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Fisher SJ, Graham C, Kennard J, Jonker L. Management of urinary tract infections in the community: a clinical audit and patient survey. BJGP Open 2023; 7:BJGPO.2022.0191. [PMID: 37391209 DOI: 10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common ailment but can develop into sepsis. The outcomes related to UTI may potentially be affected by both patient and clinician management of UTI. AIM To explore the circumstances around a single UTI episode to determine whether there are patient and clinician-related variables that may contribute to differences in management. DESIGN & SETTING Survey and clinical audit in 12 general practices in England. METHOD Patients (n = 504) completed a bespoke survey and their corresponding index UTI consultation was audited. The TARGET (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly, Guidance, Education and Tools) UTI audit toolkit was utilised. RESULTS A significantly higher proportion of females compared with males used self-management measures. Increase in fluid intake was 78% for females aged <65 years and 71% for females aged >65 years compared with 53% for males (P<0.001, Χ2 test). Analgesic use was 50% for females aged <65 years and 41% for females aged >65 years compared with 36% for males (P = 0.036, Χ2 test). Males also indicated they lacked UTI knowledge when compared with females (P = 0.002, Kruskal-Wallis test). Males also claimed to have waited significantly longer for a consultation appointment (P = 0.027, Χ2 test). Antibiotics were prescribed in 98% of all cases, with adherence to clinical diagnostic guidelines lowest in females aged <65 years. Only 40% (89/221 of cases in this guideline sub-cohort [females aged >65 years]) would have been a UTI, according to TARGET criteria, following a medical record audit. CONCLUSION UTI symptom management by clinicians is suboptimal; the presence or absence of symptoms is often insufficiently recorded in medical records. Additionally, suboptimal adherence to guidelines concerning urinalysis and microbiological investigation is common. Known increased clinical risks for males may be compounded by their more limited knowledge of (self)-managing UTI and their comparatively late presentation.
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- Stacey Jayne Fisher
- Research & Development Department, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Penrith, UK
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- Microbiology Department, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Carlisle, UK
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- Research & Development Department, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Penrith, UK
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Tse CS, Melmed GY, Siegel CA, Weng CH, Shah SA, Weaver SA, Oliver BJ, Elwyn G, van Deen WK. Bidirectional Correlations Between Health Confidence and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity: A Nationwide Longitudinal Cohort Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2023; 29:161-166. [PMID: 35640124 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izac107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lay Summary
Health confidence—an individual’s belief in their ability and agency to affect disease outcomes—has bidirectional temporal correlations with inflammatory bowel disease activity. Low health confidence is associated with higher risks for future disease activity, and inflammatory bowel disease flares erode confidence.
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- Chung Sang Tse
- Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Karsh Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.,Gastroenterology Associates, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.,Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.,Office of Patient Experience, Value Institute Learning Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Health Technology Assessment Research Group, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Tse CS, Siegel CA, Weaver SA, Oliver BJ, Bresee C, van Deen WK, Melmed GY. Health Confidence Is Associated With Disease Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022; 28:1565-1572. [PMID: 34893849 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izab313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND We aimed to examine the associations between health confidence (one's belief on the degree of control on their health and disease), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) outcomes, and health care utilization among adults with IBD. METHODS In total, 17,205 surveys were analyzed from a cross-sectional sample of IBD patients at 23 gastroenterology (GI) practices participating in the Crohn's and Colitis Foundations' IBD Qorus Learning Health System. We used bivariate analyses and multivariable logistic regression to examine associations between health confidence and disease activity, opioid use, glucocorticoid use, well-being, and health care utilization. We used receiver operating curve analysis to determine a clinically relevant cutoff for health confidence (0-10 Likert scale). RESULTS Health confidence was highly correlated with patients' well-being, symptomatic disease activity, opioid use, and glucocorticoid use (all P < .0001). Health confidence scores <8 had 69% sensitivity for emergency department (ED) visits and 66% for hospitalizations. In patients with inactive disease, patients with low health confidence (<8) were 10 times more likely to call/message the GI office >4 times/month (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 10.3; 95% CI, 6.1-17.3; P < .0001), 3-4 times more likely to have an IBD-related ED visit (aOR, 4.0; 95% CI, 2.9, 5.4. P < .0001), or hospitalization (aOR, 3.0, 95% CI, 2.1, 4.1, P < .0001) compared with patients with high health confidence (≥8). CONCLUSIONS In a large, national sample of adults with IBD, there were strong associations between patients' health confidence and multiple disease outcome measures. Health confidence scores <8 on a 0-10 Likert scale may be clinically useful to screen for patients who are at risk for ED visits and hospitalizations.
