Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Silvie Cooper, Fiona Stevenson
Summary: This paper explores doctor-patient and companion communication about care decisions in a UK emergency department (ED). The study found that companions play an important role in relaying care decisions and advocating for patients in these interactions.
HEALTH EXPECTATIONS
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mark J. Bolland, Greg D. Gamble, Alison Avenell, Andrew Grey
Summary: The study suggests that the probability of identical summary statistics in different RCTs or clinical cohorts is low, unless the variables are rounded to 1 significant figure. Furthermore, the high proportion of identical summary statistics in clinical cohorts with publication integrity concerns is improbable based on simulations and comparisons to control datasets.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lauren A. Smith, Katerina Z. Kolokotroni, Tamara Turner-Moore
Summary: Sexual consent is crucial in preventing sexual violence. While the impact of alcohol on sexual consent is well-documented, the effects of other drugs have not been thoroughly examined. Drug-taking can alter sexual norms, diminish decision-making capacity, and reduce the ability to communicate consent.
JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Thomas W. McDaniel, Carissa L. Wonkka, Morgan L. Treadwell, Urs P. Kreuter
Summary: A study in Texas and Oklahoma found that officials tasked with implementing burn restrictions have a positive attitude towards prescribed fire as a safe and beneficial land management tool. Familiarity with prescribed fire is a key factor influencing their attitudes, with participation or invitation to participate in prescribed fires playing a significant role. Building trust with local officials and educating fire departments about the benefits of prescribed fire could help reduce burn restrictions and increase opportunities for effective vegetation management.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Gregory P. Samsa, Joseph G. Winger, Christopher E. Cox, Maren K. Olsen
Summary: Cluster randomized trials are preferred when intervention can only be administered to a group or due to feasibility and contamination issues. Sample size calculations should consider design effect and collaboration with a statistician is essential.
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Mette Stie, Charlotte Delmar, Birgitte Norgaard, Lars Henrik Jensen
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the impact of open dialogue about complementary alternative medicine (CAM) on the safety, health, and quality of life (QoL) of cancer patients. The results showed that open dialogue does not compromise patient safety and may improve QoL and overall survival.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Karen Sepucha, Paul K. J. Han, Yuchiao Chang, Steven J. Atlas, Neil Korsen, Lauren Leavitt, Vivian Lee, Sanja Percac-Lima, Brittney Mancini, James Richter, Elizabeth Scharnetzki, Lydia C. Siegel, K. D. Valentine, Kathleen M. Fairfield, Leigh H. Simmons
Summary: Physician training plus reminders were effective in increasing shared decision-making (SDM) and frequency of colorectal cancer (CRC) testing discussions in an age group where SDM is essential.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Hsiao-Yun Chang, Ching Hsiu Chen, Chien Wei Liu
Summary: This study explored the effect of a virtual simulation-based educational smartphone application on nursing students' beliefs and self-efficacy in communicating with patients about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use. The results showed that the virtual simulation app significantly increased nursing students' self-efficacy and self-confidence in communicating with patients about CAM use, compared to a traditional lecture with low-fidelity simulation.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Tiantian Xu, Jizhou Zhan
Summary: This study analyzes the role of power relationship and risk aversion in sustainable supply chains, showing that a risk-averse manufacturer prefers to provide greener products when selling through a more risk-averse retailer. Additionally, a manufacturer as a follower may have stronger motivation to increase the product's level of greenness than one in a more balanced supply chain when the green technology investment coefficient is sufficiently low. The channel leadership is not necessary for the manufacturer to achieve higher utility, depending on factors such as the green technology investment coefficient, greenness level sensitivity, and players' risk aversion.
