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Sometimes you can identify what causes your tinnitus to spike, ipratropium bromide vs ventolin other times you canât. Regardless, tinnitus spikes are some the most difficult challenges that nearly all tinnitus patients face on a regular basis. Many things that trigger tinnitus spikes are common during traveling -- sleep and diet changes, for example. The emotional reaction triggered by a bad tinnitus spike can be ipratropium bromide vs ventolin overwhelming. Fear and anxiety levels tend to rise quickly, and the coping tools that normally work well can lose some of their efficacy.
The best strategy here is to educate yourself on the psychology of tinnitus spikes, and then come up with a coping plan that you can put into practice right away should a spike occur while traveling. Write down a list of coping tools and instructions that you can ipratropium bromide vs ventolin followâthat your family and friends can help you followâas quickly as possible when a spike first starts. And most importantly, keep these tools and instructions with you at all times, as spikes can occur at any time of day or night. When your tinnitus is spiking, you canât make the volume go down, but you can always make yourself more relaxed, calm, and comfortable. You can turn on more (or different) background noise for ipratropium bromide vs ventolin masking and take steps to try to distract yourself.
The spike will pass eventuallyâthey always do. The best thing you can do is calm yourself as much as possible to help it pass more quickly. 2. Minimize the effects of jet lag Jet lag is a temporary but potentially stressful problem that occurs for a few days when first arriving in a different time zone. Your body maintains an internal day/night cycle called the circadian rhythm and when you suddenly end up in a new time zone, your circadian rhythm is still synced with the old time zone.
As a result, many people experience a variety of temporary symptoms like sleeplessness, fatigue, trouble concentrating, mood changes, stomach issues, and a general feeling of being unwell. Jet lag and all its symptoms can trigger a personâs tinnitus to spike or make it more difficult to cope. Fortunately, there is a simple strategy that can minimize the effects of jet lag when traveling to a new time zone. Taking melatonin to reset your circadian rhythm. (Always talk to your doctor before trying any new supplement or medication.) Melatonin is a hormone secreted in the brain that tells your body itâs nighttime and time to go to sleep.
But melatonin is also available as an over the counter (or prescription) sleep aid in most countries, and if you take it at your normal bedtime adjusted for the new time zone, it can not only help you fall asleep more easily, it also can help alleviate jet lag by syncing your circadian rhythm to the new time zone much more quickly. 3. Use pressure-equalizing earplugs for flights and high-elevation drives If youâve ever flown before or taken a drive in the mountains, you know that rapid changes in elevation can affect your ears. Airplane rides and ear pain are common. Special earplugs can reduce the impactof pressure changes on the inner ear.
Airplane cabins are usually pressurized to around 6,000-8,000 feet above sea level, while mountain roads can take you much higher. Depending on your starting elevation, it can add up to a significant and rapid change. Ear fullness, pain, and popping are commonly experienced when the atmospheric pressure changes rapidly because the pressure in your middle and inner ear doesnât change as fast as the air pressure of the environment, causing the eardrum to swell inwards or outwards. This isnât a trigger for everyone, but if your ears are sensitive to changes in elevation or barometric pressure, it can have a big effect on your tinnitus. (This is true even with weather changes, like springtime thunderstorms!.
) Fortunately, you can get a set of inexpensive pressure-equalizing earplugs that largely solve this problem by utilizing special filters to equalize the pressure more gradually. 4. Bring multiple hearing protection options for noisy environments Everyone should always protect their ears from loud sound exposure, but when you live with tinnitus, itâs of the upmost importance. If loud enough, sounds can damage your hearing and worsen your tinnitus permanently. But even if permanent damage doesnât occur, loud sound exposure is one of the few universal triggers that will cause tinnitus spikes for just about every sufferer.
If you know you are going to be in a loud environment, you can plan ahead and bring earplugs with you. But itâs also easy to suddenly find yourself in a noisy environment that you didnât expect to encounter while traveling. The best strategy is to always keep two sets of earplugs on you while traveling. One pair of normal foam or silicone earplugs (for very loud environments) and one pair of high-fidelity musicianâs earplugs (which lower the volume but still allow you to hear music and conversations clearly). This way, you are never caught unprepared.
Also, custom-fit earplugs are available from hearing care providers as well. These earplugs precisely fit into your ears. 5. Bring your own food and snacks on the airplane (or vehicle) For some reason, the food options available in most airports and along major interstates tend to be more of the junk food or fast-food variety. As a result, it can be hard to maintain your dietary needs by relying on whatâs available around you.
Not everyoneâs tinnitus is triggered by dietary factors, but there are many common foods and/or macronutrients that can trigger tinnitus spikes for certain people. But even when dietary triggers are not a concern, if you are used to eating healthy, eating fast food or junk food can be hard on the body, adding physiological stress to the already stress-filled experience of traveling. There is a simple solution. Bring your own food and snacks with you!. On road trips this may be obvious, but not everyone knows that you can bring food through airport security checkpoints.
There are limits to this when traveling internationallyâcustoms laws vary by country, and you may not be able to bring specific fruits, plants, or vegetables. But as a general rule, you can always take food through airport security. 6. Stop at the local grocery store Once you arrive at your destination, another helpful diet-related strategy is to stop by a local grocery store to purchase additional healthy food and snack options for the duration of your trip. The last thing you want when traveling is to have an unhealthy food or snack option trigger a spike, but hotel minibars are generally just stocked with candy and the little convenience stores you find in hotel lobbies are not much better.
This can be easily avoided by stocking up on healthy snacks/food options at a local grocery store. Bonus tip. If you follow a specific diet to avoid dietary tinnitus triggers, like a low-sodium diet or a low-carb diet, you will likely find far more snack and food options that fit your diet at premium grocery stores like Whole Foods, Wegmans, Trader Joeâs, etc. 7. Research restaurant menus Depending on your destination, it can sometimes be difficult to maintain a specific type of diet when traveling, especially if you will be eating a lot of meals at restaurants.
In the early days of my Meniereâs disease diagnosisâwhen my tinnitus was at its loudestâthis was a huge challenge for me every trip. At the time, I maintained a strict low-sodium diet, so many types of restaurants were simply not an option for me. Finding a place to eat, especially when traveling with my family or friends, became a huge stressor for me. Fortunately, I figured out a simple solution that solved this problem entirely. Before every trip, I would spend time researching menus online to find the restaurants that would work best for me and my low-sodium diet, and then I would book reservations ahead of time.
On the trip, I still allowed myself to find interesting and new restaurants, and I would often make last-minute changes. But having reservations already booked at places I knew I would enjoy always made traveling significantly more enjoyable. Bonus tip. Instead of only staying in hotels, if you rent a house or apartment with a kitchen, you have the option to cook your own meals!. 8.
Schedule time to rest and relax Downtime is important for everyone, butespecially if you have chronic tinnitus. When traveling, you are most likely going to be completely off of your normal routines and healthy habits that help you to cope with tinnitus and manage your stress levels. Stress is another universal tinnitus trigger that will often cause spikes. And while many travel experiences can be fun or relaxing, small stressors can still add up quickly. So regardless of the nature of your travel, or who you are traveling with, make sure to always prioritize self-care and schedule time to rest or relax whenever and however you can.
This is very important, especially if you have been struggling to cope with your tinnitus prior to the trip. The added stress of travel can cause your tinnitus to spike and ruin part of your vacation. But you can help to prevent this by scheduling time to rest and relax along the way. 9. Keep important medications and supplies with you at all times When traveling, there are a lot of things that can go wrong.
Bags get lost far more often than people realize in airports, plans change, and unexpected problems can and will arise. As a general rule, you should never put any important medications, supplements, or tinnitus-related supplies or tools in a checked bag or inaccessible suitcase. The last thing you want is to be stranded at your destination without your medications or supplies. When traveling to your destination, I always recommend that you keep all important medications and supplies with you and accessible at all times. 10.
Prioritize sleep Sleep deprivation is another universal trigger that causes tinnitus spikes. Itâs a tricky one too because tinnitus can make it harder to fall asleep in the first place, creating a vicious cycle. To make matters worse, certain aspects of traveling can make it hard to fall asleep. For example, when sleeping in an unfamiliar place, research has shown that the left side of your brain remains somewhat alert and vigilant for the first night or two. Itâs an evolutionary adaption that helped our prehistoric ancestors to survive, but in the modern age, it means that your sleep quality will be disrupted for the first night or two in any new environment.
The best thing you can do is to prioritize and protect your sleep routines as much as possible while traveling. This means going to bed and waking at your normal hours and bringing everything you need with you to get a good night sleep. Things like sleep masks, a sound machine or Bluetooth speaker for masking, books and other pre-sleep relaxation routine items, and earplugs can all be helpful here. Even bringing your own pillow can help a lot, if itâs not too much of an inconvenience. See more in our article that includes 11 strategies to improve sleep with tinnitus.
Final note. If you have tinnitus and hearing loss These 10 tips above are tailored for anyone with tinnitus. But if you're one of the many people who have both tinnitus and hearing loss, be sure to check out our tips for traveling with hearing loss as well as our recommendations on how to cope with hearing loss and tinnitus.Lost your hearing aid?. It happens more often than you might think. Hearing aids are tiny and can be so comfortable you may not even notice right away if one falls out.
According to ESCO, a hearing aid warranty company, some of the top reasons people lose their hearing aids are from simply misplacing them around the house, or they fall out or get lost during traveling. But that was before the asthma treatment ventolin. In the past couple of years, face masks have become a major culprit for why people lose hearing aids. When people take off a face mask, the hearing aid may inadvertently get removed, too. "Each of those lost hearing aids was someoneâs way of communicating with family, friends, and loved ones," during a difficult time, notes Patrick Miller, marketing manager for ESCO, in a blog post on the spike in hearing aid losses during the ventolin.
Lost a hearing aid?. Here's what to do first How the "find my hearing aid" featureworks for Oticon On app users. If you have a modern hearing aid, your hearing aid may come with a hearing aid app that has a "find my hearing aid" feature. This can be invaluable and should be the first thing you do if a quick search of your immediate surroundings comes up short. Hearing aid trackers for smartphone apps If you have a hearing aid app, check to see if it has a "find my hearing aid" function.
Here's the instructions for people who have the Oticon More hearing aids (found on page 22 of the Oticon On app user manual). "If you are unable to find your hearing aids, the app can show you a map with the last known location of the paired hearing aids when the app was running. To locate your missing hearing aids. 1. On the tab bar, tap Hearing aids.
2. Tap Find my hearing aids. A proximity bar indicates how close you are to each connected hearing aid. If your phone is out of range with the hearing aids or the connection is lost, you can see the date and time of the last connection. On the map, the green marker indicates that there is connection between your hearing aid and phone.
The red marker indicates that the connection is lost. For best results, it is recommended to keep the app turned on, either actively being used, or running in the background." Some of the other major hearing aid manufacturers have similar hearing aid tracker functions. Here's Starkey's, for example. ReSound's Smart app also offers this feature for many of their hearing aids. Still no luck?.