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- Chung Sang Tse
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preceptorship, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Section Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Departments of Community & Family Medicine, Psychiatry, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Biostatistics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Health Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Co-Director, Cedars-Sinai Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Karsh Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Bleacher H, English A, Leblanc W, Dickinson LM. Associations Between Patients' Unmet Social Needs and Self-Reported Health Confidence at One Primary Care Clinic. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 11:2150132720921329. [PMID: 32410492 PMCID: PMC7232046 DOI: 10.1177/2150132720921329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Social determinants of health affect a person’s health at least as much as their
interactions with the healthcare system. Increased patient activation and
self-efficacy are associated with decreased cost and improved quality.
Patient-reported health confidence has been proposed as a more easily measured
proxy for self-efficacy. Evaluation of the association between unmet social
needs and health confidence is limited. Our objective was to identify and
address our patients’ unmet social needs and assess health confidence levels.
From November 2017 through July 2018 we screened 2018 patients of an urban
academic family medicine residency practice for unmet social needs, measured
their health confidence, and made referrals to community resources if desired.
Patients reporting the presence of any social need reported lower health
confidence scores on average than those with no needs (8.49 vs 9.30, median 9 vs
10, Wilcoxon test P < .001). Low health confidence scores
(<7) were strongly associated with number of needs (P <
.001) after adjusting for age, gender, race, ethnicity, payer, and visit type (1
vs 0 needs, odds ratio [OR] = 2.566, 95% CI 1.546-4.259; 2 or more vs 0 needs,
OR = 6.201, 95% CI 4.022-9.561). Results of this quality improvement project
suggest that patients with unmet social needs may have decreased perceived
ability to manage health problems. Further study is needed to determine if this
finding is generalizable, and if interventions addressing unmet social needs can
increase health confidence.
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
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Stahl JE, Belisle SS, Zhao W. Medical Qigong for Mobility and Balance Self-Confidence in Older Adults. Front Med (Lausanne) 2020; 7:422. [PMID: 32923446 PMCID: PMC7456993 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background/Objectives: Physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyle, and impaired neuromuscular function increases fall risk and fractures in our aging population. Mind-body modalities, improve strength, balance and coordination, mitigating these risks. This study examined whether a manualized Medical Qigong protocol measurably improves balance, gait, and health self-confidence among older adults. Design: Randomized prospective cohort pre-post study with wait time control. Setting: Two martial arts centers in Massachusetts and Arizona. Participants: Ninety-five adults age ≥ 50 (mean age 68.6 y.o., range 51–96) were randomly assigned to an immediate start group (N = 53) or 4-week delayed start group (N = 43). Intervention: A 10 form qigong protocol taught over 12 weekly classes. Measurments: Primary outcome measures were the Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBMS) and Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale. Data was collected at baseline, 1-month and 4-months. Results: Both groups at both sites demonstrated improved balance and gait (CBMS + 11.9 points, p < 0.001). This effect was strongest in patients in their 60 s (CBMS +12.9 p < 0.01) and 70 s (CBMS + 14.3, p < 0.001), was equal across genders and socioeconomic status. Balance self-confidence did not significantly change (ABC + 0.9, p = 0.48), though several elements within ABC trended toward improvement [e.g., walk up/down ramp (p = 0.07), bend over/pick up (p = 0.09)]. Falls in the past year was inversely correlated with balance self-confidence (p = 0.01). Conclusion: A 12-week manualized Medical Qigong protocol significantly improved balance and gait and modestly improved balance self-confidence among older adults. Medical Qigong may be a useful clinical intervention for older adults at heightened risk for falls and related injuries. Clinical Trial Registration:www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT04430751.
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- James E Stahl
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Section General Internal Medicine, Lebanon, NH, United States.,The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, United States.,The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Section General Internal Medicine, Lebanon, NH, United States
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- The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, United States.,The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States.,The Dartmouth Synergy Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Biostatistics Consultation Core, Lebanon, NH, United States
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