Outcome Quality of Inpatient and Day-Clinic Treatment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-A Naturalistic Study.

Background: Child and adolescent psychiatry has only recently been established as a separate specialty and is practiced in different settings. The epidemiology of psychological problems in childhood is high and varied, thus qualitative work is essential. Assessment of outcome as part of quality management is central to assure the service of psychiatric care to be effective.

A systematic Analysis of Evaluation Methods for Inpatient Children and Adolescents Rehabilitation Programs.

Increasing chronic diseases in children and adolescents such as obesity, asthma bronchiale, or mental disorders, result in a growing importance of rehabilitation programs and subsequent program evaluations. We conducted a systematic literature search in 5 databases and provided an overview of methods for evaluating inpatient child and adolescent rehabilitation programs. This included an identification of generic and indication-specific outcomes and standardized measuring instruments.

Assessment of public health interventions for decision support: methods & processes of the evaluation of the Austrian screening programme for pregnant women & children.

Background: In 2010, the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) commissioned the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment (LBI-HTA) to prepare decision support for the reorientation of the national screening programme for pregnant women and children ("Mutter-Kind-Pass"). This is one of several reports aimed at giving an overview of recommended screening measures.

Methods: By conducting a guideline synopsis, we summarised screening recommendations from guidelines of high methodological quality.

Services Use of Children and Adolescents before Admission to Psychiatric Inpatient Care.

Background: Although 20% of children and adolescents in Europe suffer from overt mental health problems, their illness-related service utilisation is often unknown. If at all, existing research has only addressed the health care sector while services requirements in mental health care go far beyond the health care system, including the social, the educational and the criminal justice system.

Aims Of Study: This paper aims at describing the service contact patterns of children and adolescents within and outside the health care sector before they are admitted to a child and adolescent mental health hospital.

[Outcome quality in the mental health rehabilitation of children and adolescents ].

The range of mental health rehabilitation (MHR) available to children and adolescents with mental health disorders differs internationally. While MHR programs have been already implemented for this target group in Germany, in Austria such services are still in the planning phase. With regard to the quality assurance of potential MHR programs, however, ongoing evaluation approaches are needed already in the course of program design.

Antenatal interventions to reduce preterm birth: an overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews.

Background: Several factors are associated with an increased risk of preterm birth (PTB); therefore, various interventions might have the potential to influence it. Due to the large number of interventions that address PTB, the objective of this overview is to summarise evidence from Cochrane reviews regarding the effects and safety of these different interventions.

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Recommendations from international clinical guidelines for routine antenatal infection screening: does evidence matter?

Aim: Maternal infections in pregnancy may cause severe child morbidity. In this article, we aim to summarise recommendations from international evidence-based clinical guidelines for infection screening in pregnancy.

Methods: We conducted a systematic search for evidence-based guidelines in two databases (Guidelines International Network and National Guideline Clearinghouse) and a hand search on websites of international institutions and societies that develop evidence-based guidelines.

Artificial total disc replacement versus fusion for the cervical spine: a systematic review.

Cervical total disc replacement (CTDR) has been increasingly used as an alternative to fusion surgery in patients with pain or neurological symptoms in the cervical spine who do not respond to non-surgical treatment. A systematic literature review has been conducted to evaluate whether CTDR is more efficacious and safer than fusion or non-surgical treatment. Published evidence up to date is summarised qualitatively according to the GRADE methodology.

Stem torsion in total hip replacement.

Background And Purpose: The clinical results of THR may be improved by correct femoral torsion. We evaluated the stem position by postoperative CT examination in 60 patients.

Methods: 60 patients requiring total hip arthroplasty were prospectively enrolled in this study.