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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2021
Patient Preferences for Treating "OFF" Episodes in Parkinson's Disease: A Discrete Choice Experiment.
Several on-demand treatments are available for management of "OFF" episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). We evaluated patients' preferences for features of theoretical on-demand treatment options. ⋯ Respondents with PD valued lower out-of-pocket cost and a sublingual mode of administration with its associated AEs when choosing an on-demand treatment for "OFF" episodes.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2021
Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Validation of General Medication Adherence Scale (GMAS) into the Nepalese Language.
The General Medication Adherence Scale (GMAS) evaluates intentional and unintentional behaviour of patients, disease and medication burden and cost-related burden associated with non-adherence. GMAS was developed and validated among Urdu-speaking patients with chronic diseases. However, validated tool in Nepalese language to measure medication adherence among chronic illness patients currently does not exist. ⋯ The General Medication Adherence Scale was successfully translated into the Nepalese language, culturally adapted, and validated amongst chronic diseases patients of Nepal. Therefore, the GMAS-Nepalese version can be used to evaluate medication adherence among Nepalese-speaking patients with chronic disease.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2021
Patients' perceptions and attitude towards MRI safety in Asir Region, Saudi Arabia.
To assess the knowledge and attitudes of Saudi patients toward the safety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ⋯ This study demonstrated that the awareness of MRI safety among patients in the Asir Region is poor, although they showed positive attitudes toward the issue. Thus, education is necessary for patients to improve awareness of MRI safety to facilitate MRI examinations, which will help decrease scan time and image artefacts.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2021
Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Paradigm Shift in Non-Communicable Disease Management? - A Cross-Sectional Survey from a Quaternary-Care Center in South India.
This study aims to gauge the perception and adoption rates of telemedicine amongst patients with non-communicable diseases (NCD) as opposed to in-person consultations in a quaternary care center in South India. ⋯ In-person consultations were decreased primarily due to the perception of significant risk of COVID-19 exposure in the present scenario. Telemedicine adoption in the private sector may be sustainable throughout the pandemic and beyond, if patients are offered to continue their routine consultations with their regular doctors and ensured medicine availability. Integration of telemedicine by the public and private health sector of India into routine NCD care delivery is the need of the hour, but further studies are required to estimate the effectiveness of the systems.
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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2021
Utilization of Health Applications Among Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Diseases in Jazan, Saudi Arabia During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Health applications are employed to aid patients with chronic diseases in effective long-term disease management. This investigation aims to measure the utilization of health applications among patients diagnosed with chronic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ Patients diagnosed with chronic diseases in Jazan had low utilization of health applications developed by the Saudi MoH. This indicates a need to encourage the use of these health applications, particularly among patients with chronic diseases and to consider use restriction among older patients with lower educational levels.