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Qualitative methods in drug utilization research
No full textEditor(s): Monique Elseviers, Björn Wettermark, Anna Birna Almarsdóttir, Morten Andersen, Ria Benko, Marion Bennie, Irene Eriksson, Brian Godman, Janet Krska, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Katja Taxis, Vera Vlahović-Palčevski, Robert Vander SticheleQualitative research methods derive from the social sciences. Their use in drug utilization research is increasingly widespread, especially in understanding patient and prescriber perspectives.The main focus in qualitative research is exploration of a given phenomenon in order to get a wider understanding of why and how it appears.Qualitative research methods build on various theoretical underpinnings/schools of thought.The same validity and quality criteria cannot be used for both qualitative and quantitative methods
sj-docx-1-taw-10.1177_20420986231225850 – Supplemental material for Medication errors by caregivers in the homes of children discharged from a pediatric department in Ghana
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-taw-10.1177_20420986231225850 for Medication errors by caregivers in the homes of children discharged from a pediatric department in Ghana by George Tsey Sabblah, Florence van Hunsel, Katja Taxis, Mahama Duwiejua, Seth Kwaku Seaneke and Eugène van Puijenbroek in Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety</p
Additional_file_Therapeutic_advances_in_drug_safety_(1) – Supplemental material for Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of an information technology-based, pharmacist-led intervention to prevent an increase in anticholinergic and sedative load among older community-dwelling individuals
No full textSupplemental material, Additional_file_Therapeutic_advances_in_drug_safety_(1) for Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of an information technology-based, pharmacist-led intervention to prevent an increase in anticholinergic and sedative load among older community-dwelling individuals by Helene G. van der Meer, Hans Wouters, Martina Teichert, Fabiënne Griens, Jugoslav Pavlovic, Lisa G. Pont and Katja Taxis in Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety</p
Drug safety in patients with psychotic disorders
Full text linkThis thesis investigated different aspects of drug safety in patients with psychotic disorders. We found that in routine practice the drug treatment was potentially inappropriate and could be improved. Additionally, many patients were suffering from physical illnesses or symptoms. Many of these symptoms were potential adverse drug reactions of antipsychotic drugs. In this thesis, the adverse drug reactions related to an increased cardiovascular and metabolic risk were investigated in depth. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a cohort of patients with psychotic disorders in the Netherlands was similar to other European countries. Following these patients for one year, we found that having the metabolic syndrome was not a static or progressive condition, but was dynamic. One treatment option in patients with psychotic disorders is changing the drug therapy to an antipsychotic drug with a potentially lower potency of causing metabolic side effects. This thesis showed that in routine practice, this could lead to considerable weight loss in some patients. Increasingly, risk score models are used to estimate the cardiovascular risk of patients. We have shown that such models have to be used cautiously in patients with psychotic disorders and the methodology of cardiovascular risk quantification in this population should be further developed.
Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty Using Long-Term Panel Data
No full textMeasuring Vulnerability to Poverty Using Long-Term Panel Data Author & abstract Download & other version 16 References 4 Citations Related works & more Corrections Author Listed: Katja Landau (Georg-August-University Göttingen) Stephan Klasen (Georg-August-University Göttingen) Walter Zucchini (Georg-August-University Göttingen) Registered: Stephan Klasen Abstract We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and panel data. We use long-term panel data from Germany and apply di fferent regression models, based on household covariates and previous-year equivalence income, to classify a household as vulnerable or not. Predictive performance is assessed using the Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC), which takes account of false positive as well as true positive rates. Estimates based on cross-sectional data are much less accurate than those based on panel data, but for Germany, the accuracy of vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and high mobility in and out of poverty
Resilience as a positive lever: An analysis of sensemaking and meaningful work in the context of organizational change
No full textAuthor Katja SchwarzMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 2024Arbeit nach Ablauf der Sperre auf den öffentlichen PCs in den Bibliotheken der JKU+Medizin abrufba
Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty Using Long-Term Panel Data
No full textMeasuring Vulnerability to Poverty Using Long-Term Panel Data Author & abstract Download & other version 16 References 4 Citations Related works & more Corrections Author Listed: Katja Landau (Georg-August-University Göttingen) Stephan Klasen (Georg-August-University Göttingen) Walter Zucchini (Georg-August-University Göttingen) Registered: Stephan Klasen Abstract We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and panel data. We use long-term panel data from Germany and apply di fferent regression models, based on household covariates and previous-year equivalence income, to classify a household as vulnerable or not. Predictive performance is assessed using the Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC), which takes account of false positive as well as true positive rates. Estimates based on cross-sectional data are much less accurate than those based on panel data, but for Germany, the accuracy of vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and high mobility in and out of poverty
Resilience as a positive lever: An analysis of sensemaking and meaningful work in the context of organizational change
No full textAuthor Katja SchwarzMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 2024Arbeit nach Ablauf der Sperre auf den öffentlichen PCs in den Bibliotheken der JKU+Medizin abrufba
Development and evaluation of interventions to improve the quality of medicine use
Full text linkMany interventions to improve the quality of medicine use target changing healthcare professional behaviours, therefore considering behavioural change theories is useful. This chapter provides an overview of how interventions for improving the quality of medicine use, targeted specifically at changing the behaviour of healthcare professionals, can be developed and evaluated. Interventions to improve the quality of medicine use are often complex, with multiple components that act independently or interdependently, and this has implications for development and evaluation. There are increasing numbers of systematic reviews and overviews of systematic reviews that provide evidence of what types of interventions are most effective. De-implementation, the reduction or elimination of inappropriate, ineffective, or potentially harmful interventions and services, is a promising area where drug utilization researchers can contribute to ensuring limited resources are used effectively. Much like intervention development and evaluation, there are frameworks and models available to guide de-implementation research.</p
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