Effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by Sarah E Lamb, Shona Kirtley, Beth Fordham, Thavapriya Sugavanam, Sally Hopewell, Karla Hemming, Jeremy Howick, Roshan das Nair, Julia Hamer-Hunt

“…The outcomes of interest include: health-related quality of life, depression, anxiety, psychosis and physical/physiological outcomes prioritised in the individual reviews. …”
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Ketogenic metabolic therapy for schizoaffective disorder: a retrospective case series of psychotic symptom remission and mood recovery by Nicole Laurent, Erin L. Bellamy, Katherine A. Tague, Donika Hristova, Ally Houston

“…Patients either achieved full psychiatric deprescription or were in the process of deprescription at time of follow-up.ConclusionThis case series demonstrates that ketogenic metabolic therapy can resolve chronic psychotic and mood symptoms in patients with schizoaffective disorder, leading to full remission and significant functional recovery and reported improvements in quality of life that extend beyond symptom control with standard of care interventions.…”
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The follow-up of patients with celiac disease by Marco Di Tola, Hetty J. Bontkes, Juan Irure-Ventura, Marcos López-Hoyos, Nicola Bizzaro

“…The clinical remission and disappearance of circulating antibodies after a GFD further confirm the diagnosis and represent a goal to be achieved to improve the quality of life and reduce the risk of long-term complications. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2003 by Denis E O’donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road

“…Management strategies consisting of combined modern pharmacotherapy and nonpharmacotherapeutic interventions (eg, pulmonary rehabilitation/exercise training) can effectively improve symptoms, activity levels, and quality of life, even in patients with severe COPD. Acute exacerbations of COPD cause significant morbidity and mortality and should be treated promptly with bronchodilators and a short course of oral steroids; antibiotics should be prescribed for purulent exacerbations. …”
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Economic Evaluation of Boceprevir for the Treatment of Patients with Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Hungary by Raymond Odhiambo, Jagpreet Chhatwal, Shannon Allen Ferrante, Antoine El Khoury, Elamin Elbasha

“…**Results:** Compared to dual therapy, triple therapy was projected to increase the life expectancy by 0.98 and 2.42 life years and increase the quality-adjusted life years (QALY) by 0.59 and 1.13 in treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients, respectively. …”
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Treatment of patients with tumor/treatment-related hypothalamic obesity in the first two years following surgical treatment or radiotherapy by Hermann L. Müller, Julian Witte, Bastian Surmann, Manuel Batram, Kylie Braegelmann, Mathias Flume, Julia Beckhaus, Nicolas Touchot, Carsten Friedrich

“…Abstract Survivors of sellar/suprasellar tumors involving hypothalamic structures face a risk of impaired quality of life, including tumor- and/or treatment-related hypothalamic obesity (TTR-HO) defined as abnormal weight gain resulting in severe persistent obesity due to physical, tumor- and/or treatment related damage of the hypothalamus. …”
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Flexible modular dwelling for rural environments; specific case: Cebadas – Ecuador [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Karina Elizabeth Cajamarca Dacto, Maikol Josueé González Espinosa, Dany Marcelo Tasan Cruz, Erick Fabricio Nieto Páez, Jean Carlos Montero Riofrio

“…In Ecuador, poverty and energy inefficiency worsen the quality of life in rural areas. This project in the Cebadas parish proposes modular dwelling that applies bioclimatic and sustainable criteria, using local materials to improve habitability and promote the social and economic development of the community. …”
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Therapeutic modalities for iatrogenic late paresthesia in oral tissues innervated by mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve: a systematic review by Elham Keykha, Elahe Tahmasebi, Mahdi Hadilou

“…Main text As a common side effect of dental procedures, paresthesia can exert a profound adverse effect on patients’ quality of life. The inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) and lingual nerve (LN) have the highest chance of injury during several dental procedures, including mandibular orthognathic surgeries, implant placement, extraction of the third molar, anesthetic injections, flap elevation, and endodontic treatments. …”
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The prevalence of and the effect of global stressors on eating disorders among medical students by Muneera B. Almahmeed, Muna A. Almutawa, Yahya M. Naguib, Yahya M. Naguib

“…This warrants both awareness programs on campus, and the development of individual-tailored eating disorder treatment programs to halt progression and increase overall quality of life and education.…”
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Correlations of inflammatory processes caused by cerebral stroke with the outcome of the disease by A. Vaitkus, J. Valinčiūtė, S. Gylytė

“…A stroke associated with ischemic, hemorrhagic, and neuroinflammatory processes in the course of the disease can cause a reduction or increase in physical disability and neurological deficit, which are very important for daily activities and quality of life. Positive influence of inflammatory cells and mediators in brain injury patients. …”
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A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management by Jonathan Richard Benger, Jane Powell, Fiona Cramp, Carey Middleton McClellan