Retrace your steps While this may seem like frustratingly obvious advice, retracing your steps just before you lost your hearing aid can pay off. Even if you've done so already, try once more. Give some serious thought to when you are sure you last had your hearing aid and what you were doing at the time. How did you notice your hearing aid was missing and where were you then?. Report your lost hearing aid If you were in a public venue or business when you lost your hearing aid, either call them or visit.
Good Samaritans are everywhere, and one of them may have turned your valuable hearing aid into the "lost and found." Talk to someone at the venue and describe what your hearing aid looks like. If they don't have it, leave your name and number and request a phone call if the hearing aid turns up. It may help to check back several times. Enlist the help of family and friends to help you look for your hearing aid at home or wherever you think it could be. Retracing your steps can pay off if youlose your hearing aid.
Call your hearing care professional If retracing your steps and searching your home, office, car, purse or briefcase doesn't help, contact your hearing healthcare provider. Most hearing aids are covered by the manufacturer for one-time loss and damage for at least the first year and sometimes longer. Your provider will easily be able to tell you if you are covered. They also may know if your app has a "find my hearing aid" feature and can help you use it if you're not sure how to use the app. If you have a warranty Some hearing aid wearers opt to purchase additional coverage for their devices through third-parties such as ESCO or Midwest Hearing Industries.
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Here are some things you can do to prevent lost hearing aids. If you are active outdoors or enjoy athletics, there are special clips available online that can help secure your hearing aids. Make sure your hearing aids fit snugly and properly. If they feel loose in the ear, tell your hearing care professional. Do not leave hearing aids within reach of kids or pets.
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Fortunately, a little bit of planning can go a long way. Tinnitus spikes, which include increases in volume, sound, intensity, online pharmacy ventolin or emotional reaction, can happen for a variety of reasons. Sometimes you can identify what causes your tinnitus to spike, other times you canât. Regardless, tinnitus spikes are some the most difficult challenges that nearly all tinnitus patients face on a regular basis.
Many things that trigger tinnitus spikes are common during traveling online pharmacy ventolin -- sleep and diet changes, for example. The emotional reaction triggered by a bad tinnitus spike can be overwhelming. Fear and anxiety levels tend to rise quickly, and the coping tools that normally work well can lose some of their efficacy. The best strategy here is online pharmacy ventolin to educate yourself on the psychology of tinnitus spikes, and then come up with a coping plan that you can put into practice right away should a spike occur while traveling.
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) Fortunately, you can get a set of inexpensive pressure-equalizing earplugs that largely solve this problem by utilizing special filters to equalize the pressure more gradually. 4. Bring multiple hearing protection online pharmacy ventolin options for noisy environments Everyone should always protect their ears from loud sound exposure, but when you live with tinnitus, itâs of the upmost importance. If loud enough, sounds can damage your hearing and worsen your tinnitus permanently.
But even if permanent damage doesnât occur, loud sound exposure is one of the few universal triggers that will cause tinnitus spikes for just about every sufferer. If you know you are going online pharmacy ventolin to be in a loud environment, you can plan ahead and bring earplugs with you. But itâs also easy to suddenly find yourself in a noisy environment that you didnât expect to encounter while traveling. The best strategy is to always keep two sets of earplugs on you while traveling.
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But even when dietary triggers are not a concern, if you are used to eating healthy, eating fast food or junk food can be hard on the body, adding physiological stress to the already stress-filled experience of traveling. There is online pharmacy ventolin a simple solution. Bring your own food and snacks with you!. On road trips this may be obvious, but not everyone knows that you can bring food through airport security checkpoints.
There are limits to this when online pharmacy ventolin traveling internationallyâcustoms laws vary by country, and you may not be able to bring specific fruits, plants, or vegetables. But as a general rule, you can always take food through airport security. 6. Stop at the local grocery store Once you arrive at your online pharmacy ventolin destination, another helpful diet-related strategy is to stop by a local grocery store to purchase additional healthy food and snack options for the duration of your trip.
The last thing you want when traveling is to have an unhealthy food or snack option trigger a spike, but hotel minibars are generally just stocked with candy and the little convenience stores you find in hotel lobbies are not much better. This can be easily avoided by stocking up on healthy snacks/food options at a local grocery store. Bonus tip online pharmacy ventolin. If you follow a specific diet to avoid dietary tinnitus triggers, like a low-sodium diet or a low-carb diet, you will likely find far more snack and food options that fit your diet at premium grocery stores like Whole Foods, Wegmans, Trader Joeâs, etc.
7. Research restaurant menus Depending on your destination, it can sometimes be difficult to maintain a specific type of diet when traveling, especially if you will be eating a online pharmacy ventolin lot of meals at restaurants. In the early days of my Meniereâs disease diagnosisâwhen my tinnitus was at its loudestâthis was a huge challenge for me every trip. At the time, I maintained a strict low-sodium diet, so many types of restaurants were simply not an option for me.
Finding a place to eat, especially when traveling online pharmacy ventolin with my family or friends, became a huge stressor for me. Fortunately, I figured out a simple solution that solved this problem entirely. Before every trip, I would spend time researching menus online to find the restaurants that would work best for me and my low-sodium diet, and then I would book reservations ahead of time. On the trip, I still allowed myself to find interesting and new restaurants, and I would often make last-minute changes online pharmacy ventolin.
But having reservations already booked at places I knew I would enjoy always made traveling significantly more enjoyable. Bonus tip. Instead of only staying in hotels, if online pharmacy ventolin you rent a house or apartment with a kitchen, you have the option to cook your own meals!. 8.
Schedule time to rest and relax Downtime is important for everyone, butespecially if you have chronic tinnitus. When traveling, you are most likely going to be completely off of your normal routines and healthy habits that help you online pharmacy ventolin to cope with tinnitus and manage your stress levels. Stress is another universal tinnitus trigger that will often cause spikes. And while many travel experiences can be fun or relaxing, small stressors can still add up quickly.
So regardless of the nature of your travel, or who you are traveling with, make sure to always prioritize self-care and schedule online pharmacy ventolin time to rest or relax whenever and however you can. This is very important, especially if you have been struggling to cope with your tinnitus prior to the trip. The added stress of travel can cause your tinnitus to spike and ruin part of your vacation. But you can help to prevent this by online pharmacy ventolin scheduling time to rest and relax along the way.
9. Keep important medications and supplies with you at all times When traveling, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. Bags get lost far more often than people realize in airports, plans online pharmacy ventolin change, and unexpected problems can and will arise. As a general rule, you should never put any important medications, supplements, or tinnitus-related supplies or tools in a checked bag or inaccessible suitcase.
The last thing you want is to be stranded at your destination without your medications or supplies. When traveling to your destination, I always recommend that you keep all important medications and supplies with you and accessible at all times online pharmacy ventolin. 10. Prioritize sleep Sleep deprivation is another universal trigger that causes tinnitus spikes.
Itâs a tricky one too because tinnitus can make it harder to fall asleep online pharmacy ventolin in the first place, creating a vicious cycle. To make matters worse, certain aspects of traveling can make it hard to fall asleep. For example, when sleeping in an unfamiliar place, research has shown that the left side of your brain remains somewhat alert and vigilant for the first night or two. Itâs an evolutionary adaption that helped our prehistoric ancestors to survive, but in the modern age, it means that your sleep quality will be disrupted for the first night or online pharmacy ventolin two in any new environment.
The best thing you can do is to prioritize and protect your sleep routines as much as possible while traveling. This means going to bed and waking at your normal hours and bringing everything you need with you to get a good night sleep. Things like sleep masks, a sound machine or Bluetooth speaker for masking, books and other pre-sleep relaxation routine items, online pharmacy ventolin and earplugs can all be helpful here. Even bringing your own pillow can help a lot, if itâs not too much of an inconvenience.
See more in our article that includes 11 strategies to improve sleep with tinnitus. Final note online pharmacy ventolin. If you have tinnitus and hearing loss These 10 tips above are tailored for anyone with tinnitus. But if you're one of the many people who have both tinnitus and hearing loss, be sure to check out our tips for traveling with hearing loss as well as our recommendations on how to cope with hearing loss and tinnitus.Lost your hearing aid?.
It happens more often than you online pharmacy ventolin might think. Hearing aids are tiny and can be so comfortable you may not even notice right away if one falls out. According to ESCO, a hearing aid warranty company, some of the top reasons people lose their hearing aids are from simply misplacing them around the house, or they fall out or get lost during traveling. But that was before the asthma treatment ventolin online pharmacy ventolin.
In the past couple of years, face masks have become a major culprit for why people lose hearing aids. When people take off a face mask, the hearing aid may inadvertently get removed, too. "Each of those lost hearing aids was someoneâs way online pharmacy ventolin of communicating with family, friends, and loved ones," during a difficult time, notes Patrick Miller, marketing manager for ESCO, in a blog post on the spike in hearing aid losses during the ventolin. Lost a hearing aid?.
Here's what to do first How the "find my hearing aid" featureworks for Oticon On app users. If you have a modern hearing aid, your hearing aid may come with a hearing aid app that has a "find my hearing aid" online pharmacy ventolin feature. This can be invaluable and should be the first thing you do if a quick search of your immediate surroundings comes up short. Hearing aid trackers for smartphone apps If you have a hearing aid app, check to see if it has a "find my hearing aid" function.
Here's the instructions for people who have the Oticon More hearing aids (found on page online pharmacy ventolin 22 of the Oticon On app user manual). "If you are unable to find your hearing aids, the app can show you a map with the last known location of the paired hearing aids when the app was running. To locate your missing hearing aids. 1.
On the tab bar, tap Hearing aids. 2. Tap Find my hearing aids. A proximity bar indicates how close you are to each connected hearing aid.
If your phone is out of range with the hearing aids or the connection is lost, you can see the date and time of the last connection. On the map, the green marker indicates that there is connection between your hearing aid and phone. The red marker indicates that the connection is lost. For best results, it is recommended to keep the app turned on, either actively being used, or running in the background." Some of the other major hearing aid manufacturers have similar hearing aid tracker functions.
Here's Starkey's, for example. ReSound's Smart app also offers this feature for many of their hearing aids. Still no luck?. Retrace your steps While this may seem like frustratingly obvious advice, retracing your steps just before you lost your hearing aid can pay off.
Even if you've done so already, try once more. Give some serious thought to when you are sure you last had your hearing aid and what you were doing at the time. How did you notice your hearing aid was missing and where were you then?. Report your lost hearing aid If you were in a public venue or business when you lost your hearing aid, either call them or visit.
Good Samaritans are everywhere, and one of them may have turned your valuable hearing aid into the "lost and found." Talk to someone at the venue and describe what your hearing aid looks like. If they don't have it, leave your name and number and request a phone call if the hearing aid turns up. It may help to check back several times. Enlist the help of family and friends to help you look for your hearing aid at home or wherever you think it could be.
