introduction : although many protocols are available in the field of the prehospital medical care (pmc), there is still a notable gap between protocol based directions and applied clinical practice. this study measures the rate of protocol adherence in pmc provided for patients with chest pain and loss of consciousness (loc). method : in this cross-sectional study, 10 educated research assistan...

objective: the  implementation of  family  psychoeducation at  the  service delivery level is not without difficulty. few mental health professionals receive special training to work with families especially in iran.   the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of training health professionals in terms of their adherence to protocol. method: eight professionals (general prac...

Background: This study examined the extent to which cancer programs demonstrated adherence to their own prescribed screening protocol, and whether adherence to that protocol was associated with medical service utilization. The hypothesis is that higher rates of service utilization are associated with lower rates of adherence to screening protocols. Methods: Oncology social workers at Commission...

To determine adherence of primary health care (PHC) physicians to the National Protocol for the Management of Asthma and barriers affecting adherence, we conducted a cross-sectional study in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia. Sixty-one PHC physicians completed self-administered questionnaires on the protocol recommendations. We also checked 212 medical records for adherence. Despite high awareness amo...

BACKGROUND The standard definition for protocol adherence is the proportion of all scheduled doses that are delivered. In clinical research, this definition has several limitations when evaluating protocol adherence in trials that study interventions requiring continuous titration. DISCUSSION Building upon a specific case study, we analyzed a recent trial of a continuously titrated interventi...

OBJECTIVES Adherence to prehospital guidelines and protocols is suboptimal. Insight into influencing factors is necessary to improve adherence. The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence ambulance nurses' adherence to a National Protocol Ambulance Care (NPAC). METHODS A questionnaire was developed using the literature, a questionnaire and expert opinion. Ambulance nurses (n=...

OBJECTIVE To examine protocol adherence to structured intensive management in the Valsartan Intensified Primary carE Reduction of Blood Pressure (VIPER-BP) study involving 119 primary care clinics and 1562 randomized participants. METHODS Prospective criteria for assessing adherence to treatment prescription, uptitration, and visit attendance at 6, 10, 14, and 18 weeks postrandomization were ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an important component in the management of respiratory diseases. The effectiveness of PR is dependent upon adherence to exercise training recommendations. The study of exercise adherence is thus a key step towards the optimization of PR programs. To date, mostly indirect measures, such as rates of participation, completion, and attendance, have been used to det...

EVALUATION OF THE RATE ADHERENCE TO NATIONAL PROTOCOL FOR TREATMENT BRUCELLOSIS BY PHYSICIANS HAMADAN PROVINCE