Asking How Our Patients Understand Addiction

Robotic and Navigation Systems in Orthopaedic Surgery: How Much Do Our Patients Understand?

BACKGROUND Technology in orthopaedic surgery has become more widespread in the past 20 years, with emerging evidence of its benefits in arthroplasty. Although patients are aware of benefits of conventional joint replacement, little is known on patients' knowledge of the prevalence, benefits or drawbacks of surgery involving navigation or robotic systems. METHODS In an outpatient arthroplasty ...

How to recognize the signs of sexual addiction. Asking the right questions may uncover serious problems.

The sexual addiction model enables physicians to understand the self-destructive behavior of patients whose actions may otherwise appear inexplicable. When a person is preoccupied with sex and continues to engage in compulsive sexual activity despite adverse consequences (eg, loss of marriage, job, health, freedom), he or she is a sex addict. Treatment allows sex addicts to stop their compulsiv...

How Well Do Patients Understand Written Instructions?

The aim of this study was to assess health literacy (word recognition and comprehension) in patients at a rural rheumatology practice and to compare this to health literacy levels in patients from an urban rheumatology practice. Inclusion criteria for this cross-sectional study were as follows: 18-year-old patients at a rural rheumatology practice (Mid-North Coast Arthritis Clinic, Coffs Harbou...

How ‘Drug Aware’ are our Glaucoma Patients?

BACKGROUND Poor knowledge, attitude and self-care practices (KAP) as regards medication compliance is a major concern in the management of glaucoma. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude regarding eyedrop instillation and self-care practices pertaining to eyedrops in diagnosed glaucoma patients. METHODS In this cross-sectional, open-ended questionnaire-based study, 101 consecuti...

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