Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Department of Health Sciences in Ålesund, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ålesund, Norway.
Recent research within the context of Obstetrics shows the added value of patient participation in in-hospital patient safety. Notwithstanding these benefits, recent research within an Obstetrics depa...
This study was conducted in the Obstetrics Department of a tertiary academic center. An explorative qualitative interview study included sixteen interviews with professionals (N = 8) and patients (N =...
Eighteen actions were identified that mitigated the negative effects of patient participation in patient safety within an Obstetrics department. These actions were categorized into five themes: 'struc...
Most of the identified actions are linked to changing the culture to generate more patient-centered care and change the current reality, which looks predominantly from the perspective of the professio...
Historically, subject matter experts and healthcare professionals have played a pivotal role in driving oncology clinical trials. Although patients have been key participants, their deliberate and act...
To pilot test a co-designed intervention that enhances patient participation in hospital discharge medication communication....
Pilot randomised controlled trial....
One tertiary hospital....
Patients who were ≥45 years of age; ≥1 chronic illness and ≥1 regularly prescribed medication that they manage at home were recruited between October 2022 and May 2023. Healthcare professionals on par...
The co-designed intervention included three websites: a medication search engine, a medication question builder and tools to facilitate medication management at home. Inpatient posters contained QR co...
The primary outcomes were the feasibility of study processes and intervention acceptability. Feasibility of study processes was measured in terms of recruitment, fidelity, retention, missing data and ...
60 patients were recruited and randomised; half in each study group. The intervention was largely delivered as intended, and 99.7% of data collected was complete. In total, 16/59 (27.1%) patients were...
We demonstrated that in a future definitive trial, intervention fidelity would be high with little missing data, and patients would likely find the intervention acceptable. Thus, a larger trial may be...
ACTRN12622001028796....
Evaluation of the impact of patients' participation on postoperative recovery and satisfaction who underwent the Percutaneous Endoscopic Interlaminar Discectomy(PEID)....
We collected data from sixty-nine patients who underwent PEID surgery at Chuzhou Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital between January 2020 and December 2022. All patients had L5/S1 lumbar disc hernia...
The communication group showed better pain control and functional recovery in the early postoperative period. The communication group had better VAS scores on the first day and month after surgery, as...
Preoperative surgical video viewing and intraoperative communication by PEID patients can alleviate pain, accelerate functional recovery, improve symptoms, and increase patients' satisfaction. We need...
Obesity is associated with many types of cancers. Despite this, the participation of obese individuals in cancer screenings is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cancer screening-relat...
The study included 185 obese patients who presented to the obesity center (OC) and 191 obese patients who presented to the family medicine outpatient clinic from October to December 2019. The particip...
Patients who followed in the OC were found to have higher awareness of and compliance with cancer screening tests than the obese patients admitted to the outpatient clinic. The factors of being female...
Monitoring obese patients in target-oriented facilities such as an OC increases the chance of success in the fight against obesity and related health problems....
For patients with clinical complete response of non-metastatic esophageal cancer (EC) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) or neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nCT), the two treatment options obligate p...
A qualitative prospective cross-sectional study was conducted to create patient-centered information material that is based on patients' preferences, needs, and concerns regarding the two treatment op...
Concerns about the surgery and possible postoperative impairments in quality of life were identified as most mentioned negative aspects of surgery on principle, and recurrence and progression fear and...
The importance of adapting medical conversations to the patients' lack of expertise and their exceptional cognitive and emotional situation is stressed. Results of this study can be used to improve pa...
Research conducted on homogenous populations can lead to biased and misleading findings, impeding the development of effective interventions and treatments for diverse populations. Low participation a...
The aim of this study was to explore patients' experience of participation in the treatment decision of proton beam therapy versus conventional radiotherapy....
Proton beam therapy (PBT) has become a treatment option for some cancer patients receiving radiotherapy. The decision to give PBT instead of conventional radiotherapy (CRT) needs to be carefully plann...
We conducted a secondary analysis of qualitative data collected from interviews with patients who received PBT for their brain tumor. Transcribed verbatims from interviews with 22 patients were analyz...
Participants experienced their participation in the decision-making process to a varying degree, and with individual preferences. Four themes emerged from data: to be a voice that matters, to get cont...
A decision for treatment with PBT can be experienced as a privilege but can also cause stress as it might entail practical issues affecting everyday life in a considerable way. For the patient to have...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited chronic life-threatening disorder with increasing prevalence in Europe. People living with SCD in Europe mainly belong to vulnerable minorities, have a lower ...
Two events were organized: a one-day research prioritization workshop and a series of education sessions based on topics chosen by SCD patients and their families. Methodology and outcomes were analyz...
The ERN-EuroBloodNet workshops with patients at annual ASCAT conferences have provided an opportunity to enhance patient experience and empowerment in SCD in Europe, producing benefits for patients, c...
Hand hygiene compliance is one of the key performance indicators for infection prevention and control programmes, patient safety and quality of health services. WHO guidelines and the patient centred ...
An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in four health facilities: three public, and one private non-profit in central Uganda. We conducted key informant interviews (KIIs) with health care work...
We led seven FGDs grouped by sex (6 participants each), with patients from different units of the study health care facilities and 23 KIIs with the in-charges of the health care facilities, wards, and...
Patients are reluctant to remind health workers to practice hand hygiene, because they feel it is confrontational and embarrassing, while health care workers find it offensive. Patient involvement see...
