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The coding of telephone consultations in UK primary care databases: are we picking up all the calls?
ObjectivesTo examine the use of two coding systems used in the THIN UK primary care research database for the coding of telephone encounters between...
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Oncologists’ perspectives of telephone genetic counseling to facilitate germline BRCA1/2 testing for their patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer
Poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors offer a survival advantage to women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer who have a germline BRCA1/2 ...
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Longitudinal follow-up after telephone disclosure in the randomized COGENT study
PurposeTo better understand the longitudinal risks and benefits of telephone disclosure of genetic test results in the era of multigene panel testing.
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Validation of questionnaire-reported chest wall abnormalities with a telephone interview in Swiss childhood cancer survivors
BackgroundChest wall abnormalities are a poorly studied complication after treatment for childhood cancer. Chest wall abnormalities are not...
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Comparison of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living assessment by face-to-face or telephone interviews: a randomized, crossover study
BackgroundThe functional autonomy assessment is essential to manage patients with a neurodegenerative disease, but its evaluation is not always...
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Barriers to completion of cascade genetic testing: how can we improve the uptake of testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome?
Cascade testing for familial cancer syndromes has historically been difficult to execute. As part of a facilitated cascade testing pathway, we...
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Expanding access to genetic testing for pancreatic cancer
Among individuals with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) 5–10% have a pathogenic germline variant (PGV) in a PDAC susceptibility gene....
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Institutional barriers to clinical trial exploration experienced by the Latinx community
This study evaluated two types of barriers that the authors deemed important to resolve during the early stage of cancer clinical trial exploration...
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Telephone Follow-up Design and Practice for Advanced Cancer Pain Patients
To describe the design of a telephone follow-up protocol and to evaluate the feasibility of this protocol for advanced cancer pain patients. A series...
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Working Memory
Working memory is a capability that animals and people use to store information over a period of seconds or minutes, so that the information can be...
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MAGENTA (Making Genetic testing accessible): a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing online genetic education and telephone genetic counseling for hereditary cancer genetic testing
BackgroundStudies have consistently indicated that the majority of individuals meeting the US Prevention Services Task Force guidelines for genetic...
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The role of virtual consultations in cancer genetics: challenges and opportunities introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the delivery of healthcare within the United Kingdom. A virtual model of care, utilising telephone and video...
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Telephone-Based Shared Decision-making for Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care
The national rate of lung cancer screening, approximately 3–5%, is too low and strategies which include shared decision-making and increase...
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Rehabilitation outcome in people with spinal cord injuries resulting from diving in South Korea
Study designRetrospective electronic medical record review combined with a telephone interview.
ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to describe...
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Educational interventions in pharmacovigilance to improve the knowledge, attitude and the report of adverse drug reactions in healthcare professionals: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
ObjectivesUnderreporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) limits and delays the detection of signs. The aim of this systematic review with...
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Evaluation of telephone genetic counselling to facilitate germline BRCA1/2 testing in women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer
Systemic healthcare issues and geographical challenges restrict women’s access to BRCA1/2 testing to inform the use of tailored treatments for...
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Evidence of the Impact of Smoking Cessation
This chapter summarizes the evidence of the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions (SCI). A narrative review was conducted using PubMed and...
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A prospective study on the effect of time-shifted telephone reporting of blood culture microscopy
Even though dealing with septic patients, the communication of the Gram stain result of positive blood cultures is postponed in most laboratories...
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Proband-mediated interventions to increase disclosure of genetic risk in families with a BRCA or Lynch syndrome condition: a systematic review
Interventions to assist family communication about inherited cancer risk have the potential to improve family cancer outcomes. This review aimed to...
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Challenges related to self-assessment of active ageing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden
ObjectiveThe aim is to describe and reflect upon potentially pandemic-related impact on self-assessments of active ageing. As part of the baseline...