Biomedical subjects

C Drummond

Publications and source records attributed to C Drummond.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

Engaging patients with alcohol problems in treatment: the first consultation.

This paper considers the impact of the first consultation at a specialist alcohol clinic on patients' perceptions of their drink problem and on their expectations of help from three sources: an alcohol clinic, general practitioners and Alcoholics Anonymous. At intake, males had higher expectations than females of help from the alcohol clinic while people in manual occupations and those in the 'less heavy' drinking category had higher expectations of general practitioner help than other patients. Change was found to occur during the first clinic consultation so that by the end of the session patients had raised their rating of problem severity and their expectations of help from the three sources examined. Overall, patient perceptions of the clinic assessment session were positive. The study highlights the importance of obtaining a full understanding of the process of engagement in treatment and indicates the potential of a clinical assessment to effect change in patient attitudes.

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PubMed1992

The use of services for alcohol problems: general practitioner and specialist alcohol clinic.

A sample of 40 patients referred to a specialist alcohol clinic were given a full assessment by a clinician and then randomly allocated to one of two groups. The first group received continuing care from the clinic. The second group were returned to the management of their general practitioners who were offered specialist support in caring for their patients. Patients and general practitioners were followed-up 6 months after the clinic assessment. This paper reports on the uptake of clinic and general practice services by patients and examines the possible factors associated with continuing attendance, including patient attributes, service activity, patients' self-assessments of their drink problem and their expectations of help from services. Qualitative data is used to examine patients' perceptions and experiences of clinic and general practice-based care for drinking problems. The findings highlight some of the difficulties reported by patients in receiving help for their problems particularly from general practitioners.

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PubMed1992

Behaviour and psychiatric disorders of people with mental handicaps living in the community.

Psychiatric and behavioural disorders were found to be relatively common in a sample of 318 individuals with a mental handicap living in the community. Many of those referred for psychiatric assessment had other non-psychiatric problems. The presence of these other needs has been recognized, and had led to the emergence of a distinct group of professionals, therapists and support staff with whom psychiatrists need to liaise to devise an adequate and effective care plan. This study also highlights the need for the development of a methodology for assessing psychiatric disorders in people with a mental handicap.

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Community-based computerized donor record systems.

Computer programs for management of donor information have been developed for the Champaign County Blood Bank, a division of the Regional Health Resource Center, Urbana, Illinois. The system provides the blood bank with reports from the donor files, incorporating the donor's last donation dates, ABO groups and Rh factors, memberships in assurance programs, and rare donor information to generate lists to meet either daily or emergency inventory needs. The system was designed to decrease time requirements for donor recruitment, improve donor base sampling, aid in support of special recruitment programs, and provide statistical profiles of the community donor base. Experiences in the development and use of the system indicate requirements for effective development of such systems include careful design, strict monitoring of performance, use of a versatile programming language, and incorporation of program modifications via staff-programmer interaction throughout implementation.

Blood Donors↗