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Meghan M. M. JaKa, Maren S. G. Henderson, Jennifer M. M. Dinh, Rachael L. L. Rivard, Julia Andersen, Corinne Brown-Robinson, Thomas E. E. Kottke, Jeanette Y. Y. Ziegenfuss
Summary: This study analyzed whether access to and receipt of prenatal nutrition information varied by patient demographics. The results showed that Medicaid patients using an interpreter were less likely to receive fish-related nutrition information compared to those without an interpreter, and Black or African American patients were less likely to receive after-visit summaries. Culturally humble efforts are needed to address healthcare communication inequalities.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH EDUCATION
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Nikkil Sudharsanan, Caterina Favaretti, Violetta Hachaturyan, Till Barnighausen, Alain Vandormael
Summary: The study aims to evaluate how the framing of vaccine-side effect risks impacts individuals' vaccine intentions and perceptions of vaccine safety by assessing the impact of qualitative risk labels, comparison groups, and how the comparison risks are presented. Additionally, the study will compare vaccine intentions and perceptions of vaccine safety between the status-quo and the pooled intervention group samples to provide insight into the impact of the status-quo framing.
Article
Ethics
Christian M. Simon, Kai Wang, Laura A. Shinkunas, Daniel T. Stein, Paul Meissner, Maureen Smith, Rebecca Pentz, David W. Klein
Summary: The study found that electronic consent may lead to better understanding for non-Hispanic patients of higher socioeconomic status, while face-to-face processes may lead to better understanding and higher enrollment of Hispanic and lower socioeconomic level patients.
JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Matthias Urlbauer
Summary: Tobacco smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and premature death worldwide. Alternative nicotine-containing products promoted by tobacco companies are not a solution, as they still have negative health effects. Quitting smoking is the best solution, rather than relying on these alternatives.
AKTUELLE KARDIOLOGIE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Minjung Lee, Bumjo Oh, Nan -He Yoon, Shinkyeong Kim, Young-Il Jung
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a communication tool for patients with underlying medical conditions who should decide whether to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The results of this study are expected to provide valuable new insights into the potential of decision aids for supporting informed decision-making regarding COVID-19 vaccination and discovering the barriers to making informed decisions, especially among patients with underlying medical conditions.
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Omar Dewidar, Tamara Lotfi, Miranda W. Langendam, Elena Parmelli, Zuleika Saz Parkinson, Karla Solo, Derek K. Chu, Joseph L. Mathew, Elie A. Akl, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Reem A. Mustafa, Lorenzo Moja, Alfonso Iorio, Yuan Chi, Carlos Canelo-Aybar, Tamara Kredo, Justine Karpusheff, Alexis F. Turgeon, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Wojtek Wiercioch, Annette Gerritsen, Miloslav Klugar, Maria Ximena Rojas, Peter Tugwell, Vivian Andrea Welch, Kevin Pottie, Zachary Munn, Robby Nieuwlaat, Nathan Ford, Adrienne Stevens, Joanne Khabsa, Zil Nasir, Grigorios Leontiadis, Joerg Meerpohl, Thomas Piggott, Amir Qaseem, Micayla Matthews, Holger J. Schunemann
Summary: An evidence-based approach is the gold standard for health decision-making, but the use of the GRADE approach for strong recommendations is inappropriate in cases where the evidence is indirect. We found widespread use of GPS in COVID-19 related recommendations, but guideline developers failed to transparently report their development process. We propose improvements to the operationalization of the GRADE guidance for GPS, including a structured process and standardized reporting.
