Publications by authors named "M Grandjean"
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse-led intervention combining face-to-face and group education sessions for the acquisition of safety skills by patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases treated with biologics.
Methods: This multicentre randomised controlled trial compared two individual patient education sessions against a combination of an individual session at baseline and a group session 3 months later. The primary outcome was a validated questionnaire (BioSecure) scored at 6 and 12 months that assessed competencies and problem-solving abilities to deal with fever, infection, vaccination, and daily situations.
Aim: This review aimed to evaluate the effects of multisensory environments/stimulation (MSE/MSS) therapy, on the behavior and psychological symptoms in adults with cognitive impairment and/or special needs.
Methods: Online database searches were performed to identify studies reporting on the effects of MSS/MSE therapy in adults (>18 years). Data were extracted for the following investigated outcomes including anxiety, depression, mood, behavioral attributes, biomedical parameters, cognition, motor skills, quality of life (QoL), pain, and end of life quality.
Article Synopsis
- Bacteria have evolved various antibacterial strategies to compete for resources, leading to the development of complex laboratory techniques for measuring antibacterial activity that are often time-consuming and costly.
- Current methods typically involve cultivating competing bacteria on selective media, but two new optimized protocols are introduced that are fast and affordable.
- The first method measures bacterial lysis through the release of β-galactosidase from the attacked cells, while the second assesses survival by analyzing the lag time in reaching a specific growth density; together, these methods differentiate between complete cell death, lysis without death, and survival.
Objectives: Maintaining the oral health of dependent older adults is challenging, with limited access to dental care and limited focus on preventive oral health programmes. This study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of General Dental Practitioners (GDPs), working in Switzerland, to caring for dependent older adults with a focus on the use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) as a caries preventive agent and more widely on the provision of domiciliary dental care (DDC).
Methods: Seventeen GDPs working in Switzerland were interviewed.
This systematic review was undertaken to address the PICO question: Is silver diamine fluoride (SDF) effective in preventing and arresting root caries lesions in (RCLs) elders? Systematic literature searches were conducted of electronic databases [PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL (Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials)] and hand searches were performed to identify studies reporting on the use of SDF in elders to prevent and arrest root caries. Prospective clinical studies were included. Two independent investigators performed the literature search and data extraction.
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