The methodology for evaluating accessibility as a tool for increasing social responsiveness of urban landscapes in Singapore by Gintaras Stauskis

“…Creation of a more responsive urban environment is the instrument to facilitate social integration of people into active public life, especially for the ones with limited physical abilities, instead of sheltering them from a society by extending social services. …”
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for younger outpatients with severe mental illness: protocol for a feasibility study by Nancy Wang, Dan Siskind, Andrea Baker, Ruth Hubbard, Nicola Warren, Natasha Reid, Emily Gordon, Urska Arnautovska, Ella Pearson, Winona Wing Ling Kwan

“…Other variables of interest will include frailty status, quality of life, polypharmacy, and a range of mental and physical health factors.Ethics and dissemination All procedures involving human subjects/patients were approved by Metro South Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/2022/QMS/82272). …”
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Mental Health and Coping Stress: A Study in Talang Lahat Village, Curup Bengkulu by Lailatul Badriyah, Asti Haryati, Sarah V. Ramos

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Bilateral true vocal fold avulsion following trampoline accident: A case report by Allison Epstein, Alexandra Welschmeyer, Temitope Adeyeni, Jamil Hayden, Matthew Gropler, Jay Shah, Nelson Scott Howard

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Prostate Cancer Survivorship Essentials for men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a tele-based nurse-led survivors... by Robert U Newton, Daniel A Galvão, Sam Egger, Suzanne K Chambers, David Christie, Jeff Dunn, Nicole Heneka, David P Smith, Manish I Patel, Anna Green, Haitham Tuffaha, Peter Heathcote, Sally AM Sara

“…Secondary outcomes are psychological distress, insomnia, fatigue and physical activity. A concurrent process evaluation with participants and study stakeholders will be undertaken to determine effectiveness of delivery of PCEssentials.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained from the Metro South Health HREC (HREC/2021/QMS/79429). …”
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Human-centred design bolsters vaccine confidence in the Philippines: results of a randomised controlled trial by Till Bärnighausen, Rachel P Chase, Mark Donald C Reñosa, Shannon A McMahon, Jonas Wachinger, Kate Bärnighausen, Jhoys Landicho-Guevarra, Vivienne Endoma, Jeniffer Landicho, Thea Andrea Bravo, Maria Paz Demonteverde, Jerric Rhazel Guevarra, Mila F Aligato, Carol Malacad, Catherine Silvestre

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A snapshot of noncommunicable disease profiles and their prescription costs at ten primary healthcare facilities in the in the western half of the Cape Town Metropole by A.A. Isaacs, N. Manga, C. Le Grange, D.A. Hellenberg, V. Titus, R. Sayed

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Characteristics of quality improvement interventions to improve physical healthcare in mental health settings: a scoping review protocol by Amanda J Wheeler, Victoria Stewart, Di Hu, Geoffrey Lau, Justin Chapman

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Schizophrenia, Nutrition and Choices in Kilojoules (SNaCK): protocol for a feasibility and acceptability randomised controlled trial of two dietary interventions by Donni Johnston, Urska Arnautovska, Andrea Baker, Ingrid J. Hickman, Hannah L. Mayr, Nicole Korman, Wolfgang Marx, Eryn Murray, Nicola Warren, Sarah Weighell, Veronica De Monte, Gemma McKeon, Dan Siskind, Scott B. Teasdale

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Single-centre, double-blinded, randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of a 12-week home-based programme of footplate neuromuscular electrical stimulation on wa... by Bruce Neal, Helen Rodgers, Grace Young, Jonathan Golledge, Amanda Moore, Vanessa Ng, Adrian Esterman, Jill O’Donnell, Samantha Peden, Jason Jenkins, Sian Campbell, Christopher David Askew, Krist Feka, Pankaj Jha, Mia Schaumberg, Karl Schulze, Daniel McGlade, Vivienne Moult, Amanda Shepherd, Mark Windsor, Fraser Donald Russell, Meegan Anne Walker, Lucas Litewka, Rebecca Magee, Daniel Hagley, Sarah Philpot, Michael Nam, David Lack, Hannah Sudell, Julie Jenkins, Michelle McGrath, Lucy Guazzo, Danella Favot, Peter Kamen, Muhammad Raza, Megan Hawkins, Andrew Kwintowski, Rachelle Seizovic

“…Exploratory outcomes will include the Ankle-Brachial Index; leg vascular function; perception of device-use experience and symptom monitoring throughout the trial using the Claudication Symptom Instrument and a pain Visual Analogue Scale.Ethics and dissemination The Foot-PAD trial has received ethics approval from the Human Research Ethics Committees of Queensland Health Metro North Hospital and Health Service (78962) and the University of the Sunshine Coast (A21659). …”
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Addressing gaps in our understanding of the drowning patient: a protocol for the retrospective development of an Utstein style database and multicentre collaboration by Amy E Peden, Ogilvie Thom, Peter A Leggat, Richard Charles Franklin, Kym Roberts, Susan Devine

“…It has been endorsed by national drowning prevention organisations Royal Life Saving Society Australia (RLSSA) and Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). …”
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A 7-point evidence-based care discharge protocol for patients hospitalized for exacerbation of COPD: consensus strategy and expert recommendation by Sundeep Salvi, Deesha Ghorpade, Sanjeev Nair, Lancelot Pinto, Ashok K. Singh, K. Venugopal, Raja Dhar, Deepak Talwar, Parvaiz Koul, Pralhad Prabhudesai

