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Abbreviations: PY = Program Year; NA = Not Available In cases when our staff directly administered communication aids, we were confident that our efforts resulted in these interventions reaching patients.
In the most recent program year (2012), out of 1,524 eligible patient appointments, we successfully contacted 1,212 (80%%); coached 1,110 (73%%) in the self-administered use of decision and communication aids; sent 958 (63 %) decision aids; and directly administered communication aids for 419 (27 %) patients.
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More than half of those new visitors reached by telephone (1,675/3,034 or 55%%) accepted an intern offer to directly administer communication aids.
In my opinion, analgesics should always be administered if communication with the patient is not possible.
Reach: Over the study period, our program sent a total of 5,153 decision aids and directly administered 2,004 communication aids.
Over the study period (2005 to 2012), our staff sent a grand total of 5,153 decision aids and directly administered 2,004 communication aids.> -wrap-foot> *We did not document the number of patients called and reached until the creation of our online program database in May 2009.
That is also the year in which we began coaching patients to self-administer communication aids, i.e. list questions, take notes, and make recordings by themselves.
Our interns coached patients to self-administer communication aids by suggesting patients (1) make a list of their questions; (2) bring a note-taker; and (3) make an audio-recording of the visit.
In the most recent program year of the study (2011-2012), oft of 1,524 eligible patient appointments, we successfully contacted 1,212 (80%%); coached 1,110 (73%%) in the self-administered use of communication aids; sent 958 (63 %) decision aids; and provided staff-administered communication aids for 419 (27 %).
Table 3 shows how our reach expanded over time, growing from 54 % to 73%% for patients coached in the self-administered use of communication aids; 25 % to 63%% for decision aids sent; and 17 % to 26%% for communication aids administered by staff.
44 An additional, more challenging neuropsychological (NP) test, the Memory Capacity Test (Buschke 2005, personal communication) was administered to a consecutively chosen subset of 34 NCS.
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