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Allergy
Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, Holger J. Schunemann, Ana Sa-Sousa, Rafael Jose Vieira, Rita Amaral, Josep M. Anto, Ludger Klimek, Wienczyslawa Czarlewski, Joaquim Mullol, Oliver Pfaar, Anna Bedbrook, Luisa Brussino, Violeta Kvedariene, Desiree E. Larenas-Linnemann, Yoshitaka Okamoto, Maria Teresa Ventura, Ioana Agache, Ignacio J. Ansotegui, Karl C. Bergmann, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, G. Walter Canonica, Victoria Cardona, Pedro Carreiro-Martins, Thomas Casale, Lorenzo Cecchi, Tomas Chivato, Derek K. Chu, Cemal Cingi, Elisio M. Costa, Alvaro A. Cruz, Stefano Del Giacco, Philippe Devillier, Patrik Eklund, Wytske J. Fokkens, Bilun Gemicioglu, Tari Haahtela, Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Zhanat Ispayeva, Marek Jutel, Piotr Kuna, Igor Kaidashev, Musa Khaitov, Helga Kraxner, Daniel Laune, Brian Lipworth, Renaud Louis, Michael Makris, Riccardo Monti, Mario Morais-Almeida, Ralph Mosges, Marek Niedoszytko, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos, Vincenzo Patella, Nhan Pham-Thi, Frederico S. Regateiro, Sietze Reitsma, Philip W. Rouadi, Boleslaw Samolinski, Aziz Sheikh, Milan Sova, Ana Todo-Bom, Luis Taborda-Barata, Sanna Toppila-Salmi, Joaquin Sastre, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Arunas Valiulis, Olivier Vandenplas, Dana Wallace, Susan Waserman, Arzu Yorgancioglu, Mihaela Zidarn, Torsten Zuberbier, Joao A. Fonseca, Jean Bousquet
Summary: This study analyzed data from MASK-air (R) to explore rhinitis control and treatment patterns over time. It identified 16 weekly patterns of rhinitis control and revealed common co-medication and medication change schemes in uncontrolled weeks, supporting the hypothesis that patients self-treat based on their symptoms.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Victor M. Montori, Merel M. Ruissen, Megan E. Branda, Ian G. Hargraves, Marleen Kunneman
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the implementation of shared decision making (SDM) in clinical encounters and across different SDM forms. The findings suggest that the prescribed steps of SDM are rarely followed in order, regardless of whether an SDM intervention was used. There is no clear pattern of steps that distinguishes among different SDM forms.
HEALTH EXPECTATIONS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Rana Charide, Lisa Stallwood, Matthew Munan, Shahab Sayfi, Lisa Hartling, Nancy J. Butcher, Martin Offringa, Sarah Elliott, Dawn P. Richards, Joseph L. Mathew, Elie A. Akl, Tamara Kredo, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Ashley Motillal, Ami Baba, Matthew Prebeg, Jacqueline Relihan, Shannon D. Scott, Jozef Suvada, Maicon Falavigna, Miloslav Klugar, Tamara Lotfi, Adrienne Stevens, Kevin Pottie, Holger J. Schunemann
Summary: This study aims to evaluate and compare the public's understanding and preference for different presentations of COVID-19 health recommendations. The study will involve online surveys and virtual interviews. The findings will provide guidance for improving the delivery of health recommendations.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Romina Brignardello-Petersen, George Tomlinson, Ivan Florez, David M. Rind, Derek Chu, Rebecca Morgan, Reem A. Mustafa, Holger Schunemann, Gordon H. Guyatt
Summary: This article discusses considerations for addressing intransitivity when assessing the certainty of evidence from network meta-analysis (NMA) using the GRADE approach. NMA authors should consider the credibility and strength of effect modification and the distribution of effect modifiers in direct comparisons when addressing intransitivity.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Martin Ragusaa, Fernando Tortosaa, Gabriel Radab, Camilo Vergarab, Leslie Zaragozaa, Jenee Farrella, Marcela Torresa, Veronica Abdalaa, Ariel Izcovicha, Michelle Habya, Holger J. Schunemannc, Sebastian Garcia-Saisoa, Ludovic Reveiza
Summary: This article describes the establishment and maintenance of a living database of recommendations developed by the PAHO/WHO using the GRADE assessment system. The database provides a valuable resource for health professionals and organizations to make evidence-informed decisions. It allows searching and filtering recommendations by various criteria.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Gordon Guyatt, Yunli Zhao, Martin Mayer, Matthias Briel, Reem Mustafa, Ariel Izcovich, Monica Hultcrantz, Alfonso Iorio, Ana Carolina Alba, Farid Foroutan, Xin Sun, Holger Schunemann, Hans DeBeer, Elie A. Akl, Robin Christensen, Stefan Schandelmaier
Summary: This study updates previous GRADE guidance by addressing inconsistencies and interpreting subgroup analyses through an iterative process of consultation with members of the GRADE working group.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Ciara Buckley, Shaun Treweek, Lynn Laidlaw, Frances Shiely
Summary: A recent study aimed to answer whether Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) representatives were involved in the design and outcome selection of breast cancer and nephrology trials. The study found that the teams conducting the trials made wrong choices for primary outcomes more often than they made right choices.
