Recent successes in the identification of biomarkers and therapeutic targets for diagnosing and managing neurological diseases underscore the critical need for cutting-edge biobanks in the conduct of high-caliber translational neuroscience research. Biobanks dedicated to neurological disorders are particularly timely, given the increasing prevalence of neurological disability among the rising aging population. Translational research focusing on disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) poses distinct challenges due to the limited accessibility of CNS tissue pre-mortem.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProblem: It is unknown whether the deployment of registered nurses to assist midwives in the provision of postnatal care eases the burden of workforce shortages.
Background: The largest public maternity health service in Western Australia began employing registered nurses in 2022 to assist midwives with the provision of postnatal care on maternity wards in response to staffing shortages, exacerbated by COVID-19.
Aim: To explore midwives' and registered nurses' experiences of providing postnatal care on maternity wards together.
Objectives: This study aimed to compared Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) anxiety, depression, and anger item bank among Korean, US and Dutch general population.
Methods: Between December 2021 and January 2022, we surveyed representative Korean participants (N = 2699). Then we compared the mean T-scores of PROMIS anxiety, depression, and anger full items bank among Korean, US (N = 1696) and the Dutch (N = 1002) populations.
Introduction/aims: A previous randomized controlled trial showed that guided self-help acceptance and commitment therapy plus standard medical care (ACT+SMC) was superior to standard medical care alone (SMC) for improving quality of life (QoL) and mood at 9-weeks post randomization in a sample of people with muscle disorders (MD). This follow-up study evaluated whether these effects were maintained in the longer term alongside individual patterns of response.
Methods: The original study was a two-arm parallel group randomized controlled trial, which compared ACT+SMC to SMC.