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client education

-provision of health-related education to clients that will facilitate their acquisition of new knowledge and skills, adoption of new behaviors, and modification of attitudes

three domains of learning

• comprehension
• application
• expression of feelings 1. role play 2. group discussions

psychomotor

• acquistion of new skills 1. viewing a demonstratioon 2. practicing skills
• expression of feelings
• group discussions
• acquistion of new skills
• viewing a demonstratioon
• practicing skills

educational needs

• vary depending on:
• health status
• geographic location
• socioeconomic location
• psychological state
• social factors
• spiritual factors

barriers to learning

client-related barriers

• low literacy level
• lack of motivation

educator-related barriers

• fear of public speaking
• dealing with challenging individuals
• uncomfortable with unrehearsed responses to questions
• dependent on written notes
• uncertainties stemming from:
• education materials
• appropriate program length
• adjusting teaching materials or instructional methods

- lack of motivation

uncertainties stemming from

elements of a teaching plan

• overall goal or purpose
• measurable objectives
• outline of content
• instructional methods
• timeline for teaching
• various teaching tools or resources
• methods of evaluation

beginning nursing student

• provide client education about:
• upcoming tests
• prescribes medications
• incorporate the domains of learning in client teaching
• use evidence-based literature for the development of client education
• ensure teaching materials are at a level appropriate for the client

advance student nurse

• develop and implement health promotion and restoration for clients and family
• provide comprehensive health education
• respond to client concerns
• reinforce client teaching provided by other healthcare professionals

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Case Study Research Method in Psychology

Saul Mcleod, PhD

Editor-in-Chief for Simply Psychology

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Case studies are in-depth investigations of a person, group, event, or community. Typically, data is gathered from various sources using several methods (e.g., observations & interviews).

The case study research method originated in clinical medicine (the case history, i.e., the patient’s personal history). In psychology, case studies are often confined to the study of a particular individual.

The information is mainly biographical and relates to events in the individual’s past (i.e., retrospective), as well as to significant events that are currently occurring in his or her everyday life.

The case study is not a research method, but researchers select methods of data collection and analysis that will generate material suitable for case studies.

Freud (1909a, 1909b) conducted very detailed investigations into the private lives of his patients in an attempt to both understand and help them overcome their illnesses.

This makes it clear that the case study is a method that should only be used by a psychologist, therapist, or psychiatrist, i.e., someone with a professional qualification.

There is an ethical issue of competence. Only someone qualified to diagnose and treat a person can conduct a formal case study relating to atypical (i.e., abnormal) behavior or atypical development.

 Famous Case Studies

• Anna O – One of the most famous case studies, documenting psychoanalyst Josef Breuer’s treatment of “Anna O” (real name Bertha Pappenheim) for hysteria in the late 1800s using early psychoanalytic theory.
• Little Hans – A child psychoanalysis case study published by Sigmund Freud in 1909 analyzing his five-year-old patient Herbert Graf’s house phobia as related to the Oedipus complex.
• Bruce/Brenda – Gender identity case of the boy (Bruce) whose botched circumcision led psychologist John Money to advise gender reassignment and raise him as a girl (Brenda) in the 1960s.
• Genie Wiley – Linguistics/psychological development case of the victim of extreme isolation abuse who was studied in 1970s California for effects of early language deprivation on acquiring speech later in life.
• Phineas Gage – One of the most famous neuropsychology case studies analyzes personality changes in railroad worker Phineas Gage after an 1848 brain injury involving a tamping iron piercing his skull.

Clinical Case Studies

• Studying the effectiveness of psychotherapy approaches with an individual patient
• Assessing and treating mental illnesses like depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD
• Neuropsychological cases investigating brain injuries or disorders

Child Psychology Case Studies

• Studying psychological development from birth through adolescence
• Cases of learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD
• Effects of trauma, abuse, deprivation on development

Types of Case Studies

• Explanatory case studies : Used to explore causation in order to find underlying principles. Helpful for doing qualitative analysis to explain presumed causal links.
• Exploratory case studies : Used to explore situations where an intervention being evaluated has no clear set of outcomes. It helps define questions and hypotheses for future research.
• Descriptive case studies : Describe an intervention or phenomenon and the real-life context in which it occurred. It is helpful for illustrating certain topics within an evaluation.
• Multiple-case studies : Used to explore differences between cases and replicate findings across cases. Helpful for comparing and contrasting specific cases.
• Intrinsic : Used to gain a better understanding of a particular case. Helpful for capturing the complexity of a single case.
• Collective : Used to explore a general phenomenon using multiple case studies. Helpful for jointly studying a group of cases in order to inquire into the phenomenon.

