Evaluation of psychosocial work environment among healthcare professionals in cardiac care units by Ralitsa Raycheva, Pavlina Pavlova, Rositsa Dimova

“…The respondents were mostly registered nurses (40.3%, n=110). Specialist doctors were second at 23.8% (n=65), followed by paramedics at 14.7% (n=40), fellow doctors at 11.7% (n=32), and technical/medical personnel at 7.3% (n=20). …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Concerns Amongst Healthcare Workers by Ammarah Saeed, Bushra Rabbani, Naseem Amin Dhedhi, Faisal Ahmed, Mehrunnisa Umar, Jameel Ahmed

“…Furthermore, doctors were found to have significantly lower odds of having concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination than nurses/paramedics (AOR 0.17, 95% CI 0.08-0.34, p<0.001). …”
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Asthma Worsenings: Approaches to Prevention and Management from the Asthma Worsenings Working Group by Meyer Balter, Pierre Ernst, Wade Watson, Harold Kim, Lisa Cicutto, Marie-France Beauchesne, Andrew J Cave, Alan Kaplan, Donna Hogg, Andrew McIvor, Tom Smiley, Michel Rouleau, J Mark FitzGerald

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Patient Perceptions of Surgeon Attire, Professionalism, and Gender Bias in Pakistani Public Hospitals by Maham Arshad, Zara Ali, Talha Tariq, Kainat Raza, Fatima Hashmi, Tarim Nayab

“…They were also less likely to be chosen as the preferred gender for seeking assistance and were more frequently misidentified as nurses or medical technicians. Conclusions: Both attire type and gender bias significantly shape public perceptions of a surgeon's professionalism and approachability. …”
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Attitudes of healthcare workers at a District in KwaZulu-Natal regarding institutionalisation of antimicrobial stewardship by Andile P. Dlungele, Lehlohonolo J. Mathibe

“…That is, 33% (n = 16), 28% (n = 14), 25% (n = 12) and 14% (n = 7) were nurses, pharmacists as well as pharmacist interns, medical practitioners and healthcare managers, respectively. …”
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Work ability following breast cancer – the MyHealth randomized controlled trial by Trine A. Horsbøl, Lena Saltbæk, Caroline Urhammer, Randi V. Karlsen, Christoffer Johansen, Pernille E. Bidstrup, Beverley L. Høeg, Vibeke Zoffmann, Federica Belmonte, Ingelise Andersen, Anne S. Friberg, Mads N. Svendsen, Helle G. Christensen, Vesna Glavicic, Dorte L. Nielsen, Susanne O. Dalton

“…Background and purpose: We previously demonstrated positive effects on quality of life and mental health following breast cancer when comparing a nurse-led follow-up program without scheduled visits (MyHealth) to regular follow-up. …”
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Influence of the Model of Care on the Outcomes of Diabetes Self-Management Education Program: A Scoping Review by Emmanuel Kumah, Emmanuel K. Afriyie, Aaron A. Abuosi, Samuel E. Ankomah, Adam Fusheini, Godfred Otchere

“…That is, we determined whether there are differences in DSME outcomes when patient’s care provider is a general practitioner, a specialist, a nurse, or a combination of these health professionals. …”
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A vicious cycle of frailty and acute lower respiratory infection among community-dwelling adults (≥ 60 years): Findings from a multi-site INSPIRE cohort study, India. by Siddhartha Saha, Ritvik Amarchand, Rakesh Kumar, Aslesh O Prabhakaran, Prabu Rajkumar, Sumit Dutt Bhardwaj, Suman Kanungo, Radhika Gharpure, Kathryn E Lafond, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Anand Krishnan

“…Participants were categorized as non-frail (0-5 points), vulnerable (6-7 points), and frail (≥8 points) based on EFS score. Project nurses made weekly home visits to identify ALRI episodes with onset during past 7 days. …”
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A Comparison of Patient and Provider Perspectives on an Electronic Health Record–Based Discharge Communication Tool: Survey Study by Dorothy Yingxuan Wang, Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Annie Wai-Ling Cheung, Kam-Shing Tang, Eng-Kiong Yeoh

“…MethodsThis study comprised a cross-sectional self-administered staff survey and a pre-post cross-sectional patient survey. Physicians, nurses, and older adult patients aged 65 years and older discharged from 4 public hospitals were included. …”
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Association of parental rearing styles with suicidal ideation in Chinese adolescent patients with depression: a large-scale cross-sectional study by Jiacheng Liu, Jiacheng Liu, Chang Cheng, Kamila Edeleva, Zhen Zhao, Liying Yang, Chuanyi Kang, Xiaohong Wang, Na Zhao, Jian Hu

“…The Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran (EMBU) scale was used to evaluate parental rearing style.ResultsThe study showed that female (OR=1.886, 95%CI:1.502–2.368), sleep (OR=0.798, 95%CI:0.637–0.998), school management (OR=1.179, 95%CI:1.041–1.336), alcohol consumption (OR=1.798, 95%CI:1.304–2.479), child life (OR=1.797, 95%CI:1.457–2.216), maternal interference (OR=1.032, 95%CI:1.015–1.048), paternal emotional warmth (OR=0.975, 95%CI:0.966–0.983) and paternal rejection (OR=1.102, 95%CI:1.063–1.142) were significantly associated with SI.ConclusionsTo recognize SI earlier, physicians and nurses need to pay more attention to those female adolescent depression populations that are experiencing an unhappy childhood, non-democratic school management, alcohol consumption, excessive maternal interference, lack of paternal emotional warmth, and paternal rejection.…”
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The impact of specialised gastroenterology services for pelvic radiation disease (PRD): Results from the prospective multi-centre EAGLE study. by John N Staffurth, Stephanie Sivell, Elin Baddeley, Sam Ahmedzai, H Jervoise Andreyev, Susan Campbell, Damian J J Farnell, Catherine Ferguson, John Green, Ann Muls, Raymond O'Shea, Sara Pickett, Lesley Smith, Sophia Taylor, Annmarie Nelson

