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Shared decision making: a vital aspect of everyday care in all

The communicative process of SDM can be facilitated using evidence‐based decision aids (DAs), which synthesize data from epidemiologic studies and clinical trials to assist patient engagement in making informed … See more

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What is Evidence-Based Medicine

WEBEvidence-based medicine: a definition. A simple definition from 1996 is: Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in …

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Literature searches: what databases are available

WEBPubMed. PubMed was launched in 1996 and, since June 1997, provides free and unlimited access for all users through the internet. PubMed database contains more …

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Less is More: The dangers of too much medicine

WEBIn her blog Less is More, Dr. Otte suggests a “just right” or “Goldilocks” approach. This ‘not too much and not too little’ approach aims to strike a healthy …

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Poor health literacy and its implications among the general …

WEBThe health implication of this is that poor health literacy throws up additional complications arising from wrong and harmful practices and remedies, delay in seeking …

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How are patients' values and beliefs taken into account when …

WEBIntroduction. As diseases become more tortuous and treatment options increase, it’s important to consider the latest clinical evidence when making health …

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Poor health literacy and its implications among the general

WEB14. Apolinario D, Mansur LL, Carthery-Goulart MT, Brucki SM, Nitrini R. Detecting limited health literacy in Brazil: development of a multidimensional screening tool.

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Cholesterol and Heart Disease: What’s the Evidence

WEBFirstly, there is evidence of a correlation between high cholesterol/LDL levels and heart disease. The Framingham Study, a prospective cohort study beginning with …

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What is a Guideline

WEBIn healthcare, the term ‘guideline’ encompasses recommendations on everything from clinical practice and the governance and prescription of medications, to …

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What is the 'balance of benefits and harms'

WEBBenefits include early detection of disease, relief of symptoms, increased quality of life and increased longevity; harms include side effects, overdiagnosis and …

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Stress in healthcare students: are interventions to foster resilience

WEBIn this blog, Camila, Claudia and Germán, fifth- and sixth-year medical students from Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, provide their own summary and …

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Information literacy is important in Evidence-Based Healthcare

WEBThis is a tutorial that provides the opportunity for students to learn more about searching for information. The ability to identify, define and analyse information …

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Digital medication adherence systems: the technology-driven …

WEBBackground. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines adherence as: the extent to which a person’s behaviour – taking medication, following a diet, and/or …

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Be sceptical: The reasons why most healthcare research may be …

WEBReproducibility crisis. The results of a 2015 reproducibility project titled “Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science” aimed to replicate 100 studies …

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Prevalence vs. Incidence: what is the difference

WEBWe can see the prevalence of COPD in this population only changed by approximately 0.1%. The number of new cases in 2019 compared to 2018 is 1826-1780, …

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Physical Therapy: First Line of Defense Against Sexual Dysfunction

WEBSexual health is an important part of overall mental and physical well-being. For men and women, physical therapy in the context of sexual health takes a holistic …

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An introduction to different types of study design

WEBProspective: we follow the individuals in the future to know who will develop the disease. Retrospective: we look to the past to know who developed the disease (e.g. …

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common-practice-is-not-always-evidence-based

WEBCommon practice is not always evidence-based and this has many times proven to be fatal. We simply cannot assume that a treatment is safe or effective just …

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Heterogeneity: what is it and why does it matter

WEBTutorials and Fundamentals. Heterogeneity is not something to be afraid of, it just means that there is variability in your data. So, if one brings together different …

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