The experience of wearing compression garments after burn injury: "On the inside it is still me".

Background: Compression garments are widely used for the management of hypertrophic scars, however, the patient experience of wearing compression garments remains minimally explored.

Objective: To gain an understanding of the patient experience of wearing compression garments post burn injury, including why patients remove their garments.

Method: Interpretive description was the methodological approach used in this study.

How to improve compression garment wear after burns: Patient and therapist perspectives.

Background: Compression garments are a widely used intervention for the management of hypertrophic scar and recent research demonstrates the varied experiences of patients wearing compression garments. However, the patient and therapist perspective on how to improve the experience of wearing compression garments remains unexplored.

Objective: To gain an understanding of the patient and therapist perspective of potential improvements to the provision of compression garments after burns.

Patient Experience of Wearing Compression Garments Post Burn Injury: A Review of the Literature.

This review was conducted to critically appraise the literature regarding the patient's lived experience of, and adherence to, wearing compression garments post burn injury. Scholarly articles were identified from searches of the following databases: Pubmed, Cochrane Central, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and OT Seeker. Combinations of key words including compression therapy/garment, pressure therapy/garment, burn(s), adherence, and patient experience were utilized.

Substituting poly- and mono-unsaturated fat for dietary carbohydrate reduces hyperinsulinemia in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: Hyperinsulinemia is a prevalent feature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), contributing to metabolic and reproductive manifestations of the syndrome. Weight loss reduces hyperinsulinemia but weight regain is the norm, thus preventing long-term benefits. In the absence of weight loss, replacement of dietary carbohydrate (CHO) with mono/polyunsaturated fat reduces ambient insulin concentrations in non-PCOS subjects.

Clinical characteristics and pituitary dysfunction in patients with metastatic cancer to the sella.

Objective: Metastatic disease to the sella is uncommon and there are limited available data regarding the clinical aspects of this disease. We therefore sought to characterize the clinical demographics of sellar metastases.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of adults treated at Stanford University Medical Center from 1980 to 2011 with metastatic disease to the sella.

Systematic reviews informing occupational therapy.

Objective: We sought to identify and describe the number, topics, and publishing trends of systematic reviews relevant to occupational therapy indexed in the OTseeker database.

Method: We performed a cross-sectional survey of the systematic reviews contained in OTseeker in December 2011.

Results: Of the 1,940 systematic reviews indexed in OTseeker, only 53 (2.