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The TOS2 study: An international multi-centre audit assessing the standard of neurological examination

Appleton, Jason Philip ; Ilinca, A. LU orcid ; Lindgren, Arne LU ; Puschmann, A. LU orcid ; Habahbeh, M. ; A Siddiqui, Khurram ; DeSilva, R. ; Jones, M. ; Butterworth, Richard and Nicholl, D.J. (2015) In Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 86(11).
Abstract
Having previously demonstrated that in-patients referred to neurology at two UK hospitals were not fully examined prior to referral, we designed an audit with 80% power to detect a 10% increase in tendon hammer or ophthalmoscope use following an educational intervention. In-patients referred to neurology over a 4 month period in the UK, Jordan, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates were asked whether they recalled examination with a Tendon hammer, Ophthalmoscope and Stethoscope since admission. Results were disseminated to local medical teams and data were collected for a further 4 months. Pre and post-intervention data were available for 11 centres with 407 and 391 patients in each arm. 264 patients (64.86%) recalled examination with a... (More)
Having previously demonstrated that in-patients referred to neurology at two UK hospitals were not fully examined prior to referral, we designed an audit with 80% power to detect a 10% increase in tendon hammer or ophthalmoscope use following an educational intervention. In-patients referred to neurology over a 4 month period in the UK, Jordan, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates were asked whether they recalled examination with a Tendon hammer, Ophthalmoscope and Stethoscope since admission. Results were disseminated to local medical teams and data were collected for a further 4 months. Pre and post-intervention data were available for 11 centres with 407 and 391 patients in each arm. 264 patients (64.86%) recalled examination with a tendon hammer preintervention, which significantly improved to 298 (76.21%) (p (Less)
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human, clinical audit, neurologist, neurologic examination, patient, tendon, examination, neurology, ophthalmoscope, stethoscope, United Kingdom, ophthalmoscopy, arm, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Jordan, hospital
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Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
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86
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11
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BMJ Publishing Group
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1468-330X
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10.1136/jnnp-2015-312379.1
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English
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  author       = {{Appleton, Jason Philip and Ilinca, A. and Lindgren, Arne and Puschmann, A. and Habahbeh, M. and A Siddiqui, Khurram and DeSilva, R. and Jones, M. and Butterworth, Richard and Nicholl, D.J.}},
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  series       = {{Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry}},
  title        = {{The TOS2 study: An international multi-centre audit assessing the standard of neurological examination}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2015-312379.1}},
  doi          = {{10.1136/jnnp-2015-312379.1}},
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