Publications by authors named "Marianne Bayrhuber"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate if a new telephone intervention improves adherence to preventive measures for asplenic patients at risk of post-splenectomy sepsis (PSS), comparing it to usual care.
- The researchers enrolled 106 patients in a novel health action process approach (HAPA)-based intervention and compared their outcomes to a historical control group of 113 patients using a specific scoring system called the PrePSS score.
- Results showed a significant increase in adherence scores for the intervention group (mean score 7.70) versus the control group (mean score 3.73), indicating that this intervention could be beneficial for better management of at-risk asplenic patients.
Objective: Patients with asplenia have an increased lifelong risk of severe infections especially post splenectomy sepsis with hospital mortality rates of 30-50%. Adherence to existing guidelines for preventive measures is low. Objective of the study is the evaluation of a novel intervention to increase health psychological outcomes in patients with asplenia resulting in better adherence to preventive measures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore patients' with asplenia and general practitioners' (GPs) (1) perceptions of a novel, (HAPA)-based, educational intervention which targets to increase adherence to post-splenectomy sepsis (PSS) prevention measures and (2) their experience in implementing prevention measures following this intervention.
Design: A process evaluation conducted on average 3.5 (for patients) and 3.
Background: Patients with asplenia have a significantly increased lifelong risk of severe invasive infections, particular post-splenectomy sepsis (PSS). Clear preventive measures have been described in the literature, but previous studies found poor implementation of prevention recommendations. Aim of the study is to improve the adherence to guideline-based preventive measures and thereby reduce the incidence of PSS by a novel telephone-delivered intervention that involves both patients and their physicians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the article was to describe the development of a training program to enhance the health literacy of patients with immunodeficiency. In addition, patient satisfaction and acceptance of the training will be evaluated.
Methods: Patients' needs were identified with a questionnaire (N=238).