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Side Wear Prediction of a Subway Outer Rail on Small Radius Curves Based on System Dynamics of Discrete Supported Track by Xianxian Yin, Linlin Kou, Xiukun Wei, Haichao Zheng

“…This paper proposes three prediction models based on the response surface methodology (RSM), support vector machine (SVM), and the relative vector machine (RVM) to estimate the remaining useful life (RUL) of a metro outer rail at a small radius curve determined by rail side wear. …”
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Patient Reported Outcome Measures in cancer care: a hybrid effectiveness-Implementation trial to optimise Symptom control and health service Experience (PROMISE)–protocol for a ran... by David Wyld, Afaf Girgis, Elizabeth Miller, Penelope M Webb, Gunter Hartel, Karen Martin, Rahul Ladwa, Melissa Eastgate, Suzanne O’Brien, Sabe Sabesan, Raymond J Chan, Amy Brown, Robert Mason, Mark B Pinkham, Bena Brown, Louisa G Collins, Fiona Crawford Williams, Kerrie Doupain, Vicki Fennelly, Peter McGuire, Rebecca Packer, Jasotha Sanmugarajah, Georgia Slapp, Doreen Tapsall, Jeanie White, Laurelie R Wishart

“…Participants (target sample=572; randomised 1:1 to intervention and control) are adults aged 18 years or older diagnosed with a solid cancer and starting treatment at one of the four study hospitals. …”
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Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2) by Adam W A Geraghty, Taeko Becque, Lisa C Roberts, Jonathan Hill, Nadine E Foster, Lucy Yardley, Beth Stuart, David A Turner, Gareth Griffiths, Frances Webley, Lorraine Durcan, Alannah Morgan, Stephanie Hughes, Sarah Bathers, Stephanie Butler-Walley, Simon Wathall, Gemma Mansell, Malcolm White, Firoza Davies, Paul Little

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The use of recycled corrugated iron as efficient electrodes in a batch electrocoagulation treatment process for the removal of algal and bacterial nutrients from raw water by Siyanda Yamba, Nomso C. Hintsho-Mbita, Nonhlangabezo Mabuba

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A Novel Digital Intervention to Facilitate Diabetes Self-Management Among People with Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Development and Acceptability Testing of SMART by Arnautovska U, Ritchie G, Soole R, Menon A, Korman N, Milton A, Varnfield M, Kelly JT, Jansen PM, Baker A, Ireland D, Russell AW, Chapman J, Mulligan K, Hirani SP, Vitangcol KJ, McKeon G, Siskind D

“…Urska Arnautovska,1– 3 Gabrielle Ritchie,1– 3 Rebecca Soole,1,3 Anish Menon,1,4 Nicole Korman,2 Alyssa Milton,5,6 Marlien Varnfield,7 Jaimon T Kelly,4 Pieter M Jansen,8 Andrea Baker,3 Derek Ireland,7 Anthony W Russell,4,9,10 Justin Chapman,2 Kathleen Mulligan,11,12 Shashivadan P Hirani,11 Kathryn Jemimah Vitangcol,1 Gemma McKeon,3,13,14 Dan Siskind1– 3 1Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 2Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 3Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 4Centre for Online Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; 5Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 6ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families Over the Life Course, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia; 7The Australian eHealth Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 8The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 9The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 10School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 11School of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Health Services Research and Management, City St George’s University of London, London, UK; 12East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; 13University of Queensland, Child Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 14West Moreton Health Psychology, Ipswich, Queensland, AustraliaCorrespondence: Urska Arnautovska, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Locked Bag 500, Archerfield, Brisbane, QLD 4108, Australia, Email u.arnautovska@uq.edu.auIntroduction: Compared with the general population, people with schizophrenia and schizophrenia-related disorders (SSD) have a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and T2D risk factors such as poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. …”
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Multicentre, single-blind randomised controlled trial comparing MyndMove neuromodulation therapy with conventional therapy in traumatic spinal cord injury: a protocol study by Lehana Thabane, Milos R Popovic, Kristin E Musselman, Daria O'Reilly, James M Bowen, Kim D Anderson, James R Wilson, Radha Korupolu, Jacqueline Pierce, Naaz Kapadia

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Seasonality and dynamics of schistosomiasis in the environment: usefulness of environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance system at a community level for risk mapping schistosomiasis in... by Mark June Revolteado, Marcello Otake Sato, Joseph Valencia, Mario Jiz, Eleonor Cervantes, Ralph Aniceto, Marianette Inobaya, Darren Gray, Catherine A. Gordon, Pengfei Cai, Yasuhito Sako, Megumi Sato

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Gait Rehabilitation for Early rheumatoid Arthritis Trial (GREAT): lessons learnt from a mixed-methods feasibility study and internal pilot trial by Gordon J Hendry, Lindsay Bearne, Linda Fenocchi, Nadine E Foster, Sally Gates, Emma Godfrey, Samantha Hider, Lisa Jolly, Helen Mason, Alex McConnachie, Iain McInnes, Aimie Patience, Yeliz Prior, Catherine Sackley, Mandeep Sekhon, Bethany Stanley, Jason Vickers, Jim Woodburn, Martijn PM Steultjens

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