minutes during the 34-hour period. Most supervision was away from the bedside (82/139 minutes). Bedside supervision occurred predominantly during rounds (45/57 minutes). Attending physicians averaged only 12 minutes of bedside interaction with the intern. Many of these findings were unanticipated. Structural defects in the training program were defined and are being addressed. Other training programs should consider similar analyses before making fundamental changes.
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- D Nerenz
- Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202
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Gutelius MF, Kirsch AD, MacDonald S, Brooks MR, McErlean T, Newcomb C. Promising results from a cognitive stimulation program in infancy. A preliminary report. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1972; 11:585-93. [PMID: 4677925 DOI: 10.1177/000992287201101012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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