BACKGROUND There are few studies on predictors of smoking cessation in general populations. We studied the smoking cessation rate in relation to several potential predictors, with special focus on respiratory and cardiovascular disease. METHODS Smokers (n = 4636) from seven centres in Northern Europe, born between 1945 and 1973, who answered a questionnaire in 1999-2001 (the RHINE study) were...

OBJECTIVE To measure the level of patient satisfaction with an emergency department based chest pain assessment unit. DESIGN Structured patient satisfaction surveys. SETTING Inner city university hospital emergency department. PARTICIPANTS 383 consecutive patients aged over 25 years with probable cardiac chest pain of less than 12 hours duration at moderate to low risk of acute myocardial...

The educational intervention could improve knowledge about rational drug use in the junior high school. Improving knowledge about rational drug use at an early age may be a good way to increase the population's awareness of health, medicines and self-medication. To educate the rational drug use, it is desirable that the school pharmacists participate in this educational program in the junior hi...

Methods A total of 102 adult patients discharged from the QDU answered a questionnaire covering self-assessed comprehension of discharge information, ability to recall discharge information and evaluation of the communication. Questions addressed diagnosis, diagnostic procedures, treatment, follow-up and return instructions. Answers from the questionnaire were compared with the discharge letter...

BACKGROUND We see a growing number of older adults receiving long-term care in industrialized countries. The Healthcare Utilization Model by Andersen suggests that individual need characteristics influence utilization. The purpose of this study is to analyze correlations between need characteristics and service utilization in home care arrangements. METHODS 1,152 respondents answered the ques...

A good user experience is central for the success of interactive products. To improve products concerning these quality aspects it is thus also important to be able to measure user experience in an efficient and reliable way. But measuring user experience is not an end in itself. Several different questions can be the reason behind the wish to measure the user experience of a product quantitati...