Where Do You Find Data for a Case Study?

There are several places to find data for a case study. The key is to gather data from multiple sources to get a complete picture of the case and corroborate facts or findings through triangulation of evidence. Most of this information is likely qualitative (i.e., verbal description rather than measurement), but the psychologist might also collect numerical data.

1. Primary sources

• Interviews – Interviewing key people related to the case to get their perspectives and insights. The interview is an extremely effective procedure for obtaining information about an individual, and it may be used to collect comments from the person’s friends, parents, employer, workmates, and others who have a good knowledge of the person, as well as to obtain facts from the person him or herself.
• Observations – Observing behaviors, interactions, processes, etc., related to the case as they unfold in real-time.
• Documents & Records – Reviewing private documents, diaries, public records, correspondence, meeting minutes, etc., relevant to the case.

2. Secondary sources

• News/Media – News coverage of events related to the case study.
• Academic articles – Journal articles, dissertations etc. that discuss the case.
• Government reports – Official data and records related to the case context.
• Books/films – Books, documentaries or films discussing the case.

3. Archival records

Searching historical archives, museum collections and databases to find relevant documents, visual/audio records related to the case history and context.

Public archives like newspapers, organizational records, photographic collections could all include potentially relevant pieces of information to shed light on attitudes, cultural perspectives, common practices and historical contexts related to psychology.

4. Organizational records

Organizational records offer the advantage of often having large datasets collected over time that can reveal or confirm psychological insights.

Of course, privacy and ethical concerns regarding confidential data must be navigated carefully.

However, with proper protocols, organizational records can provide invaluable context and empirical depth to qualitative case studies exploring the intersection of psychology and organizations.

• Organizational/industrial psychology research : Organizational records like employee surveys, turnover/retention data, policies, incident reports etc. may provide insight into topics like job satisfaction, workplace culture and dynamics, leadership issues, employee behaviors etc.
• Clinical psychology : Therapists/hospitals may grant access to anonymized medical records to study aspects like assessments, diagnoses, treatment plans etc. This could shed light on clinical practices.
• School psychology : Studies could utilize anonymized student records like test scores, grades, disciplinary issues, and counseling referrals to study child development, learning barriers, effectiveness of support programs, and more.

How do I Write a Case Study in Psychology?

Follow specified case study guidelines provided by a journal or your psychology tutor. General components of clinical case studies include: background, symptoms, assessments, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. Interpreting the information means the researcher decides what to include or leave out. A good case study should always clarify which information is the factual description and which is an inference or the researcher’s opinion.

1. Introduction

• Provide background on the case context and why it is of interest, presenting background information like demographics, relevant history, and presenting problem.
• Compare briefly to similar published cases if applicable. Clearly state the focus/importance of the case.

2. Case Presentation

• Describe the presenting problem in detail, including symptoms, duration,and impact on daily life.
• Include client demographics like age and gender, information about social relationships, and mental health history.
• Describe all physical, emotional, and/or sensory symptoms reported by the client.
• Use patient quotes to describe the initial complaint verbatim. Follow with full-sentence summaries of relevant history details gathered, including key components that led to a working diagnosis.
• Summarize clinical exam results, namely orthopedic/neurological tests, imaging, lab tests, etc. Note actual results rather than subjective conclusions. Provide images if clearly reproducible/anonymized.
• Clearly state the working diagnosis or clinical impression before transitioning to management.

3. Management and Outcome

• Indicate the total duration of care and number of treatments given over what timeframe. Use specific names/descriptions for any therapies/interventions applied.
• Present the results of the intervention,including any quantitative or qualitative data collected.
• For outcomes, utilize visual analog scales for pain, medication usage logs, etc., if possible. Include patient self-reports of improvement/worsening of symptoms. Note the reason for discharge/end of care.

4. Discussion

• Analyze the case, exploring contributing factors, limitations of the study, and connections to existing research.
• Analyze the effectiveness of the intervention,considering factors like participant adherence, limitations of the study, and potential alternative explanations for the results.
• Identify any questions raised in the case analysis and relate insights to established theories and current research if applicable. Avoid definitive claims about physiological explanations.
• Offer clinical implications, and suggest future research directions.

5. Additional Items

• Thank specific assistants for writing support only. No patient acknowledgments.
• References should directly support any key claims or quotes included.
• Use tables/figures/images only if substantially informative. Include permissions and legends/explanatory notes.
• Provides detailed (rich qualitative) information.
• Provides insight for further research.
• Permitting investigation of otherwise impractical (or unethical) situations.