Retracing your steps can pay off if youlose your hearing aid. Call your hearing care professional If retracing your steps and searching your home, office, car, purse or briefcase doesn't help, contact your hearing healthcare provider. Most hearing aids are covered by the manufacturer for one-time loss and damage for at least the first year and sometimes longer. Your provider will easily be able to tell you if you are covered.
They also may know if your app has a "find my hearing aid" feature and can help you use it if you're not sure how to use the app. If you have a warranty Some hearing aid wearers opt to purchase additional coverage for their devices through third-parties such as ESCO or Midwest Hearing Industries. Others choose to add a special rider to their existing homeowner's insurance to cover hearing aid loss and damage. If you are covered by the manufacturer or one of these additional options, ask your provider about next steps.
Sometimes, you will need to supply a simple notarized letter for the manufacturer or insurer. Be aware that even if the hearing aid is covered and you can get a replacement at no cost, your hearing care professional may still charge you a small fee for their time or for fitting the new device when it arrives. Preventing a lost hearing aid Knowing what to do in the event you lose a hearing aid is important, but most wearers would prefer to avoid loss altogether. Here are some things you can do to prevent lost hearing aids.
If you are active outdoors or enjoy athletics, there are special clips available online that can help secure your hearing aids.
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As more Texans lose their jobs, their health insurance, or even their homes, it is crucial that Texas receives the resources it needs to uphold our social safety net. The U.S. Census helps determine funding for those resources, and that is why it is of the upmost importance that each and every Texan, no matter address, immigration status, or age, respond to the 2020 ventolin online U.S.
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Lastly, these findings are important because once a asthma treatment vaccination becomes available, more people might be willing to receive it if their overall attitude toward immunizations is positive. Though the asthma treatment is still in development, it is not immune to ventolin online treatment hesitancy. Recent polls have indicated up to one-third of Americans would not receive a asthma treatment even if it were accessible and affordable.
Work is already being done to try to raise awareness and acceptance. In addition, ventolin online misinformation about the asthma treatment is circulating widely. (Someone recently asked me if the asthma treatment will implant a microchip in people, and I have seen the same myth circulating on social media.
It will not.) This myth, however, illustrates the need for health care professionals to answer patientsâ questions and to assuage their concerns.treatments work best when many people in a community receive them, and treatment hesitancy can diminish vaccination rates, leaving ventolin online people who can't get certain treatments susceptible to these treatment-preventable diseases. For example, babies under 6 months of age should not receive a flu shot, so high community vaccination rates protect these babies from getting sick with the flu. Our educational program at Alpha Home is just one example of how health care professionals can increase awareness and acceptance of shots.
As the asthma treatment ventolin ventolin online progresses, we need to ensure children and adults receive their vaccinations as recommended by their physician and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I encourage readers who have questions about the vaccinations they or their child may need to talk with their physician. As health care professionals, weâre more than happy to answer your questions..
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Thank you for helping Texas heal and for supporting these essential safety net programs.(L to R). UTHSA medical students online pharmacy ventolin Swetha Maddipudi, Brittany Hansen, Charles Wang, Carson Cortino, faculty advisor Kaparaboyna Kumar, MD, Ryan Wealther, Sidney Akabogu, Irma Ruiz, and Frank Jung pose with the TMA Be Wise Immunize banner. Photo courtesy by Ryan WealtherRyan WealtherMedical Student, UT Health San Antonio Long School of MedicineStudent Member, Texas Medical AssociationEditorâs Note. August is National Immunization Awareness Month. This article is part of a Me&My Doctor series highlighting and promoting the check out this site use of vaccinations.âCan the flu shot give you online pharmacy ventolin the flu?.
ÂâIs it dangerous for pregnant women to get a flu shot?. ÂâCan treatments online pharmacy ventolin cause autism?. ÂThese were questions women at Alpha Home, a residential substance abuse rehabilitation center in San Antonio, asked my fellow medical students and me during a flu treatment discussion. It is easy to see why these questions were asked, as treatment misinformation is common today.UTHSA medical student Frank Jing (left) gets a treatment fromKaparaboyna Kumar, MD, (right).Photo courtesy of Ryan WealtherâNoâ is the answer to all the questions. These were exactly the types of myths we set out to dispel at our vaccination drive.UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine medical students (under the supervision of Kaparaboyna Ashok Kumar, MD, faculty advisor for the Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section at UT online pharmacy ventolin Health San Antonio) hosted the treatment drive at Alpha Home with the support of TMAâs Be Wise â Immunizeâ program, a public health initiative that aims to increase vaccinations and treatment awareness through shot clinics and education.
Our program consisted of a vaccination drive and an interactive, educational presentation that addressed influenza, common flu shot questions, and general treatment myths. The Alpha Home residents could ask us questions during the program.We were interested to see if our educational program could answer Alpha Home residentsâ questions about vaccinations and online pharmacy ventolin allay their hesitations about getting a flu vaccination. To gauge this, we created a brief survey.(Before I discuss the results of the survey, I should define treatment hesitancy. treatment hesitancy is a concept defined by the World Health Organization. It relates to when patients do not online pharmacy ventolin vaccinate despite having access to treatments.
treatment hesitancy is a problem because it prevents individuals from receiving their vaccinations. That makes them more susceptible to getting sick from treatment-preventable diseases.)We surveyed the residentsâ opinions about vaccinations before and after our educational program. While opinions about shots improved with each survey question, we saw the most significant attitude change reflected in answers to the questions âI am concerned that vaccinations might not be safe,â online pharmacy ventolin and âHow likely are you to receive a flu shot today?. Â We had informed the residents and improved their understanding and acceptance of immunizations.Post-survey results show more residents at the Alpha Home shifted to more positive attitudes about treatments, after learning more about their effectiveness by trusted members of the medical community. Graph by Ryan WealtherWhy online pharmacy ventolin is this important?.
First, our findings confirm what we already knew. Education by a trusted member of the medical community can effect change. In fact, it is widely known that physician recommendation of vaccination is one of the online pharmacy ventolin most critical factors affecting whether patients receive an influenza vaccination. Perhaps some added proof to this is that a few of the Alpha Home residents were calling me âDr. Truthâ by the end of the evening.Second, our findings add to our understanding of online pharmacy ventolin adult treatment hesitancy.
This is significant because most of what we know about treatment hesitancy is limited to parental attitudes toward their childrenâs vaccinations. Some parents question shots for their children, and many of the most deadly diseases we vaccinate against are given in childhood, including polio, tetanus, measles, and whooping cough shots. However, adults need some vaccinations online pharmacy ventolin as well, like the yearly influenza treatment. After taking part in the UTHSA educational program, more residents at the Alpha Home shared more willingness to receive the flu treatment. Graph by Ryan WealtherAnother reason improving attitudes is important is that receiving a flu shot is even more timely during the asthma treatment ventolin because it decreases illnesses and conserves health care resources.
Thousands of people each year are hospitalized from the flu, and with hospitals filling up online pharmacy ventolin with asthma patients, we could avoid adding dangerously ill flu patients to the mix. Lastly, these findings are important because once a asthma treatment vaccination becomes available, more people might be willing to receive it if their overall attitude toward immunizations is positive. Though the asthma treatment is still in development, it is not immune to online pharmacy ventolin treatment hesitancy. Recent polls have indicated up to one-third of Americans would not receive a asthma treatment even if it were accessible and affordable. Work is already being done to try to raise awareness and acceptance.
In addition, misinformation about the asthma treatment online pharmacy ventolin treatment is circulating widely. (Someone recently asked me if the asthma treatment will implant a microchip in people, and I have seen the same myth circulating on social media. It will not.) This myth, however, illustrates the need for health care professionals to answer patientsâ questions and to assuage their concerns.treatments work best when many people online pharmacy ventolin in a community receive them, and treatment hesitancy can diminish vaccination rates, leaving people who can't get certain treatments susceptible to these treatment-preventable diseases. For example, babies under 6 months of age should not receive a flu shot, so high community vaccination rates protect these babies from getting sick with the flu. Our educational program at Alpha Home is just one example of how health care professionals can increase awareness and acceptance of shots.
As the asthma treatment ventolin progresses, we need to ensure children and adults receive online pharmacy ventolin their vaccinations as recommended by their physician and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I encourage readers who have questions about the vaccinations they or their child may need to talk with their physician. As health care professionals, weâre more than happy to answer your questions..
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Nonmetropolitan counties logged just under 70,000 new asthma treatment s last week, the highest number of weekly new cases since active ingredient in ventolin the end of the winter surge. (Hover over the vertical bars in the graph below to show the number of new s per week.) The number of asthma treatment-related deaths climbed slightly last week, up 25 deaths for a total of 368 last week. Thatâs an increase of active ingredient in ventolin about 7%. The rate of new deaths in metropolitan counties climbed about 22% last week.
(Hover over the vertical bars in the graph below to show the number of deaths that occurred in weekly increments going back to June 2020.) The number of rural red-zone counties also active ingredient in ventolin surged last week, climbing by more than two-thirds to 945. That means nearly half of all the nationâs 1,976 nonmetropolitan counties are in the red-zone, a three-fold increase in the past three weeks. Red-zone counties are defined as having 100 or more new s per 100,000 residents in a one-week period â a rate at which local areas should take additional measures to contain the ventolin, according to the active ingredient in ventolin White House asthma Response Team. The Daily Yonderâs asthma treatment analysis covers Sunday, July 25, through Saturday, July 31.
The data active ingredient in ventolin set is administered by the nonprofit USA Facts. Regional Patterns Like this story?. Sign up for our newsletter. The delta variant of asthma treatment active ingredient in ventolin first established itself in Missouri and has spread into adjoining states over the past six weeks.
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Florida ranked 39th in rural vaccination out of 47 states that have rural counties. Louisiana ranked 42nd active ingredient in ventolin in rural vaccinations. Arkansas, which ranked third in rural s, ranked 41st in rural vaccinations. Mississippi ranked fifth in rural s and 37th in vaccinations.Of the 10 states with the highest rates of rural s, only one was in the top half of states for rural vaccination rates.
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(Hover over the vertical bars in the graph below to show the number of new s per week.) The number of asthma treatment-related deaths climbed slightly last week, up 25 deaths for a total of 368 last week. Thatâs an increase online pharmacy ventolin of about 7%. The rate of new deaths in metropolitan counties climbed about 22% last week. (Hover over the vertical bars in the graph below to show the number of deaths that occurred in weekly increments going back to June 2020.) online pharmacy ventolin The number of rural red-zone counties also surged last week, climbing by more than two-thirds to 945. That means nearly half of all the nationâs 1,976 nonmetropolitan counties are in the red-zone, a three-fold increase in the past three weeks.
Red-zone counties are defined as having 100 or more new s per 100,000 residents in a one-week period â a rate at which local areas should take additional measures to online pharmacy ventolin contain the ventolin, according to the White House asthma Response Team. The Daily Yonderâs asthma treatment analysis covers Sunday, July 25, through Saturday, July 31. The data set is administered by the nonprofit online pharmacy ventolin USA Facts. Regional Patterns Like this story?. Sign up for our newsletter.
