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INTRODUCTION: Unreliability associated with scoring sleep variables is a potentially problematic issue in clinical and research studies. When scoring unreliability is unrecognized, it can contribute to the following: increase variability in the measures of interest, decrease a study's ability to detect important relati…

: Increasing evidence suggests that breast milk and its bioactive components, including short-chain fatty acids and the milk microbiome, are influenced by maternal nutrition and body mass index (BMI). Bioactive components transferred to the infant through breast milk play a pivotal role in infant growth and development…

BACKGROUND: Head nurses are vital in understanding and encouraging knowledge sharing among their followers. However, few empirical studies have highlighted their contribution to knowledge-sharing behaviour in Online Health Communities (OHCs). In addition, scant literature has examined the moderating role of knowledge s…

OBJECTIVES: Although literature exists on using qualitative methods to generate potential attributes for a discrete choice experiment (DCE), there is little on selecting which attributes to include. We present a case study in which a best-worst scaling case 1 (BWS-1) survey was used to guide attribute selection for a D…

The education system has been radically transformed by technological impetuses owed to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4.0). Most recently, developing nations expedited smart education implementation to combat the negative effects COVID-19 has on education; thus, presenting managerial issues. A review of the literatu…

RATIONALE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The fragility index (FI) and fragility quotient (FQ) are increasingly used measures for assessing the robustness of clinical studies with binary outcomes in terms of statistical significance. The FI is the minimum number of event status modifications that can alter a study result's statis…

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy has been reported as an effective treatment for lower limb ulceration. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for the treatment of lower limb ulceration. Five electronic databases (Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Knowled…

Undergraduate nursing students require adequate primary palliative care education in their formal education to prepare them to care for the growing population of individuals living with serious illness and their families. This paper aggregates results from 3, nationwide cross-sectional, descriptive, needs assessment st…

PURPOSE: This umbrella review aims to appraise and summarize systematic reviews to support a recommendation of physical activity as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of persons with diabetic foot ulcers. METHODS: Anprotocol guided the systematic search and inclusion process. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL f…

AIM: Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare complication of ear, nose and throat (ENT) infections. Although recent guidelines recommend the systematic use of anti-coagulation therapy (ACT) in the treatment of these CVT, literature data are scarce. The present study's objective was to determine the value of ACT in a…

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aims to determine the effectiveness of dorsal root ganglion stimulation (DRGS) in chronic pain management. METHODS: In 2023, a comprehensive systematic review was undertaken utilizing various electronic databases, employing MeSH terms and free search terms tailored to the study's aims…

Caregivers of People with dementia (PwD) commonly experience burdens and other mental health issues, e.g., depression and anxiety. At present, there are limited studies that examine the relationships between caregiver psychological factors and caregiver burden, and depressive and anxiety symptoms. Therefore, this study…

OBJECTIVE: Most previous studies on advance care planning (ACP) have focused on patients with specific diseases and only a few on frail ageing individuals. We therefore decided to examine the perspective of geriatric patients on ACP. Our research questions include if, when, with whom and with which content geriatric pa…

PURPOSE: Pain due to oral-mucositis (OM) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) /chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) can be nociceptive and/or neuropathic. Neuropathic pain (NP) often remains underdiagnosed and untreated. This study's purpose was to identify the presence of OM-induced NP in HNC patient…

INTRODUCTION: Sepsis, the life-threatening immune response to infection, affects millions of people annually. Understanding of the factors associated with the development of sepsis is crucial for improving population health and public health efforts; in particular, literature exploring the relationship between sepsis a…

OBJECTIVE: Long thoracic neuropathy results in serratus anterior muscle denervation and presents with scapular winging. Previously published studies have been unable to identify the long thoracic nerve on MRI; instead, secondary imaging features of serratus anterior muscle denervation are used to infer nerve injury. Ou…

UNLABELLED: Frequently overridden alerts in the electronic health record can highlight alerts that may need revision. This method is a way of fine-tuning clinical decision support. We evaluated the feasibility of a complementary, yet different method that directly involved pediatric emergency department (PED) providers…

Pediatric burn injuries are common, and the stress of caring for them can affect caregivers' health. This study's objective was to examine the rates of common mental and physical disorders of parents of burn-injured children (cases) compared with matched controls (controls). This is a population-based study linking the…

To identify current ED models of care and their impact on care quality, care effectiveness, and cost. A systematic search of key health databases (Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, EMbase) was conducted to identify literature on ED models of care. Additionally, a focused review of the contents of 11 international and national…

Efficacy of antibiotic cement (ALBC) in primary knee arthroplasty (pTKA) has been debated. The study's purpose was to examine efficacy of ALBC versus plain cement (PBC) in preventing infection in high-risk patients undergoing pTKA. 3292 consecutive pTKAs were divided into three cohorts: (1) patients receiving only PBC,…