Publications by authors named "E Cvejic"
Importance: Post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) is emerging as a common and debilitating condition with few treatment options.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a brief outpatient rehabilitation program based on a cognitive and behavioral approach for patients with PCC.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Patients with mild to moderate PCC were randomized 1:1 to an established transdiagnostic rehabilitation program or care as usual at a single referral center recruiting from the region of the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.
Sleep is a key biological mechanism in promoting wellbeing and resilience to stress. This cross-sectional study examined connections between sleep, autonomic function, wellbeing, and stress reactivity in healthy individuals. Demographic, lifestyle, sleep, and psychological well-being information were collected from 85 healthy university students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAddressing the prolonged wait times and escalating complexity in gynaecological care.
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Vaginal swab microbiological testing is frequently used in obstetrics and gynecology, but its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in changing treatment plans are not clearly defined.
- A study analyzed 660 vaginal swabs from a women's emergency department to evaluate how they influenced clinical management and their associated costs.
- The findings revealed that only 9.8% of swabs led to a change in management, primarily involving the initiation of antibiotics, with an estimated cost of $29.71 AUD per swab.
Importance: Complex and ineffective health communication is a critical source of health inequity and occurs despite repeated policy directives to provide health information that is easy to understand and applies health literacy principles.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Sydney Health Literacy Lab Health Literacy Editor, an easy-to-use online plain language tool that supports health information providers to apply health literacy guidelines to written health information.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This randomized clinical trial, conducted online in Australia from May 2023 to February 2024, included a convenience sample of health information providers with no previous experience using the Health Literacy Editor.