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B Templeton

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PubMed1990

Evidence of the role of psychosocial factors in diabetes mellitus: a review.

Diabetes mellitus is a very prevalent illness that produces a variety of stresses for the individual patient, but the role of psychosocial factors in this illness is frequently minimized in the teaching of physicians and the care of patients. The authors review a framework for evaluating the role of psychosocial issues in illness in general and examine the evidence that demonstrates the importance of these issues in diabetes.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1990

Facial augmentation with Proplast and nonporous hydroxylapatite in rhesus monkeys.

Using an extra-oral approach, subperiosteal pockets were created bilaterally over zygomatic and mandibular areas in six Rhesus monkeys. One side of each anatomic site received a Proplast I implant and the contralateral a nonporous hydroxylapatite (NPHA) block. Two animals were killed postoperatively at 3, 6, and 12 months, and the implants retrieved en bloc for histologic evaluation. Clinical evaluation showed the Proplast implants more stable than NPHA implants. Histologic evaluation for Proplast implants demonstrated complete encapsulation, fibrous tissue infiltration, fragmentation of implants, and some giant cell reaction. The NPHA implants were completely encapsulated with fibrous tissues, and no giant cell response, fragmentation, biodegradation, or bone formation was observed. We concluded that the Proplast was more stable than NPHA implants, but the NPHA produced less inflammatory cell and giant cell reaction.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

Exercise training reduces depression and increases the performance of pleasant activities in hemodialysis patients.

This study compares the effects of a structured exercise training program to the therapeutic benefits of a 'support' group on the depressed mood and reduced performance of pleasant activities by hemodialysis patients. After 6 months of an aerobic exercise training program, the 10 exercisers showed a significant increase in maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) and a significant decrease in dysphoric mood when compared to 7 patients attending the support group. Support group participants reported a significant decrease in pleasant activities while there was no change in the exercisers. Eighteen months after the exercise training program, the exercisers reported continued low levels of depressed mood, and were performing significantly more pleasant activities than they reported prior to the exercise program. The results of this study suggest an exercise training program may be useful in the psychosocial rehabilitation of some hemodialysis patients.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1986

Item modelling procedure for constructing content-equivalent multiple choice questions.

Recent research on multiple choice questions has identified deficiencies of inadequate content-equivalence and item-writer bias. Systematic methods of writing multiple choice questions are being advocated as effective responses. This article describes preliminary development of a new item-writing method. Details of the procedure, called item modelling, are provided.

Education, Medical↗
PubMed1977

Development of a medical record audit for continuing medical education.

A self-instructional audit package for the identification and management of hypertensive patients was developed. The materials were field tested in the clinics of seven institutions to assess their clarity and collect data to illustrate the usefulness of an audit as an educational tool.

Ambulatory Care↗
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House officer interviewing techniques: impact on data elicitation and patient perceptions.

The relationships among physicians' interviewing techniques, the amount and type of data gathered, and patients' perceptions of the interviewing process were studied. Thirty-one Internal Medicine house officers each interviewed one of three standardized patients. The house officers' thoroughness of data collection was assessed by the patients and by a trained evaluator. A videotape of each interview was analyzed at the National Board of Medical Examiners using the interaction analysis system for interview evaluation, ISIE-81, to define house officers' interviewing techniques. From the physicians' problem-solving perspective, data elicitation was positively related to the length of the interview, asking psychosocial questions, the use of narrow questions, and the amount of time the patient talked. The patients' assessments of house officers' data-gathering thoroughness were also positively influenced by interview length, the use of narrow questions, and inquiries about their psychosocial histories. The use of broad questions by the house officer was positively related to the patient's feelings about and reaction to the interaction. This study potentially explains some of the differences that appear to exist between patients' and physicians' judgments about and perceptions of the medical interviewing process.

Aged↗
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Mobile mammography: the technologist's role.

This article discusses the role of the radiologic technologist in a mobile mammography screening program targeted at the economically disadvantaged in Dade County, Fla. It describes the development of process, structure and outcome standards used to guide and evaluate both the program and the radiologic technologist within this setting, highlighting the technologists' valuable contributions to the program.

Allied Health Personnel↗