Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Naa A Buxton-Tetteh, Shakti Pillay, Gugulabatembunamahlubi T J Kali, Alan R Horn

“…Two studies of babies from birth, both with intensive care facilities, reported survival with normal/mildly abnormal outcome in 71% at discharge in one study, and 71% at 12 months in another, with 16% cerebral palsy (CP) in survivors, and only 16% loss to follow-up. The third study, which only included clinic attenders after TH without intensive care, reported 7% CP in survivors, but 36% loss to follow-up.…”
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Could Proteomic Research Deliver the Next Generation of Treatments for Pneumococcal Meningitis? by U. R. Goonetilleke, S. A. Ward, S. B. Gordon

“…In developed countries, approximately half of the survivors suffer intellectual impairment, hearing loss, or other neurological damage. …”
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Web-based interventions for fear of cancer recurrence: A scoping review with a focus on suggestions for the development and evaluation of future interventions. by Solveiga Zibaite, Sheela Tripathee, Helen Moffat, Beatrix Elsberger, Sara Maclennan

“…<h4>Implications for cancer survivors</h4>Developing and evaluating more accessible FCR treatments have been identified among top international FCR research priorities (Shaw et al. 2021). …”
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Real-Time Fall Risk Assessment Using Functional Reach Test by Brian Williams, Brandon Allen, Zhen Hu, Hanna True, Jin Cho, Austin Harris, Nancy Fell, Mina Sartipi

“…Falls are common and dangerous for survivors of stroke at all stages of recovery. The widespread need to assess fall risk in real time for individuals after stroke has generated emerging requests for a reliable, inexpensive, quantifiable, and remote clinical measure/tool. …”
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Understanding and addressing gender-based violence in Eswatini by Phumuzani Mpofu, Siphiwe Hlobsile Tfwala

“…The paper employed a qualitative research design underpinned by a transformative paradigm as a framework for promoting preventive action toward social justice for marginalized populations. …”
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Conflict-related and sexual trauma in treatment-seeking Arabic-speaking men: a cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Max Vöhringer, Freya Specht, Christine Knaevelsrud, Birgit Wagner, Maria Böttche, Yuriy Nesterko

“…Methods: In a cross-sectional and exploratory study design, prevalence rates of different trauma types were examined in a sample of treatment-seeking Arabic-speaking men. …”
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Effectiveness–implementation hybrid-2 randomised trial of a collaborative Shared Care Model for Detecting Neurodevelopmental Impairments after Critical Illness in Young Children (D... by Paula Lister, Kristen Gibbons, Zephanie Tyack, Luregn J Schlapbach, Samudragupta Bora, Maria Isabel Castillo, James Best, Debbie Long, Helen G Liley, Belinda Dow, Kerri-Lyn Webb, Christian Stocker, Debra Thoms, Carolyn Wharton, Lori Matuschka

“…Introduction In Australia, while paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) mortality has dropped to 2.2%, one in three survivors experience long-term neurodevelopmental impairment, limiting their life-course opportunities. …”
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Non-dominant hemisphere stroke and spatial neglect: is stimulation of known hobbies and cravings a way to make rehabilitation more effective? by T. Juška, A. Vaitkus, M. E. Klinke, V. Matijošaitis

“…Numerous rehabilitation techniques have been designed to alleviate and remediate symptoms of SN. …”
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Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score for Evaluating Organ Failure and Outcome of Severe Maternal Morbidity in Obstetric Intensive Care by Antonio Oliveira-Neto, Mary A. Parpinelli, Jose G. Cecatti, Joao P. Souza, Maria H. Sousa

“…To evaluate the performance of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in cases of severe maternal morbidity (SMM). Design. Retrospective study of diagnostic validation. …”
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Rehabilitation using virtual gaming for Hospital and hOMe-Based training for the Upper limb in acute and subacute Stroke (RHOMBUS II): results of a feasibility randomised controlle... by Cherry Kilbride, Tom Butcher, Meriel Norris, Nana Anokye, Alyson Warland, Karen Baker, Dimitrios A Athanasiou, Guillem Singla-Buxarrais, Jennifer Ryan, Francesca Gowing, Elmar Kal, Carole Pound, Victoria Stewart, Basaam Aweid, Arul Samiyappan

