Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
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A needs assessment tool considering the cultural background of mainland China has not been reported. This study developed a Needs Self-rating Questionnaire for Breast Cancer (NSQ-BC) based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs for mainland Chinese patients. ⋯ The NSQ-BC was developed fully via the comprehensive use of Delphi technique and pilot cross-sectional surveys. It provides evidence of a proper instrument for needs assessment and evaluation among women with breast cancer in mainland China.
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The literature suggests that discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are a preferable method for estimating willingness-to-pay (WTP) values, as they may avoid some biases often observed in contingent valuation surveys, such as protest and strategic behaviour. However, the choice studies have demonstrated that attribute non-attendance may be a serious issue that leads to biased WTP estimates. ⋯ The findings raise concerns for derived WTP estimates in DCE studies that did not consider non-attendance to the cost attribute during the estimation process. Non-attendance to the cost attribute overestimates WTP values, even if being motivated by the true preferences of respondents.
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There is limited research on how health care providers approach the topic of e-cigarettes in clinical encounters, especially in conjunction with other best-practice recommendations for smoking cessation. This qualitative study explored physician perceptions and recommendations involving e-cigarettes in the context of smoking cessation counselling, including their opinions about the implementation and content of patient educational materials that focus on e-cigarettes. ⋯ Physicians were open to improving their smoking cessation counselling and to integrating new patient educational materials that addressed e-cigarettes. Patient educational materials that provide tailored information about e-cigarettes could potentially be used initiate e-cigarette discussions and inform smokers about what is known vs unknown about e-cigarettes.
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To provide evidence regarding the psychometric properties of the Spanish eight-item version of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ-8). ⋯ The findings provide further support for the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the CPAQ-8 Total and subscale scores.
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This study investigated the process of construction, use, and field evaluation of a mobile application for teaching in the anesthesiology area. ⋯ The students considered it to be a useful tool for training and systematizing the preoperative evaluation.