Development of hypertensive complications in oocyte donation pregnancy: protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis (DONOR IPD) by Saskia le Cessie, Marie-Louise van der Hoorn, Jan van Lith, Eileen Lashley, Kim van Bentem

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Minority ethnicity patient satisfaction and experience: results of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey in England by Henrik Moller, Richard J Pinder, Jamie Ferguson

“…While some of this difference appeared related to demographic and socioeconomic variation, ethnic minority patients remained less positive than those in the White British group, after statistical adjustment. …”
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Exploring the barriers to cervical screening and perspectives on new self-sampling methods amongst under-served groups by Stephanie Gillibrand, Helen Gibson, Kelly Howells, Sean Urwin, Jennifer C. Davies, Emma J. Crosbie, Caroline Sanders

“…Results Known barriers to cervical screening persist for under-screened participant groups, but we also find numerous examples of good practice where some participants’ needs were met throughout the screening process. …”
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Occupational therapists’ experiences of intra-professional collaboration during the discharge process from inpatient care to home healthcare by Elin Hellman, Maria Lindström

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Assessing the impact of educational methods on influenza vaccine uptake and patient knowledge and attitudes: a randomised controlled trial by Pei Lin Hu, Eileen Yi Ling Koh, Jolene Shi Han Tay, Valerie Xin-Bei Chan, Shermin Shi Min Goh, Sinead Zhen Wang

“…Results: At three months, 16 (10%) patients in the intervention group and 20 (12.5%) patients in the control group had completed influenza vaccination (P = 0.48). …”
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Validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group Neurotoxicity Questionnaire for the Latin American Population by Ivana Leao Ribeiro, Luz Alejandra Lorca, Rodrigo Cuevas-Cid, Snehil Dixit, Nicolás Yáñez-Benavides, Francisco Ortega-Gonzalez

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the neurotoxicity subscale of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-Ntx) for the Chilean population. …”
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Mapping provider and consumer voices using the AACTT framework: a focus group study of advance care planning by Lisa Guccione, Stephanie Best, Sonia Fullerton, Sanchia Aranda, Jill J. Francis

“…Aim Using advance care planning (ACP) as an exemplar complex healthcare process, we describe a method for using the AACTT framework to 1) map a complex model of care across a patient journey 2) capture the consumer perspective; and 3) operationalise these perspectives by comparing across groups and identifying alignments or misalignments. …”
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Older, vulnerable patient view: a pilot and feasibility study of the patient measure of safety (PMOS) with patients in Australia by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Natalie Taylor, Rebecca Lawton, Robyn Clay-Williams, Emily Hogden, Zhicheng Li

“…We aimed (1) to investigate the extent to which the PMOS is appropriate for use with stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and hip fracture patients in Australian hospitals and (2) to pilot the PMOS for use in a large-scale, national study ‘Deepening our Understanding of Quality in Australia’ (DUQuA).Participants Stroke, AMI and hip fracture patients (n=34) receiving care in 3 wards in 1 large hospital.Methods 2 phases were conducted. …”
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Artificial intelligence: a useful tool in active tuberculosis screening among vulnerable groups in Romania - advantages and limitations by Beatrice Mahler, Beatrice Mahler, Beatrice Mahler, Alexandru Stoichiță, Alexandru Stoichiță, Alexandru Stoichiță, Dragoș Băiceanu, Dragoș Băiceanu, Traian-Constantin Panciu, Traian-Constantin Panciu, Dragoș Dendrino, Dragoș Dendrino, Mihaela Mihai, Mihaela Mihai, Raluca Bobocea, Elmira Ibraim, Elmira Ibraim, Mara Bălteanu, Mara Bălteanu, Oana Popescu, Oana Popescu, Mădălina Oana Burecu, Mădălina Oana Burecu, Ioana Mădălina Moșteanu, Ioana Mădălina Moșteanu, Vanessa Veronese, Radu Matache, Radu Matache, Ioana Munteanu, Ioana Munteanu, Ioana Munteanu, Cristina Popa, Cristina Popa, Justina Antonela Dragomir, Justina Antonela Dragomir, Justina Antonela Dragomir

“…The objective of this study is to discover a threshold at which the AI score can accurately assess the risk of TB, regardless of the patient’s medical background.ResultsThe study involved a number of 404 people, among whom 202 were diagnosed with TB out of a total of 92,368 participants, and the remaining 202 patients represent the control group. …”
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A multi-person reflection on using public and patient involvement and engagement to develop dementia research by Annabel Ditton, Deb Bunt, Peter Berry

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Barriers to body temperature monitoring among prehospital personnel: a qualitative study using the modified nominal group technique by Remi William Scott, Knut Fredriksen

