“Nobody Seemed to Notice My Work”: The Lived Experiences of Home Care Workers Assisting People With Chronic Diseases: A Phenomenological Study by Valentina Cacciapuoti, Silvio Simeone, Michele Virgolesi, Medeline R. Sterling, Elisa Dallago, Ercole Vellone, Rosaria Alvaro, Gianluca Pucciarelli

“…Introduction: Home care workers (HCWs) are paid caregivers who provide support to patients with chronic conditions and functional limitations. …”
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Pharmacist interventions for older adults with polypharmacy in an ambulatory geriatric clinic by Antonietta Paneccasio, Anna Bondar, Emily Fargo, Marcie Parker, Ardeshir Hashmi, Kenneth Koncilja, Gina Elder

“…Secondary objectives included: describing the DRPs resolved by the pharmacist, identifying the medications deprescribed, determining the frequency of additional outreach to other healthcare providers or patient caregivers, and characterizing any additional pharmacist interventions. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 8th World Summit on Pediatrics; Madrid (Spain); October 3-6, 2024 by --- Various Authors

“…ACCESS TO SERVICES, QUALITY OF CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY FROM CAREGIVERS’ PERSPECTIVE • M. Jakubauskiene, R. Perminaite, J. …”
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Mortality in the families of children during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a repeated cross-sectional study of children in the United States by Kao-Ping Chua, Rena M. Conti, Nora V. Becker

“…Abstract Background Modeling studies suggest that hundreds of thousands of U.S. children have lost caregivers since the COVID-19 pandemic began. However, few studies have directly evaluated changes in mortality in the families of U.S. children using patient-level data, characterized adult decedents and their surviving children, or accounted for the loss of the adult siblings of children. …”
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Community and familial dynamics influencing risk behavior for HIV acquisition among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda: Qualitative analysis using Protective Motivation The... by Rose Apondi, Hilde Bastiaens, Christiana Nöstlinger, Jennifer Galbraith, Tiffiany M Aholou, Amy Medley, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Anna C Awor, David M Serwadda, George Aluzimbi, Juliet Cheptoris, Moses Ogwal, Neema Nakyanjo, Pragna Patel

“…Using the Protective Motivation Theory (PMT), we explored HIV-acquisition risk sources and perceived protective factors from AGYW and caregivers' perspective.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>During 2018, we conducted a qualitative study guided by PMT to explore factors influencing HIV acquisition among AGYW. …”
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Co-design for stroke intervention development: Results of a scoping review. by Hardeep Singh, Natasha Benn, Agnes Fung, Kristina M Kokorelias, Julia Martyniuk, Michelle L A Nelson, Heather Colquhoun, Jill I Cameron, Sarah Munce, Marianne Saragosa, Kian Godhwani, Aleena Khan, Paul Yejong Yoo, Kerry Kuluski

“…., individuals with stroke, family members/caregivers and clinicians) and used various methods to engage end-users, including focus groups and workshops. …”
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Configurational effects of intergenerational support on older adults’ depression: an empirical study from CHARLS data by Qin Bai, Duanduan Fu, Shichen Chen, Fang Wang, Baizhi Gao, Jinghui Zhu, Guilin Liu

“…Method Based on data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS), depression among older adults was used as the outcome variable, and intergenerational support (including three dimensions of emotional, economic, and caregiving support) was used as the antecedent variable. …”
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Health promoting palliative care interventions in African low-income countries: a scoping review by Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Diane Tapp, Samiratou Ouedraogo, Ariane Plaisance, Carol-Anne Hyland-Carignan, Idriss Ali Gali-Gali

“…We found that volunteers and caregivers played a key role in HPPC. Interventions sought to strengthen community action by reinforcing the skills and knowledge of community health workers (usually unpaid volunteers). …”
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Impact of Chorea on Self-care Activity, Employment, and Health-care Resource Use in Patients with Huntington’s Disease by Daniel O. Claassen, Jonathan DeCourcy, Jennifer Mellor, Charlotte Johnston, Ravi G. Iyer

