Questionnaire survey results of career support working group

Abstract Background Patient awareness surveys on polypharmacy have been reported previously, but no previous study has examined the effects of sending feedback to health professionals on reducing medication use. Our study aimed to conduct a patient survey to examine factors contributing to polypharmacy, feedback the results to health professionals, and analyze the resulting changes in the number of polypharmacy patients and prescribed medications. Methods After conducting a questionnaire survey of patients in Study 1, we provided its results to the healthcare professionals, and then surveyed the number of polypharmacy patients and oral medications using a before-after comparative study design in Study 2. In Study 1, we examined polypharmacy and its contributing factors by performing logistic regression analysis. In Study 2, we performed a t-test and a chi-square test. Results In the questionnaire survey, significant differences were found in the following 3 items: age (odds ratio (OR) = 3.14; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.01–4.91), number of medical institutions (OR = 2.34; 95%CI = 1.50–3.64), and patients’ difficulty with asking their doctors to deprescribe their medications (OR = 2.21; 95%CI = 1.25–3.90). After the feedback, the number of polypharmacy patients decreased from 175 to 159 individuals and the mean number of prescribed medications per patient decreased from 8.2 to 7.7 (p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusions Providing feedback to health professionals on polypharmacy survey results may lead to a decrease in the number of polypharmacy patients. Factors contributing to polypharmacy included age (75 years or older), the number of medical institutions (2 or more institutions), and patients’ difficulty with asking their physicians to deprescribe their medications. Feedback to health professionals reduced the percentage of polypharmacy patients and the number of prescribed medications. Trial registration UMIN. Registered 21 June 2020 - Retrospectively registered, https://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/index-j.htm

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Closure to discussion of "Survey results of low-voltage circuit breakers as found during maintenance testing: Working Group report"

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications ◽

10.1109/28.633821 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 1372

Author(s):

P. O'Donnell ◽

W.F. Braun ◽

C.R. Heising ◽

P.P. Khera ◽

M. Kornblit ◽

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Keyword(s):

Working Group ◽

Low Voltage ◽

Circuit Breakers ◽

Group Report ◽

Survey Results

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Clinical Management of Asthma by Respiratory Specialists versus General Practitioners: Questionnaire Survey Results Over 6 Years

International Journal of General Medicine ◽

10.2147/ijgm.s292188 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 14 ◽

pp. 1003-1011

Author(s):

Megumi Hamaguchi ◽

Yasuyuki Taooka ◽

Mika Nakao ◽

Kazuhisa Nakashima ◽

Takamasa Hotta ◽

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Keyword(s):

General Practitioners ◽

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Clinical Management ◽

Survey Results

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A Report of Questionnaire Survey Results on Contents of Journal of the Japan Welding Society -2020-

JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN WELDING SOCIETY ◽

10.2207/jjws.90.403 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 90 (5) ◽

pp. 403-404

Author(s):

溶接学会編集委員会

Keyword(s):

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Survey Results

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Strategic tourism marketing of C.E.I. countries - basic framework

Tourism and hospitality management ◽

10.20867/thm.2.1.1 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Vinka Cetinski ◽

Sanda Weber

Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

Marketing Strategy ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Working Group ◽

European Countries ◽

Central European ◽

Tourism Marketing ◽

Regional Association ◽

Basic Framework ◽

Survey Results

Political changes in Europe at the end of the 80's have resulted in the establishment of the Central European Initiative as an international regional association. Interests in cooperation in the field of tourism can be explained by the fact that the majority of Central European countries have significant cultural, historical and natural resources which are not sufficiently used. The Working Group for Tourism, which has been led by Croatia since 1993, made a decision to conduct research with the main aim of determining basic tourism indicators as a basis for developing a common tourism marketing strategy. This paper presents the research methodology and discusses the main survey results.

