Participatory longitudinal qualitative interview study to understand Autistic gynaecological and obstetric health: the Autism from menstruation to menopause study protocol.

Introduction: Autism is a lifelong minority neurotype present from birth. There is a dearth of credible evidence to suggest gender variation in Autism prevalence, despite historical under-diagnosis of women. Autistic people Assigned Female At Birth (AFAB) have worse physical and mental health compared with non-Autistic peers.

The effect of a barrier membrane on the incorporation of deproteinized bovine bone mineral (DBBM) in experimental defects at the time of early implant placement. A preclinical study.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess membrane use with a bone substitute graft for guided bone regeneration (GBR) in experimental dehiscence defects.

Materials And Methods: Maxillary second incisors (I2) in 9 dogs were extracted. Six weeks later, implants were inserted and experimental dehiscence defects (5 × 3 mm) created on the buccal aspect.

"I am afraid of being treated badly if I show it": A cross-sectional study of healthcare accessibility and Autism Health Passports among UK Autistic adults.

Background: Autistic people are more likely to experience stigma, communication barriers and anxiety during healthcare. Autism Health Passports (AHPs) are a communication tool that aim to provide information about healthcare needs in a standardised way. They are recommended in research and policy to improve healthcare quality.

'Building our own house' as an insider-only Community-Partnered Participatory Research Council: Co-creating a safe space for Autistic knowledge production.

In recent years, there has been a growing call for (i.e. research that meaningfully involves Autistic people in its design and delivery).

Chemical Science Research, Elementary School Children and Their Teachers Are More Closely Related than You May Imagine: The "I Bet You Did Not Know" Project.

Topics associated with the chemical sciences form a significant part of the curriculum in science at the primary school level in the U.K. In this methodology paper, we demonstrate how a wide range of research articles associated with the chemical sciences can be disseminated to an elementary school audience and how children can carry out investigations associated with cutting-edge research in the classroom.

A deep learning approach for mental health quality prediction using functional network connectivity and assessment data.

While one can characterize mental health using questionnaires, such tools do not provide direct insight into the underlying biology. By linking approaches that visualize brain activity to questionnaires in the context of individualized prediction, we can gain new insights into the biology and behavioral aspects of brain health. Resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) can be used to identify biomarkers of these conditions and study patterns of abnormal connectivity.

Psychological Screening, Standards and Spinal Cord Injury: Introducing Change in NHS England Commissioned Services.

Psychologist resourcing across the United Kingdom (UK) spinal cord injury centres (SCICs) varies considerably, which has detrimentally impacted standardising service provision for people with spinal cord injuries/disorders (PwSCI/D) compared with other nations. This paper presents the outcome of a project involving the Spinal Cord Injury Psychology Advisory Group (SCIPAG) and NHS England Clinical Reference Group/SCI transformation groups to agree upon screening and standards and shares data from the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) and the Yorkshire and Midlands Regional SCICs. Inpatients completed the GAD-7, the PHQ-9, and the short form of the Appraisals of DisAbility: Primary and Secondary Scale (ADAPSSsf), assessing adjustment.

Evaluation of a wearable fabric-based sensor for accurate sodium determination in sweat during exercise.

Introduction: Newly developed wearable fabric sensors (WFS) can increase the ease and accuracy of sweat sodium measurements by performing simultaneous sampling and analysis on the body during exercise.

Purpose: Determine the accuracy of a WFS for measurement of sodium concentration in sweat.

Methods: Subjects wore a WFS prototype and sweat collectors on their forearm during cycle ergometry.

The safety of at home powdered infant formula preparation: A community science project.

Formula fed infants experience gastrointestinal infections at higher rates than breastfed infants, due in part to bacteria in powdered infant formula (PIF) and bacterial contamination of infant feeding equipment. The United Kingdom National Health Service (UK NHS) has adopted the World Health Organization recommendation that water used to reconstitute PIF is ≥70°C to eliminate bacteria. We used community science methods to co-design an at home experiment and online questionnaire ('research diary') to explore the safety of PIF preparation compared to UK NHS guidelines.

A realist review of health passports for Autistic adults.

Background: Autism is a normal part of cognitive diversity, resulting in communication and sensory processing differences, which can become disabling in a neurotypical world. Autistic people have an increased likelihood of physical and mental co-occurring conditions and die earlier than neurotypical peers. Inaccessible healthcare may contribute to this.

O-Know Opioid Knowledge Test: Development and Psychometric Testing in a Community Setting.

Given the various sources and consequences of opioid use disorder (OUD) stigma, the mechanisms by which stigma occurs becomes more important. Educational deficits regarding OUD as a disease and treatment influence OUD stigma. The purpose of the study was to develop, pilot test and psychometrically evaluate the Opioid-Knowledge (O-Know) test in a community setting.

Views and experience of breastfeeding in public: A qualitative systematic review.

Breastfeeding rates in many Global North countries are low. Qualitative research highlights that breastfeeding in public is a particular challenge, despite mothers often having the legal right to do so. To identify barriers and facilitators, we systematically searched the qualitative research from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries relating to breastfeeding in public spaces from 2007 to 2021.