“…There was a wide range of engagement with the platform in a cohort of stroke survivors which was varied in age and level of impairment. …”
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Development and validation of a multidimensional, culturally and socially inclusive Child Resilience Questionnaire (parent/caregiver report) to measure factors that support resilie... by Deirdre Gartland, Elisha Riggs, Rebecca Giallo, Stephanie Janne Brown, Karen Glover, Kelsey Hegarty, Amanda Mitchell, Jane Yelland, Josef Szwarc, Sue Casey, Donna Weetra, Mardi Stowe, Sharon Mongta, Helen Herman, Selena White, Tanya Koolmatrie, Georgie Paxton

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Experiences of women relocated due to the february 2023 earthquake in Turkey: a qualitative study by Esra Özer, Yeşim Çetinkaya Şen, Döndü Sevimli Güler, Gülten Güvenç

“…Therefore, it is crucial to focus on the issues and requirements of survivors, particularly women belonging to vulnerable groups. …”
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Optimal Benefit Distribution of a Tontine-like Annuity Fund with Age-Structured Models by Fan Zhang, Ping Chen, Xueyuan Wu

“…This paper introduces a tontine-like annuity fund designed to provide lifelong income to its participants. …”
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Dual-Task Walking in Challenging Environments in People with Stroke: Cognitive-Motor Interference and Task Prioritization by Celine Timmermans, Melvyn Roerdink, Thomas W. J. Janssen, Carel G. M. Meskers, Peter J. Beek

“…Using a repeated-measures design, cognitive-motor interference and task prioritization were assessed in 30 stroke survivors, while walking in a plain environment and in two challenging environments that were enriched with either stationary physical context or suddenly appearing projector-augmented context. …”
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Perinatal Outcome of Previable Premature Rupture of Membranes Before 24 Weeks of Gestation: A Single-Centered Retrospective Cohort Study by Yasemin Dogan, Ercan Kockaya, Muzeyyen Dilsad Eser, Ayla Gunlemez

“…In the liveborn group, the neonatal survival rate was 62%. Of the survivors, twelve babies (66%) were discharged without composite neonatal morbidity. …”
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Rehabilitation and violence-related traumatic brain injury: A scoping review. by Samira Omar, Maria Jennifer Estrella, Muzna Ahmad, Angela Colantonio, Jessica Babineau, Vincy Chan

“…Only thirteen articles (22.4%) considered violence-related TBI by investigating the rehabilitation profile (13.8%) or designing programs specifically for survivors of violence-related TBI (8.6%). …”
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Posttreatment Blood Pressure as a Key Predictor in a 5‐Year Stroke Prediction Model by Nan Zhang, Jiarong Mei, Fangfang Fan, Yan Zhang, Ziyi Zhou, Jianping Li

“…ABSTRACT Evidence suggests that approximately 63.0%–84.2% of stroke survivors have hypertension, yet there is currently no stroke prediction tool specifically designed for individuals with hypertension. …”
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Motor Neuron Disease Systematic Multi-Arm Adaptive Randomised Trial (MND-SMART): a multi-arm, multi-stage, adaptive, platform, phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlle... by Jeremy Chataway, Suvankar Pal, Charis Wong, Elizabeth Elliott, Jenna M Gregory, Siddharthan Chandran, Judith Newton, Shuna Colville, Maria Stavrou, Christopher J Weir, Nigel Stallard, Malcolm R Macleod, Michelle Steven, Richard Anthony Parker, Arpan R Mehta, Robert J Swingler, Mahesh K B Parmar, Rachel S Dakin, Jill Williamson

“…The trial design ensures that other promising drugs can be added for evaluation in planned trial adaptations. …”
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Motor modules are largely unaffected by pathological walking biomechanics: a simulation study by Mohammad Rahimi Goloujeh, Jessica L. Allen

“…We focused on these spatiotemporal metrics because they are commonly altered in individuals with Parkinson’s disease, stroke survivors, etc. and have been associated with changes in motor module number and structure. …”
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Assessing The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence in Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ruhinda, Irene George

“…The study sampled 96 respondents out of 99 as the target population. A descriptive design was used in the study. The researcher used both Primary and secondary data. …”
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