In Japan, the principal role of hospital pharmacists has changed from that of dispensing medicines for outpatients to provision of clinical pharmacy services for inpatients. A self-administered questionnaire about subjective symptoms, working patterns, work environments and job satisfaction was administered to 495 hospital pharmacists and 84 prefectural office-based pharmacists (control group)....

AIMS To determine prospectively the efficacy, tolerability and patient satisfaction of an extended release formulation of metformin (metformin XR) in hospital based outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus currently treated with standard metformin. METHODS Patients on immediate release standard metformin either alone or combined with other oral agents were switched to extended release metfor...

BACKGROUND non-anesthesiologist administration of propofol (NAAP) using continuous infusion systems may achieve a more sustained sedative action. AIM to compare intermittent boluses (IB) with pump continuous infusion (PCI) for NAAP, targeted to moderate sedation, for colonoscopy. METHODS 192 consecutive outpatients were randomized to receive IB (20 mg propofol boluses on demand) or PCI (3 m...

Background: Trust and expectation are important aspect of doctor patient relationship and its role in patient’s satisfaction and medication adherence is unclear. Objective: To study the levels of trust and expectation on psychiatrist and its relationship with patient’s satisfaction and treatment adherence. Methods: One hundred and twenty three consecutive outpatients were recruited on follow-up...

PURPOSE This prospective study was aimed at assessing cleft lip and palate (CLP) patients' opinions and attitudes towards their upper lip and nose and the number of secondary corrective surgical interventions electively undertaken to upper lip and nose that were carried out during a 2 year follow-up period. MATERIALS AND METHODS During a 2 year follow-up period CLP outpatients were recruited ...

BACKGROUND Cancer patients' satisfaction with their treatment decisions has been demonstrated to be associated with improved health outcomes, but few studies of this issue have been conducted in Japan. OBJECTIVE To explore key factors in enhancing patient satisfaction, we assessed the association between their satisfaction and their relationships with their physicians. METHODS We conducted ...

Objective: To develop and validate an instrument for measuring patient satisfaction with physical therapy, and to identify the most important satisfaction indicators. Method: The sample was composed of 834 outpatients of both sexes with mean age of 46.7 years who were health plan users at 45 private health clinics in Natal and Mossoró, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and who answered a qu...

Introduction Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have shown noninferiority to vitamin K antagonists (VKA) in stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. DOAC treatment may be less demanding than VKA, improving quality of life. To date, there have been no studies of the real-life experience of outpatients receiving anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation in France. Methods A...

BACKGROUND Assessment of patients' satisfaction with health care services could help to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the system and provide guidance for further development. The study's objectives were to: (i) assess the pattern of satisfaction with hospital care for a sample of people with schizophrenia in Kuwait, using the Verona Service Satisfaction Scale (VSSS-EU); ii) compare t...