Case studies allow a researcher to investigate a topic in far more detail than might be possible if they were trying to deal with a large number of research participants (nomothetic approach) with the aim of ‘averaging’.

Because of their in-depth, multi-sided approach, case studies often shed light on aspects of human thinking and behavior that would be unethical or impractical to study in other ways.

Research that only looks into the measurable aspects of human behavior is not likely to give us insights into the subjective dimension of experience, which is important to psychoanalytic and humanistic psychologists.

Case studies are often used in exploratory research. They can help us generate new ideas (that might be tested by other methods). They are an important way of illustrating theories and can help show how different aspects of a person’s life are related to each other.

The method is, therefore, important for psychologists who adopt a holistic point of view (i.e., humanistic psychologists ).

Limitations

• Lacking scientific rigor and providing little basis for generalization of results to the wider population.
• Researchers’ own subjective feelings may influence the case study (researcher bias).
• Difficult to replicate.
• Time-consuming and expensive.
• The volume of data, together with the time restrictions in place, impacted the depth of analysis that was possible within the available resources.

Because a case study deals with only one person/event/group, we can never be sure if the case study investigated is representative of the wider body of “similar” instances. This means the conclusions drawn from a particular case may not be transferable to other settings.

Because case studies are based on the analysis of qualitative (i.e., descriptive) data , a lot depends on the psychologist’s interpretation of the information she has acquired.

This means that there is a lot of scope for Anna O , and it could be that the subjective opinions of the psychologist intrude in the assessment of what the data means.

For example, Freud has been criticized for producing case studies in which the information was sometimes distorted to fit particular behavioral theories (e.g., Little Hans ).

This is also true of Money’s interpretation of the Bruce/Brenda case study (Diamond, 1997) when he ignored evidence that went against his theory.

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8 Real-World Use Cases of AI Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

AI predictive analytics in healthcare enhances decision-making, streamlines operations, and improves patient outcomes. By leveraging data-driven insights, healthcare providers can predict disease outbreaks, personalize treatment plans, and optimize resource allocation. Explore how this technology transforms patient care by enabling early intervention, reducing costs, and increasing overall efficiency.

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Key takeaways, 1. diagnosing diseases using ai-driven insights, 2. personalizing medicine and treatment plans, 3. predicting drug side effects for safer treatments, 4. accelerating drug discovery and repurposing, 5. predicting and preventing outbreaks with ai-driven epidemiology, 6. monitoring patient health remotely, 7. optimizing resources to save healthcare costs, 8. reducing readmissions and improving patient satisfaction, in conclusion.

When it comes to our health, especially in matters of life and death, making accurate predictions and data-driven decisions is vital. Gone are the days when healthcare relied solely on generalized, one-size-fits-all approaches.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially Generative AI , have demonstrated the critical importance of adaptability and precision in medical responses.

Today, healthcare service providers and patients need support at every stage of the care continuum. Predictive analytics powered by AI make more proactive and targeted medical care a reality.

It leverages huge amounts of healthcare data, including the patient’s medical records, treatment outcomes, genetic information, and lifestyle choices, to train algorithms that:

• Forecast the likelihood of disease recurrence
• Anticipate future industry requirements
• Optimize custom treatment protocols

With the global healthcare predictive analytics market expected to reach $34.1 billion by 2030 , growing at a CAGR of 20.4% from 2024 to 2030, it’s imperative to understand how this technology can make a difference.

Check out eight real-world use cases of AI predictive analytics in the healthcare industry and how healthcare AI solutions can be beneficial for healthcare service providers.

AI systems analyze patient records to identify subtle patterns, facilitating early diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s, significantly improving patient outcomes.

AI leverages individual genetic, environmental, and lifestyle data to create personalized treatment plans, optimizing medication effectiveness and reducing unnecessary interventions.

AI models, like the one from Arizona State University, predict adverse drug reactions by analyzing molecular interactions, improving patient safety and treatment efficacy.

AI accelerates drug discovery by scanning chemical libraries and predicting drug interactions with biological systems, shortening the time to market and finding new uses for existing drugs.

AI-driven epidemiology predicts disease outbreaks by analyzing vast datasets from various sources, enabling proactive measures and resource allocation to contain and control the spread of diseases.

Wearable devices and predictive algorithms monitor vital signs in real-time, alerting healthcare service providers to anomalies and enabling timely interventions, thus improving patient health management.

AI predicts patient admission peaks and resource needs, improving appointment scheduling, inventory management, and administrative efficiency. This leads to cost savings and better patient care.

AI identifies patients at risk and suggests personalized follow-up care and discharge plans, reducing readmissions and improving patient outcomes.

