Key considerations for digital decentralised clinical trials from a feasibility study assessing pacing interventions for long COVID.

Post COVID-19 condition or long COVID is highly prevalent and often debilitating, with key symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness, and brain fog. There is currently a lack of evidence-based treatments for this highly complex syndrome. There is a need for clinical trial platforms to rapidly evaluate nonpharmacological treatments to support affected individuals with symptom management.

Financial Literacy and Mental Health: Empirical Evidence from China.

Background And Objective: While financial literacy is a plausible determinant of mental health, there are relatively few studies exploring the relationship between financial literacy and mental health, and the existing literature focuses on a single construct of financial literacy in high-income settings. Our study addresses this by investigating whether there is an association between financial knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours and mental health in Chinese adults.

Methods: We use data from the China Family Panel Studies, a nationally representative longitudinal survey.

The cost of primary care consultations associated with long COVID in non-hospitalised adults: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data.

Background: The economic impact of managing long COVID in primary care is unknown. We estimated the costs of primary care consultations associated with long COVID and explored the relationship between risk factors and costs.

Methods: Data were obtained on non-hospitalised adults from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum primary care database.

Home Non-Invasive Ventilation in COPD: A Global Systematic Review.

Background: Uncertainty remains around the benefit of home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and those with a recent exacerbation (post-hospital). The aim of this systematic review was to: (1) update the evidence base with studies published in any language, including Chinese language studies not indexed in standard medical databases, and (2) explore the impact of additional studies on the evidence base.

Methods: Standard systematic review methodology was used for identifying and appraising studies.

Financial stress and depression in adults: A systematic review.

Financial stress has been proposed as an economic determinant of depression. However, there is little systematic analysis of different dimensions of financial stress and their association with depression. This paper reports a systematic review of 40 observational studies quantifying the relationship between various measures of financial stress and depression outcomes in adults.

[Determination of Fe and Ba in BaFe12O19 samples by binary ratio and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry].

A new quantitative analysis method was established for the determination of Fe and Ba in BaFe12O9 samples by binary ratio and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The calibration curve was established by a self-made pure Fe powder(AR) and pure BaCO3 powder(AR) standard sample which was prepared by powder pellet method. The standard sample has the content of Fe 75% and the content of Ba is 17.