Although few knowledge deficits have been detected in today's PBL-educated students, a decreasing concern with the adequacy of the professional knowledge base could yet erode the future credibility of the medical profession.
Indeed, patients who switched from DFO to oral chelation reported decreased concerns, despite the fact that BMQ scores on all scales were generally stable over time.
(Participant 12)" Some participants chose to take screening tests as part of their preparation to deal with anticipatory issues and to decrease concerns related to fetal health.
Among CKD patients, increased knowledge of LDKT has been associated with increased comfort in discussing LDKT with others and decreased concerns about live kidney donation [ 17].
These high levels of treatment satisfaction are related both to factors such as convenience and flexibility, as in the present study, and to decreased concerns about hypoglycaemia [ 7, 17– 17].
Increased social support and patient provider communication and decreased concern about HIV medications predicted increased clinic attendance across both arms.
As a starting point in our analysis, we report results from almost four years of monthly surveys with U.S. consumers, which show slight food safety concern for genetically engineered food with no discernable trend of increased or decreased concern over time.
More specifically, an association has been identified between decreased concern about HIV due to ART availability and unprotected sex [10], [11], [12], [13], [14].
We specifically hypothesized that AB about ART indicating decreased concern about HIV and increased sexual risk-taking due to ART availability would be associated with an increased risk of testing HIV-seropositive.
