An interactive, computerized version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) was completed by 135 randomly selected psychiatric inpatients and evaluated by the patients and their psychiatrists. The results showed that the majority of the patients interacted well with the computer and that the treating psychiatrists found the computer reports generally accurate and helpful. Analysis of the agreement between the computer and the psychiatrists' diagnoses yielded mixed results depending on the method of analysis chosen. The thoroughness, consistency, and broad perspective of the computer interview combined with the insight, creativity, and experience of the well-trained clinician may ultimately provide a method of diagnosis that is superior to either used alone.
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Eur Heart J Digit Health
January 2025
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, SE-182 88 Stockholm, Sweden.
Aims: A simplified version of the history, electrocardiogram, age, risk factors, troponin (HEART) score, excluding troponin, has been proposed to rule-out major adverse cardiac events (MACEs). Computerized history taking (CHT) provides a systematic and automated method to obtain information necessary to calculate the HEAR score. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and diagnostic accuracy of CHT in calculating the HEAR score for predicting MACE.
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Department of Public Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Background: It is estimated that 61% of deaths caused by Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) globally are attributed to lifestyle-related risk factors including tobacco use, alcohol abuse, poor diet, and inadequate physical activity. Meanwhile, inadequate knowledge and misperceptions about CVDs are disproportionately increasing the prevalence of CVDs in Africa. Moreover, pre-diagnosis awareness/knowledge about CVDs among patients is essential in shaping the extent and scope of education to be provided by healthcare workers.
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December 2024
Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Public Health and Health Informatics, Umm Al-Qura University, Alziziah Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered SARS-CoV-2 virus. Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 experience several complications including hypertension or elevated blood pressure which is a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, and kidney diseases.
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Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
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