Recognizing symbolic illness narratives and taking gender into account may work as a salutary tool in consultations.
Significant barriers to implementing electronic cancer risk assessment tools in consultation could limit their uptake.
Survey tools The MICS global team, based at UNICEF headquarters, develops a standard set of survey tools in consultation with government representatives and other experts – from tabulation plans and sample weights guidelines to manuals and questionnaires.
We reviewed carefully the pragmatic use of the tools indentified in consultation with clinical colleagues and identified the FamCHAT tool [ 23] as offering a succinct tool to be used in the clinical environment.
The CHESS tool was developed following a review of existing auditing tools and in consultation with experts.
The accelerometer was seen as an additional motivator in the PACE-Lift trial, as the nurses were able to use the graphing produced as a visual tool in each consultation.
To identify risk factors for falls and generate two screening tools: an opportunistic tool for use in consultation to flag at risk patients and a systematic database screening tool for comprehensive falls assessment of the practice population.
General practitioners applied the risk tool in simulated consultations, conducted semi-structured interviews based on the normalisation process theory and explored issues relating to implementation of the tool.
The overall interface of the software was felt to be easily navigable and quick to use, but there were challenges in introducing the tool into consultation.
