Publications by authors named "Patricia A Lyne"
Article Synopsis
- Attendance at diabetes clinics leads to better health outcomes, but many people with type 1 diabetes don't participate.
- Qualitative interviews with 12 long-term non-attenders revealed three groups based on their feelings and coping strategies: 'High fear', 'Patient as expert', and 'Low motivation.'
- Understanding these distinct groups can help create tailored approaches to encourage all individuals with diabetes to seek necessary specialist support.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify factors influencing regular diabetes care-seeking and compare two questionnaires (IPQ and PMDI) in predicting care-seeking behavior.
- The researchers conducted a cross-sectional study with 42 non-attending patients and 42 matched patients receiving care, analyzing their illness perceptions and reclassifying them based on care received.
- Results indicated that non-attenders had more negative beliefs about diabetes, particularly regarding treatment effectiveness, and emphasized the need to assess both emotional and cognitive responses to diabetes when understanding care-seeking behavior.
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relative importance of key factors affecting the likelihood of hospital acquired pressure ulcers, thus offering the groundwork for the development of an empirically-based risk assessment scale. It also evaluated the predictive performance of the underlying empirical model and compared its classification ability with the empirically observed ability of the Waterlow risk assessment scale.
Background: Pressure ulcers impose a significant burden on patients and carers and demand substantial resources from the health care system.
This study presents data from a prospective cohort study of 213 in-patient admissions of people over 65. Logit analysis was used to investigate the relative contribution of a range of risk factors to the risk of pressure ulcer occurrence, as a basis for development of improved risk assessment tools. It was found that for this population, a model containing the Waterlow risk factors appetite, continence, skin condition and age, plus diagnosis, performed better than one based on the complete set of Waterlow factors.
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