“…Thematic analysis revealed 47 codes that were grouped together into six overarching themes, of which four described challenges to monitoring and two described potential solutions: equipment dissatisfaction, little focus on patient temperature, fear of iatrogenic complications, thermometry subordinated, more focus on temperature and simplification of thermometry.Conclusion To increase the frequency of temperature measurement on correct indication, we suggest introducing PHC protocols that specify patients and conditions where an accurate temperature measurement should have high priority. …”
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Quo vadis autoimmune hepatitis? - Summary of the 5th international autoimmune hepatitis group research workshop 2024Keypoints by Bastian Engel, David N. Assis, Mamatha Bhat, Jan Clusmann, Joost PH. Drenth, Alessio Gerussi, María-Carlota Londoño, Ye Htun Oo, Ida Schregel, Marcial Sebode, Richard Taubert

“…This review reports on the results of the 5th Research Workshop, held in Hannover, Germany in June 2024, and summarises the progress made since the 4th Workshop in 2022. Patient representatives from the European Reference Network (ERN) Rare Liver Youth Panel participated in the workshop. …”
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The patient perspective on transanal irrigation treatment for low anterior resection syndrome after rectal cancer surgery - a qualitative and quantitative study by Boglarka Rethy, Anna Schandl, Caroline Nordenvall, Gabriella Jansson Palmer, Charlotta Bergström, Maria Williamson, Emil Pieniowski, Asif Johar, Pernilla Lagergren, Mirna Abraham-Nordling

“…Results In total 28 out of 39 patients responded to the questionnaires and 16 patients participated in the interviews. …”
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Perspectives of physicians on risk factors for patient aggression and violence against physicians in Chinese hospitals: a Q-methodology study by Yuhan Wu, Kees Ahaus, Jiaming Shi, Dahai Zhao, Martina Buljac-Samardzic

“…While numerous risk factors for such aggression and violence from patients (and their relatives/friends) have been identified, little is known about which risk factors are perceived as relatively most important in a specific context and among a particular group, and about the potentially differing views on the relative importance. …”
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The effect of interactive learning methods and reflection on nurses’ learning in patient safety at the ICU and Emergency department by Samaneh Mirzaei, Fatemeh Keshmiri, Roohangiz Norouzinia, Najmeh Mirjalili, Naeimeh Baghshahi, Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar

“…Results In this study, 113 nurses were analyzed across three groups: Case-Based Learning (CBL) with 38 participants, reflection with 38 participants, and lecture with 37 participants. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Simulated Patients on Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes of Laypeople Following a Basic First Aid Course: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

“…The organisations requesting a first aid course will be randomised in receiving a course with or without simulated patient. The simulated patient will only be used for the topics “first aid for burns” and “first aid for stroke” in the intervention group. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis for risk factors for lung cancer in individuals with lung nodules identified by low-dose CT screening by Matthew Callister, Harry J de Koning, Robert C Rintoul, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, John K Field, Christine D Berg, Samantha Quaife, Rhian Gabe, Stephen Duffy, Sam Janes, Philip AJ Crosbie, Mark M Hammer, Panos Alexandris, Michael PA Davies

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Qualitative analysis of patients’ feedback from a PROMs survey of cancer patients in England by Richard Wagland, Jessica Corner, Adam Glaser, Sir Mike Richards

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A video intervention to improve patient understanding of tumor genomic testing in patients with cancer by Deloris J. Veney, Lai Y. Wei, Amanda E. Toland, Carolyn J. Presley, Heather L. Hampel, Tasleem J. Padamsee, Clara N. Lee, William J. Irvin Jr, Michael J. Bishop, James J. Kim, Shelly R. Hovick, Leigha A. Senter, Daniel G. Stover

“…Abstract Introduction Tumor genomic testing (TGT) is standard‐of‐care for most patients with advanced/metastatic cancer. Despite established guidelines, patient education prior to TGT is frequently omitted. …”
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Evaluation of parent and youth experiences in advisory groups as part of a mental healthcare clinical trial: protocol for a mixed-method study by Maria-Jose Santana, Gina Dimitropoulos, Suneeta Monga, Isabelle J Gagnon, Bruce Wright, Jananee Rasiah, Katrina Hurley, Antonia Stang, Amanda Newton, Stephen Freedman, Jennifer Thull-Freedman, Kassi Prisnie, Yazid N Al Hamarneh, Ellen Louise Lipman, Yaron Finkelstein, Robert Porter, Mohamed Eltorki, Lee Macdonald, Gareth Hopkin, Matthew Prebeg, Margaret Steele, Ahmed Mater, Laurence Katz, Brian Greenfield, Laurie Plotnick

“…In this study, the term ‘patient partner’ is inclusive of two groups of people with lived experience: (1) caregivers (parents, formal/informal caregivers and family), and (2) youth (aged 15–24 years). …”
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