Prescription Trends of Medications Used to Treat Sleep Disturbances in School-Aged Children: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis in France, 2016-2023.

Objective: To assess rates and trends of hypnotic medication prescriptions for children and adolescents.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study of national dispensing data between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2023, in France. Prescriptions of hypnotic medications (hydroxyzine, alimemazine, melatonin, and Z-drugs) dispensed to children aged 6-17 years were analyzed.

Did the resurgence of childhood lower respiratory infections offset the initial benefit of COVID-19-related non-pharmaceutical interventions in children? A time-series analysis.

Background: Following non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) lifting in 2021, an important surge in childhood lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) was reported in several countries, raising major concerns about the middle-term consequences of such interventions. Whether this recent upsurge overwhelms the initial benefit of NPI remains unknown.

Methods: We conducted an interrupted time-series analysis based on exhaustive national surveillance systems.

Impact of the Acti-Pair programme on physical activity in patients with prostate cancer: protocol of the Acti-Pair 2 stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial.

Regular physical activity (PA) reduces morbidity and mortality in prostate cancer. Prescribing PA in cancer is a necessary awareness but is a real challenge in the case of prostate cancer. Motivational peer support seems to be an innovative strategy for lifestyle change.

Acceptability of physiotherapists as primary care practitioners for the care of people with musculoskeletal disorders: a French population-based cross-sectional survey.

Objectives: In France, early access to physiotherapy for people with musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs) depends on prescription and referral by the family physician in the physician-led model of care. The readiness of French people for direct access to physiotherapy is not known. This survey aims to identify the perceptions of French adults regarding physiotherapists' competence to diagnose and manage MSKDs if they were primary care practitioners, confidence in their ability to provide quality care, and satisfaction with the last episode of care for those concerned; and to identify factors associated with these three variables.

Patients' psychosocial attributes and aggressiveness of cancer treatments near the end of life.

Background: While the use of chemotherapy near the end of life (EOL) has been identified as a relevant criterion for assessing quality of cancer care and has been estimated as non-beneficial, a trend of aggressiveness in cancer care during the last period of life remains. Both patients' sociodemographic characteristics and physicians' practice setting are associated with this use. The role of patients' psychosocial characteristics has however been understudied.