Journal of Clinical Effectiveness: Volume 3 Issue 3
Table of contents
The prevention and treatment of diabetic foot ulcers: a review of clinical effectiveness studies
Eva Kaltenthaler, C.Jane Morrell, Andrew Booth, Ron L. AkehurstDiabetic foot ulcers are associated with considerable morbidity, mortality and costs to the NHS. This paper describes a review of publications reporting randomised controlled…
The elderly, medicines and robust evidence from randomised control trials
Alan Earl‐SlaterThis paper identifies and explores issues of medication, the elderly, and the problems in securing and using evidence from randomised control trials. Demographic and health care…
Problems with implementing and evaluating the effect of locally developed guidelines for the management of dyspepsia
Hannah Patrick, Paul Bolton, Karen BrickendenIntroduction Clinical Guidelines are systematically developed statements which assist clinicians and patients in making decisions about appropriate treatment for specific…
Development of local clinical practice guidelines to assist GPs, counsellors and psychological therapists in matching patients to the most appropriate psychological treatment
John Cape, Judith Hartley, Kate Durrant, Matthew Patrick, Judy GrahamThe past decade has seen an expansion of psychological treatments available to patients in the NHS. Research into the effectiveness of psychological treatments is also increasing…
Pain relief in the recovery room: an audit of current practice and a proposed solution
Mark Simmonds, Mrs Peggy EdwardsFor this study 334 patients during their stay in the recovery room were assigned to the following groups: ‘comfortable’, in ‘pain’ and in ‘severe pain’. Fourteen per cent of…
Audit of a dedicated osteoporosis clinic
Judith M. Hall, Angela FairneyIn this article an audit of the service provided by our osteoporosis clinic at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, is described. The aim was to assess the quality of the service and…
Is there any place for the physiotherapist service in the fracture clinic?
M. Nashi, Verna Ashby, B.N. Muddu, Maggie TateThe role of the physiotherapist's services in the fracture clinic was audited to evaluate whether the number of treatments required by the patients was reduced, whether waiting…