| Title |
The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about “what is likely to happen” should shape clinical practice
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-014-0265-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter Croft, Douglas G Altman, Jonathan J Deeks, Kate M Dunn, Alastair D Hay, Harry Hemingway, Linda LeResche, George Peat, Pablo Perel, Steffen E Petersen, Richard D Riley, Ian Roberts, Michael Sharpe, Richard J Stevens, Danielle A Van Der Windt, Michael Von Korff, Adam Timmis |
| Abstract |
Diagnosis is the traditional basis for decision-making in clinical practice. Evidence is often lacking about future benefits and harms of these decisions for patients diagnosed with and without disease. We propose that a model of clinical practice focused on patient prognosis and predicting the likelihood of future outcomes may be more useful. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 32 | 24% |
| Australia | 11 | 8% |
| United States | 7 | 5% |
| Spain | 7 | 5% |
| Canada | 4 | 3% |
| Finland | 2 | 1% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| South Africa | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 19 | 14% |
| Unknown | 48 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 93 | 68% |
| Scientists | 24 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 16 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 380 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 367 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 56 | 15% |
| Researcher | 52 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 50 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 7% |
| Other | 77 | 20% |
| Unknown | 85 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 142 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 48 | 13% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 5% |
| Psychology | 13 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 3% |
| Other | 53 | 14% |
| Unknown | 94 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
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#487,974
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#373
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#6,113
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