Publications by authors named "A Welte"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the "Weddinger Modell" (WM), a patient-centered approach in acute psychiatry, aimed at reducing coercive measures (CM) like seclusion and restraint.
- It analyzes data from patient records before and after WM implementation from July 2019 to June 2021, using multilevel regression models on 1656 cases.
- Results show a significant reduction in cases of seclusion and number of coercive measures, suggesting the WM is effective, though further research is needed to enhance its implementation.
Introduction: Viral Load (VL) monitoring is a crucial component of patient care during antiretroviral therapy (ART) but is not routinely available in many resource-constrained settings, where millions of patients will require care for decades to come. We hypothesise a serologic 'recent infection' test (Sedia LAg assay) which has a high dynamic range for detecting antigen-driven antibody response can provide informative proxies for VL trajectories.
Methods: A retrospective study where we analysed data linked via specimens in a well-described repository for recent infection test benchmarking (CEPHIA collaboration).
Background And Objectives: Confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses underestimate the total number of infections. Blood donors can provide representative seroprevalence estimates, which can be leveraged into reasonable estimates of total infection counts and infection fatality rate (IFR).
Materials And Methods: Blood donors who donated after each of three epidemic waves (Beta, Delta and first Omicron waves) were tested for anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibodies using the Roche Elecsys anti-SARS-CoV-2 total immunoglobulin assay.
Objectives: We estimated changes in the HIV incidence from 2013-2018 in Eshowe/Mbongolwane, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa where Médecins Sans Frontières is engaged in providing HIV testing and care since 2011.
Methods: Using data from two cross-sectional household-based surveys conducted in 2013 and 2018, with consenting participants aged 15-59 years, we applied the incidence estimation frameworks of Mahiane et al and Kassanjee et al.
Results: In total, 5599 (62.