Integrating patient values and preferences in healthcare: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Objectives: To identify and thematically analyse how healthcare professionals (HCPs) integrate patient values and preferences ('values integration') in primary care for adults with non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Design: Systematic review and meta-aggregation methods were used for extraction, synthesis and analysis of qualitative evidence.

Data Sources: Relevant records were sourced using keywords to search 12 databases (ASSIA, CINAHL, DARE, EMBASE, ERIC, Google Scholar, GreyLit, Ovid-MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed-MEDLINE, Scopus and Web of Science).

Anaphylaxis in America: the prevalence and characteristics of anaphylaxis in the United States.

Background: Although anaphylaxis is recognized as an important life-threatening condition, data are limited regarding its prevalence and characteristics in the general population.

Objective: We sought to estimate the lifetime prevalence and overall characteristics of anaphylaxis.

Methods: Two nationwide, cross-sectional random-digit-dial surveys were conducted.

Patients' and primary care physicians' beliefs about asthma control and risk.

Patients' and physicians' knowledge of asthma control and risks can affect long-term outcomes. The Asthma General Awareness and Perceptions II (Asthma GAP II) survey sought to assess the beliefs and behaviors of asthma patients and their physicians. In the United States, a telephone survey was conducted among 1885 adults with asthma (representative population sample [n = 1001] plus additional black [n = 436] and Hispanic samples [n = 448]) who took asthma medication in the previous year.