The delta variant of asthma treatment first established itself in Missouri and has online pharmacy ventolin spread into adjoining states over the past six weeks. Iowa, where the rural vaccination rate is in the top third in the nation, has suffered far fewer s than states like Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, and Oklahoma.The major changes this week are the spread of hotspot counties into Kentucky and Tennessee and more entrenched numbers of cases in nearby Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. asthma treatment is online pharmacy ventolin also resurging in states farther outside the southern Midwest. The southern Atlantic seaboard saw an increase in new s, as have Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, California, and Oregon. State Rates online pharmacy ventolin Florida had the highest rural rate for the week -- 516 new cases per 100,000 in population for a seven-day period.Louisiana had the second highest rate â 500 cases per 100,000.
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Louisiana ranked 42nd in online pharmacy ventolin rural vaccinations. Arkansas, which ranked third in rural s, ranked 41st in rural vaccinations. Mississippi ranked fifth in rural s and 37th in vaccinations.Of the 10 states with the highest rates of rural s, only one was in the top half of states for rural vaccination rates. Alaska, which had the sixth highest online pharmacy ventolin rate of rural s last week, ranks eighth in the U.S. For rural vaccinations.
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Only 14 of the state's 95 counties are not in the red zone.All of Louisiana's 63 parishes and all of Arkansas' 75 counties were in the red zone.All but one of Florida's counties was in the red zone, and all but two of Mississippi's were.South Carolina had 42 of 46 counties statewide in the red zone. Missouri had 108 of 114 counties in the red zone statewide.Red-zone counties also increased in several Western online pharmacy ventolin states last week. Three-fourths of Wyoming's 21 rural counties were in the red zone. Oregon's rural red-zone counties doubled from eight to 16 online pharmacy ventolin. Montana added 10 red-zone rural counties.
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Cities. Individuals affected by addiction have additional stressors and cannot meet with support groups. Children and adolescents who might otherwise use school as a form of escape from addicted caregivers are no longer able to do so. Financial distress can also play a factor.
According to research, the rate of violence among couples with more financial struggles is nearly three and a half times higher than couples with fewer financial concerns.Abuse also can come from siblings. Any child or adolescent with preexisting behavioral issues is more likely to act out due to seclusion, decreased physical activity, or fewer positive distractions. This could increase risk for others in the household, especially in foster home situations. These other residents might be subject to increased sexual and physical abuse with fewer easy ways to report it.
What can we do about this while abiding by the rules of the ventolin?. How can physicians help?. Patients who are victims of intimate partner violence are encouraged to reach out to their doctor. A doctor visit may be either in person or virtual due to the safety precautions many doctorsâ offices are enforcing due to asthma treatment.
During telehealth visits, physicians should always ask standard questions to screen for potential abuse. They can offer information to all patients, regardless of whether they suspect abuse.People could receive more support if we were to expand access to virtual addiction counseling, increase abuse counseling, and launch more campaigns against intimate partner violence. The best solution might involve a multidisciplinary team, including psychiatrists, social workers, child abuse teams and Child Protective Services, and local school boards. Physicians can help in other ways, too.
Doctors can focus on assessing mental health during well-child and acute clinic visits and telehealth visits. A temporary screening tool for behavioral health during the ventolin might be beneficial. Governments could consider allocating resources to telepsychiatry. Many paths can be taken to reduce the burden of mental health issues, and this is an ongoing discussion.
How should physicians approach patients who have or may have experienced intimate partner violence?. Victims of domestic assault can always turn to their physician for guidance on next steps. In response, doctors can:Learn about local resources and have those resources available to your patients;Review safety practices, such as deleting internet browsing history or text messages. Saving abuse hotline information under other listings, such as a grocery store or pharmacy listing.
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Under no circumstance should any form of abuse be tolerated or suffered. Any intimate partner violence should be avoided, and reported if possible and safe. My hope is that with more awareness of this rising public health concern, potential victims can better deal with the threat of abuse during this stressful ventolin â and hopefully avoid it..
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The impact of this ventolin happened so rapidly that society did not online pharmacy ventolin have time to think about all the consequences of social isolation before implementing it. Now those consequences are becoming clear.Social isolation due to the ventolin is forcing victims to stay home indefinitely with their abusers. Children and adolescents also have been forced to stay at home since many school districts have made education virtual to keep everyone safe from the ventolin. Caregivers are also home because they online pharmacy ventolin are working remotely or because they are unemployed.
With the increase in the number of asthma treatment cases, financial strain due to the economic downturn, and concerns of contracting the ventolin and potentially spreading it to family members, these are highly stressful times. Stress leads to an increase in the rate of intimate partner violence. Even those who suffer from it can begin to become abusive online pharmacy ventolin to other household members, thus amplifying the abuse in the household. Some abuse may go unrecognized by the victims themselves.
For example, one important and less well-known type of abuse is coercive control online pharmacy ventolin. Itâs the type of abuse that doesnât leave a physical mark, but itâs emotional, verbal, and controlling. Victims often know that something is wrong â but canât quite identify what it is. Coercive control can still lead to violent physical abuse, online pharmacy ventolin and murder.
The way in which people report abuse has also been altered by the ventolin.People lacking usual in-person contacts (with teachers, co-workers, or doctors) and the fact that some types of coercive abuse are less recognized lead to fewer people reporting that type of abuse. Child abuse often is discovered during pediatriciansâ well-child visits, but the ventolin has limited those visits. Many teachers, who might also notice signs of online pharmacy ventolin abuse, also are not able to see their students on a daily basis. Some abuse victims visit emergency departments (EDs) in normal times, but ED visits are also down due to asthma treatment.Local police in China report that intimate partner violence has tripled in the Hubei province.
The United Nations reports it also increased 30% in France as of March 2020 and increased 25% in Argentina. In the U.S online pharmacy ventolin. The conversation about increased intimate partner violence during these times has just now started, and we are beginning to gather data. Preliminary analysis shows police reports of intimate partner violence have increased by 18% to 27% across several U.S.
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According to research, the rate of violence among couples with more financial struggles is nearly three and a half times higher than couples with fewer financial concerns.Abuse also can come from siblings. Any child or adolescent with preexisting behavioral issues is more likely to act out due to seclusion, decreased physical activity, or fewer positive distractions. This could increase risk for others in the household, especially in foster home situations. These other residents might be subject to increased sexual and physical abuse with fewer easy ways to report it.
What can we do about this while abiding by the rules of the ventolin?. How can physicians help?. Patients who are victims of intimate partner violence are encouraged to reach out to their doctor. A doctor visit may be either in person or virtual due to the safety precautions many doctorsâ offices are enforcing due to asthma treatment.
During telehealth visits, physicians should always ask standard questions to screen for potential abuse. They can offer information to all patients, regardless of whether they suspect abuse.People could receive more support if we were to expand access to virtual addiction counseling, increase abuse counseling, and launch more campaigns against intimate partner violence. The best solution might involve a multidisciplinary team, including psychiatrists, social workers, child abuse teams and Child Protective Services, and local school boards. Physicians can help in other ways, too.
Doctors can focus on assessing mental health during well-child and acute clinic visits and telehealth visits. A temporary screening tool for behavioral health during the ventolin might be beneficial. Governments could consider allocating resources to telepsychiatry. Many paths can be taken to reduce the burden of mental health issues, and this is an ongoing discussion.
How should physicians approach patients who have or may have experienced intimate partner violence?. Victims of domestic assault can always turn to their physician for guidance on next steps. In response, doctors can:Learn about local resources and have those resources available to your patients;Review safety practices, such as deleting internet browsing history or text messages. Saving abuse hotline information under other listings, such as a grocery store or pharmacy listing.
And creating a new, confidential email account for receiving information about resources or communicating with physicians.If the patient discloses abuse, the clinician and patient can establish signals to identify the presence of an abusive partner during telemedicine appointments.To my fellow physicians, I suggest recognizing and talking about the issue with families.Medical professionals take certain steps if they suspect their patientâs injuries are a result of family violence, or if the patient discloses family violence. Physicians will likely screen a patient, document their conversation with the patient, and offer support and inform the patient of the health risks of staying in an abusive environment, such as severe injuries or even death. A doctorâs priority is his or her patientâs safety, regardless of why the victim might feel forced to remain in an abusive environment. While physicians only report child and elderly abuse, they should encourage any abused patient to report her or his own case, while also understanding the complexity of the issue.
Under no circumstance should any form of abuse be tolerated or suffered. Any intimate partner violence should be avoided, and reported if possible and safe. My hope is that with more awareness of this rising public health concern, potential victims can better deal with the threat of abuse during this stressful ventolin â and hopefully avoid it..
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IntroductionLarge-scale, international generic ventolin cost data sharing opens the door to the study of so-called âBig Dataâ, which holds great promise for improving patient-centred care. Big Data health research is envisioned to take precision medicine to the next level through increased understanding of disease aetiology and phenotypes, treatment effects, disease management and healthcare expenditure.1 However, lack of public trust is proven to be detrimental to the goals of data sharing.2 The case of care.data in the UK offers generic ventolin cost a blatant example of a data sharing initiative gone awry. Criticism predominantly focused on limited public awareness and lack of clarity on the goals of the programme and ways to opt generic ventolin cost out.3 Citizens are becoming increasingly aware and critical of data privacy issues, and this warrants renewed investments to maintain public trust in data-intensive health research.
Here, we use the term data-intensive health research to refer to a practice of grand-scale capture, (re)use and/or linkage of a wide variety of health-related data on individuals.Within the European Union (EU), the recently adopted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU 2016/679) addresses some of the concerns generic ventolin cost the public may have with respect to privacy and data protection. One of the primary goals of the GDPR is to give individuals control over their personal data, most notably through consent.4 Other lawful grounds for the processing of personal data are listed, but it is unclear how these would exactly apply to scientific research. Legal norms remain open to interpretation and thus offer limited guidance to researchers.5 generic ventolin cost 6 In Recital 33, the GDPR actually mentions that additional ethical standards are necessary for the processing of personal data for scientific research.
This indicates a recognised need for entities undertaking activities likely to generic ventolin cost incite public unease to go beyond compliance with legal requirements.7 Complementary ethical governance then becomes a prerequisite for securing public trust in data-intensive health research.A concept that could be of use in developing ethical governance is that of a âsocial license to operateâ.7 The social license captures the notion of a mandate granted by society to certain occupational groups to determine for themselves what constitutes proper conduct, under the condition that such conduct is in line with societyâs expectations. The term âsocial licenseâ was first used in the 1950s by American sociologist Everett Hughes to address relations between professional occupations and society.8 The concept has been used since to frame, for example, corporate social responsibility in the mining industry,9 governance of medical research in general8 generic ventolin cost and of data-intensive health research more specifically.7 10 As such, adequate ethical governance then becomes a precondition for obtaining a social license for data sharing activities.Key to an informed understanding of the social license is identifying the expectations society may hold with regard to sharing of and access to health data. Here, relevant societal actors are the subjects of Big Data health generic ventolin cost research, constituting both patients and the general public.
