Concordance of language and ethnicity between doctors and their patients may improve reported patient satisfaction [ 15], communication and quality of interpersonal care [ 16, 17], and reduced reported adverse medication effects and confusion with medication instructions [ 18].
Increasing the availability of yellow cards on wards as well as encouragement to use web-based reporting may also improve reporting rates.
There is now increasing evidence that the CONSORT statement may have contributed to improve reporting in some fields [ 36– 38]; however, it is not sufficient to serve as a standard for reporting all the attributes of a health service delivery intervention for the management of RA.
The most effective way to improve reporting rate may be to modify doctor's attitude to disease reporting.
There may be a way to use federal money as an incentive for local law enforcement agencies to improve reporting.
The increase in numbers of incidents post World War II could suggest there is a worsening volcanic safety record, but alternatively this may reflect improved reporting and changes in population size and distribution.
The report found that there had been an apparent increase in the number of sudden unexplained deaths of psychiatric in-patients but this may be down to improved reporting rather than a rise in incidents.
The results of meta-analyses suggest that methylphenidate may improve teacher reported ADHD symptoms, teacher reported general behaviour, and parent reported quality of life among children and adolescents with a diagnosis of ADHD.
What this study adds The results suggest that among children and adolescents with a diagnosis of ADHD, methylphenidate may improve teacher reported symptoms of ADHD and general behaviour and parent reported quality of life.
The change reported in a meta-analysis of three trials corresponds to a mean difference of 8.0 points on the CHQ (range 0-100 points), which suggests that methylphenidate may improve parent reported quality of life (SMD 0.61, three trials, n=514).
