A qualitative exploration of challenges recruiting older adults for a co-designed holistic intervention to manage and reduce frailty: lessons learnt amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia.

Objectives: Researchers face numerous challenges when recruiting participants for health and social care research. This study reports on the challenges faced recruiting older adults for , a co-designed holistic intervention to manage and reduce frailty, and highlights lessons learnt amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: A qualitative study design was used.

Health literacy in Pakistani migrants in Australia-An emerging and neglected culturally and linguistically diverse community.

Issue Addressed: Pakistani migrants are one of the fastest-growing culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Australia, but there is currently a lack of information regarding their health literacy. This study aimed to investigate the health literacy of Pakistani migrants residing in Australia.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, health literacy was measured using the Urdu version of Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ).

Management of Chronic Pain in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: Pain, a complex subjective experience, is common in care home residents. Despite advances in pain management, optimal pain control remains a challenge. In this updated systematic review, we examined effectiveness of interventions for treating chronic pain in care home residents.

Investigating the impact of patient-centred labels on comprehension of medication dosing: a randomised controlled trial.

Objective: This study aims to implement a version of patient-centred labels (PCL) consistent with current labelling practice in Australia; assess the effectiveness of PCL in relation to the proportion of participants that correctly comprehend dosing instructions, and explore the proportion of correct comprehension of PCL in participants with both low and high health literacy.

Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: A large tertiary care hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Attitudes of ambulatory care older Nepalese patients towards deprescribing and predictors of their willingness to deprescribe.

Introduction: Older adults continue to receive potentially inappropriate medications necessitating the need for medication optimization, by deprescribing. To ensure a holistic approach to deprescribing, it is essential to understand the perception of older adults towards deprescribing. This study aimed to assess the attitude of older ambulatory patients towards deprescribing and to identify factors predicting their willingness to deprescribe.

Sacrificial Dissolution of Zinc Electroplated and Cold Galvanized Coated Steel in Saline and Soil Environments: A Comparison.

To protect steel structures, zinc coatings are mostly used as a sacrificial barrier. This research aims to estimate the dissolution tendency of the electroplated and zinc-rich cold galvanized (ZRCG) coatings of a controlled thickness (35 ± 1 μm) applied via brush and dip coating methods on the mild steel. To assess the corrosion behavior of these coated samples in 3.

Translating and validating the Health Literacy Questionnaire into Urdu: a robust nine-dimension confirmatory factor model.

Pakistani migrants are one of the fastest-growing communities in Australia, and the majority speak Urdu at home. There is a lack of information regarding the health literacy of this population. This study aimed to translate the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) into Urdu and to explore its psychometric properties.

Improving dimensional stability of dental amalgam by using Nano Zinc Oxide.

Objective: To investigate the dimensional stability of dental amalgam after the incorporation of zinc oxide nano powder.

Methods: The experimental study was conducted at the Hamdard University Dental Hospital and the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratories, Karachi, from January to June, 2018. Direct precipitation method was used in which analytical grade sodium hydroxide and zinc nitrate hex hydrate were used without any further purification.

Consumers' expectations and experiences with chain community pharmacies in Lahore, Pakistan: a qualitative exploratory study.

Background The model of community pharmacy practice is changing remarkably not only in the West but also in developing countries, which has led retail pharmacies to transform into chain community pharmacies. However, very little is known about consumers' expectations and experiences with chain community pharmacies in developing countries. Objective This study aims to assess the expectations and experiences of consumers with services provided by chain community pharmacies in Lahore, Pakistan.

Utilisation of Healthcare Services and Medicines by Pakistani Migrants Residing in High Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis.

Migration, as a global phenomenon, gives rise to many challenges for healthcare professionals providing care to migrant populations. Migrants originating from diverse cultural backgrounds have unique beliefs and healthcare needs, and their utilisation of healthcare services and medicines is influenced by a number of factors. This review aims to assess the factors influencing the utilisation of healthcare services and medicines among Pakistani migrants residing in high income countries.

Clinical relevancy and determinants of potential drug-drug interactions in chronic kidney disease patients: results from a retrospective analysis.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) alters the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses of various renally excreted drugs and increases the risk of drug-related problems, such as drug-drug interactions.

Objectives: To assess the pattern, determinants, and clinical relevancy of potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) in CKD patients.

Materials And Methods: This study retrospectively reviewed medical charts of all CKD patients admitted in the nephrology unit of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan from January 2013 to December 2014.

Knowledge, attitudes, and perception towards human papillomavirus among university students in Pakistan.

This cross-sectional study comprises a questionnaire-based survey regarding knowledge about human papillomavirus and its vaccine among students in different educational fields at public and private universities in the city of Lahore in Pakistan. A 26-item questionnaire was used to attain the objective of this study. The reliability of this tool was assessed using Cronbach's alpha (0.

Pattern and Predictors of Medication Dosing Errors in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Pakistan: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) alters the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic response of various drugs and increases the risk of toxicity. The data regarding the pattern and predictors of medication dosing errors is scare from the developing countries. Therefore, the present study was conducted to assess the pattern and predictors of medication dosing errors in CKD patients in a tertiary care setting in Pakistan.

Evaluation of diabetes awareness among general population of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Aims: To evaluate diabetes awareness among general population of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Methods: A questionnaire based descriptive cross sectional study was performed during 2014. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.

How important is inadvertent ingestion of hazardous substances at work?

Much is known about human exposure to workplace hazardous substances by inhalation and from skin contact, but there has been little systematic research into ingestion of hazardous substances used at work. This review attempts to identify whether inadvertent ingestion of hazardous substances is an important route of exposure in the workplace and examines possible methods that could be used to quantify ingestion exposure. A number of papers highlight jobs and substances where inadvertent ingestion may be important, typically through case reports or from a theoretical analysis.