Research Topics
| T V PernegerSummaryAffiliation: University Hospital Country: Switzerland Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Growing discontent of Swiss doctors, 1998-2007Thomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Eur J Public Health 22:478-83. 2012....- Does information about risks and benefits improve the decision-making process in cancer screening - randomized studyThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Cancer Epidemiol 35:574-9. 2011..Whether the provision of evidence-based information improves satisfaction with decision-making is unclear... 
Predicting survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer: previous liver metastases matterUlrich Landes
Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospital and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
BMC Surg 10:17. 2010..The aim of this study was to determine the impact of various parameters on survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for CRC...- Cancer screening in a middle-aged general population: factors associated with practices and attitudesStéphane Cullati
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle Perret Gentil 6, Geneva 14, Switzerland
BMC Public Health 9:118. 2009..The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with cancer screening practices and with general attitudes toward cancer screening in a general population... - What differences are detected by superiority trials or ruled out by noninferiority trials? A cross-sectional study on a random sample of two-hundred two-arms parallel group randomized clinical trialsAngele Gayet-Ageron
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:93. 2010..The objectives were to examine the distribution of differences that researchers aim to detect in clinical trials and to verify that those differences are smaller in noninferiority compared to superiority trials... - Self-assessment of intercultural communication skills: a survey of physicians and medical students in Geneva, SwitzerlandPatricia Hudelson
Department of Community Medicine, Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, 4, rue Gabrielle Perret Gentil, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
BMC Med Educ 11:63. 2011..Skills self-assessment can contribute to identifying training needs and monitoring skills development in these areas... - What doctors think about the impact of managed care tools on quality of care, costs, autonomy, and relations with patientsMarie Deom
University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland
BMC Health Serv Res 10:331. 2010..We assessed doctors' opinions about the expected impact of eight managed care tools on quality of care, control of health care costs, professional autonomy and relations with patients... - A predictive score to identify hospitalized patients' risk of discharge to a post-acute care facilityMartine Louis Simonet
Service of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
BMC Health Serv Res 8:154. 2008..The purposes of the study were to develop and validate a score predicting discharge to a post-acute care (PAC) facility and to determine its best assessment time... 
Satisfaction of patients hospitalised in psychiatric hospitals: a randomised comparison of two psychiatric-specific and one generic satisfaction questionnairesIsabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux
Health Services Research Unit, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, 17 Bugnon, CH 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
BMC Health Serv Res 6:108. 2006..The aim of this study was to compare two psychiatric-specific and one generic questionnaires assessing patients' satisfaction after a hospitalisation in a psychiatric hospital...- Cost-consciousness among Swiss doctors: a cross-sectional surveyPatrick A Bovier
Department of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, 24 Micheli du Crest, CH 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
BMC Health Serv Res 5:72. 2005..Many decisions regarding medical tests and treatments are influenced by factors other than the expected benefit to the patient, including the doctor's demographic characteristics and concerns about cost and income... - Citation analysis of identical consensus statements revealed journal-related biasThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 63:660-4. 2010..To examine whether the prestige of a journal, measured by its impact factor, influences the numbers of citations obtained by published articles, independently of their scientific merit... 
