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INTRODUCTION: Police are frequently dispatched to a wide range of 911 calls, including mental and behavioural health crises, despite lacking the training, resources and time to respond effectively. In particular, people with serious mental illness are at elevated risk of experiencing excessive use of force, arrest and…

INTRODUCTION: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in children, with higher prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with high-income countries (HICs). Children with CP (CwCP) often face significant challenges in achieving toileting independence due to motor, sensory and…

INTRODUCTION: Violence against women (VAW) is a public health, gender equality and human rights issue, with women with disabilities facing heightened risks due to intersecting discrimination. However, research on violence against people with disabilities often lacks sex-disaggregated data and primarily focuses on intim…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this scoping review will be to chart the evidence in relation to the provision of care by nurse practitioners in virtual health care clinics. INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted health care systems, providers, and patients to rapidly shift to virtual care settings. Four years later…

INTRODUCTION: Diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) poses a serious threat to the quality of life and survival of patients, and systemic antibiotic therapy is effective and plays a pivotal role in the management of patients with DFO without amputation. However, the optimal duration of systemic antibiotic therapy is not cle…

BACKGROUND: The use of gamification in physical therapy mobile health interventions has increased rapidly in recent years, particularly with self-management of exercise in a home environment. Prior research has focused broadly on digital exergames, such as virtual reality or video games, or specifically on single conce…

BACKGROUND: There has been a rapid growth in the literature on the design and evaluation of assistive technologies for people with visual impairments; yet, there is a lack of a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature on the classification of immediate-, short-, medium-, and long-term psychosocial impact of as…

BACKGROUND: Up to 35% of older adults present to the emergency department (ED) with delirium or develop the condition during their ED stay. Delirium associated with an ED visit is independently linked to poorer outcomes such as loss of independence, increased length of hospital stay, and mortality. Improving the qualit…

Researchers who study autism-related interventions do a poor job reporting data related to the race and ethnicity of autistic individuals who participate in their studies, and of those who do report these data, the participants are overwhelmingly White. This is problematic for many reasons, as we know little about how…

OBJECTIVE: This living systematic review aims to provide a timely, rigorous and continuously updated summary of the evidence available on the role of pulmonary rehabilitation in the treatment of patients with COVID-19. DESIGN: This is the protocol of a living systematic review. DATA SOURCES: We will conduct searches…

BACKGROUND: Adolescent substance use continues to be a growing major public health concern in Africa. Recent studies infer an overall estimated prevalence of 42% among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is not adequately documented across many settings in the continent despite known negat…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are becoming increasingly popular, the application of MBIs with children and adolescents is still in its infancy. Mapping the existing literature is necessary to help guide pediatric mindfulness interventions. Our purpose is to synthesize the evide…

AIM: To assess the efficacy of structured patient education on disease-related knowledge and health behaviour change outcomes in adults with coronary heart disease. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analyses including meta-regression on education duration. METHODS: Seven databases (including Medline, Pubmed (non-Med…

BACKGROUND: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders impose a significant and most often underappreciated burden to the individual, nation, healthcare system, and society as a whole. To the best of our knowledge, there is a lack of reliable estimates on the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Ethiopia…

BACKGROUND: In this article, conceptualization of well-being is a starting point. According to Diener, subjective well-being refers to all kinds of evaluation, both positive and negative, people make about their own lives. It includes cognitive assessments, such as satisfaction with life and satisfaction with work, as…

BACKGROUND: Autologous fat grafting is an emerging therapeutic option for cutaneous wounds. The regenerative potential of autologous fat relates to the presence of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) within the stromal vascular fraction (SVF). ADSCs are capable of differentiating into fibroblasts and keratinocytes, as w…

INTRODUCTION: Ageing of populations globally, coupled with the obesity epidemic, has resulted in the rising prevalence of chronic diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and neurodegenerative disorders. Prevention of risk factors that contribute to these diseases is key in managing the global burd…

BACKGROUND: Community pharmacies have great potential to deliver services aimed at promoting health and preventing disease, and are embedded within communities. In the light of a rapid increase in community pharmacy-delivered public health services and an accompanying increase in the evidence base, this systematic revi…

The validity and applicability of a systematic review depends on the quality of the primary studies that are included and the quality of the methods used to conduct the review itself. Sometimes, observational studies represent the best available evidence. Subject to selection, information, and confounding biases, obser…

The heart of evidence-based practice is in fact to be found in the use of evidence gained from systematic reviews or more correctly in the synthesis of evidence from systematic reviews. But just as studies vary in the quality of the design so do systematic reviews, and it is therefore necessary for those wishing to mak…