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Usability of theophylline extended-release dry syrups

Journal of Generic Medicines The Business Journal for the Generic Medicines Sector ◽

10.1177/1741134318802605 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 175-179

Author(s):

Sumio Chono ◽

Shiori Ishikawa ◽

Akari Ikeda ◽

Kohei Togami

Keyword(s):

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Extended Release ◽

Odor Intensity ◽

Survey Results

Objectives We examined the usability of theophylline extended-release dry syrups, including their powder fluidity and ingestibility using one branded and six generic formulations (formulations A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, respectively). Methods To evaluate the ease of handling by pharmacists, powder fluidity was evaluated by measuring the repose angle, whereas to determine ingestibility, the viewpoints of patients or caregivers were evaluated using a questionnaire survey. Results and discussion: The repose angles of formulations A, B, C, D, E, and F were approximately 30°–40°. These formulations had sufficient powder fluidity, indicating the ease of weighing for most pharmacists. However, the repose angle of formulation G was <30°. Formulation G had high fluidity, suggesting its high rolling property. Thus, powder handling for formulation G may be more difficult than that for other six formulations. The ingestibility, such as the ease of mixing the dry syrup with water and odor intensity, was different between the formulations. Conclusions The present study provides useful information for selecting branded or generic theophylline extended-release dry syrups.

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Study on Emergency Evacuation of Plant Area of a Chemical Enterprise in Liquid Chlorine Leakage Accident

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.556-562.6595 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 556-562 ◽

pp. 6595-6601

Author(s):

Jiang Ping Zhao ◽

A Jin Hu

Keyword(s):

Mortality Rate ◽

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Behavioral Response ◽

Emergency Evacuation ◽

Field Investigation ◽

Refuge Area ◽

Plant Area ◽

Storage Location ◽

Survey Results ◽

Research Objects

Based on the field investigation of a chemical plant, its plant area was selected as the simulated domain of emergency evacuation. All of staff was considered as the research objects and a questionnaire survey was conducted on them. Then, the survey results were analyzed statistically by SPSS13.0, in light of which the Building EXODUS was used to simulate the emergency evacuation. The results showed that there are 12 factors related to psychological and behavioral response when staff is caught in a liquid chlorine leakage accident. In light of relevancy, those factors are arranged as whether the staff has known the storage location or properties of the chemicals, gender, whether they know the refuge area location, etc. Besides, the poisoning and mortality rate reached 21% during the process of evacuation.

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Education and Training in Forensic Anthropology

Forensic Anthropology ◽

10.5744/fa.2020.1013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 65-74

Author(s):

Nicholas Passalacqua ◽

Marin Pilloud

Keyword(s):

Forensic Anthropology ◽

Working Group ◽

Education And Training ◽

Electronic Survey ◽

Training Requirements ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Survey Results ◽

And Training

The qualifications for a discipline are composed of the education and/or training requirements considered necessary to provide individuals with adequate knowledge to perform discipline-related tasks, including certification or licensing (Passalacqua & Pilloud 2018). Currently there are few available guidelines and no standards for the qualifications of a forensic anthropologist. To examine the qualifications of current practicing forensic anthropologists and to generate consensus-based criteria for the development of standards for qualifications for forensic anthropology, the authors generated an electronic survey. Results demonstrate that the qualifications of practicing forensic anthropologists are varied and do not always align with the qualifications currently outlined by the Scientific Working Group for Forensic Anthropology or the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. These findings do not mean these individuals are unqualified to practice forensic anthropology, but rather that there is currently little oversight or assistance for those individuals who do not fit the current models of perceived qualification, and no means of determining who does or does not have the adequate knowledge to perform forensic anthropological analyses. As forensic anthropology grows as a discipline, the standardization of qualifications will become increasingly important, both in terms of setting requirements for education and training and for the certification of practitioners. Further, there need to be clearer standards for education and training, which are currently lacking in the discipline.

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Hands-on Robotics Instruction Program for Beginners

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics ◽

10.20965/jrm.2011.p0799 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 799-810 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Kengo Toda ◽

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Yu Okumura ◽

Ken Tomiyama ◽

Takayuki Furuta

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Learning Support ◽

Hands On ◽

Robot Hands ◽

Survey Results ◽

Institute Of Technology ◽

Advanced Robotics

A robotics instruction program is implemented for beginners to understand outlines of robotics. The aim of this program is to give students an outline of “what a robot is” together with its relations with various areas concerned and facilitate each student to produce their own robots and learn its process. This paper introduces lecture contents of “Robot Hands-On Exercise” conducted on freshmen of the Department of Advanced Robotics at Chiba Institute of Technology. This paper also includes visiting lectures with reorganized contents for a crash course provided as a part of Super Science High Schools (SSH) and Science Partnership Project (SPP), which are learning support projects by Japan Science and Technology Agency. We will summarize the findings based on questionnaire survey results and interactions with the students through those lectures.

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