Strategies adopted by men to deal with uncertainty and anxiety when following an active surveillance/monitoring protocol for localised prostate cancer and implications for care: a... by Chris Metcalfe, Jenny Donovan, Julia Wade, Vincent J Gnanapragasam, Michael Davis, David Neal, Richard Martin, Athene Lane, Edward Rowe, Freddie Hamdy, James Catto, Emma Turner, David Gillatt, Eleanor Walsh, Derek Rosario, Tim Peters, Roger Kockelbergh, Alan Paul, Peter Holding, Howard Kynaston, Owen Hughes, Prasad Bollina, Alan Doherty, Edgar Paez

“…This study investigated men’s strategies for coping with the uncertainties of active monitoring (AM, a surveillance strategy within the Prostate testing for cancer and Treatment, ProtecT trial) over the longer term and implications for optimising supportive care.Design Longitudinal serial in-depth qualitative interviews every 2–3 years for a median 7 (range 6–14) years following diagnosis.Setting Four centres within the UK Protect trial.Participants Purposive sample of 20 men with localised PCa: median age at diagnosis 64 years (range 52–68); 15 (75%) had low-risk PCa; 12 randomly allocated to, 8 choosing AM. …”
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Longitudinal health-related quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer stratified by treatment: a nationwide cohort studyResearch in context by Anne M. Gehrels, Pauline A.J. Vissers, Mirjam A.G. Sprangers, Nienke M. Fijnheer, Esther N. Pijnappel, Lydia G. van der Geest, Geert A. Cirkel, Judith de Vos-Geelen, Marjolein Y.V. Homs, Geert- Jan Creemers, Martijn W.J. Stommel, Lois A. Daamen, Marc G. Besselink, Johanna W. Wilmink, Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven

“…Patients were categorized into four groups based on treatment modality: resection (R-PAC), chemotherapy for localized disease (C-PAC), chemotherapy for metastatic disease (M1-C-PAC), and best supportive care (BSC). HRQoL was assessed using the EORTC QLQ-C30 and -PAN26 questionnaires at baseline, during treatment, and at 0–3 months and 3–6 months after treatment. …”
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Immunosuppressive treatment results in patients with primary IgA nephropathy in Turkiye; the data from TSN-GOLD working group by Aysegul Oruc, Abdullah Sumnu, Aydın Turkmen, Taner Basturk, Egemen Cebeci, Kenan Turgutalp, Hakkı Cetinkaya, Müge Uzerk Kibar, Nurhan Seyahi, Erhan Tatar, Metin Ergul, Ülver Derici, Mehmet Deniz Aylı, Musa Pınar, Betül Bakar, Rümeyza Kazancıoglu, Abdülmecit Yıldız, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Zülfükar Yılmaz, Kültigin Turkmen, Onur Tunca, Mehmet Koc, Sim Kutlay, Hasan Micozkadıoglu, Alper Azak, Burcu Boztepe, Sedat Ustundag, Seda Şafak Ozturk, Abdulkadir Unsal, Serhat Karadag, Gülizar Sahin, Ezgi Coşgun Yenigun, Necmi Eren, Mustafa Gullulu, Meltem Gursu, Savaş Ozturk

“…Background Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN) treatment consists of maximal supportive care and, for high-risk individuals, immunosuppressive treatment (IST). …”
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Second-line treatment patterns and outcomes in advanced HCC after progression on atezolizumab/bevacizumab by Meng Wu, Claudia A.M. Fulgenzi, Antonio D’Alessio, Alessio Cortellini, Ciro Celsa, Giulia F. Manfredi, Bernardo Stefanini, Y. Linda Wu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Anwaar Saeed, Angelo Pirozzi, Tiziana Pressiani, Lorenza Rimassa, Martin Schoenlein, Kornelius Schulze, Johann von Felden, Yehia Mohamed, Ahmed O. Kaseb, Arndt Vogel, Natascha Roehlen, Marianna Silletta, Naoshi Nishida, Masatoshi Kudo, Caterina Vivaldi, Lorenz Balcar, Bernhard Scheiner, Matthias Pinter, Amit G. Singal, Joshua Glover, Susanna Ulahannan, Fredrich Foerster, Arndt Weinmann, Peter R. Galle, Neehar D. Parikh, Wei-Fan Hsu, Alessandro Parisi, Hong Jae Chon, David J. Pinato, Celina Ang

“…Findings from this study show that patients who continued active treatment had improved post-progression survival compared to those who received best supportive care, and medication regimens incorporating tyrosine kinase inhibitors as well as immunotherapy agents were active. …”
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Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons Suffering Solely from Mental Illness in Canada by Chloe Eunice Panganiban, Srushhti Trivedi

“… [26] Ramona Coelho et al., “The Realities of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada,” Palliative & Supportive Care 21, no. 5 (October 2023): 871–78, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951523001025…”
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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

“…They wanted doctors to know more about supportive care for transgender young people, and to appreciate that there are many ways to be transgender. …”
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ERMHAN: A Context-Aware Service Platform to Support Continuous Care Networks for Home-Based Assistance by Federica Paganelli, Emilio Spinicci, Dino Giuli

“…Here we describe Emilia Romagna Mobile Health Assistance Network (ERMHAN) a multichannel context-aware service platform designed to support care networks in cooperating and sharing information with the goal of improving patient quality of life. …”
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‘Care-less whispers’ in the academy during COVID-19: A collaborative autoethnography by Paula Natalie Stone, Adele Phillips, Kerry Jordan-Daus