Identification of patientsâ and public views and attitudes allows for a better understanding of the elements of a socially sanctioned governance framework. We know of the existence of research papers that have captured these views using quantitative or qualitative methods or a combination generic ventolin cost of both. So far, systematic reviews of the literature have limited their scope to citizens of specific countries,11 12 qualitative studies only13 or the sharing of genomic data.14 Therefore, we performed an up-to-date narrative review of both quantitative and qualitative studies to explore predominant patient and generic ventolin cost public views and attitudes towards data sharing for health research.MethodsWe searched the literature databases PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Scopus and Google Scholar in April 2019 for publications addressing patientsâ and public views and attitudes towards the use of health data for research purposes.
Synonyms of generic ventolin cost the following terms (connected by âANDâ) were used to search titles and/or abstracts of indexed references. Patient or generic ventolin cost public. Views.
Data sharing generic ventolin cost. Research (See box 1 and online supplementary appendix 1) generic ventolin cost. To merit inclusion, an article had to generic ventolin cost report results from an original research study (qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods) on attitudes of individuals regarding use of data for health research.
We restricted eligibility to records generic ventolin cost published in English and studies performed between 2009 and 2019. We chose 2009 as a lower limit because we assume that patientsâ and public perspectives might have changed substantially with increasing awareness and use of digital (health) technologies. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses synthesising the empirical literature generic ventolin cost on this topic also qualified for review.
Reports from stakeholder meet-ups and workshops were eligible as long as they generic ventolin cost included patients or the public as participants. Since we were generic ventolin cost only interested in empirical evidence, expert opinion and publications merely advocating for the inclusion of patientsâ and public views in Big Data health research were excluded. Studies that predominantly reported on views of generic ventolin cost other stakeholdersâsuch as clinicians, researchers, policy makers or industryâwere excluded.
Articles reporting on conference proceedings, or views regarding (demographic) data collection in low or middle income countries or for public health and care/quality improvement were not considered relevant to this review. Despite our specific interest in data generic ventolin cost sharing within the European context, we broadened eligibility criteria to include studies performed in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Additional articles were identified through consultation with experts and review of references generic ventolin cost in the manuscript identified through the literature database searches.
Views and attitudes of generic ventolin cost patients and the public were identified from selected references and reviewed by means of thematic content analysis.Supplemental materialBox 1 Key search terms(patient* OR public OR citizen*)AND(attitude* OR view* OR perspective* OR opinion* OR interview* OR qualitative* OR questionnaire* OR survey*)AND(âdata sharingâ OR âdata accessâ OR âdata transferâ)ANDResearchResultsStudy characteristicsSearches in PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Scopus and Google Scholar resulted in a total of 1153 non-unique records (see online supplementary appendix 1). We identified 27 generic ventolin cost papers for review, including 12 survey or questionnaire studies (quantitative), 8 interview or focus group studies (qualitative), 1 mixed methods study and 6 systematic reviews (see table 1). Most records were excluded because they were not relevant to our research question or because they did not report on findings from original (empirical) research studies.
Ten studies reported on views of patients, 11 on views of the public/citizens and 6 studies combined views of patients, research participants and the public.View this table:Table 1 Study characteristicsWillingness to share data for health researchReviewed papers suggest widespread support for the sharing of data for health research.Four systematic reviews synthesising the views generic ventolin cost of patients and the public report that willingness for data to be linked and shared for research purposes is high11â14 and that people are generally open to and understand the benefits of data sharing.15Outpatients from a German university hospital who participated in a questionnaire study (n=503) expressed a strong willingness (93%) to give broad consent for secondary use of data,16 and 93% of a sample of UK citizens with Parkinsonâs disease (n=306) were willing to share their data.17 Wide support for sharing of data internationally18 19 and in multicentre studies20 was reported among patient participants. Goodman et al found that most participants in a sample of US patients with cancer (n=228) were willing to have their data made available for âas many research studies as possibleâ.21 Regarding the use of anonymised healthcare data for research purposes, a qualitative study found UK rheumatology patients and patient representatives in support of data sharing (n=40).22Public respondents in survey studies recognised the benefits of storing electronic health information,23 and 78.8% (n=151) of surveyed Canadians felt positive about the use of routinely collected data for health research.24 The majority (55%) of a sample of older Swiss citizens (n=40) were in favour of placing genetic data at disposal for research.25 Focus group discussions convened in the UK showed that just over 50% of the members of the Citizens Council of The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said they would have no concerns about NICE using anonymised data derived from personal care records to evaluate treatments,26 and all participants in one qualitative study were keen to contribute to the National Healthcare Service (NHS)-related research.27Motivations to share dataPatients and public participants expressed similar reasons and motivations for their willingness to share data for health research, including contributing to advancements in healthcare, returning incurred benefits and the hope of future personal health benefits (tables 2â4).View this table:Table 2 Patientsâ views and attitudes towards the sharing of health data for researchView this table:Table 3 Public views and attitudes towards the sharing of health data for researchView this table:Table 4 Patientsâ and public views and attitudes towards the sharing of health data for researchIn the two systematic reviews that addressed this topic, sharing data for âthe common goodâ or âthe greater goodâ was identified as one of the most prevalent motivations.12 14For patients specifically, to help future patients or people with similar health problems was an important reason.14 16 One survey study conducted among German outpatients found that 72% listed returning their own benefits incurred from research as a driver for sharing clinical data.16 Patients with rare disease were also motivated by âgreat hope and trustâ in the development of international databases generic ventolin cost for health research.19 Among patients, support of research in general,16 the value attached to answering âimportantâ research questions,20 and a desire to contribute to advancements in medicine14 were prevalent reasons in favour of data sharing. Ultimately, the belief that data sharing could lead to improvements in health outcome and care was reported.20Only one generic ventolin cost original study research paper addressed public motivations.
This study found that older citizens mentioned auistic reasons and the greater good in a series of interviews as reasons to share genetic data for research.25 In these interviews, citizens expressed no expectations of an immediate impact or beneficial return but ultimately wanted to help the next generation.Perceived benefits of data sharingPatients and the generic ventolin cost public perceive that data sharing could lead to better patient care through improved diagnosis and treatment options and more efficient use of resources. Patients seem to also value the potential of (direct) personal health benefits.Two systematic reviews reported on perceived benefits of data sharing for health research purposes. Howe et al mentioned perceived benefits to research participants or the immediate community, benefits to the public and benefits to research and science.15 Shabani et al also listed accelerating research advancement and maximising the value of resources as perceived benefits.14Surveyed patients perceived that data sharing could help their doctor âmake better decisionsâ about their health (94%, n=3516)28 or result in an increased chance of receiving personalised health information (n=228).21In the original studies reviewed, advantages and potential benefits of data sharing were generally recognised by public and patient participants.22 29 Data sharing was believed to enable the study of long-term treatment effects and rare events, as well as the study of large numbers of people,24 to improve diagnosis25 and treatment quality,20 23 as well as to stimulate innovation30 and identify new treatment options.25 A cross-sectional online survey among patient and citizen groups in Italy (n=280) also identified the perception that data sharing could reduce waste in research.30Perceived risks of data sharingThe most significant risks of data sharing were perceived to results from breaches of confidentiality, commercial use and potential abuse of the data.Systematic reviews report on patientsâ and public concerns about confidentiality in general,13 15 sometimes linked to the risk of reidentification,14 concerns about a party's competence in keeping data secure,12 and concerns that personal information could be mined from genomic data.14 A systematic review by Stockdale et al identified concerns among the public (UK and Ireland) about the motivation a party might have to use the data.14Patients in a UK qualitative study (n=40) perceived âdetrimentalâ consequences of data âfalling into the wrong handsâ, such as insurance companies.22 Respondents from the online patient community PatientsLikeMe were fearful of health data being âstolen by hackersâ (87%, n=3516).28Original research studies flagged data security and privacy as major public concerns.16 18 20 25 26 29â32 More specifically, many studies found that participants worried about who would have access to generic ventolin cost the data and about risk of misuses or abuses.13 15 18 25 27 33 A large pan-European survey among respondents from 27 EU member states revealed public concerns about different levels of access by third parties (48.9%â60.6%, n=20â882).23 Overall, reviewed papers suggest that patients and the public are concerned about the use of their data for commercial purposes.14 27 For example, the NICE Citizens Council expressed concerns about the potential for data to be sold to other organisations and used for profit and for purposes other than research.26 The Citizens Council also highlighted the need for transparency about how data are used and how it might be used in the future and for ensuring the research is conducted according to good scientific practice and that data are used to benefit society.
Concerns about control and ownership of data were identified13 33 and about re-use of data for purposes that participants do not agree on.30 Fear of discrimination, stigmatisation, exploitation or other repercussions as a consequence of data being shared was widely cited by individuals.14 15 18Barriers to share dataStudies showed that patients and the public rarely mention barriers to data sharing in absolute generic ventolin cost terms. Rather, acceptance seemed to decrease if data sharing was financially motivated, and if people did not know how and with whom their data would be shared.First, individuals often opposed data sharing if it was motivated by financial gain or profit20 or if the data were shared with commercial/private companies.14 15 In one large pan-European survey (n=20â882), respondents were found to be strongly averse to health insurance companies and private sector pharmaceutical companies viewing their data.23 Second, lack of understanding and awareness around the use of data was viewed as a barrier to data sharing.15 22 Third, lack of transparency and controllability in releasing data were mentioned as factors compromising public trust in data sharing activities.14 22Factors affecting willingness to share dataA wide range of factors were identified from the literature that impacted individualsâ willingness to share data for health research, including geographical factors, age, individual-specific and research-specific characteristics.Geographical factorsMcCormack et al found that European patientsâ expressions of trust and attitudes to risk were often affected by the regulatory and cultural practices in their home countries, as well as by the nature of the (rare) disease the patient participant had.18 Shah et al conducted a survey among patients in four Northern European countries (n=855) and found a significant association between country and attitudes towards sharing of deidentified data.34 Interestingly, Dutch respondents were less likely to support sharing of their deidentified data compared with UK citizens.AgeAmong a sample of surveyed patients with Parkinsonâs disease (UK), a significant association was found between higher age and increased support for data sharing.17 According to a study based on semistructured interviews with older Swiss citizens, generational differences impacted willingness to share.25 With respect to public attitudes towards data sharing, findings of one systematic review suggest that males and older people are more likely to consent to sharing their medical data.27 A systematic review by Shabani et al suggests that patient and public participants with higher mean age are substantially less worried about privacy and confidentiality than other groups.14Individual-specific characteristicsA systematic review into patientsâ and public perspectives on data sharing in the USA suggests that individuals from under-represented minorities are less willing to share data.11 A large multisite survey (n=13â000) among the US public found that willingness to share was associated with self-identified white race, higher educational attainment and lower religiosity.31 In another systematic review, race, gender, age, marital status and/or educational level all seemed to influence how people perceived sensitivity of genomic data and the sharing thereof.14 However, a UK study among patients with Parkinsonâs disease found no clear relationship between data sharing and the number of years diagnosed, sex, medication class or health confidence.17Factors that clearly positively affected attitudes towards data sharing were perceptions of the (public) benefits and value of the research,13 20 fewer concerns and fewer information needs,31 and higher trust in and reputation of individuals or organisations conducting and/or overseeing data sharing.12â14 35 Conversely, willingness decreased with higher privacy and confidentiality concerns11 and higher distrust of the government as an oversight body for (genetic) research data.35Research-specific characteristicsPrivacy measures increased peopleâs willingness to share their data for health research, such as removal of social security numbers (90%, n=3516) and insurance ID (82%, n=3516), the generic ventolin cost sharing of only summary-level or aggregate data20 and deposition of data in a restricted access online database.29 Expressions of having control over what data are shared and with whom positively affected attitudes towards data sharing.34 In one study, being asked for consent for each study made participants (81%) feel ârespected and involvedâ, and 74% agreed that they would feel that they âhad controlâ.14 With respect to data sharing without prospective consent, participants became more accepting after being given information about the research processes and selection bias.27 Less support was observed for data sharing due to financial incentives25 and, more specifically, if data would be shared with private companies, such as insurance or pharmaceutical companies.11 25Conditions for sharingWidespread willingness to share data for health research very rarely led to participantsâ unconditional support. Studies showed agreement on the following conditions for responsible data sharing.