[Analysis of variance, part 1 (the t-test and ANOVA)]T Perneger
, , , Suisse
Rev Mal Respir 21:797-801. 2004- General population reference values for the French version of the EuroQol EQ-5D health utility instrumentThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Value Health 13:631-5. 2010..To provide reference values for the French version of the EQ-5D and verify its capacity to discriminate between subgroups... - Screening for pressure ulcer risk in an acute care hospital: development of a brief bedside scaleThomas V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, CH 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 55:498-504. 2002..74; P = 0.006) and Braden (0.74; P = 0.004) scores. This brief pressure ulcer prediction scale performed well in an acute care setting. Use of this scale may facilitate the implementation of pressure ulcer prevention interventions... - Patient assessments of the most important medical decision during a hospitalizationThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
J Gen Intern Med 23:1659-65. 2008..How medical decisions are made in real-life situations is largely unexplored. We explored patients' perceptions of decision-making during a hospitalization and examined the conformity of the decision process with expert recommendations... - Speed trends of major cycling races: does slower mean cleaner?T V Perneger
University Hospitals of Geneva, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Geneva, Switzerland
Int J Sports Med 31:261-4. 2010..22 km/h per year (p=0.031). The slowing down of professional cycling races is compatible with the hypothesis that recent anti-doping efforts in professional cycling have curbed the use of performance-enhancing substances... - Effect of patient education on self-management skills and health status in patients with asthma: a randomized trialThomas V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 24 Micheli du Crest, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Am J Med 113:7-14. 2002..The education program did not enhance patients' health and functional status, despite improving a few self-management skills. These results underscore the need for controlled evaluations of education programs... - [Fee schedules and cost containment]Francois R Herrmann
Service d epidémiologie clinique, Département de réhabilitation et gériatrie, HUG, 1211 Geneve 14
Rev Med Suisse 5:2254-7. 2009..Alternatives to fee-for-service payment--such as flat fees, or payment based on the quality of medical services--are discussed... - Impact of information about risks and benefits of cancer screening on intended participationThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland Quality of Care Service, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Eur J Cancer 46:2267-74. 2010..This study explored the impact of information on intended participation using a randomised factorial design... - Assessment of health status in chronic hemodialysis patientsThomas V Perneger
Division of Nephrology, Quality Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, CH 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
J Nephrol 16:252-9. 2003..We compared three ways of assessing health status in chronic hemodialysis patients: generic questionnaire compared with population norms, disease-specific questionnaire, and open questions... - Medical researchers evaluate their methodological skillsThomas V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, CH 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 57:1323-9. 2004..Clinical epidemiology and statistics skills of clinical researchers are often limited. We assessed methodological skills of medical researchers and identified factors associated with higher skill levels... - A simple imputation algorithm reduced missing data in SF-12 health surveysThomas V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, CH 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 58:142-9. 2005..The SF-12 Health Survey is a 12-item questionnaire that yields two summary scores (physical and mental health). Neither score can be computed when an item is missing. We explored imputation methods for missing scores for this instrument... - Relation between online "hit counts" and subsequent citations: prospective study of research papers in the BMJThomas V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
BMJ 329:546-7. 2004 - Public support for social financing of health care in SwitzerlandThomas V Perneger
Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Int J Health Serv 35:91-9. 2005..Hence support for more social financing of health care was best explained by past preference for a social health insurance system in the local community... - Nonresponse bias in a survey of patient perceptions of hospital careThomas V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Med Care 43:374-80. 2005..Incomplete participation is of particular concern for surveys of patient perceptions of care because patients who have negative opinions may be least likely to participate... - The Swiss cheese model of safety incidents: are there holes in the metaphor?Thomas V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
BMC Health Serv Res 5:71. 2005..The aim of this study was to determine if the components of the model are understood in the same way by quality and safety professionals... - [Analysis of a diagnostic test: ROC curve or "receiver operating characteristic"]T Perneger
, , , Suisse
Rev Mal Respir 21:398-401. 2004 - Health and happiness in young Swiss adultsThomas V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Life Res 13:171-8. 2004..To explore whether self-reported happiness is associated with mental and physical health status among young adults... - Borges on classificationThomas V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva and Quality of Care Service, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Int J Qual Health Care 18:264-5. 2006 - Utility of the detection of Plasmodium parasites for the diagnosis of malaria in endemic areasThomas V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
