The association of multi-system conditions on mental health trajectories during naval deployment.

This study seeks to enhance understanding of mental health trajectories across Navy deployments and the predictors of those trajectories by exploring a range of job design and individual-level factors. Personnel from the Royal Australian Navy were surveyed on pre-deployment, mid-deployment, and post-deployment. At pre-deployment, there were 559 ( = 30.

A qualitative investigation of demands, resources and self-regulation during Navy deployment.

Creating a sustainable workplace for Navy personnel is vital for their wellbeing and retention. This qualitative study explores the interplay between job and personal demands, resources, and stress self-regulation strategies affecting psychological strain among Navy personnel during deployment. We conducted semi-structured key informant interviews with 25 Navy personnel (68% male) to determine the demands and resources at sea that affect psychological strain.

Road to referral success in COPD: Enhancing patient engagement through dedicated conversations about pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Research Question: From the perspectives of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) known to tertiary care, what influences successful referrals to a pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP)?

Methods: This cross-sectional qualitative study was informed by a critical realist perspective. We purposively sampled people with COPD and HCPs who deliver COPD care and used semi-structured interviews and focus groups to explore determinants of a successful referral to a PRP. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Psychosocial predictors of doping intentions and use in sport and exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To conduct a meta-analytic review of psychosocial predictors of doping intention, doping use and inadvertent doping in sport and exercise settings.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data Sources: Scopus, Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, CINAHL Plus, ProQuest Dissertations/Theses and Open Grey.

Interventions with a clear focus on achieving behaviour change are important for maintaining training-related gains in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.

Questions: In people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who complete an exercise training program (ETP) offered at a sufficient dose to result in training-related gains, to what extent are these gains maintained 12 months after program completion? Do variables such as the application of behaviour change techniques moderate the maintenance of these training-related gains?

Design: Systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised controlled trials.

Participants: People with stable COPD.

Intervention: Trials were included if they applied ≥ 4 weeks of a whole-body ETP and reported outcome data immediately following program completion and 12 months after initial program completion.