Qualitative Impressions of a Yoga Nidra Practice for Insomnia: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Design.

Insomnia affects up to half of the U.S. population, and due to limitations of current treatments, there is a growing interest in mind-body practices to reduce insomnia.

A rural shelter in Ontario adapting to address the changing needs of women who have experienced intimate partner violence: a qualitative case study.

Introduction: Intimate partner violence is a significant public health problem, with shelters offering the predominant community-based solution. Shelters in Canada are mandated to provide a safe place, protection planning, advocacy and counseling among other services. Recently it has been noted the role of the shelter was shifting from an inpatient to outpatient model with a focus on increased integration of health and social services.

Improved decisional conflict and preparedness for decision making using a patient decision aid for treatment selection in psoriasis: a pilot study.

Background: We developed a patient decision aid (pDA) to assist psoriasis patients in treatment decisions.

Objective: This pilot study evaluated the pDA in patient knowledge, decisional conflict, and preparation for decision making.

Methods: Newly referred psoriasis patients in a private dermatology office completed self-administered surveys at three time points: before (visit 1) and on two occasions after provision of the pDA (visit 2 up to 2 weeks after visit 1; visit 3 up to 6 weeks after visit 1).

Evaluation of essential clinical components and features of current acne global grading scales.

Background: Acne research is hindered by the absence of a universal, consistently applied standard for severity grading. Acne experts recently identified 4 essential clinical components and 2 features for an ideal acne global grading scale (AGGS).

Objective: This study evaluated current AGGSs against consensus criteria previously identified as necessary.

A patient decision aid for psoriasis based on current clinical practice guidelines.

Objective: To develop a patient decision aid (PDA) for psoriasis with content derived from current clinical practice guidelines.

Design: This PDA was developed in accordance with international patient decision aid standards. Primary sources of treatment outcome information were English-language, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for plaque psoriasis published between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2010.

Acne severity grading: determining essential clinical components and features using a Delphi consensus.

Background: There are multiple global scales for acne severity grading but no singular standard.

Objective: Our objective was to determine the essential clinical components (content items) and features (property-related items) for an acne global grading scale for use in research and clinical practice using an iterative method, the Delphi process.

Methods: Ten acne experts were invited to participate in a Web-based Delphi survey comprising 3 iterative rounds of questions.

Critical appraisal of quality of clinical practice guidelines for treatment of psoriasis vulgaris, 2006-2009.

Numerous international clinical guidelines for management of psoriasis have recently been published. We evaluated the quality of guidelines published between 2006 and December 2009 using the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation (AGREE) instrument. Eight guidelines from five separate working groups fulfilled inclusion criteria and were evaluated.

Beyond standard quality of life measures: the subjective experiences of living with inflammatory bowel disease.

Introduction: In order to facilitate our understanding of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, it is critical to explore their subjective experiences with the disease. Research has suggested that current modes of assessing HRQoL (i.e.