Treating obesity: a follow-up study. Can the stages of change model be used as a postal screening tool?
The SCQ has sifted out one in four patients who previously DNA an initial dietetic outpatient appointment. This has reduced waiting-list time as appointments are only book on return on the SCQ form, increased effective use of dietetic time through increased attendance rates, and lowered the DNA rate of follow-up appointments.
In minor anorectal surgery under spinal anaesthesia with ropivacaine, standard fluid regimen provides stable haemodynamic variables without urinary retention.