For years, Americans have had mixed opinions regarding the efficacy and benefits of receiving vaccinations, including the influenza vaccine. Some studies have noted that a common reason why patients ...

Patients’ misperceptions of statins and physicians’ limited knowledge of a hypercholesterolemia safety-net program warrant additional interventions to reduce barriers and improve care. Objectives: To ...

The results show that longer visit lengths are associated with higher patient perceptions of a clinician's empathy. This is consistent with previous research that shows that time is an important ...

Patients are 2.3 times more likely to report signs of infection post-procedure if they perceive an ASC as being less clean than it should be, according to a survey of millions of patients in the U.S.

Several areas of discordance were observed, including contributing causes for delay in diagnosis, with patients perceiving extended wait times as a significant contributing factor. Patients were ...

Patients with alopecia areata (AA) often perceive their hair loss as more severe than dermatologists do, leading to increased emotional and social problems. This study highlights the importance of ...

Objective: To establish patients’ perception of the effect of sport on rehabilitation. Design: Single investigator telephone questionnaire survey. Setting: Spinal Cord Injuries Unit, Musgrave Park ...

When it comes to the perception of who takes more responsibility for an individual’s care, patients and healthcare professionals may as well be on different planet. In a recent survey from Xerox’s ...

In a recent study posted to medRxiv*, a team of researchers characterized individual-level illness perception, both cognitive and emotional, following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: ...

Utilization of Antineoplastic Agents and Medicare Spending in Elderly Patients With Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer Between 2001 and 2013 Patients with breast, colorectal, or head and neck ...

Clinical Efficiency and Safety Outcomes of Virtual Care for Oncology Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic Telehealth in medical oncology has expanded secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, ...

Sir, I read with interest B.Littler's letter 'Phantom Bite revisited' (BDJ 2005, 198: 149). Dr. Litter quite rightly states that we should focus on the cause, which is clenching and the lack of ...