“…Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at baseline, 6 and 12 months; and healthcare resource usage (HRU) and patient, support-giver, staff experience and acceptability of staff training (qualitative analysis) were assessed. Two nurse- and one doctor-led gastroenterology services were set up in three UK cancer centres. …”
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The Effect of Telenursing on Disease Outcomes in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review by Mina AkbariRad, Mohsen Dehghani, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Ashkan Torshizian, Nikoo Saeedi, Mehrdad Sarabi, Mahdieh Sahebi, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri

“…Findings showed that telenursing or nurse telephone follow-up significantly increased mean self-care efficacy score, improved adherence to the treatment regimen, decreased glycosylated hemoglobin and plasma glucose levels (but not lipid profile and body mass index), and improved quality of life compared to the routine care in people with T2DM. …”
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How interventions to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened systems for delivery of maternal and child health services: a case-study of Wakiso District, Uganda by Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Neda Razaz, John M. Ssenkusu, Tobias Alfvén, Helena Lindgren

“…Methods This was a descriptive case study conducted in Wakiso District in central Uganda. It included 21 nurses and midwives as key informants and 32 mothers in three focus group discussions. …”
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Burnout Syndrome among Healthcare Workers in Lithuania as a Former Soviet Country by Aušra Deksnytė, Ramūnas Aranauskas, Vytautas Kasiulevičius, Lukas Aranauskas, Alvydas Navickas, Rugilė Jurkytė, Karolina Palinauskaitė, Diana Zlotnikovienė

“…Doctors had the highest BOS score compared to nurses, residents, and other specialists (59.72±13.99 versus 57.33±14.13, t=2.4; 57.53±14.20, t=2.2; 54.06±15.22, t=5.67, respectively). …”
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Predictors of missed hospital appointments in patients with posterior compartment pelvic floor disorders in a tertiary referral centre by Tanzeela Gala, Mehak Saini, Abigail Fernandes, Carlotta Sarzo, Noman Shahzad, Carlene Igbedioh, Alexis Schizas, Linda Ferrari, Alison Hainsworth

“…Methods:: This is a cross-sectional single-institution study from a tertiary pelvic floor unit (PFU) with data collected from a prospectively maintained database.A missed appointment was marked if patients did not​ attend two consecutive appointments without informing or asking to re-schedule and were recorded for Telephone Triage Assessment Clinic (TTAC), Specialist-nurse, face-to-face bowel function clinic (BFC), Investigations including endoanal (EAUS) and pelvic floor ultrasound (PFUS) and defaecating proctogram (DP). …”
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Effect of a closed-loop medication order executive system on safe medication administration at a tertiary hospital: a quasi-experimental study by Xuwen Yin, Haiyan Song, Jieyu Lu, Jing Yang, Rong Wang, Zheng Lin, Shudi Jiang, Hui Yuan, Xumei Wang, Dongmei Xu, Chunhong Gao, Yuan Zhou, Jiayi Xu, Chen Chen, Chenyu Gu, Qingqing Diao, Fang Li, Zejuan Gu

“…The ARIMA model showed a decrease in the average level of ME rates after system implementation, with no statistically significant decrease in the long term, and a significant drop in the ME rate in the short and medium term ( p  < 0.01). Nurses’ administration accounted for more than 60% of errors post-implementation, and lack of communication was a prominent factor. …”
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An Atypical Presentation of Childhood Paraganglioma with Seizures: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Elizabeth Eberechi Oyenusi, Uzoamaka Felicia Nwigbo, Oluwadamilola Moromoke Oladipo, Blessing Ebele Kene-Udemezue, Kasarachi Pauline Akowundu, Khadijah Omobusola Oleolo-Ayodeji, Oluwaseun Adunni Afoke, Funmilayo Oluwatoyin Babatunde, Felix Makinde Alakaloko, Gabriel Kolawole Asiyanbi, Ezekiel Olayiwola Ogunleye, Abiola Olufunmilayo Oduwole, Foluso Ebun Afolabi Lesi

“…Intraoperative challenges were hypertension and hypotension (following tumour excision). She was nursed in the ICU for 48 hours. Histology results confirmed paraganglioma. …”
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A system‐based intervention to reduce Black‐White disparities in the treatment of early stage lung cancer: A pragmatic trial at five cancer centers by Samuel Cykert, Eugenia Eng, Paul Walker, Matthew A. Manning, Linda B. Robertson, Rohan Arya, Nora S. Jones, Dwight E. Heron

“…Intervention components included: (1) a real‐time warning system derived from electronic health records, (2) race‐specific feedback to clinical teams on treatment completion rates, and (3) a nurse navigator. Consented patients were compared to retrospective and concurrent controls. …”
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Application of a New Type of Protective Sputum Suction Device in Clinic against Cross-Infection between Medical Staff and Patients by Kang Lu, Weizhou Wu, Gaomei Jin, Haixia Yang, Xiaowei Cai, Lin Li, Zanchao Chen, Lin Ren, Baoshuan Guo, Qing-feng Xue

“…A questionnaire survey of sputum suction nurses suggested that the satisfaction with use and protective effect of the closed suction were better than open suction. …”
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“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

“…Three themes were identified in the interviews: (1) feeling inadequate as a nurse, (2) feeling valued in this role, and (3) uncertain future. …”
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