Objective: Focusing on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), this article uses data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database to highlight the burden of morbidity due to benign gynecological conditions (BGCs).
Methods: We analyzed 2019 morbidity data for all BGCs, measured as years lost to disability (YLDs). Disease burden was calculated for individual conditions, BGCs overall, and percentages of overall disease burden from all conditions.
The unprecedented public health crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a significant challenge to the delivery of healthcare that has rarely been experienced before. The stress already faced by healthcare staff working in the National Health Service (NHS) has been further exacerbated during Covid-19, putting them at risk of adverse mental health outcomes. Through the lens of clinical psychologists who had provided support to frontline healthcare staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study aimed to better understand the stressors and uplifts healthcare staff experienced during Covid-19, the impact of these on the wellbeing of staff and patient care, and to examine the support needed to deal with the impact of a crisis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo understand Cancer Antigen 125 (CA125) testing in primary care in relation to a national guideline, we conducted a retrospective observational study including CA125 data from a well-defined region in the UK, from 2003 to 2014. 51,033 CA125 tests from 30,737 women were stratified by month and year of testing, location of test request and patient age. Absolute numbers and rates of testing, rates and proportions of positive and negative tests, and frequencies of single and repeat tests were calculated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProblem And Background: Dysmelia is usually detected prenatally or postnatally in maternity services. The provision of family-centred care for parents at the time of initial diagnosis is crucial to facilitate decision making, access to appropriate services, and the provision of parental care-giving, but no research has investigated parent experiences or preferences in this population.
Aims: The current research aimed to address this by investigating satisfaction with service, occurrence of signposting and preferences in this group.