BMC Infect Dis 6:81. 2006..We characterised the diminishing value of the parasite detection test as a function of the prevalence of infection... - A randomized trial of four patient satisfaction questionnairesThomas V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Med Care 41:1343-52. 2003..Patient satisfaction surveys are increasingly used by hospitals. Many questionnaires are available, but little evidence exists to guide the choice of the most suitable instrument... - [Analysis of variance, part 2 (linear regression)]T Perneger
, , , Suisse
Rev Mal Respir 21:802-6. 2004 - Interpretation of evidence in data by untrained medical students: a scenario-based studyThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:78. 2010..To determine which approach to assessment of evidence in data - statistical tests or likelihood ratios - comes closest to the interpretation of evidence by untrained medical students... - Physicians' attitudes toward health care rationingThomas V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Med Decis Making 22:65-70. 2002..In this study, the authors sought to understand the position of Swiss physicians toward rationing using a previously developed rationing scenario... - Time-dependence of survival predictions based on markers of HIV disease. Swiss HIV Cohort StudyT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
J Investig Med 48:207-12. 2000..To determine whether the ability of baseline clinical stage, viremia, and CD4 cell counts to predict mortality in HIV-1-infected patients changes with duration of follow-up... - Exploration of health dimensions to be included in multi-attribute health-utility assessmentThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Int J Qual Health Care 23:52-9. 2011..We aimed to examine whether a small number of dimensions explains a sufficient amount of variance in self-perceived health, and what can be gained from adding additional dimensions... - Assessment of the COOP charts with and without pictures in a Swiss populationT V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Life Res 9:405-14. 2000..This study aimed to assess the validity of COOP charts in a general population sample, to examine whether illustrations contribute to instrument validity, and to establish general population norms... - Doctors and patients' susceptibility to framing bias: a randomized trialThomas V Perneger
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, 4 rue Gabrielle Perret Gentil, CH 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
J Gen Intern Med 26:1411-7. 2011..Framing of risk influences the perceptions of treatment benefit... - Recreational drug use: a neglected risk factor for end-stage renal diseaseT V Perneger
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
Am J Kidney Dis 38:49-56. 2001..After adjustment for the same sociodemographic and medical history variables, the use of cocaine or crack and psychedelic drugs was also associated with ESRD, but these associations could not be separated from the effects of heroin use... - Patient assessments of a hypothetical medical error: effects of health outcome, disclosure, and staff responsivenessA Cleopas
Quality of Care Service, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Saf Health Care 15:136-41. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Former patients view medical errors less favorably when hospital staff react slowly, when the error is not disclosed to the patient, and when the patient suffers serious health consequences... - A comparison of cigarette smokers recruited through the Internet or by mailJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Int J Epidemiol 30:521-5. 2001..To compare smokers recruited by mail or through the Internet... - Misconceptions about efficacy of mammography screening: a public health dilemmaE Chamot
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
J Epidemiol Community Health 55:799-803. 2001..This study assessed accuracy of women's opinions about reduction in mortality from breast cancer attributable to mammography screening... - The association between body mass index and patients' experiences with inpatient careI Peytremann-Bridevaux
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Int J Qual Health Care 22:140-4. 2010..To explore the association between patients' body mass index (BMI) and their experiences with inpatient care... - Risk factors for a medically inappropriate admission to a Department of Internal MedicineT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Arch Intern Med 157:1495-500. 1997..To identify patient- and admission-related risk factors for a medically inappropriate admission to a department of internal medicine... - Comparison of the psychometric properties of the Asthma Quality of life Questionnaire (AQLQ) among 115 asthmatic adults assessed during acute hospitalization and as outpatientsP Muntner
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Life Res 9:987-95. 2000..In conclusion, this study provides evidence that the AQLQ has similar psychometric properties during an acute hospitalization and subsequently in an outpatient setting... - Predictors of participation and attendance in a new asthma patient self-management education programP Muntner
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Chest 120:778-84. 2001.... - Snowball sampling by mail: application to a survey of smokers in the general populationJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Int J Epidemiol 29:43-8. 2000..We compared participants who received the questionnaire directly from us (original participants) to participants who received it from an addressee (secondary participants)... - Randomised trial of heroin maintenance programme for addicts who fail in conventional drug treatmentsT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, CH 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
BMJ 317:13-8. 1998..To evaluate an experimental heroin maintenance programme. Design: Randomised trial... - Distributions of smokers by stage: international comparison and association with smoking prevalenceJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, CMU, Switzerland
Prev Med 26:580-5. 1997.... - Transforming laboratory test results to improve clinical outcome predictions in HIV patients. Swiss HIV Cohort StudyT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 17:442-9. 1998..1 transformation). Natural units of laboratory variables are not optimal for the prediction of clinical events in HIV-infected patients. Which transformation is best depends on the predictor under consideration... - Associations between the stages of change and the pros and cons of smoking in a longitudinal study of Swiss smokersJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Addict Behav 24:419-24. 1999..Intervention studies are necessary to establish whether this association is causal... - Predicting stages of adoption of mammography screening in a general populationE Chamot
