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Role of the general practitioner in outpatient care for schizophrenic patients from the patients' perspective
No full textObjective To explore the view of schizophrenic patients regarding the role of general practitioners (GPs) in outpatient psychiatric care. Methods Semi-structured interviews with 20 schizophrenic patients were tape-recorded. Using the software Atlas.ti, the data were analysed according to the model of inductive category development (Mayring, 1995). Results Nearly all patients regarded the GPs as doctors "for the body" and - in contrast - the psychiatrists as doctors "for the soul". At the same time, an appointment with a GP was perceived as less embarrassing and stigmatising. Patients consulted their GP mainly because of somatic complaints or to receive follow-up prescriptions for their antipsychotic medication. They liked to get a "second opinion" regarding medical decisions by GPs. Some patients wished to have more consultation time with their GP to discuss psychological problems. Conclusions Schizophrenic patients appreciate the distinction, and the choice, between different medical specialties. Primary care offers services with an exceptionally low threshold for schizophrenic patients because consultations with a GP are to a lesser degree perceived as embarrassing or stigmatising
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Attitudes of general practitioners and patients about mood modifying medicines
No full textStimmungsverändernde Medikamente aus Sicht von Arzt und PatientAusgangspunkt: Non-Adherence ist weiterhin ein großes Problem bei der medikamentösen Therapie depressiver Erkrankungen. Ein tieferes Verständnis der Einstellungen und Erfahrungen von Hausärzten und Patienten bei Verordnung und Einnahme von Antidepressiva könnte dazu beitragen, dieses Problem zu überwinden.Methode: In zwei Stadtteilen Göttingens (Niedersachsen) wurden Interviews mit Ärzten und ihren Patienten geführt, die nach dem Editing Analysis Style nach Crabtree and Miller analysiert wurden. Hauptthemen der semistrukturierten Interviews waren: Therapiestrategien der Ärzte, Arzt-Patienten-Kommunikation und die Medikamentenwahrnehmung der Patienten.Ergebnisse: Insgesamt nahmen 13 (43%) von 30 angeschriebenen Ärzten und 16 (24%) von 65 möglichen Patienten an der Studie teil. Die Ärzte orientierten ihre Therapieentscheidung u.a. an Gruppenmerkmalen (z.B. Alter; Depressionsgrad), die größtenteils mit aktuellen Leitlinienkriterien übereinstimmten. Allerdings war die daraus resultierende Medikamentenauswahl teilweise uneinheitlich. Es ließ sich eine Vielzahl ärztlicher Therapiestrategien (z.B. Kommunikationsangebot; Bindung) darstellen, um den Patienten zur Medikamenteneinnahme zu motivieren und schwierigen Patienten oder Therapiesituationen zu begegnen. Die Patienten hatten - vor allem zu Beginn der Therapie - Angst vor Abhängigkeit, Kontrollverlust und Wesensveränderung durch Medikamente. Wirkungserwartungen und Wirkungswahrnehmungen korrelierten oft mit eigenständigen Änderungen der Therapieregimes ( Selbstregulation ). Die Ärzte berücksichtigten aber nur selten die Erwartungen und Wahrnehmungen ihrer Patien-ten.Schlussfolgerung: Viele Ärzte haben den hohen Stellenwert der Kommunikation mit dem Patienten, insbesondere den gezielter Therapiestrategien zwar erkannt, berücksichtigen aber nur selten die durch stimmungsverändernde Medikamente hervorgerufenen Ängste und Erwartungen. Gerade Ängste und (nicht erfüllte) Erwartungen veranlassen nicht wenige Patienten zu selbständigen Veränderungen der Therapie - diese Form der Non-Adherence könnten Ärzte durch Kommunikation vermutlich verringern.Attitudes of general practitioners and patients about mood modifying medicinesIntroduction: Patient non-adherence is a major obstacle in the pharmacological treatment of depression. A deeper understanding of GPs and patients attitudes and experiences towards prescription and taking of mood modifying medicines may be helpful to overcome this obstacle.Method: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 13 GPs and 16 patients in two different districts of Göttingen and analysed according to Crabtree and Miller s editing analysis style. Major topics of these interviews were: treatment strategies, patient-doctor communication and patients perception of the mood modifying medication.Results: Before deciding what type of medicine to prescribe, GPs usually classified their patients, such as young vs. old or afraid of side effects vs. not afraid of side effects . This classification corresponded with the classification found in current treatment guidelines but was sometimes followed by different treatment decisions. The GPs applied several treatment strategies to motivate patients to take their medication. Confronted with a mood modifier, patients were afraid of addiction, loss of control and a change of personality, at least at the beginning of pharmacotherapy. If patients felt that their expectations towards the medicine, such as attaining normality , were not fulfilled, they often started self-regulatory behaviour. GPs, although stressing the importance of patient expectations and perceptions, seemed to consider them only occasionally in everyday practice.Conclusion: GPs seem to disregard their patients worries and expectations concerning mood modifying medicines. Drug adherence may be improved, if GPs start to include their patients perceptions in the consultation more often
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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