Understanding farmers' barriers to health and mental health-related help-seeking: The development, factor structure, and reliability of the Farmer Help-Seeking Scale.

Purpose: The aim of this research was to develop a contextually and culturally appropriate scale to assess farmers' barriers to health-related help-seeking.

Methods: An initial pool of items was developed from the academic literature and input from an expert panel of farmers, rural academics, and rural clinicians. A draft 32-item questionnaire was then developed and sent to farmers registered with FARMbase, which is an Australian national farmer database.

Mixed-methods evaluation of Daily Moves, a community-based physical activity program for older adults.

Background: Although the health benefits of physical activity are well documented, most older adults are not sufficiently active. There is a need to explore approaches to physical activity promotion amongst older adults that meet the personal preferences and needs of participants, and that can be implemented on a large scale in community-based settings. The current study evaluates Daily Moves, a community-based physical activity program for older adults living in Adelaide, Australia.

"We're Lucky to Have Doctors at All"; A Qualitative Exploration of Australian Farmers' Barriers and Facilitators to Health-Related Help-Seeking.

This study aimed to explore barriers and facilitators that impact on farmers' help-seeking behaviours for health and mental health concerns. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with farmers (12 male; age 51.7 ± 12.

Suggestions in Hypnosis to Aid Pain Education (SHAPE) in People with Chronic Low-Back Pain: A Pilot Feasibility Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a debilitating and burdensome condition, and new treatment strategies are needed. This study aimed to evaluate (1) the feasibility of undertaking a controlled clinical trial investigating a novel intervention for people with CLBP: hypnotically reinforced pain science education, and (2) the acceptability of the intervention as rated by participants. feasibility and intervention acceptability criteria were set.

Sociodemographic Predictors of Attitudes to Support Seeking From a Medical Doctor or Other Health Provider Among Rural Australians.

Background: Rural Australians experience higher prevalence of several chronic diseases than metropolitan Australians and are less likely to access supportive health services. This study explored associations of sociodemographic factors and barriers to support seeking for health in a sample of rural South Australians.

Methods: Participants (n = 610) from three rural regions participated in a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI), based on the Barriers to Help Seeking Scale.

A pain science education and walking program to increase physical activity in people with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a feasibility study.

Introduction: Nine of 10 people with knee osteoarthritis are inactive. Unhelpful pain beliefs may negatively influence physical activity levels. Targeting these unhelpful pain beliefs, through contemporary pain science education (PSE), may provide benefit.

A RE-AIM Analysis of an Intergenerational Dementia Education Program.

Children often have a lack of dementia understanding and poor attitudes toward people with dementia. Intergenerational programs are increasingly common, but the effects on knowledge and attitudes related to dementia are mixed, especially in the long-term (6 months). Using a RE-AIM framework, we quantitatively evaluated the effects of an educational dementia program (with and without an intergenerational program) on dementia attitudes in the short and long-term, and qualitatively, which elements of the program facilitated this change.

A comparison of barriers to mental health support-seeking among farming and non-farming adults in rural South Australia.

Objective: To assess the differences between farming and non-farming rural adults in perceived barriers to mental health service use.

Design: A cross-sectional survey, modified from the Barriers to Help-Seeking Scale (BHSS), was conducted using a computer-assisted telephone interview.

Setting: Respondents (age 52.

Relationships between digit ratio (2D:4D) and basketball performance in Australian men.

Objective: To investigate relationships between the digit ratio (2D:4D) and competitive basketball performance in Australian men.

Methods: Using an observational cross-sectional design a total of 221 Australian basketball players who competed in the Olympic Games, International Basketball Federation World Championships/Cup, Australian National Basketball League, Central Australian Basketball League or socially had their 2D:4Ds measured. Analysis of variance was used to assess differences in mean 2D:4Ds between men playing at different competitive standards, with relationships between 2D:4Ds and basketball game-related statistics assessed using Pearson's product moment correlations in men playing at a single competitive standard.

Improved local control with an aggressive strategy of preoperative (with or without intraoperative) radiation therapy combined with radical surgical resection for retroperitoneal sarcoma.

Background And Objectives: We sought to examine our outcomes with advanced preoperative and intraoperative radiation therapy (XRT) combined with aggressive en bloc surgical resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) as a strategy to minimize the risk of local recurrence (LR).

Methods: From 2003 to 2013, 46 patients with RPS received preoperative XRT followed by radical en bloc surgical resection, with or without intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT). Clinical and pathologic variables predictive of LR and distant recurrence (DR) were evaluated.