Value, privacy, minimising risks, data security, transparency, control, information, trust, responsibility and accountability.ValueOne systematic review found that participants found it important that the research as a result of data sharing should be in the publicâs interest and should reflect participantsâ values.15 The NICE Citizens Council advocated for appropriate systems and good working practices to ensure a consistent approach to research planning, data capture and analysis.26Privacy, risks and data securityThe need to protect individualsâ privacy was considered paramount11 14 21 34 and participants often viewed deidentification of personal data as a top privacy measure.11 24 30 36 One survey among US patients with cancer found that only 20% (n=228) of participants found linkage of individuals with their deidentified data acceptable for return of individual health results and to support further research.21 Secured access to databases was considered an important measure to ensure data security in data sharing activities.30 34 A systematic review of participantsâ attitudes towards data sharing showed that people established risk minimisation as another condition for data sharing.15 Findings by Mazor et al suggest that patients only support studies that offer value and minimise security risks.20Transparency and controlConditions regarding transparency were information about how data will be shared and with whom,14 35 the type of research that is to be performed, by generic ventolin cost whom the research will be performed,16 information on data sharing and monitoring policies and database governance,35 conditions framing access to data and data access agreements,24 28 30 and any partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry.19 More generally, participants expressed the desire to be involved in the data sharing process,35 to be notified when their data are (re)used and to be informed of the results of studies using their data.15 Spencer et al identified use of an electronic interface as a highly valued means to enable greater control over consent choices.22 When asked about the use of personal data for health research by the NHS, UK citizens were typically willing to accept models of consent other than the ones they would prefer.37 Acceptance of consent models with lower levels of individual control was found to be dependent on a number of factors, including adequate transparency, control over detrimental use and commercialisation, and the ability to object, particularly to any processing considered to be inappropriate or particularly sensitive.37Information and trustOne systematic review identified trust in the ability of the original institution to carry out the oversight tasks as a major condition for responsible data sharing.14 Appropriate education and information about data sharing was thought to include public campaigns to inform stakeholders about Big Data32 and information communicated at open days of research institutions (such as NICE) to ensure people understand what their data are being used for and to reassure them that personal data will not be passed on or sold to other organisations.26 The informed consent process for study participation was believed to include information about the fact that individualsâ data could potentially be shared,15 30 the objectives of data sharing and (biobank) research, the studyâs data sharing plans,29 governance structure, logistics and accountability.33Responsibility and accountabilityParticipants often placed the responsibility for data sharing practices on the shoulders of researchers. Secondary use of data collected earlier for scientific research generic ventolin cost was viewed to require a data access committee that involves a researcher from the original research project, a clinician, patient representative and a participant in the original study.36 Researchers of the original study were required to monitor data used by other researchers.36 In terms of accountability, patient and public groups in Italy (n=280) placed high value on sanctions for misuse of data.30 Information on penalties or other consequences of a breach of protection or misuse was considered important by many.31 35DiscussionIn this study, we narratively reviewed 27 papers on patientsâ and public views on and attitudes towards the use of health data for scientific research. Studies reported a widespreadâthough generic ventolin cost conditionalâsupport for the linkage and sharing of data for health research.
The only generic ventolin cost outlier seems to be the finding that just over half (n=25) of the NICE Citizens Council answered ânoâ to the question whether they had any concerns if NICE used anonymised data to fill in the gaps if NICE was not getting enough evidence in âthe usual waysâ.26 However, we hasten to point out that the question about willingness to share is different from the question whether people have concerns or not. In addition, after a 2-day discussion meeting Council members were perhaps more sensitised to the potential concerns regarding data sharing. Therefore, we suggest that the way and context within which questions are phrased may influence the answers people give.Overall, people expressed similar generic ventolin cost motivations to share their data, perceived similar benefits (despite some variation between patients and citizens), yet at the same time displayed a range of concerns, predominantly relating to confidentiality and data security, awareness about access and control, and potential harms resulting from these risks.
Both patient and public participants conveyed that certain factors would increase or reduce their willingness to have generic ventolin cost their data shared. For example, the presence of privacy-protecting measures (eg, data deidentification and the use of secured databases) seemed to increase willingness to share, as well as transparency generic ventolin cost and information about data sharing processes and responsibilities. The identified views and attitudes appeared to come together in the conditions stipulated by generic ventolin cost participants.
Value, privacy and confidentiality, minimising risks, data security, transparency, control, information, trust, responsibility and accountability.In our Introduction, we mentioned that identifying patientsâ and public views and attitudes allows for a better understanding of the elements of a socially sanctioned governance framework. In other words, what work should our governance framework be doing in order generic ventolin cost to obtain a social license?. This review urges researchers and generic ventolin cost institutions to address peopleâs diverse concerns and to make an effort to meet the conditions identified.
Without these conditions, institutions lack trustworthiness, which is vital for the proceedings of medicine and biomedical science generic ventolin cost. As such, generic ventolin cost a social license is not a ânice to haveâ but a âneed to haveâ. Our results also confirm that patients and the public indeed care about more than legal compliance alone, and wish to be engaged through information, transparency and control.
This work supports the findings of a recent systematic review into ethical principles of data sharing as specified in various international ethical guidelines and literature.38 What this body of research implies is considerable diversity of values and beliefs generic ventolin cost both between and within countries.The goal of this narrative review was to identify the most internationally dominant, aggregated patient and public views about the broad topic of data sharing for health research. We deliberately opted for the methodology of a narrative review rather than a systematic generic ventolin cost review. Most narrative reviews deal with a broad range of issues to a given topic generic ventolin cost rather than addressing a particular topic in depth.39 This means narrative reviews may be most useful for obtaining a broad perspective on a topic, and that they often are less useful in generating quantitative answers to specific clinical questions.
However, because narrative reviews do not require specification of the search and selection strategy and the way of critically appraising literature can be variable, the connection between evidence generated by narrative reviews and (clinical) recommendations generic ventolin cost is less rigorous and risk of bias exists. This is something to take into account in this study. A risk of bias assessment was not generic ventolin cost possible due to the heterogeneity of the findings.
We acknowledge that our methodological choices may have affected the discriminative power or granularity of generic ventolin cost our findings. For example, there is a difference between sharing of routinely collected health data versus secondary use of health data collected for generic ventolin cost research purposes. And we can only make loose assumptions about potential differences between patient and public views.In addition, we should mention that this work is centred around studies conducted in Western countries as the whole Big Data space and literature is generic ventolin cost dominated by Western countries, higher socioeconomic status and Caucasians.
However, most of the disease burden globally and within countries is most probably not represented in the âBig Dataâ and so we have to stress the lack of generalisability to large parts of the world.Nevertheless, we believe our findings point towards essential elements of a governance framework for data sharing for health research purposes. If we generic ventolin cost are to conclude that the identified conditions ought to act as the pillars of a governance framework, the next step is to identify how these conditions could be practically operationalised. For example, if people value information, transparency and control, what generic ventolin cost type of consent is most likely to valorise these conditions?.
And what policy for returning research results would be generic ventolin cost desirable?. Once we generic ventolin cost know what to value, we can start thinking about the ways to acknowledge that value. A new challenge arising here, however, is what to do when people hold different or even conflicting values or preferences.
Discrete choice experiments could help to test peopleâs preferences regarding specific topics, such as preferred modes generic ventolin cost of informed consent. Apart from empirical work, conceptual analysis is needed to clarify how public trust, trustworthiness of institutions and accountability are interconnected.ConclusionThis narrative review suggests widespreadâthough conditionalâsupport among patients and generic ventolin cost the public for data sharing for health research. Despite the fact that participants recognise actual or potential benefits of health research, they report a number of significant concerns generic ventolin cost and related conditions.
We believe identified conditions (eg, social value, data security, transparency and accountability) ought to be operationalised in a value-based governance framework that incorporates the diverse patient and public values, needs and interests, and which reflects the way these same conditions are met, to strengthen the social license for Big Data health research.Ethics statementsPatient consent for publicationNot required.AcknowledgmentsWe thank Susanne Løgstrup (European Heart Network) and Evert-Ben van Veen (Medlaw) for their valuable feedback during various stages in drafting the manuscript..
IntroductionLarge-scale, international data sharing opens the online pharmacy ventolin door to the study of so-called âBig Dataâ, which holds great promise for improving How do i get amoxil patient-centred care. Big Data health research online pharmacy ventolin is envisioned to take precision medicine to the next level through increased understanding of disease aetiology and phenotypes, treatment effects, disease management and healthcare expenditure.1 However, lack of public trust is proven to be detrimental to the goals of data sharing.2 The case of care.data in the UK offers a blatant example of a data sharing initiative gone awry. Criticism predominantly focused on limited public awareness and lack of clarity on the goals of the programme and ways to opt out.3 Citizens are becoming increasingly aware online pharmacy ventolin and critical of data privacy issues, and this warrants renewed investments to maintain public trust in data-intensive health research. Here, we online pharmacy ventolin use the term data-intensive health research to refer to a practice of grand-scale capture, (re)use and/or linkage of a wide variety of health-related data on individuals.Within the European Union (EU), the recently adopted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU 2016/679) addresses some of the concerns the public may have with respect to privacy and data protection.
