Barriers and facilitators to physical activity: A comparative analysis of transplant athletes competing in high intensity sporting events with other transplant recipients.

Background: There is widespread recognition that many transplant recipients struggle to become and remain physically active. However, some transplant recipients do undertake strenuous training and significant physical activity (PA) and participate in intensive sports.

Aim: This study sought to understand facilitators and barriers to be physically active for Transplant Athletes (TXA) compared to a group of Dutch transplantees.

Comparing fly-in fly-out and telehealth models for delivering advanced-practice physiotherapy services in regional Queensland: An audit of outcomes and costs.

Introduction: Recruitment of advanced-practice physiotherapists to regional and rural healthcare facilities in Queensland, Australia remains a challenge. To overcome this barrier, two different service delivery models (Fly-In, Fly-Out (FIFO), Telehealth) were trialled by one regional facility. This study aims to describe the economic- and service-related outcomes of these two methods of service delivery.

Oral Health of Children with Congenital Heart Disease at a Pediatric Health Science Centre.

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the oral health status of seniors residing in Providence Health Care (PHC) long-term care facilities in 2002 and 2012.

Methods: Staff dentists with the University of British Columbia Geriatric Dentistry Program made a complete oral health assessment of 799 elderly residents of 7 long-term care PHC facilities in 2002 and 381 residents in the 5 remaining PHC facilities in 2012. The 2012 data were divided into those for 275 residents who had received treatment in previous years and 106 new residents.

Impacts of oligodontia on oral health-related quality of life reported by affected children and their parents.

Background: Oligodontia (agenesis of six or more permanent teeth) affects functional, emotional, and social aspects of an individual's life. Few published studies have evaluated oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children with oligodontia and very limited have compared the child and parental perceptions.

Methods: Thirty-five 8- to 18-year-old patients with oligodontia (10 M, 25 F; mean age: 12.

Oral health assessment practices and perceptions of North American paediatric cardiologists.

Objective: Children with cardiac defects should have good oral health, particularly prior to cardiac surgery to minimize risks of infective endocarditis. The aim of the study was to examine the oral health assessment practices of North American cardiologists.

Methods: Online surveys were e-mailed to 1409 cardiologists.