ZZH coupling : A probe to the origin of EWSB ?
Choudhury, Debajyoti
2003-02-17
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This issue of Patient Education and Counseling presents the state of the art of patient education in several European
countries. It is based on papers presented at a meeting in Paris on the evolution and development of patient education in
western, central and eastern Europe (May 1999). Also patient education in the US is presented in this issue. Patient education
is defined as all the educational activities directed to patients, including aspects of therapeutic education, health education and
clinical health promotion. Five important factors are identified in the development of patient education: (1) research and
evidence based standards; (2) the organization of care; (3) training and methodological support; (4) professional values; and (5) acknowledgment, funding and place of patient education in health policy. Several of the discuss...
This article presents the development of patient education (PE) in The Netherlands from a historical perspective. A description is given of the first pioneering years from the 70s till the late 80s, in which early topics like the organization of PE, the orchestration of PE between different disciplines, the role of the social environment, the provision of PE in difficult patient groups and — most of all — the technical development of educational materials took the time and attention of the growing group of professionals that were engaged in patient education. Recent developments concern the legal aspects of PE, national policy, the role of health insurance, the position of patient organizations and the development of patient education in specific professional groups, e.g. general practitioners, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, an...
Background: The objective of this study was to compare prostate cancer (PC) patients who are and who are not members of the Dutch prostate cancer patients’ association (PCPA) with respect to demographic, medical and psychosocial characteristics.
Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, 88 non-members and 150 members of the PCPA were
included.
Results: The results show that members are younger, have a higher socio-economic status and experience higher levels of distress. Furthermore, members are less content with the patient education and the psychosocial support available in hospital. Members also have a higher need to talk about problems and a more positive attitude towards participation in support groups.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that members of the patients’ association differ from non-members. This has clinical and methodolo...
Five years after launching EACH (European Association for Communication in Healthcare) we look back at what EACH achieved so far
and announce new ideas and activities EACH plans to carry out in the near future. During the past five years several scientific, educational as well as societal changes have taken place in the area of communication in healthcare that all underline the need for continued international collaboration in line with the activities employed by EACH so far. Within communication research the focus has shifted from counting communication utterances to unraveling sequences of patient cues and provider responses. In the field of teaching it is becoming more and more common to attend to the training of trainers as well.Within these developments, new areas of interest arise and need attention. To comply
with these increasi...
Objective: (1) To explore to what degree prostate cancer (PC) patients felt they had participated in treatment decision making (TDM). (2) To determine whether perceived roles during TDM were associated with medical and sociodemographic variables. (3) To examine to what extent satisfaction with TDM was related to perceived role or medical and sociodemographic variables.
Methods: Patients (n = 126) were recruited in hospitals and from the Dutch PC patient organization. The relationship between patients’ role and stage of disease, treatment modality, age, social status and education was determined, as well as patients’ satisfaction with TDM.
Results: Most patients felt they had participated in TDM (autonomous 18%, collaborative 60%). Older patients and those with advanced disease more frequently reported not having been involved in decisi...
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent solid malignancy in
men in the Netherlands. With regard to treatment, the focus of attention
has shifted in the last decade from pure survival rates to health-related
quality of life. HRQOL is affected differently by different treatments.
The objective of this study is to assess the HRQOL related to treatment
regime and time since diagnosis in Dutch men with prostate cancer. We
conducted a cross-sectional study among 238 men with prostate cancer
in a heterogeneous sample who filled in a general health-related quality-
of-life measure (EORTC-QLQ-C30) and a prostate cancer specific
quality-of-life instrument (the EORTC-QLQ-PR25) and a Joy-of-Life
questionnaire. Men on hormonal treatment are doing worse compared
with other treatments with respect to physical functioning, role functioning,
fatigue, pai...
diabetes education attitude-behaviour theories self-care behaviour Fishbein & Ajzen
Objective: This study aims at determining factors related to the intention to participate and actual participation in social support groups for prostate cancer patients, using the framework of the theory of planned behavior. The factors studied are background variables, medical variables, psychosocial variables and attitude, social norms and perceived control.
Methods: From various sources, 238 prostate cancer patients were recruited. The patients
filled out a questionnaire, containing standardized instruments on several psychosocial problems and social support, besides questions on demographic and medical characteristics. A specific questionnaire was developed to assess attitude, social norms and perceived control concerning
the participation in support groups. From the recruited men, 48 participated in one of the support groups organ...
