Patients' and Clinicians' Preferences on Outcomes and Medication Attributes for Type 2 Diabetes: a Mixed-Methods Study.

Background: Patients' views on the relative importance of treatment outcomes and medication attributes for type 2 diabetes may differ from clinicians' perceptions.

Objective: To assess which treatment outcomes and medication attributes are considered important by patients and clinicians for therapeutic decisions in type 2 diabetes.

Design: Exploratory, sequential, mixed-methods design comprising a qualitative (focus groups) and a quantitative (survey) phase.

Greek Adaptation of the Positive Aspects of Caregiving (PAC) Scale in Dementia Caregivers.

: The aim of the present study is to validate the Positive Aspects of Caregiving (PAC) scale in Greek informal family caregivers of patients with dementia, in order to assess its psychometric properties.: Two hundred and forty-seven dementia caregivers completed the Greek version of the PAC (G-PAC) scale in correlation with the following psychometric tools, the Beck Depression Scale, the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), the Quality of Life-AD (QoL-AD), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Caregivers were included in the study after they had been initially informed of its purpose and completed the informed consent.