Patient education and counseling
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Improving physician-patient communication about cancer pain with a tailored education-coaching intervention.
This study examined the effect of a theoretically grounded, tailored education-coaching intervention to help patients more effectively discuss their pain-related questions, concerns, and preferences with physicians. ⋯ Coaching interventions can be effective resources for helping cancer patients communicate about their pain concerns if they are theoretically grounded, can be integrated within clinical routines, and lead to improve health outcomes.
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The aim of this study was to assess general practitioners' (GPs') and patients' practices and attitudes regarding overweight encountered during preventive counseling talks. ⋯ Patient centeredness, particularly the integration of patients' perceptions towards weight management, might be an important step towards improving weight counseling in primary care.
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To describe awareness, use and supportiveness for physicians of three practice guidelines on medical end-of-life decisions, and to identify factors associated with increased awareness of these guidelines. ⋯ Health care institutions should be encouraged to disseminate guidelines among caregivers, and also involve them in the development of the guidelines.
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Previous studies have shown racial/ethnic differences in preferences for end-of-life (EOL) care. We aimed to describe values and beliefs guiding physicians' EOL decision-making and explore the relationship between physicians' race/ethnicity and their decision-making. ⋯ Physicians should use professional virtues to tailor the EOL decision-making process in response to patients' race/ethnicity, based on patients' preferences.
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To evaluate the clinical, methodological and reporting aspects of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in order to determine the efficacy of therapeutic patient education (TPE). ⋯ The impact of therapeutic patient education on health outcomes is 50-80%.