Sentence examples for proactive patients from inspiring English sources

By the end of PROactive, patients receiving pioglitazone reported significant improvements in HbA1c, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglycerides compared to those receiving placebo [ 17].

We can conclude that successfully dealing with the consequences of chronic illnesses requires proactive patients who are able to make productive decisions together with their healthcare providers.

These can summarised as barriers related to: goal setting for diabetes care (potential over emphasis on tight glycaemic control); potential resistance to task shifting within the context of scarce human resources; and barriers in access to care posed by overburdened appointment and referral systems to podiatry that can mean that only proactive patients access this specialist care.

This will probably entail the development of a transitional plan consisting of accommodations, increased support and diminished responsibilities, similar to those adopted by my proactive patient.

The CCM provides a proactive, patient-centred, evidence-based approach to face this challenge.

Being aware of the problem of labelling patients as chronically ill, a more proactive, patient-centred care is needed.

Lilly and colleagues examined the effectiveness of a proactive patient and family centred communication strategy within the ICU [ 20].

Policy documents and regulation point to elements of individual, collective, direct, indirect, reactive, and to some degree proactive patient involvement.

Although the technology is not intended to replace direct patient contacts completely, it can indeed release resources for other activities and help to maintain proactive patient care.

15 Such proactive patient-centred primary care requires more insight into the transitions that patients with PD and their relatives encounter during the course of the disease.

In this interview, we aim to explore the current and future uptake of proactive patient education about familial susceptibility to type 2 diabetes".