A rapid review of menopausal education programmes.

Introduction: Menopause is a significant life event that can impact a woman's quality of life and mental health due to hormonal changes. Menopause education programmes play a crucial role in increasing awareness and knowledge about menopause in women. This rapid review aimed to identify the structure and components of menopause education programmes and summarise the evidence of their effectiveness in improving menopausal knowledge, symptoms, and quality of life.

Video-based interventions promoting social behavioural skills for autistic children and young people: An evidence and gap map.

Background: Video-based interventions (VBIs) are an approach that can be used to promote social behavioural skills for autistic children and young people. Despite an abundance of literature in this area, previous evidence syntheses are limited by their exclusive search strategies and eligibility criteria. Therefore, there is a lack of comprehensive evidence syntheses to provide insight on whether these interventions work, for whom, and in what circumstances.

A co-designed mixed methods study on community-based gym exercise for non-ambulant adults with childhood onset disability.

Purpose: Explore community-based gym exercise for non-ambulant adults with childhood-onset disability.

Materials And Methods: Non-ambulant adults with childhood-onset disability participated in four, weekly gym sessions co-facilitated by physiotherapists and exercise professionals. Practicalities of participating in the sessions were recorded uptake and attrition, weekly surveys, and focus groups.

PROTOCOL: Education and Covid-19: An evidence and gap map.

This is the protocol for a Campbell evidence and gap map. The objectives are as follows: identify and map all existing primary studies, systematic reviews (published and unpublished), guidelines and policies on education during the Covid-19 pandemic, creating a live, searchable and publicly available evidence and gap map.

Implementing public involvement standards in cerebral palsy register research.

Background: In 2018, the National Institute for Health Research launched Draft Standards for Public Involvement in Research. The Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register (NICPR) was competitively selected as a "test-bed" project to pilot the Draft Standards over a one-year period.

Aim: This perspective paper aims to describe the NICPR's experience of piloting the Draft Standards for Public Involvement in Research, highlighting successes and challenges.

Global prevalence of cerebral palsy: A systematic analysis.

Aim: To determine trends and current estimates in regional and global prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP).

Method: A systematic analysis of data from participating CP registers/surveillance systems and population-based prevalence studies (from birth year 1995) was performed. Quality and risk of bias were assessed for both data sources.

Acceptability and feasibility of a vestibular nerve stimulation headset protocol in children with cerebral palsy.

Background: Research suggests electrical Vestibular Nerve Stimulation (VeNS) may improve balance for people with neurological impairments. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a VeNS headset protocol in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: Children aged 5-18 years with ambulant CP, their parents, and healthcare professionals were recruited via social media.

Risk factors for intellectual disability in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive disorder of posture and movement caused by prenatal or perinatal lesions of the brain. Children with CP are also at increased risk of other disabilities, for example, intellectual disability. Previous studies suggest the risk of intellectual disability varies in complex ways according to the type of motor impairment and perinatal factors such as gestational age.

Population-based study on the prevalence and clinical profile of adults with cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland.

Objectives: This study aimed to report the prevalence and clinical characteristics of adults with cerebral palsy (CP) in a geographically defined region of the UK.

Design And Setting: Cross-sectional study using the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register (NICPR).

Participants: All validated cases known to the NICPR, born 1981-2001 and alive and resident in Northern Ireland at age 19 years were included.

A systematic review of vestibular stimulation in cerebral palsy.

Purpose: Identify the types and dosage of vestibular stimulation interventions in persons with cerebral palsy (CP), and establish the efficacy of these interventions on balance and function.

Materials And Methods: This systematic review followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols to search for studies evaluating vestibular stimulation interventions in persons with CP. Information sources included MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, clinicaltrials.

The Effect of Intravenous Acetaminophen on Patient Outcomes within a Large Integrated Delivery Network.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of intravenous acetaminophen on patient outcomes.

Methods: In this retrospective observational analysis, 54,742 patients were identified from 19 Catholic Health Initiatives hospitals during a 12-month period. Charges were used to identify patients who received intravenous acetaminophen during their encounter.

Request for an Andexxa Value Analysis.

This perspective is a formal request to the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) to perform a value analysis on andexanet (Andexxa) similar to what was completed for the PCSK9 inhibitors in the 2018 ACC/AHA Blood Cholesterol guidelines. Based on the safety and efficacy concerns of andexanet alfa, a value statement in and or as an addendum to society guidelines is vital considering the high cost of therapy. In this era of ever-increasing health care costs, every clinician, health system, national society, insurer, and pharmaceutical company should work to be good stewards of our society's resources.