“…Patients were excluded if they had any of the following: injury greater than 72 hours old; systemic disease; dislocated joints; recent surgery; unable to give informed consent (eg, dementia), open wounds; major deformities; opiate analgesia required; concurrent chest/rib injury; neurovascular deficits and associated fracture.Interventions Patients were randomised to treatment by ESPs, ENPs or routine care provided by doctors (of all grades).Main outcome measures Upper-limb and lower-limb functional scores, quality of life, physical well-being, preference-based health measures and the number of days off work.Results The clinical outcomes of soft tissue injury treated by ESPs and ENPs in the ED were equivalent to routine care provided by doctors.Conclusions As all groups were clinically equivalent it is other factors such as cost, workforce sustainability, service provision and skill mix that become important. …”
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Diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease by eliciting trait-specific eye movements in multi-visual tasks by Maosong Jiang, Yanzhi Liu, Yanlu Cao, Shufeng Xia, Fei Teng, Wenzhi Zhao, Yongzhong Lin, Wenlong Liu

“…Our method provides physicians with a new auxiliary tool to improve the prognosis and quality of life of PD patients.…”
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Integrated medical and nursing ward rounds in a patient with gastrointestinal dysfunction after gastric cancer surgery (1例胃癌术后胃肠功能紊乱患者的医护一体化查房)... by ZHAO Yan (赵燕), LIU Shuhong (刘书红), TANG Ling (唐玲), LI Ye (李野), E Haiyan (鄂海燕)

“…The application of the integrated ward round mode is conducive to promoting the postoperative recovery, alleviating the pain, reducing the occurrence of complications and improving the quality of life of the patient. (总结1例胃癌术后胃肠功能紊乱患者的医护一体化查房实施经验。…”
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The Living-Related Kidney Transplant Program in Brunei Darussalam: Lessons Learnt from a Nascent National Program in a Small, Muslim, and Asian Country by Jackson Tan, Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Dalinatul Ahmed, Jayakrishnan Pisharam, Chiao Yuen Lim, Hock Beng Chua, William Chong, Kim Khee Tan

“…The first phase involved the gathering of evidence to support the establishment of the national program, through researches investigating feasibility, public opinion, quality of life, graft survival, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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Examining the relationships between patients’ multimorbidity trajectories and prognostic outcomes after the initial hip fracture by Jessica Qiuhua Sheng, Da Xu, Paul Jen-Hwa Hu, Liang Li, Ting-Shuo Huang

“…Abstract Hip fractures significantly affect patients’ health and quality of life. Despite therapeutic treatments, many patients continue to experience poor prognoses that include recurrent fractures and mortality, especially the older ones. …”
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Lifetime risks of kidney donation: a medical decision analysis by Bryce A Kiberd, Karthik K Tennankore

“…Objective This study estimated the potential loss of life and the lifetime cumulative risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from live kidney donation.Design Markov medical decision analysis.Setting USA.Participants 40-year-old live kidney donors of both sexes and black/white race.Intervention Live donor nephrectomy.Main outcome and measures Potential remaining life years lost, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost and added lifetime cumulative risk of ESRD from donation.Results Overall 0.532–0.884 remaining life years were lost from donating a kidney. …”
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Psychological Patient-reported Outcomes Cannot Predict a Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Patients who Return to Sports after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructio... by Ramana Piussi, Rebecca Simonson, Johan Högberg, Roland Thomeé, Kristian Samuelsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski

“… # Study design Diagnostic/prognostic study # Methods Demographic data, isokinetic strength test data for quadriceps, as well as results for the ACL-Return to Sport after Injury scale (ACL-RSI), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Quality of Life, and Function in Sport and Recreation sub-scales, and the 18-item version of the Knee Self-Efficacy Scale (K-SES~18~) were extracted from a registry. …”
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions for people living with HIV with cognitive impairment: A scoping review. by Lucinda Stuart, Kate Alford, Jamie H Vera

“…Studies most commonly examined neurocognitive outcomes, but also considered other outcomes including quality of life, depressive symptomatology, intervention acceptability and cART adherence. …”
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The Effect of Balance, Mindfulness, and Combined Exercises on Psychological Well-being and Fear of Falling in Inactive Elderly by Armin Farokhi, Ali Yaghobian, Mahdi Najafian Razavi, Amir Moghadam

“…Objective The high prevalence of falls among the elderly leads to significant adverse health consequences, including reduced quality of life and functional limitations. The primary aim of this study was to examine the effects of mindfulness, balance, and combined exercises on psychological well-being and fear of falling in inactive elderly individuals. …”
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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of Empirical vitamin D therapy on unintentional falls in older adults in the UK by J Smith, J S Davies, C D Poole

“…Based on reduction in falls alone, the intervention in all adults aged 65+ is cost-saving and leads to increased quality adjusted life years. Treating all adults aged 60+ incurs an intervention cost of £2.70bn over 5 years, yet produces a −£3.12bn reduction in fall-related costs; a net saving of £420M. …”
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