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Personal Systems Approach in Improving Medication Adherence in Adult Kidney Transplant Patients.

Interventions to improve medication nonadherence in transplantation have recently moved from a focus on motivation and intention, to a focus on person-level quality improvement strategies. These strategies link adherence to established daily routines, environmental cues, and supportive people. The objective of this evaluation was to estimate the cost of implementation and the cost-effectiveness of a person-level intervention shown to increase medication adherence.

Impact of cardiovascular risk factors on the relationships of physical activity with mood and cognitive function in a diverse sample.

Physical activity has well-known benefits for older adults' mood and cognitive functioning; however, it is not clear whether risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) affect the relationships of physical activity with these health outcomes among diverse older adults. This study investigated the impact of CVD risk burden on the relationships among self-reported physical activity, mood, and cognitive functioning in a diverse sample of 62 adults age 45 and older. We found that higher physical activity was associated with better attention and verbal working memory at lower CVD risk, but with worse attention and verbal working memory at higher CVD risk levels.

The Kidney Transplant Self-Management Scale: Instrument Development and Psychometric Testing.

This study reports the development and psychometric testing of the Kidney Transplant Self-Management Scale (KT-SMS). The instrument development phase included the following: (a) conceptual definition, item generation, and framework; (b) face validity assessment; and (c) content validity assessment. The psychometric testing phase included the following: (a) construct validity testing; (b) internal consistency reliability testing; (c) convergent validity testing; and (d) predictive power of the KT-SMS using a cross-sectional sample of kidney transplant recipients ( = 153).

A study of Indiana University Health's spirit of inquiry and innovation during COVID.

Background: COVID-19 has required nursing innovations to meet patient care needs not previously encountered.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe nursing innovations conceived, implemented, and desired during the first COVID-19 surge.

Methods: The investigators invited registered nurses employed across 16 Midwest hospitals (6,207) to complete the survey.

An observation of the impact of tailored messages on participant non-compliance during Desire2Move.

We assessed the impact of tailored versus targeted messages on program non-compliance during Desire2Move (D2M), an 8-week eHealth program that promotes physical activity (PA). Participants recorded minutes of PA using MapMyFitness, which counted toward their departments' PA total. Departments were randomized into the targeted messaging (TM) or tailored messaging (TM+) group based on participant-reported goals.

Self-compassion training within a workplace physical activity program: A pilot study.

Background: Desire2Move (D2M) is an 8-week team-based, workplace program that incorporates competition and self-monitoring to encourage physical activity (PA).

Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-compassion (SC) intervention within the existing workplace PA program.

Methods: University employees (n = 20) were assigned to a SC treatment group or an attention control group.

A systematic review of tailored mHealth interventions for physical activity promotion among adults.

The purpose of this systematic review was to critically examine the effectiveness of tailored mHealth interventions for promoting physical activity (PA) in adult populations. Cochrane Library Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, SportDiscus, PubMed, PsycINFO, and ProQuest databases were searched systematically in June 2019. Studies were eligible if they were experimentally designed studies, included adult populations (18+ years), and consisted of a tailored intervention that was delivered via a mobile device (i.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy and buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Recent systematic reviews have questioned the ability of psychosocial intervention to add substantive benefit to buprenorphine therapy. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to test the random effects model (REM) null hypothesis that, for opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid biological sample outcomes, the summary effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) + buprenorphine randomized controlled trials (RCTs) = 0. A systematic review was conducted searching electronic databases and the reference lists of included studies.

Examining the Impact of Wellness Champions on the Effectiveness of a Workplace Health and Well-Being Program.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of Desire2Move (D2M) implementation fidelity by Wellness Champions on program effectiveness.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Years 1, 3, and 5 of D2M; an annual peer support health and well-being initiative for university employees.

Primary stability and healing outcomes of apically tapered and straight implants placed into fresh extraction sockets. A pre-clinical in vivo study.

Objectives: To compare the stability of apically tapered and straight (non-tapered cylindrical) implants at the time of immediate placement and to histologically evaluate the healing outcomes after 6 weeks.

Materials And Methods: The second maxillary incisors were extracted bilaterally in nine dogs. After randomization, apically tapered and straight implants with a 3.

A quasi-experimental investigation of college students' ratings of two physical activity mobile apps with varied behavior change technique quantity.

Background: An assessment of how users rate physical activity apps of varying behavior change technique content is necessary to understand if users recognize differences in an app's ability to promote physical activity.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare user ratings of an app with a lower behavior change technique count to an app with a higher behavior change technique count.

Method: Participants were randomly assigned to interact with either the high behavior change technique app or the low behavior change technique app using an iPad.

Improving medication adherence and outcomes in adult kidney transplant patients using a personal systems approach: SystemCHANGE™ results of the MAGIC randomized clinical trial.

This study determined if a SystemCHANGE™ intervention was more efficacious than attention control in increasing immunosuppressive medication adherence and improving outcomes in adult kidney transplant recipients during a 6-month intervention phase and subsequent 6-month (no intervention) maintenance phase. The SystemCHANGE™ intervention taught patients to use person-level quality improvement strategies to link adherence to established daily routines, environmental cues, and supportive people. Eighty-nine patients (average age 51.