One of the primary goals of the GDPR is to give individuals control over their personal data, most notably through consent.4 Other lawful grounds for the processing of personal data are listed, but it is unclear how these would exactly apply to scientific research. Legal norms online pharmacy ventolin remain open to interpretation and thus offer limited guidance to researchers.5 6 In Recital 33, the GDPR actually mentions that additional ethical standards are necessary for the processing of personal data for scientific research. This indicates a recognised need for entities undertaking activities likely to incite public unease to go beyond compliance with legal requirements.7 Complementary ethical governance then becomes a prerequisite for securing public trust in data-intensive health research.A concept that could be of use in developing ethical governance is that of a âsocial license to operateâ.7 The social license captures the notion of a mandate granted by society online pharmacy ventolin to certain occupational groups to determine for themselves what constitutes proper conduct, under the condition that such conduct is in line with societyâs expectations. The term âsocial licenseâ was first used in the 1950s by American sociologist Everett Hughes to address relations between professional occupations and society.8 The concept has been used since to frame, for example, corporate social responsibility in the mining industry,9 governance of medical research in general8 and of data-intensive health research more specifically.7 10 online pharmacy ventolin As such, adequate ethical governance then becomes a precondition for obtaining a social license for data sharing activities.Key to an informed understanding of the social license is identifying the expectations society may hold with regard to sharing of and access to health data.
Here, relevant societal actors are the subjects online pharmacy ventolin of Big Data health research, constituting both patients and the general public. Identification of patientsâ and public views and attitudes allows for a better understanding of the elements of a socially sanctioned governance framework. We know of the existence of research papers that have captured these online pharmacy ventolin views using quantitative or qualitative methods or a combination of both. So far, systematic reviews of the literature have limited their scope to citizens of specific countries,11 12 qualitative studies only13 or the sharing of genomic data.14 Therefore, we performed an up-to-date narrative review of both quantitative and qualitative studies to explore predominant patient and public views and attitudes towards data sharing for health research.MethodsWe searched the literature databases PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Scopus and online pharmacy ventolin Google Scholar in April 2019 for publications addressing patientsâ and public views and attitudes towards the use of health data for research purposes.
Synonyms of the following terms (connected by âANDâ) online pharmacy ventolin were used to search titles and/or abstracts of indexed references. Patient or online pharmacy ventolin public. Views. Data sharing online pharmacy ventolin.
Research (See box 1 and online supplementary appendix online pharmacy ventolin 1). To merit inclusion, an article had to report results from an online pharmacy ventolin original research study (qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods) on attitudes of individuals regarding use of data for health research. We restricted eligibility to records published in English and studies performed between 2009 and online pharmacy ventolin 2019. We chose 2009 as a lower limit because we assume that patientsâ and public perspectives might have changed substantially with increasing awareness and use of digital (health) technologies.
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses synthesising the empirical literature on this online pharmacy ventolin topic also qualified for review. Reports from online pharmacy ventolin stakeholder meet-ups and workshops were eligible as long as they included patients or the public as participants. Since we were only interested in empirical evidence, expert opinion and publications merely advocating for the inclusion of patientsâ and public views in Big online pharmacy ventolin Data health research were excluded. Studies that predominantly reported on views of online pharmacy ventolin other stakeholdersâsuch as clinicians, researchers, policy makers or industryâwere excluded.
Articles reporting on conference proceedings, or views regarding (demographic) data collection in low or middle income countries or for public health and care/quality improvement were not considered relevant to this review. Despite our specific interest in data sharing within the European context, we broadened eligibility criteria to online pharmacy ventolin include studies performed in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Additional articles were identified through consultation with experts and review online pharmacy ventolin of references in the manuscript identified through the literature database searches. Views and attitudes of patients and the public were identified from selected references and reviewed by means of thematic content analysis.Supplemental materialBox 1 Key search terms(patient* OR public OR citizen*)AND(attitude* OR view* OR perspective* OR opinion* OR interview* OR qualitative* OR questionnaire* OR survey*)AND(âdata sharingâ OR âdata accessâ OR âdata transferâ)ANDResearchResultsStudy characteristicsSearches in PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Scopus and Google Scholar resulted in a total of 1153 non-unique online pharmacy ventolin records (see online supplementary appendix 1).
We identified 27 online pharmacy ventolin papers for review, including 12 survey or questionnaire studies (quantitative), 8 interview or focus group studies (qualitative), 1 mixed methods study and 6 systematic reviews (see table 1). Most records were excluded because they were not relevant to our research question or because they did not report on findings from original (empirical) research studies. Ten studies reported on views of patients, 11 on views of the public/citizens and 6 studies combined views of patients, research participants and the public.View this table:Table 1 Study characteristicsWillingness to share data for health researchReviewed papers suggest widespread support for the sharing of data for health research.Four systematic reviews synthesising the views of patients and the public report that willingness for data to be linked and shared for research purposes is high11â14 and that people are generally open to and understand the benefits of data sharing.15Outpatients from a German university hospital who participated in a questionnaire study (n=503) expressed a strong willingness (93%) to give broad consent for secondary use of data,16 and 93% of a sample of UK citizens with Parkinsonâs disease (n=306) were willing to share their data.17 Wide support for sharing of data internationally18 19 and in multicentre online pharmacy ventolin studies20 was reported among patient participants. Goodman et al found that most participants in a sample of US patients with cancer (n=228) were willing to have their data made available for âas many research studies as possibleâ.21 Regarding the use of anonymised healthcare data for research purposes, a qualitative study found UK rheumatology patients and patient representatives in support of data sharing (n=40).22Public respondents in survey studies recognised the benefits of storing electronic health information,23 and 78.8% (n=151) of surveyed Canadians felt positive about the use of routinely collected data for health research.24 The majority (55%) of a sample of older Swiss citizens (n=40) were in favour of placing genetic data at disposal for research.25 Focus group discussions convened in the UK showed that just over 50% of the members of the Citizens Council of The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said they would have no concerns about NICE using anonymised data derived from personal care records to evaluate treatments,26 and all participants in one qualitative study were keen to contribute to the National Healthcare Service (NHS)-related research.27Motivations to share dataPatients and public participants expressed similar reasons and motivations for their willingness to share data for health research, including contributing online pharmacy ventolin to advancements in healthcare, returning incurred benefits and the hope of future personal health benefits (tables 2â4).View this table:Table 2 Patientsâ views and attitudes towards the sharing of health data for researchView this table:Table 3 Public views and attitudes towards the sharing of health data for researchView this table:Table 4 Patientsâ and public views and attitudes towards the sharing of health data for researchIn the two systematic reviews that addressed this topic, sharing data for âthe common goodâ or âthe greater goodâ was identified as one of the most prevalent motivations.12 14For patients specifically, to help future patients or people with similar health problems was an important reason.14 16 One survey study conducted among German outpatients found that 72% listed returning their own benefits incurred from research as a driver for sharing clinical data.16 Patients with rare disease were also motivated by âgreat hope and trustâ in the development of international databases for health research.19 Among patients, support of research in general,16 the value attached to answering âimportantâ research questions,20 and a desire to contribute to advancements in medicine14 were prevalent reasons in favour of data sharing.
Ultimately, the belief that data sharing could lead to improvements in health outcome and care was reported.20Only one original study research online pharmacy ventolin paper addressed public motivations. This study found that older citizens mentioned auistic reasons and the greater good in a series of interviews as reasons to share genetic data for research.25 In these interviews, online pharmacy ventolin citizens expressed no expectations of an immediate impact or beneficial return but ultimately wanted to help the next generation.Perceived benefits of data sharingPatients and the public perceive that data sharing could lead to better patient care through improved diagnosis and treatment options and more efficient use of resources. Patients seem to also value the potential of (direct) personal health benefits.Two systematic reviews reported on perceived benefits of data sharing for health research purposes. Howe et al mentioned perceived benefits to research participants or the immediate community, benefits to the public and benefits to research and science.15 Shabani et al also listed accelerating research advancement and maximising the value of resources as perceived benefits.14Surveyed patients perceived that data sharing could help their doctor âmake better decisionsâ about their health (94%, n=3516)28 or result in an increased chance of receiving personalised health information (n=228).21In the original studies reviewed, advantages and potential benefits of data sharing were generally recognised by public and patient participants.22 29 Data sharing was believed to enable the study of long-term treatment effects and rare events, as well as the study of large numbers of people,24 to improve diagnosis25 and treatment quality,20 23 as well as to stimulate innovation30 and identify new treatment options.25 A cross-sectional online survey among patient and citizen groups in Italy (n=280) also identified the perception that data sharing could reduce waste in research.30Perceived risks of data sharingThe most significant risks of data sharing were perceived to results from breaches of confidentiality, commercial use and potential abuse of the data.Systematic reviews report on patientsâ and public concerns about confidentiality in general,13 15 sometimes linked to the risk of reidentification,14 concerns about a party's competence in keeping data secure,12 and concerns that personal information could be mined from genomic data.14 A systematic review by Stockdale et al identified concerns among the public (UK and Ireland) about the motivation a party might have to use the data.14Patients in a UK qualitative study (n=40) perceived âdetrimentalâ consequences of data âfalling into the wrong handsâ, such as insurance companies.22 Respondents from the online patient community PatientsLikeMe were fearful of health data being âstolen by hackersâ (87%, n=3516).28Original research studies flagged data security and privacy as major public concerns.16 18 20 25 26 29â32 More specifically, many studies found that participants worried about who would have access to the data and about risk of misuses or abuses.13 15 18 25 27 33 A large pan-European survey among respondents from 27 EU member states revealed public concerns about different levels of access by third parties (48.9%â60.6%, n=20â882).23 Overall, reviewed papers suggest that patients and the public are concerned about the use of their data for commercial purposes.14 27 For example, the online pharmacy ventolin NICE Citizens Council expressed concerns about the potential for data to be sold to other organisations and used for profit and for purposes other than research.26 The Citizens Council also highlighted the need for transparency about how data are used and how it might be used in the future and for ensuring the research is conducted according to good scientific practice and that data are used to benefit society.