Eight real-world use cases of AI predictive analytics in healthcare

The most prominent and real-world use cases of AI predictive analytics in healthcare are diagnosing disease, personalized medicine, predicting drug side effects and disease outbreaks, faster drug discovery and repurposing, optimizing healthcare resources, and reducing readmissions. Explore each of them in detail with examples.

Historically, diagnosis was regarded as the primary guide to treatment and prognosis, which is what’s likely to happen in the future. Although still considered a core part of clinical practice, it now must contend with the increasing complexity and multi-morbidity in patients.

Modern diagnosis demands a more nuanced understanding of diseases, which is where predictive models and AI enter the picture.

These technologies help identify subtle patterns in the Electronic Health Records of the patient that may escape human observers and detect medical conditions in their nascent stages when most treatable.

For example, in cancer care, AI systems integrate information across domains, such as pathology (bloodwork), radiology (tumor imaging), and genomics (genetic data), to predict malignancy, growth rate, potential complications, and possible spread of cancer.

Moreover, AI-based image reconstruction notably increases productivity in Magnetic Resonance (MR) departments and reduces the cost per exam while supporting diagnostic confidence with high-resolution medical images.

This data, in turn, assists multidisciplinary tumor boards in curating a timely course of action to improve the patient’s survival rate.

In another scenario, AI’s diagnostic prowess extends to neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s. By analyzing patterns in brain imaging and cognitive performance data, AI can detect early signs of the disease, facilitating earlier intervention strategies to slow disease progression.

The human body is complex and reacts differently to different medicines. This is even more important in today’s post-COVID-19 climate. We understand that genetics influence how individuals metabolize and respond to medications.

Precision health takes into account variations in people’s genes, environments, and lifestyles, formulating treatment and prevention strategies that cater to their unique backgrounds and conditions.

Technological advancements, such as generative AI, have powered the shift towards personalized medicine. It analyzes individual patient profiles, comprising medical history, genetic data, and lifestyle factors, to pinpoint therapeutic approaches.

For example, in chronic disease management, such as in the case of diabetes, AI technology can monitor a patient’s glucose levels in real-time and recommend custom diet and medication plans to regulate blood sugar.

The targeted treatment optimizes the overall efficiency of healthcare systems by reducing unnecessary treatments and hospitalizations for chronic conditions.

Arizona State University (ASU) has developed a Machine Learning (ML) model that predicts how a patient’s immune system responds to foreign pathogens upon consuming a new drug. The Machine Learning algorithm focuses on the role of MHC-1 proteins, critical players in the body’s ability to recognize foreign cells.

The study is commendable because by understanding individualized molecular interactions, healthcare service providers can infer patterns about drug interaction side effects and predict previously unseen consequences from taking two drugs together.

For instance, a patient with hypertension is experiencing side effects from their current medication, hydrochlorothiazide, including severe dehydration and occasional hypokalemia.

The healthcare provider can input their medical history, current medications, and recent lab results into an AI-powered clinical decision support system (CDSS). The system can also access the patient’s genetic information, influencing drug metabolism.

Using pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling, AI can simulate how different drugs and dosages might interact with the patient’s specific biological pathways.

Based on research, healthcare service providers can switch the patient to a different class of antihypertensive, such as an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB). This drug is generally well-tolerated and doesn’t have the same side effects as hydrochlorothiazide.

Improving treatment safety from the get-go can lead to fewer emergency room visits and reduce the financial burden on healthcare systems. They’re also better equipped to comply with stringent medical safety regulations and offer superior quality of care.

Remember how urgent it was to find a vaccine for COVID-19 in 2020? Pharmaceutical companies took almost a year to develop one successfully; however, drug discovery is generally time-consuming.

The conceptualization-to-market delivery time for a drug takes anywhere between 12 to 18 years . Drug discovery is also a complex process and involves steps like target identification and validation, lead optimization, and hit identification, costing $2.6 billion on average.

The good news is that generative models can scan vast chemical libraries and simulate countless scenarios using advanced algorithms to predict how new drugs might interact with biological systems.

For example, drug A might interact with specific cellular receptors to inhibit the progression of diseases such as cardiovascular disorders. The AI models can analyze the drug’s structure and compare it to known effective compounds, predicting efficacy and potential side effects.

This speeds up drug discovery by narrowing the candidate pool to the most promising compounds before physical trials begin.

In addition, Generative AI helps to find new therapeutic uses for existing drugs . For example, a medication initially developed for arthritis could be studied by AI to determine its effects on immune system pathways.

This could reveal that the drug has potential benefits for treating autoimmune skin conditions, resulting in faster clinical application and better patient engagement with minimal human error.

