Journal of Clinical Effectiveness: Volume 1 Issue 3
Table of contents
Development of an instrument to assess staff perceptions of the impact of trust‐based clinical audit programmes
Joanne Lord, Peter LittlejohnsWe have developed and tested a questionnaire to assess staff perceptions of the impact of clinical audit within hospital and community trusts. The aim is to provide a tool for…
Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West
Selena Gray, Jon Brassey, John Richardson, Neil MarlowA multidistrict audit was conducted in seven hospitals to examine the proportion of preterm births in which antenatal corticosteroids were given. Of the 550 births examined…
New guidelines for management of spontaneous pneumothorax
Linda Gill, Charles SheeIn 1993 the British Thoracic Society (BTS) recommended simple chest aspiration rather than insertion of an intercostal drain in the initial management of spontaneous pneumothorax…
Perceptions of clinical audit: a preliminary evaluation
Andrew MillardThe purpose of this study was to identify the priorities for evaluation and development using the perceptions of a sample of participants in clinical audit in Scotland…
Optimising data collection for orthopaedic audit: a comparison of four techniques
David H. Sochart, Alison J. Long, Kirstie H. Wilson, Martyn L. PorterThe collection of complete and accurate data is an essential prerequisite of any study that aims to produce meaningful results. Much contemporary research in orthopaedic surgery…
Clinical guidelines: involving patients and users of services
Lesley A. Duff, Marcia Kelson, Sarah Marriott, Aileen Mcintosh, Shona Brown, John Cape, Nella Marcus, Michael TraynorNational clinical guidelines can provide a way for health professionals, patients and users of services to work together to make decisions about care. For guidelines to have a…