Concerns about control and ownership of data were identified13 33 and about re-use of data for online pharmacy ventolin purposes that participants do not agree on.30 Fear of discrimination, stigmatisation, exploitation or other repercussions as a consequence of data being shared was widely cited by individuals.14 15 18Barriers to share dataStudies showed that patients and the public rarely mention barriers to data sharing in absolute terms. Rather, acceptance seemed to decrease if data sharing was financially motivated, and if people did not know how and with whom their data would be shared.First, individuals often opposed data sharing if it was motivated by financial gain or profit20 or if the data were shared with commercial/private companies.14 15 In one large pan-European survey (n=20â882), respondents were found to be strongly averse to health insurance companies and private sector pharmaceutical companies viewing their data.23 Second, lack of understanding and awareness around the use of data was viewed as a barrier to data sharing.15 22 Third, lack of transparency and controllability in releasing data were mentioned as factors compromising public trust in data sharing activities.14 22Factors affecting willingness to share dataA wide range of factors were identified from the literature that impacted individualsâ willingness to share data for health research, including geographical factors, age, individual-specific and research-specific characteristics.Geographical factorsMcCormack et al found that European patientsâ expressions of trust and attitudes to risk were often affected by the regulatory and cultural practices in their home countries, as well as by the nature of the (rare) disease the patient participant had.18 Shah et al conducted a survey among patients in four Northern European countries (n=855) and found a significant association between country and attitudes towards sharing of deidentified data.34 Interestingly, Dutch respondents were less likely to support sharing of their deidentified data compared with UK citizens.AgeAmong a sample of surveyed patients with Parkinsonâs disease (UK), a significant association was found between higher age and increased support for data sharing.17 According to a study based on semistructured interviews with older Swiss citizens, generational differences impacted willingness to share.25 With respect to public attitudes towards data sharing, findings of one systematic review suggest that males and older people are more likely to consent to sharing their medical data.27 A systematic review by Shabani et al suggests that patient and public participants with higher mean age are substantially less worried about privacy and confidentiality than other groups.14Individual-specific characteristicsA systematic review into patientsâ and public perspectives on data sharing in the USA suggests that individuals from under-represented minorities are less willing to share data.11 A large multisite survey (n=13â000) among the US public found that willingness to share was associated online pharmacy ventolin with self-identified white race, higher educational attainment and lower religiosity.31 In another systematic review, race, gender, age, marital status and/or educational level all seemed to influence how people perceived sensitivity of genomic data and the sharing thereof.14 However, a UK study among patients with Parkinsonâs disease found no clear relationship between data sharing and the number of years diagnosed, sex, medication class or health confidence.17Factors that clearly positively affected attitudes towards data sharing were perceptions of the (public) benefits and value of the research,13 20 fewer concerns and fewer information needs,31 and higher trust in and reputation of individuals or organisations conducting and/or overseeing data sharing.12â14 35 Conversely, willingness decreased with higher privacy and confidentiality concerns11 and higher distrust of the government as an oversight body for (genetic) research data.35Research-specific characteristicsPrivacy measures increased peopleâs willingness to share their data for health research, such as removal of social security numbers (90%, n=3516) and insurance ID (82%, n=3516), the sharing of only summary-level or aggregate data20 and deposition of data in a restricted access online database.29 Expressions of having control over what data are shared and with whom positively affected attitudes towards data sharing.34 In one study, being asked for consent for each study made participants (81%) feel ârespected and involvedâ, and 74% agreed that they would feel that they âhad controlâ.14 With respect to data sharing without prospective consent, participants became more accepting after being given information about the research processes and selection bias.27 Less support was observed for data sharing due to financial incentives25 and, more specifically, if data would be shared with private companies, such as insurance or pharmaceutical companies.11 25Conditions for sharingWidespread willingness to share data for health research very rarely led to participantsâ unconditional support. Studies showed agreement on the following conditions for responsible data sharing. Value, privacy, minimising risks, data security, transparency, control, information, trust, responsibility and accountability.ValueOne systematic review found that participants found it important that the research as a result of data sharing should be in the publicâs interest and should reflect participantsâ values.15 The NICE Citizens Council advocated for appropriate systems and good working practices to ensure a consistent approach to research planning, data capture and analysis.26Privacy, risks and data securityThe need to protect individualsâ privacy was considered paramount11 14 21 34 and participants often viewed deidentification of personal data as a top privacy measure.11 24 30 36 One survey among US patients with cancer found that only 20% (n=228) of participants found linkage of individuals with their deidentified data acceptable for return of individual health results and to support further research.21 Secured access to databases was considered an important measure to ensure data security in data sharing activities.30 34 A systematic review of participantsâ attitudes towards data sharing showed that people established risk minimisation as another condition for data sharing.15 Findings by Mazor et al suggest that patients only support studies that offer value and minimise security risks.20Transparency and controlConditions regarding transparency were information about how data will be shared and with whom,14 35 the type of research that is to be performed, by whom the research will be performed,16 information on data sharing and monitoring policies and database governance,35 conditions framing access to data and data access agreements,24 28 30 and any partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry.19 More generally, participants expressed the desire to be involved in the data sharing process,35 to be notified when their data are (re)used and to be informed of the results of studies using their data.15 Spencer et al identified use of an electronic interface as a highly valued means to enable greater control over consent choices.22 When asked about the use of personal data for health research by the NHS, UK citizens were typically willing to accept models of consent other than the ones they would prefer.37 Acceptance of consent models with lower levels of individual control was found to be dependent on a number of factors, including adequate transparency, control over detrimental use and commercialisation, and the ability to object, particularly to any processing considered to be inappropriate or particularly sensitive.37Information and trustOne systematic review identified trust in the ability of the original institution to carry out the oversight tasks as a major condition for responsible data sharing.14 Appropriate education and information about data sharing was thought to include public campaigns to inform stakeholders about Big Data32 and information communicated at open days of research institutions (such as NICE) to ensure people understand what their data are being used for and to reassure them that personal data will online pharmacy ventolin not be passed on or sold to other organisations.26 The informed consent process for study participation was believed to include information about the fact that individualsâ data could potentially be shared,15 30 the objectives of data sharing and (biobank) research, the studyâs data sharing plans,29 governance structure, logistics and accountability.33Responsibility and accountabilityParticipants often placed the responsibility for data sharing practices on the shoulders of researchers.
Secondary use of data collected earlier for scientific research was viewed to require a data access committee that involves a researcher from the original research project, a clinician, patient representative and a participant in online pharmacy ventolin the original study.36 Researchers of the original study were required to monitor data used by other researchers.36 In terms of accountability, patient and public groups in Italy (n=280) placed high value on sanctions for misuse of data.30 Information on penalties or other consequences of a breach of protection or misuse was considered important by many.31 35DiscussionIn this study, we narratively reviewed 27 papers on patientsâ and public views on and attitudes towards the use of health data for scientific research. Studies reported a widespreadâthough conditionalâsupport for the linkage and sharing of online pharmacy ventolin data for health research. The only outlier seems to be the finding that just over half (n=25) of the NICE Citizens Council answered ânoâ to the question whether they had any concerns if NICE used anonymised data to fill in the gaps if NICE was not getting enough evidence in âthe usual waysâ.26 However, we hasten to point out online pharmacy ventolin that the question about willingness to share is different from the question whether people have concerns or not. In addition, after a 2-day discussion meeting Council members were perhaps more sensitised to the potential concerns regarding data sharing.
Therefore, we suggest that the way and context within which questions are phrased online pharmacy ventolin may influence the answers people give.Overall, people expressed similar motivations to share their data, perceived similar benefits (despite some variation between patients and citizens), yet at the same time displayed a range of concerns, predominantly relating to confidentiality and data security, awareness about access and control, and potential harms resulting from these risks. Both patient online pharmacy ventolin and public participants conveyed that certain factors would increase or reduce their willingness to have their data shared. For example, the presence online pharmacy ventolin of privacy-protecting measures (eg, data deidentification and the use of secured databases) seemed to increase willingness to share, as well as transparency and information about data sharing processes and responsibilities. The identified views and attitudes online pharmacy ventolin appeared to come together in the conditions stipulated by participants.
Value, privacy and confidentiality, minimising risks, data security, transparency, control, information, trust, responsibility and accountability.In our Introduction, we mentioned that identifying patientsâ and public views and attitudes allows for a better understanding of the elements of a socially sanctioned governance framework. In other words, what work should our governance online pharmacy ventolin framework be doing in order to obtain a social license?. This review urges researchers and institutions to address peopleâs diverse concerns and to make an effort to meet the online pharmacy ventolin conditions identified. Without these conditions, institutions lack trustworthiness, which is vital for the proceedings of medicine and biomedical online pharmacy ventolin science.
As such, a social license is not a ânice to haveâ but a âneed to haveâ online pharmacy ventolin. Our results also confirm that patients and the public indeed care about more than legal compliance alone, and wish to be engaged through information, transparency and control. This work supports the findings of a recent systematic review into ethical principles of data sharing as specified in various international ethical guidelines and literature.38 What this body of research implies is considerable diversity of values and beliefs both between and within countries.The goal of this narrative review was to identify the most internationally dominant, aggregated patient and public views about the broad topic of data sharing for health online pharmacy ventolin research. We deliberately opted for the methodology of a narrative review rather than a online pharmacy ventolin systematic review.
Most narrative reviews deal with a broad range of issues to a given topic rather than addressing a particular topic in depth.39 This means narrative reviews may be most useful for obtaining a broad perspective on a topic, and that they often are less useful in generating quantitative answers to specific clinical questions online pharmacy ventolin. However, because narrative reviews do not require specification of the search and selection strategy and the way of critically appraising literature can be variable, the connection between evidence generated by narrative reviews and (clinical) recommendations online pharmacy ventolin is less rigorous and risk of bias exists. This is something to take into account in this study. A risk online pharmacy ventolin of bias assessment was not possible due to the heterogeneity of the findings.
We acknowledge that our methodological choices may have affected the discriminative power or granularity of online pharmacy ventolin our findings. For example, there is online pharmacy ventolin a difference between sharing of routinely collected health data versus secondary use of health data collected for research purposes. And we can only make loose assumptions about potential differences between patient and public views.In addition, we should mention that this work is centred around studies conducted in Western countries as the online pharmacy ventolin whole Big Data space and literature is dominated by Western countries, higher socioeconomic status and Caucasians. However, most of the disease burden globally and within countries is most probably not represented in the âBig Dataâ and so we have to stress the lack of generalisability to large parts of the world.Nevertheless, we believe our findings point towards essential elements of a governance framework for data sharing for health research purposes.
If we are to conclude that the identified conditions ought online pharmacy ventolin to act as the pillars of a governance framework, the next step is to identify how these conditions could be practically operationalised. For example, online pharmacy ventolin if people value information, transparency and control, what type of consent is most likely to valorise these conditions?. And what policy for returning research results would online pharmacy ventolin be desirable?. Once we know what online pharmacy ventolin to value, we can start thinking about the ways to acknowledge that value.
A new challenge arising here, however, is what to do when people hold different or even conflicting values or preferences. Discrete choice experiments could help to test peopleâs preferences regarding specific online pharmacy ventolin topics, such as preferred modes of informed consent. Apart from empirical work, conceptual analysis is needed to clarify how public trust, trustworthiness of institutions and accountability are interconnected.ConclusionThis narrative online pharmacy ventolin review suggests widespreadâthough conditionalâsupport among patients and the public for data sharing for health research. Despite the fact that participants recognise actual or potential benefits of health research, they report a number of significant concerns and related conditions.
We believe identified conditions (eg, social value, data security, transparency and accountability) ought to be operationalised in a value-based governance framework that incorporates the diverse patient and public values, needs and interests, and which reflects the way these same conditions are met, to strengthen the social license for Big Data health research.Ethics statementsPatient consent for publicationNot required.AcknowledgmentsWe thank Susanne Løgstrup (European Heart Network) and Evert-Ben van Veen (Medlaw) for their valuable feedback during various stages in drafting the manuscript..