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Factors Affecting Students' Use of MEDLINE
(Elsevier, 1993-12)
MEDLINE search transcripts by a class of third-year medical students were analyzed. The 184 students were divided into three groups according to their search experience in terms of the number of sessions logged at the time ...
Measuring the attitudes of patients towards diabetes and its treatment
(Elsevier, 1990-12)
The following is a study of the general diabetes-related attitudes of 1202 patients with diabetes in Michigan. The instrument used to measure attitudes was a revised version of the Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) designed ...
Beliefs about control of smoking and smoking behavior: A comparison of different measures in different groups
(Elsevier, 1987)
This study investigated several measures of beliefs about controlling smoking as predictors of cessation and reduction at one and six months after a medically-based control program. Smokers (n = 250 total) attending general ...
A comparison of the diabetes-related attitudes of health care professionals and patients
(Elsevier, 1993-06)
The following study compares the diabetesrelated attitudes of sampled health care professionals and patients with diabetes. Attitudes were measured with a revised version of the Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) which includes ...
The Role of Optimism/Pessimism in HRQOL in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-03)
One hundred and twenty three outpatients with compensated chronic hepatitis C (CHC) completed the SF-36, BSI, and questions regarding the expected impact of CHC on their health. Respondents were categorized as optimists ( ...
Reported Exercise Patterns and their Relationship to Lipid Levels among Healthy Older Adults
(Sage Publications, 1996)
There have been few studies concerning the relationship between exercise habits and lipid levels of older adults. This study examines this relationship using data from 117 healthy older adults who volunteered to participate ...
Measuring Self-assessment: Current State of the Art
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-03)
The competent physician pursues lifelong learning through the recognition of deficiencies and the formulation of appropriate learning goals. Despite the accepted theoretical value of self-assessment, studies have consistently ...
A guide for assessing a patient's level of personal responsibility for diabetes management
(Elsevier, 1990-12)
This paper presents a guide for assessing a diabetic patient's level of personal responsibility. In the general population, high levels of personal responsibility have been shown to be related to psychological well-being ...
Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Michigan: A Practice Pattern Survey
(Springer-Verlag; Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2003-07)
Objectives: This survey sought to determine whether self-professed sleep specialists in the State of Michigan show practice variations in the diagnosis and management of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), and whether such ...