Quantification of the probability of neoplasia is modifiable according to local preference.
Most of the reasons why American patients receive care from multiple providers are related to numerous modifiable causes such as patient preferences, physician referrals and health system factors —not medical need according to a qualitative study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
The development of effective physical activity interventions for children and adolescents is in part dependent on the main modifiable factors such as physical activity preferences, readiness for change, perceived competence, social support and direct help, program/facility access, time spent outside, and access to sport and physical activity opportunities in the community.
By understanding modifiable and non-modifiable factors which affect patient preferences for involvement in healthcare decision-making, health professionals may acknowledge the need to accommodate individual patient preferences to the extent determined by the individual patient factors.
56 Consumers' preferences (and thus potential purchases) seem to be modifiable if the consumers have some understanding of the benefits of consuming fortified maize products.
DCEs have been applied to numerous healthcare contexts, 23 including bowel cancer screening, 24 although these have assessed preferences for different bowel screening tests and not modifiable attributes of a single, specific investigation.
Whether this is due to patient, family, and/or physician preferences or other factors, and whether the swallowing dysfunction represents a modifiable risk factor for longer hospital stays, will need to be confirmed in a larger prospective study.
Attitudes and practices of physicians have been previously shown to strongly influence patient preferences in their choice of repeat caesarean section or VBAC [ 55], and may be modifiable, through interventions such as an educational strategy delivered by an opinion leader [ 56].
12 Some factors, such as those related to racial differences in treatment preferences are considered fixed, and others, such as patients' trust in their providers, are viewed as modifiable factors that can alleviate differences in patients' health behaviours.
* Is the situation modifiable?
