The impact of reading on physicians' nonadherence to recommended standards of medical care

Health promotion for people aged over 65 years in hospitals: nurses’ perceptions about their role

“…in relation to cancer screening or prescribing prophylactic medication). This corresponds to reports that health promotion has been well received and seen as useful and interesting by doctors (Cohen et al. 1985, Dietrich et al.…”

Improving the Care of Patients With Regard to Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Emesis: The Effect of Feedback to Clinicians on Adherence to Antiemetic Prescribing Guidelines

“…[5][6][7] In addition, current therapies do not reduce symptoms to the same degree that 5HT 3 antagonist and corticosteroids do in early onset CINE. [15][16][17][18] In a review of studies concerning this topic, Cabana et al 19 found a variety of adherence barriers, such as lack of awareness and familiarity with the guideline and disagreement with the guideline, and physician-based factors, such as lack of belief in the effectiveness of guideline-driven management, lack of confidence in the ability to implement the guidelines, and inertia of previous practice. Recommendations for the use of oral metoclopramide or 5HT 3 receptor antagonists in conjunction with corticosteroids for high-dose cisplatin-based therapy have also been slowly and incompletely adopted.…”

Testing the effectiveness of an innovative information package on practitioner reported behaviour and beliefs: The UK Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists Low back pain ManagemENT (COMPLeMENT) trial [ISRCTN77245761]

“…The most recent and thorough systematic review of the evidence for printed information as an intervention to change practitioner behaviour [61] included several randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with a no-intervention control [64-70]. These studies reported mixed results.…”