Publications by authors named "Anna March"
The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is deteriorating. It is increasingly recognised that mental health is a systemic issue, with a wide range of contributing and interacting factors. However, the vast majority of attention and resources are focused on the identification and treatment of mental health disorders, with relatively scant attention on the social determinants of mental health and wellbeing and investment in preventative approaches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelf-management, self-care, and self-help in adolescents with emotional problems: a scoping review.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry
September 2024
This study aimed to review the existing published and grey literature describing the concepts of self-management, self-care, and self-help, and to capture strategies or techniques related to these concepts, for adolescents with emotional problems. Emotional problems are rising amongst adolescents, yet timely access to specialist mental health treatment is limited to those with greater severity of mental health difficulties. Self-management, self-care, and self-help strategies may be used by adolescents with emotional problems both in terms of those waiting for treatment and to prevent relapse.
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- The study aimed to evaluate how effective and safe autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is compared to standard treatment for chronic venous leg ulcers in a primary healthcare setting.
- The pilot study included 8 patients with a history of leg ulcers and assessed various outcomes, including ulcer size reduction and quality of life over nine weeks.
- Results indicated that while both treatments showed some improvement, PRP required less frequent wound care, and patients reported better quality of life, suggesting PRP could be a promising option for future larger trials.
Background: The lack of proven efficacy of new healthcare interventions represents a problem for health systems globally. It is partly related to suboptimal implementation processes, leading to poor adoption of new interventions. Activation of Stratification Strategies and Results of the interventions on frail patients of Healthcare Services (ASSEHS) EU project (N° 2013 12 04) aims to study current existing health Risk Stratification (RS) strategies and tools on frail elderly patients.
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- Vascular ulcers significantly affect patients and healthcare systems, prompting the investigation into the efficacy of autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) for treatment in primary care.
- A phase III randomized study will compare PRP treatment with standard moist wound care in 150 patients with chronic venous ulcers across ten primary care centers.
- The study aims to measure healing outcomes and quality of life, potentially enhancing treatment protocols and expanding the use of PRP in everyday medical practice.
Purpose: To demonstrate the long term of follow-up of the recurrence rate after conjunctival autograft for pterygium surgery.
Methods: A total of 112 patients operated for pterygium with conjunctival autografts and with more than one year follow-up were registered. Patients were called for voluntary examinations of their respective ocular surface statuses.