Preoperative radiation therapy combined with radical surgical resection is associated with a lower rate of local recurrence when treating unifocal, primary retroperitoneal liposarcoma.

Background And Objectives: Local recurrence (LR) is the primary cause of death in patients with retroperitoneal liposarcoma (RP-LPS). The purpose of this study was to evaluate if the addition of preoperative radiation therapy (XRT) to radical resection for RP-LPS at a single institution was associated with improved LR.

Methods: This retrospective analysis included patients with unifocal, primary RP-LPS who underwent complete R0/R1 resection at a single institution between 1991 and 2013.

Post-operative renal function following nephrectomy as part of en bloc resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS).

Background And Objectives: Although resection of RPS with en bloc nephrectomy confers the potential benefit of improved locoregional tumor control, little has been published about the long-term post-operative renal function of these patients.

Methods: Retrospective review of 54 patients undergoing nephrectomy for RPS was performed. Clinicopathologic and treatment characteristics, pre- and post-operative creatinine (Cr) values, and estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) were recorded.

Relationships between digit ratio (2D:4D) and female competitive rowing performance.

Background: Digit ratio (2D:4D), a measure of prenatal testosterone exposure, is weakly-to-moderately associated with increased physical performance, although the evidence is far stronger for males than females.

Objective: To examine the relationship between 2D:4D and measured on-water rowing performance in young females competing at the Australian Rowing Championships.

Methods: Using an observational, cross-sectional design, female rowers (n = 69, aged 12-30 years) who competed in single sculls events at the Australian Rowing Championships in 2007 and 2008 had numerous physical and digital anthropometric measurements taken, including 2D:4D measurements.

Mortality and management of surgical necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight neonates: a prospective cohort study.

Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a leading cause of death in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. The overall mortality of NEC is well documented. However, those requiring surgery appear to have increased mortality compared with those managed medically.

Report of 111 consecutive patients enrolled in the International Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) Data Registry: a retrospective observational study.

Background: The International Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) Data Registry is a voluntary online database created in 2004 to collect information on patients undergoing the STEP procedure. The aim of this study was to identify preoperative factors that are significantly associated with transplantation or death or attainment of enteral autonomy after STEP.

Study Design: Data were collected from September 2004 to January 2010.

Low serum citrulline concentration correlates with catheter-related bloodstream infections in children with intestinal failure.

Background: Serum citrulline concentration is used as a biomarker of enterocyte mass and enteral tolerance, and low serum concentrations are correlated with bacteremia in immunosuppressed adults undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant. The authors sought to determine if citrulline was associated with the development of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in children with intestinal failure.

Methods: Data were reviewed from 66 children treated in a multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation program, who had serum concentration citrulline measured between January 2007 and August 2009.

Efficacy of ethanol locks in reducing central venous catheter infections in pediatric patients with intestinal failure.

Purpose: We sought to determine whether a regimen of 70% ethanol locks could reduce the rate of central venous catheter (CVC) infections in parenteral nutrition-dependent children with intestinal failure.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 23 parenteral nutrition-dependent children in our multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation clinic who started ethanol lock therapy between September 2007 and June 2009. The treatment regimen consisted of a 70% ethanol lock instilled 3 times per week in each catheter lumen.

Combined en bloc liver-double kidney transplantation in an infant with IVC thrombosis.

We report a case of a pediatric en bloc liver-double kidney transplant in a patient with IVC thrombosis below the renal veins. The patient is an 11-month-old girl diagnosed with congenital nephrotic syndrome at two months of age. Multifocal liver masses were identified on routine ultrasound at eight months of age.

Autologous intestinal reconstruction surgery for intestinal failure management.

Purpose Of Review: Multidisciplinary management of intestinal failure has progressed over the past 30 years, facilitating the transition to enteral autonomy in many pediatric patients. However, there remains a select group of patients who reach a plateau in advancement of their enteral nutrition. Numerous surgical options have been pursued to attempt to slow intestinal transit, taper dilated bowel, and promote intestinal adaptation.

Autologous intestinal reconstruction surgery.

Multidisciplinary management of intestinal failure has progressed over the last 30 years, facilitating the transition to enteral autonomy in many pediatric patients. However, there remains a select group of patients who reach a plateau in advancement of their enteral nutrition. Numerous surgical options have been pursued to attempt to slow intestinal transit, taper dilated bowel, and promote intestinal adaptation.