Article
Hematology
Ignacio Neumann, Ariel Izcovich, Ricardo Aguilar, Guillermo Leon Basantes, Patricia Casais, Cecilia C. Colorio, Maria Cecilia Guillermo Esposito, Pedro P. Garcia Lazaro, Jaime Pereira, Luis A. Meillon Garcia, Suely Meireles Rezende, Juan Carlos Serrano, Mario L. Tejerina Valle, Diana Altuna, Pamela Zuniga, Felipe Vera, Lorena Karzulovic, Holger J. Schunemann
Summary: This study aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in children and during pregnancy in Latin American settings. By collaborating with the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and local hematology societies, a guideline panel was formed and recommendations were adapted based on the Latin American context. This study emphasizes the importance of contextualizing guidelines in different settings to ensure feasibility and equity in healthcare.
Article
Health Policy & Services
Fadi El-Jardali, Racha Fadlallah, Lama Bou Karroum, Elie A. Akl
Summary: This study describes the development and implementation of an impact-oriented approach to link evidence synthesis to policy in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The approach includes three phases: priority setting, evidence synthesis, and uptake, and has been successfully used in case studies in Lebanon to inform health policies and practices.
HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Loai Albarqouni, Victor Montori, Karsten Juhl Jorgensen, Martin Ringsten, Helen Bulbeck, Minna Johannson
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Merel M. Ruissen, Victor M. Montori, Ian G. Hargraves, Megan E. Branda, Montserrat Leon Garcia, Eelco J. P. de Koning, Marleen Kunneman
Summary: This study aimed to describe the collaborative approaches to shared decision-making (SDM) in clinical encounters of patients with diabetes and their clinicians. The findings showed that at least one instance of SDM was observed in 86 out of 100 encounters, with varying forms of SDM present. Weighing alternatives, negotiating conflicting desires, and problemsolving were the most common forms of SDM observed. The study also found a correlation between the form of SDM focused on weighing alternatives and higher patient involvement. Overall, recognizing the different forms of SDM used by clinicians and patients opens new possibilities for research and practice in patient-centered care.
BMJ EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Allergy
G. Walter Canonica, Ioana Agache, Holger J. Schunemann, Nicolas Roche, David Price, Stefano del Giacco
Article
Pediatrics
Lisa Stallwood, Adrian Sammy, Matthew Prebeg, Jacqueline Relihan, Ami Baba, Rana Charide, Shahab Sayfi, Sarah A. Elliott, Lisa Hartling, Matthew Munan, Dawn P. Richards, Joseph L. Mathew, Tamara Kredo, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Ashley Motilall, Shannon D. Scott, Miloslav Klugar, Tamara Lotfi, Adrienne L. Stevens, Kevin Pottie, Holger J. Schuenemann, Nancy J. Butcher, Martin Offringa, RecMap Members
Summary: To ensure informed decision making by youths regarding their health, it is important to present health recommendations in a way that is easily understandable by youths.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sarah R. Prowse, Shaun Treweek, Kirsty Kiezebrink, Catherine Hanna
Summary: This study evaluated case studies of randomised trials from the 2018 Engagement and Impact Assessment to understand how the impacts of health research are evidenced and assessed within Australia. The results showed that although researchers were seeking to maximise trial impact, case studies lacked details on the role of trial participants and other beneficiaries in generating impact.
HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
(2023)