“…These patients were more likely to stop working due to motor, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms; require modifications in the home and workplace; and need more assistance from caregivers than patients without chorea. **Conclusions:** Patients with HD-related chorea have greater detriments to emotional, interpersonal, and professional functioning that could be improved by reducing chorea.…”
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Evaluation of Cancer Patient Satisfaction: A Transversal Study in Radiotherapy Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco by Boujemaa EL Marnissi, Fouad Abbass, Hafida Charaka, Nawal Mouhoute, Abdelaziz Tritha, Touria Bouhafa, Khalid Hassouni

“…Patients are nowadays care-partners with caregivers. This relation is practically important for patients presenting chronic diseases, especially cancer. …”
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Exploring Quality of Life in Adults Living With Late-onset Pompe Disease: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perceptions from Australia, France, Italy, and... by Holly Lumgair, Lisa Bashorum, Alasdair MacCulloch, Elizabeth Minas, George Timmins, Drago Bratkovic, Richard Perry, Medi Stone, Vasileios Blazos, Elisabetta Conti, Raymond Saich

“…Participant experiences such as use of mobility or ventilation aids, caregivers, symptomology, and daily life impacts were also characterized. …”
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Successful management of refractory epilepsy in creatine transporter deficiency with cannabidiol and clobazam: A case report by Maria Borrell‐Pichot, Carmen Fons, Susana Boronat, Alba Sierra‐Marcos

“…Behavioral improvement was also noted by his caregivers. No adverse effects were reported. Very few cases of CRTR‐D with refractory epilepsy have been reported. …”
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Perceptions of Patients and Nurses about Bedside Nursing Handover: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis by Huda Anshasi, Zainab Abdullah Almayasi

“…From the nurses’ perspective, it is important to inquire with patients about their preference for the presence of caregivers, and to conduct private handovers for sensitive issues away from the bedside. …”
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Parental Evaluation of a Responsive Parenting Program for Infants with Hearing Loss by Reinhild Glanemann, Karen Reichmuth, Stephanie Brinkheetker, Antoinette am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen, Katrin Neumann

“…The MPP is well suited to a wide range of close caregivers’ needs despite the known diversity of children with hearing loss and their parents or families.…”
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Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka by Kavinda Dayasiri, S. F. Jayamanne, C. Y. Jayasinghe

“…There were 16 reports of medication errors (14.2% of acute poisoning events) either due to erroneous administration by caregivers or erroneous issue of medicines by health workers. …”
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Acupressure intervention for children: A scoping review by Sri Ramdaniati, Mei Neni Sitaresmi, Fitri Haryanti, Arief Tarmansyah Iman

“…Acupressure on children can be administered by acupuncturists, nurses, doctors, caregivers, and parents, offering six main benefits: alleviating nausea and vomiting, relieving pain, decreasing anxiety, relieving fatigue, increasing visual function, and increasing weight and height. …”
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Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Development of Children in Rukungiri Municipality Uganda. by Nyakahoza, Jackline

“…In the same regard, parenting support programs that offer information and tools to help parents become skilled caregivers and manage their stress and frustration should be put in place.…”
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Functional and structural connectivity of the subregions of the amygdala in ADHD children with or without ODD by Zhao-Min Wu, Peng Wang, Xue-Chun Liu, Qing-Chao Zhou, Xiao-Lan Cao, Li Sun, Lu Liu, Qing-Jiu Cao, Li Yang, Yu-Feng Wang, Ying Qian, Bin-Rang Yang

“…The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) were filled out by caregivers. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was performed to test group-wise differences in these behavioral measures. …”
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Barriers and enablers to recruiting participants within paediatric perioperative and anaesthetic settings: lessons learned from a trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedi... by Marie C. Hyslop, Diana E. Papaioannou, Robert Bolt, Matthew J. Wilson, Michael Bradburn, Janet Clarkson, Esther Herbert, Nicholas Ireland, Jennifer Kettle, Amanda Loban, Amy C. Norrington, Christopher Vernazza, Christopher Deery

“…As part of a qualitative sub-study, semi-structured interviews with local site teams, participants, and caregivers also explored barriers and enablers to recruitment. …”
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Development of Speech and Communication in Polish Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study by Natalia Moćko, Marcin Rudzki, Zuzanna Miodońska, Julia Olesiak, Katarzyna Jochymczyk-Woźniak, Michał Kręcichwost

“…Additionally, we observed that speech therapists and caregivers were perceived as not fully aware of the speech development impairments caused by 22q11DS. …”
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