“…The stories shared in this paper are analysed through a ‘care-less’ (Rogers, 2017) lens, which asks the academy to recognise and confront the duplicity and self-glorification of policy and practice, that might be viewed as acts of normalising and supporting care-less cultures and behaviours. The paper raises questions about social justice, diversity and inclusion, the intersectionality of class and gender, and the inequity of the lived experiences from those who sit on the margins. …”
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An International Comparison of Women's Health Issues in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore: The CIDA-SEAGEP Study by Bernard Choi

“…Cancer, lack of physical activity, high blood pressure, diabetes, poverty, social support, caring role for family, and informing, educating, and empowering people about women's health issues were the main concerns. …”
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Les réseaux de femmes entrepreneures : des ressources face à la vulnérabilité et des espaces d’empowerment ? by Delphine Dupré, Claire d’Hennezel

“…Our analysis of 25 semi-structured interviews shows that networks foster the emergence of a supportive, caring female “enclave” conducive to moral support and work discussion spaces. …”
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Sorafenib-Associated Heart Failure Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock after Treatment of Advanced Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Clinical Case Discussion by Candace Wu, Kamal Shemisa

“…Clinical status was complicated by the development of low cardiac output and shock requiring inotropic support. Careful titration of heart failure medication led to hemodynamic improvement and discontinuation of dobutamine. …”
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Exploring integrated tertiary care for children from Nunavut: experiences of families and healthcare providers at the Aakuluk clinic in Ottawa, Canada by Maria Cherba, Nancy Mike, Gwen Healey Akearok, Melissa Weber, Vesa Basha, Brianne Cantwell, Christine Paquette Cannalonga, Yipeng Ge, Radha Jetty

“…While there are initiatives underway to support care closer to home, medical travel remains a necessity for many families. …”
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Relationship Between Family Support and Adherence to Antiretroviral Medication in Patients with HIV at Bhayangkara Hospital, Indramayu, Indonesia by Wenny Nugrahati Carsita, Julisah Rusyani, Alvian Pristy Windiramadhan Windiramadhan, Ridho Kunto Prabowo Prabowo

“…The population comprised HIV patients undergoing treatment in the Treatment Support Care Room (PDP) at Bhayangkara Indramayu Hospital, with an average monthly visit rate of 375 patients. …”
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Registration of transthoracic impedance signal and ventilation volume data in out-of-hospital cardiac arrestMendeley Data by Emma Menant, Bruno Tassart, Céline Meillier, Frédéric Lemoine, Alexandre Petermann, Daniel Jost, Xavier Jouven

“…Studying ventilation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) presents significant challenges due to the limited methods available for monitoring ventilation during Basic Life Support care. Researchers are increasingly focusing on transthoracic impedance (TTI) as a new means of investigating ventilation.We employed manual ventilation monitoring devices to record cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), ventilation volumes (Vvol) and TTI data. …”
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Evaluating the implementation and impact of a volunteer navigation oncology support programme: study protocol for a pragmatic, real-world hybrid type 2 study by Charlotte Waugh, Noah Federman, Gabrielle B Rocque, D'Ambra N Dent, Emily K Hill, Ian Bostock Rosenzweig, Bonny Morris, Arif Kamal

“…The American Cancer Society (ACS) developed the ACS Community Access to Resources, Education, and Support (CARES) programme to expand navigation capacity through the training of students from local universities as volunteers to serve as non-clinical navigators to support cancer patients. …”
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Mixed-methods process evaluation of a proactive approach to healthcare in Parkinson’s disease—ParkProReakt: a protocol of a hybrid efficacy-implementation study by Xinyu Huang, Max Geraedts, Elke Kalbe, Carsten Eggers, David José Pedrosa, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Marcin Grzegorzek, Marlena van Munster, Johanne Stümpel, Natalie Altschuck, Ingmar Wellach, Hannes Boebinger, Anna Pedrosa, Kati Niemand, Dirk Becker, Nicole Pohlschmidt, Isabel Doblinger, Kristina Schmidt, Daniel Wolferts, Marius Nisslmueller, Gennet Beer, Mohammad Osman Ashraf, Florian Eberhardt, Rebecca Wichartz, Birgit Samans, Volker Gross, Keywan Sohrabi, Linda Kerkemeyer, Uemran Seven, Paulina Olgemoeller, Artur Piet, Mona Irsfeld, Marlena van Munster

“…This study protocol describes the process evaluation within a randomised clinical trial to assess the implementation and its impact on patient health outcomes of ParkProReakt—a proactive, multidisciplinary, digitally supported care model for community-dwelling PwPD.Methods and analysis The hybrid efficacy-implementation study will assess key implementation outcomes using the Medical Research Council framework for complex interventions alongside a randomised controlled trial. …”
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Co-designing action-oriented mental health conversations between care providers and ageing Canadians in the community: a participatory mixed-methods study protocol by Carrie McAiney, Paul Holyoke, Heather McNeil, Justine L Giosa, Elizabeth Kalles, Nelly D Oelke, Katie Aubrecht, Olinda Habib Perez

“…Older adults face systemic ageism and mental health stigma as pervasive barriers to seeking needed mental health support, care and treatment within health and social care systems. …”
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Developing and assessing the “MultiLife” intervention: a mobile health-based lifestyle toolkit for cardiometabolic multimorbidity in diabetes and hypertension management – a type 1... by Sanghamitra Pati, Jaideep Menon, Tanveer Rehman, Ritik Agrawal, Jayasingh Kshatri, Subrata Kumar Palo, Chandrashekar Janakiram, Srijeeta Mitra, Aswathy Sreedevi, Tanu Anand

“…Using the Health Belief Model as a conceptual framework, the MultiLife intervention will deliver daily digital reminders, weekly health education broadcasts, and ongoing primary care support in the intervention arm, while the control group will receive the standard ongoing primary care support care. The trained healthcare workers will recruit 50 CMM patients, with a 6-month intervention period, during routine visits in each cluster. …”
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