Standardized ileal digestible amino acids and digestible energy contents in two modified soy protein concentrates and soybean meal fed to growing pigs.

Six ileal-cannulated barrows (28.0 ± 1.3 kg initial BW) were used in a replicated 3 × 3 Latin square design with one additional period ( = 7 or 6) to determine standardized ileal digestible (SID) AA and digestible energy of two modified soy protein concentrates [MSPC1 and MSPC2] and soybean meal (SBM).

Using design principles to foster understanding of complex health concepts in consumer informatics tools.

Consumer health informatics tools can only be effective if patients comprehend their content. Optimal design may foster better patient comprehension and health literacy, which can improve health outcomes. We developed a patient-centric decision aid, Tailored Lifestyle Conversations (TLC), to help patients comprehend behavioral risks and set behavior change priorities for reducing risk of cardiovascular disease.

TLC: an informatics approach to enable patients to initiate tailored lifestyle conversations with providers at the point of care.

Chronic illness including cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major burden on the healthcare system. Behavioral and lifestyle changes could significantly reduce the burden of CVD, but provider counseling for behavior change is a very challenging, and often ineffective task. We have developed a patient-centric decision support tool to be incorporated into an Electronic Health Record system (EHR).

An evidence-based decision aid to help patients set priorities for selecting among multiple health behaviors.

To explore how patients and providers respond to Tailored Lifestyle Conversations (TLC), an evidence-based decision aid to help patients set priorities for selecting among multiple health behavior change goals, we conducted a study utilizing key informant interviews. Based on patient level assessment data, TLC presents tailored outputs that include 1) behavioral and clinical risk; 2) readiness and confidence scores for changing each of four behaviors; and 3) qualitative equations to elicit patient priorities for change. Patient priorities are documented in an action plan to be discussed with their provider during a clinical encounter.