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, CH 1211 4, Geneva, Switzerland
Eur J Cancer 37:1869-77. 2001..Our results confirm the applicability of the TTM to mammography screening in a European context. They also suggest that constructs other than pros and cons may be useful in predicting mammography use... - Cross-cultural adaptation of a psychometric instrument: two methods comparedT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 52:1037-46. 1999..This suggests that a moderately resource-intensive translation may produce adequate results. More empirical research is needed to understand what translation methods yield the best results... - A comparison of two measures of stage of change for smoking cessationJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Addiction 94:1881-9. 1999..To compare two questionnaires used to identify the stages of change of current and former smokers: a conventional five-item questionnaire and an alternative one-item questionnaire... - Development and validation of a scale measuring self-efficacy of current and former smokersJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Addiction 95:901-13. 2000..To develop and test the validity of a questionnaire measuring the confidence of current and former smokers in their ability to abstain from smoking in high-risk situations... - COOP Charts in French: translation and preliminary data on instrument propertiesT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Life Res 7:683-92. 1998..Most preliminary tests of construct validity were consistent with theory. This French translation of the COOP Charts appears to be ready for more extensive testing in the intended target population of ambulatory patients... - Patient-reported conformity of informed consent procedures and participation in clinical researchT Agoritsas
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Gabrielle Perret Gentil 6, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
QJM 104:151-9. 2011..There is growing evidence that the quality of informed consent in clinical research is often sub-optimal... - Improving communication between physicians and patients who speak a foreign languageAlexander Bischoff
Quality of Care Unit, Department of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals
Br J Gen Pract 53:541-6. 2003..Communication between physicians and patients is particularly challenging when patients do not speak the local language (in Switzerland, they are known as allophones)... - Men's and women's knowledge and perceptions of breast cancer and mammography screeningEric Chamot
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Geneva University, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Prev Med 34:380-5. 2002..This study tested the hypothesis that men may be less knowledgeable than women about breast cancer and mammography and have less favorable perceptions of mammography screening... - Patient satisfaction with emergency house callsT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Int J Qual Health Care 9:367-75. 1997..To identify determinants of patient satisfaction with emergency house calls and to assess the properties of a satisfaction measurement questionnaire... - Assessment of patients' tendency to give a positive or negative rating to healthcareT Agoritsas
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Saf Health Care 18:374-9. 2009..The patient's tendency to rate healthcare positively or negatively may be the only variable that should be adjusted to improve the comparability of satisfaction scores between healthcare providers... - Attitudes toward nicotine replacement therapy in smokers and ex-smokers in the general publicJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, and the Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals
Clin Pharmacol Ther 69:175-83. 2001..We aimed to identify attitudes of smokers and ex-smokers toward NRT and to develop and assess the validity of a brief scale used to measure these attitudes... - Measuring quality of patient information documents with an expanded EQIP scaleA I Charvet-Berard
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Patient Educ Couns 70:407-11. 2008..To develop an expanded version of the ensuring quality information for patients (EQIP) scale to measure quality of patient information documents... - Validity of the Fagerström test for nicotine dependence and of the Heaviness of Smoking Index among relatively light smokersJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Addiction 94:269-81. 1999..To assess the validity of the Fagerström test for nicotine dependence (FTND, six items) and of a short-form of this questionnaire, the Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI, two items), in a population of relatively light smokers... - Acceptability of identification bracelets for hospital inpatientsA Cleopas
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Saf Health Care 13:344-8. 2004..To evaluate whether hospitalised patients would agree to wear an identification bracelet and whether patient acceptability is improved by more detailed explanations or by using a code instead of a name on the bracelet... - Who gets screened, and where: a comparison of organised and opportunistic mammography screening in Geneva, SwitzerlandEric Chamot
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, 1530 3rd Avenue, S, RPHB 217H, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA, and Quality Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Eur J Cancer 43:576-84. 2007..7; 95% CI, 1.1-2.8). Although screening uptake was low, the programme appeared to attract women in lower socio-economic strata who did not usually undergo mammography screening... - Patients' knowledge of drug treatments after hospitalisation: the key role of informationPhilippe Micheli
Service of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Swiss Med Wkly 137:614-20. 2007..We investigated whether lack of such knowledge was associated with patients' report of not having received information about their medications while hospitalised... - Hand hygiene among physicians: performance, beliefs, and perceptionsDidier Pittet