In February 2024, the University of Virginia built an online Big Data dashboard to track the burden of enteric infectious diseases in low—and middle-income countries.

The dashboard pulls data from various sources and maps transmission hotspots to predict outbreaks of diarrheal diseases. The research team indicated that diarrhea is a major cause of childhood illness and mortality, and this problem will only worsen due to climate change.

Predictive analytics tools allow healthcare service providers to assess better and manage the risks associated with diseases in vulnerable populations.

AI algorithms stemming from Natural Language Processing (NLP) can integrate and process data from disease prevalence statistics, travel and migration patterns, weather conditions, and even trends in social media and internet search behaviors to identify potential outbreak patterns before they become public health crises.

For example, this technology can analyze historical data on dengue occurrences, recent unusually high rainfall patterns, increased global travel to the region, and a spike in local online searches for fever and rash symptoms.

This capability allows for immediate response and strategic resource allocation, ensuring that medical supplies, healthcare personnel, and preventive measures are directed where they’re most needed to effectively contain and control the spread of disease.

Plus, timely interventions can improve patient health outcomes and reinforce the public’s trust in the healthcare sector.

Wearable devices continuously gather vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, sleep patterns, and glucose levels.

AI algorithms can analyze this data in real-time to identify deviations from normal patterns, which indicate emerging health issues, such as respiratory disorders, cardiac events, or uncontrolled blood sugar levels.

When such anomalies are detected, the wearable can automatically alert medical professionals or healthcare service providers so that they can intervene quickly, possibly even before the patient is aware of the problem.

For example, atrial fibrillation affects millions of people each year. However, the condition often goes unrecognized and untreated. Wearables can monitor heart rhythm disturbances based on remote electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings and enable fast and efficient cardiac care.

Moreover, AI technology allows patients to manage their health. With access to real-time insights, they can make informed decisions about their lifestyle and treatment options. This could be as simple as getting notified to maintain appropriate volume levels while wearing AirPods.

In more severe cases, AI systems can guide patients on when to take medications, suggest modifications in exercise, and provide reminders for follow-up appointments or blood tests, thereby maintaining optimal health and reducing hospital visits.

Through predictive modeling, AI systems identify potential bottlenecks and inefficiencies that disrupt the smooth functioning of healthcare services .

For instance, the technology can predict peak times for patient admissions and recommend ideal appointment scheduling slots to ensure that staff and resources (e.g., procedural trays, MRI scanning machines, X-ray equipment, etc.) are adequately available when required without being over-extended.

This predictive capability also ensures that healthcare facilities maintain the right amount of inventory—medicines, syringes, swabs, surgical gowns, masks, and more—avoiding shortages and costly overstocks.

Plus, by automating routine processes, such as patient registration, billing, and claims processing, AI deep learning models minimize the workload on administrative staff. They empower them to handle financial transactions and critical patient data better.

When healthcare facilities operate in top condition, they can care for more patients in a given period by using the appropriate resources, which contributes to the overall sustainability and quality of healthcare institutions.

Hospital readmissions are considered a major focus of care quality as they put an unnecessary physical, social, and emotional burden on patients. On the other hand, healthcare service providers incur billions of dollars annually because of readmissions.

Research conducted by the NIH found that 15.3% of 491 patients were readmitted within a month of their discharge . Their length of stay for index and readmission was between four and seven days. The most common cause of readmission was persistence of symptoms (43%).

Advanced analytics in healthcare allow facilities to provide better care. The technology can help identify at-risk patients and assist in implementing specialized follow-ups so that they are not discharged until they’re completely cured.

This predictive capability is achieved by analyzing a wide range of data, including previous hospitalization records, detailed patient histories, and treatment outcomes.

Besides follow-up appointments, customized discharge plans might include rehabilitation programs and targeted education about managing symptoms at home.

AI systems can also suggest adjustments in post-discharge care, such as home health services or remote monitoring, to ensure that patients receive appropriate support. This can significantly reduce the likelihood of complications leading to readmissions.

Generative AI in Pharma - Exploring the Innovative Use Cases

There’s no doubt that AI-powered predictive analytics will transform the healthcare sector significantly by setting up mechanisms for early disease detection, personalized treatment plans, and optimized healthcare organizations’ resource usage and expense.

The technology demonstrates the potential to future-proof our health systems and provide better support to the people. If you’re a healthcare service provider, predictive analysis can help you run a well-oiled care machine that puts patients at the forefront of everything you do.

To understand how to leverage AI-powered predictive analytics in your healthcare organization, please book a 45-minute call with Intuz’s AI experts today. Also, receive a free roadmap to get started with technology adoption.

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