Residency pathways to ambulatory care practice: Essential insights for students, residents, and educators.

Objective: To provide a guiding document describing residency training opportunities in ambulatory care for students, postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residents, practicing pharmacists, and pharmacy educators.

Summary: Student pharmacists, residents, practitioners, and educators can benefit from a guiding document describing the various pathways to develop as an ambulatory care practitioner through residency training. The benefits and differences of PGY1 and postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) ambulatory care residency programs are included.

ACCP Clinical Pharmacist Competencies.

The purpose of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is to advance human health by extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy. Consistent with this mission and its core values, ACCP is committed to ensuring that clinical pharmacists possess the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to deliver comprehensive medication management (CMM) in team-based, direct patient care environments. These components form the basis for the core competencies of a clinical pharmacist and reflect the competencies of other direct patient care providers.

Operational and Clinical Strategies to Address Drug Cost Containment in the Acute Care Setting.

Objective: To provide clinical and operational strategies to generate drug cost savings in the hospital setting.

Methods: A search of the PubMed database was performed with no time limit through July 2016. All original prospective and retrospective studies, peer-reviewed guidelines, consensus statements, review articles, and accompanying references were evaluated for inclusion.

The sustainability of improvements from continuing professional development in pharmacy practice and learning behaviors.

Objective: To assess the long-term sustainability of continuing professional development (CPD) training in pharmacy practice and learning behaviors.

Methods: This was a 3-year posttrial survey of pharmacists who had participated in an unblinded randomized controlled trial of CPD. The online survey assessed participants' perceptions of pharmacy practice, learning behaviors, and sustainability of CPD.

Key articles and guidelines in the management of hypertension: 2015 update.

Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Evidence for optimal pharmacotherapy continues to accumulate at a very rapid pace; maintaining an up-to-date library of key articles for hypertension management can be challenging for busy clinicians. Further, there has been controversy surrounding the hypertension guidelines that were released in late 2013 and early 2014.

Educational outcomes necessary to enter pharmacy residency training.

It is the position of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) that formal postgraduate residency training, or equivalent experience, is required to enter direct patient care practice. Therefore, it is important to align professional degree educational outcomes with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to enter residency training. This position statement addresses the outcomes necessary in the professional degree program curriculum to ensure the ability of pharmacy graduates to transition effectively into postgraduate year one residency training.

Efficacy and acceptability of reduced intensity constraint-induced movement therapy for children aged 9-11 years with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a pilot study.

Objective: Assess efficacy and acceptability of reduced intensity constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: Single-subject research design and semi-structured interviews. Children (9-11y) with hemiplegia underwent five baseline assessments followed by two weeks CIMT.

Impact of continuing professional development versus traditional continuing pharmacy education on learning behaviors.

Objective: To assess the effect of continuing professional development (CPD) on perceptions of learning behaviors compared with traditional continuing pharmacy education (CPE).

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Kaiser Permanente Colorado (KPCO) from August 2008 to June 2009.

Therapy management of the upper limb in children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: To establish perceived severity of upper limb (UL) impairments and their therapeutic management in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was mailed to all 208 paediatric physiotherapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) working in a region of the UK. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, frequency counts and chi-square tests.

Blood pressure level attainment among patients with coronary artery disease and uncontrolled blood pressure.

Study Objectives: To determine the proportion of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and uncontrolled blood pressure who attained a blood pressure of less than 130/80 mm Hg, and to compare patient- and health system- specific characteristics and identify factors independently associated with attaining this blood pressure level.

Design: Retrospective, longitudinal, cohort study.

Setting: Health maintenance organization.

Upper limb function and deformity in cerebral palsy: a review of classification systems.

Aim: To review classification systems for the upper limb in children with cerebral palsy (CP), and evaluate their validity, reliability, and clinical utility to make recommendations for clinical practice and future research.

Method: We comprehensively searched electronic databases to identify upper limb classification tools and associated evidence of psychometric testing. Two independent reviewers assessed the quality of the psychometric studies, and rated the clinical utility of each system using previously published tools.

The impact of continuing professional development versus traditional continuing pharmacy education on pharmacy practice.

Background: The Institute of Medicine states that the new vision for continuing education (CE) for health-care professionals will be based on continuing professional development (CPD); however, information on the utility of CPD is lacking.

Objective: To assess the effect of CPD, compared with that of traditional continuing pharmacy education (CPE), on perceptions of factors related to pharmacy practice.

Methods: This 10-month, nonblinded, randomized controlled study recruited licensed pharmacists employed at a health maintenance organization (HMO).