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Ann Intern Med 141:1-8. 2004..Physicians who work in technical specialties should also be targeted for improvement... - Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: risk factors and use of preventive devicesT V Perneger
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Arch Intern Med 158:1940-5. 1998..Pressure ulcers are a frequent complication of bed rest. We examined risk factors for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, the use of preventive devices, and the impact of case-mix adjustments on between-ward comparisons... - Development and validation of the Attitudes Towards Smoking Scale (ATS-18)J F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Addiction 95:613-25. 2000..To develop and test the validity of a scale measuring attitudes towards smoking in current and former cigarette smokers... - On quitting smoking: development of two scales measuring the use of self-change strategies in current and former smokers (SCS-CS and SCS-FS)J F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, CMU, Switzerland
Addict Behav 25:523-38. 2000..These scales may be used to describe and understand the processes of smoking cessation and relapse, as well as to produce input data for computer systems which produce individually-tailored smoking cessation advice... - Effectiveness of a computer-tailored smoking cessation program: a randomized trialJ F Etter
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, CMU, Case Postale, CH 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Arch Intern Med 161:2596-601. 2001..From a public health perspective, prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseases requires effective smoking cessation programs that can be used on a large scale... - [Length of hospital stay, discharge planning, and policy regarding the shortening of hospital stays: patients'and hospital care providers'point of view]C Luthy
Service de médecine interne de rehabilitation, Departement de Medecine Interne, Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, CH 1211 Geneve 14, Suisse
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 53:629-34. 2005..Patients were also interviewed on the present tendency to shorten hospital stays... - Compliance with handwashing in a teaching hospital. Infection Control ProgramD Pittet
University of Geneva Medical School and University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland
Ann Intern Med 130:126-30. 1999..Transmission of microorganisms from the hands of health care workers is the main source of cross-infection in hospitals and can be prevented by handwashing... - Comparative study of different enzyme immunoassays for measurement of IgM and IgA rheumatoid factorsS Bas
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Ann Rheum Dis 61:505-10. 2002..To compare the value of various IgM and IgA rheumatoid factor (RF) tests for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)... - Use of brain natriuretic peptide to detect previously unknown left ventricular dysfunction in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseK Gariani
Division of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Gabrielle Perret Gentil 6, 1211 Geneva 14, CH
Swiss Med Wkly 141:w13298. 2011..Their timely identification is challenging as both conditions share similar clinical presentations... - Patterns of use of ambulatory mental health services in a universal care settingP A Bovier
Department of Community Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland
Psychiatr Serv 52:1515-20. 2001.... - Relationship between hospital length of stay and quality of care in patients with congestive heart failureM P Kossovsky
Group de Recherche et d Analyse en Sytèmes, Soins Hospitaliers GRASSH, Geneva University Hospitals
Qual Saf Health Care 11:219-23. 2002..To determine the relationship between hospital length of stay (LOS) and quality of care in patients admitted for congestive heart failure (CHF)... - Percutaneous or surgical tracheostomy: a meta-analysisP Dulguerov
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Geneva Hospital, Switzerland
Crit Care Med 27:1617-25. 1999..To compare percutaneous with surgical tracheostomy using a meta-analysis of studies published from 1960 to 1996... - Bacterial contamination of the hands of hospital staff during routine patient careD Pittet
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals
Arch Intern Med 159:821-6. 1999..Cross-transmission of microorganisms by the hands of health care workers is considered the main route of spread of nosocomial infections... - Patient reports of undesirable events during hospitalizationThomas Agoritsas
Quality of Care Service, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
J Gen Intern Med 20:922-8. 2005..CONCLUSION: Patients are able to report undesirable events that occur during hospital care. Such events occur in about a half of the hospitalizations, and have a negative impact on satisfaction with care... - Brief scales for measurement of functional social support and psychological resources in French-speaking adultsPatrick A Bovier
Department of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals
Soz Praventivmed 47:298-306. 2002..Psychological resources and social support are important determinants of health, but brief and validated scales measuring these dimensions in French are lacking... - Stress from uncertainty from graduation to retirement--a population-based study of Swiss physiciansPatrick A Bovier
Department of Community Medicine, Medical Outpatient Clinic, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
J Gen Intern Med 22:632-8. 2007..Uncertainty shapes many decisions made by physicians everyday. Uncertainty and physicians' inability to handle it may result in substandard care and unexplained variations in patterns of care... - Admission of incompetent patients to intensive care: doctors' responsiveness to family wishesM Escher
Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pain and Palliative Care Consultation, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Crit Care Med 37:528-32. 2009..The doctors' responsiveness to family wishes may vary. We explored if doctors' personal characteristics were associated with responsiveness to the relatives' wishes when admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is considered... - Evaluation of quality improvement interventions to reduce inappropriate hospital useMichel P Kossovsky
Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Int J Qual Health Care 14:227-32. 2002..To assess the impact of process analyses and modifications on inappropriate hospital use... - Rate of undesirable events at beginning of academic year: retrospective cohort studyGuy Haller
Department of Anaesthesia, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospital, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
BMJ 339:b3974. 2009..To determine whether an increase in the rate of undesirable events occurs after care provided by trainees at the beginning of the academic year... - Validation of alternative formulations of job strainDelphine S Courvoisier
Clinical Epidemiology Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
J Occup Health 52:5-13. 2010..To examine the construct validity of different formulations of job strain based on the demand-control(-support) model in the context of a hospital-based survey... - Scale to measure patient satisfaction with physical therapyDominique Monnin
Physiotherapy Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Phys Ther 82:682-91. 2002..DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The 14-item instrument is a promising tool for the evaluation of patient satisfaction with physical therapy in both inpatients and outpatients... - Measuring physicians' and medical students' attitudes toward caring for immigrant patientsPatricia Hudelson
Eval Health Prof 33:452-72. 2010.... - Quality of care and survival of haemodialysed patients in western SwitzerlandPatrick Saudan
Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
Nephrol Dial Transplant 23:1975-81. 2008..Many factors affect survival in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Our aim was to study whether quality of clinical care may affect survival in this population, when adjusted for demographic characteristics and co-morbidities... - Study design attributes influenced patients' willingness to participate in clinical research: a randomized vignette-based studyThomas Agoritsas
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Gabrielle Perret Gentil 6, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 64:107-15. 2011..To identify characteristics of clinical research projects that influence patients' willingness to participate in research... - Does prevalence matter to physicians in estimating post-test probability of disease? A randomized trialThomas Agoritsas
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Gabrielle Perret Gentil 6, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland
J Gen Intern Med 26:373-8. 2011..How physicians use this information is not well known... - Hospitalisation process seen by patients and health care professionalsDenis Rentsch
Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic of Internal Medicine of Rehabilitation, Beau Séjour, University Hospitals of Geneva, CH 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
Soc Sci Med 57:571-6. 2003..Better communication between patients and health care providers about decisions related to the hospitalisation process would be desirable... - Primary and revision hip arthroplasty: 5-year outcomes and influence of age and comorbidityAnne Lubbeke
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
J Rheumatol 34:394-400. 2007.... - Effects of a structured patient-centered discharge interview on patients' knowledge about their medicationsMartine Louis-Simonet
Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Am J Med 117:563-8. 2004..Many recently hospitalized patients lack knowledge about important aspects of their medications. We evaluated whether a structured discharge interview could improve medication knowledge... - Perceived stress, internal resources, and social support as determinants of mental health among young adultsPatrick A Bovier
Department of Community Medicine, Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Qual Life Res 13:161-70. 2004..While psychiatric morbidity of populations has been studied extensively, the role of perceived stress, social support, and internal resources as determinant of health is still poorly understood... - Age and quality of in-hospital care of patients with heart failureMichel P Kossovsky
Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Eur J Public Health 14:123-7. 2004..Elderly patients may be at risk of suboptimal care. Thus, the relationship between age and quality of care for patients hospitalized for heart failure was examined... - Interactive triage simulator revealed important variability in both process and outcome of emergency triageOlivier T Rutschmann
Geneva University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Unit, 24 Rue Micheli du Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 59:615-21. 2006..1) to evaluate the performance of emergency department triage; (2) to explore the variability of the triage process; and (3) to examine the reliability of a four-level triage scale, using an interactive triage simulator... - Videomimicography: the standards of normal revisedPavel Dulguerov
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 129:960-5. 2003..Studies aiming to objectively evaluate facial movements have focused on the technique of measurement, whereas the most pertinent measurements of basic facial movements have not been well characterized... - Self-reported management of pain in hospitalized patients: link between process and outcomePatrick A Bovier
Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Am J Med 117:569-74. 2004..Hospitalized patients commonly experience pain. We investigated the association between patients' reported use of recommended pain management practices and overall pain relief... - Predictors of work satisfaction among physiciansPatrick A Bovier
Department of Community Medicine, and Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Eur J Public Health 13:299-305. 2003..In this study, a brief work satisfaction questionnaire was developed, its validity was assessed, and it was used to examine the determinants of work-related satisfaction among a sample of Swiss physicians...