Mental health of Canadian children growing up in military families: The parent perspective.

A recent scoping review found that stressors involved in the military lifestyle (i.e., frequent relocation, parental absence, and risk of parental injury) may be associated with mental health issues among military-children.

Fractal analysis of dental periapical radiographs: A revised image processing method.

Objective: To assess trabecular bone structure as calculated with fractal analysis by 2 binarization processes: White and Rudolph's original method (WR.o) and a revised version (WR.r).

Navigating health care systems for military-connected children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative study of military families experiencing mandatory relocation.

Background: Most military families experience mandatory relocation, or posting, several times during the military career. For Canadian military families who must access provincial or territorial health care systems, maintaining reasonable continuity of care is a persistent issue. Such challenges may be amplified when a child in a military family has special needs within the health and educational systems.

Bridging the gap in genetics: a progressive model for primary to specialist care.

Background: The rapid expansion of genetic knowledge, and the implications for healthcare has resulted in an increased role for Primary Care Providers (PCPs) to incorporate genetics into their daily practice. The objective of this study was to explore the self-identified needs, including educational needs, of both urban and rural Primary Care Providers (PCPs) in order to provide genetic care to their patients.

Methods: Using a qualitative grounded theory approach, ten key informant interviews, and one urban and two rural PCP focus groups (FGs) (n = 19) were conducted.

Imaging use for low back pain by Ontario primary care clinicians: protocol for a mixed methods study - the Back ON study.

Background: At any one time, one in every five Canadians has low back pain (LBP), and LBP is one of the most common health problems in primary care. Guidelines recommend that imaging not be routinely performed in patients presenting with LBP without signs or symptoms indicating a potential pathological cause. Yet imaging rates remain high for many patients who present without such indications.

Reversed effect of spatial compatibility when taking avatar's perspective.

If an actor takes the perspective of an avatar, spatial dissociations could arise between the perspective of the actor and the perspective of the avatar. These become particularly interesting when solving spatial compatibility tasks. Effects of spatial compatibility are usually explained by a match or mismatch of automatic behavioural tendencies and intentional mapping processes.

Primary care providers' lived experiences of genetics in practice.

To effectively translate genetic advances into practice, engagement of primary care providers (PCPs) is essential. Using a qualitative, phenomenological methodology, we analyzed key informant interviews and focus groups designed to explore perspectives of urban and rural PCPs. PCPs endorsed a responsibility to integrate genetics into their practices and expected advances in genetic medicine to expand.

Evaluation of Mandibular Bone After Dental Extraction in Rats Treated With Antiresorptive Drugs.

Purpose: Zoledronic acid (ZOL) and denosumab (Dmab) are commonly used to treat bone pathologies. Because these drugs suppress bone metabolism, this study sought to compare their effect on bone repair after tooth extraction.

Materials And Methods: Four-week-old male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: ZOL 0.

Views of parents and health-care providers regarding parental presence at bedside rounds in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Objective: To examine the views of parents and health-care providers regarding parental presence during neonatal intensive care rounds.

Study Design: Cross-sectional survey of parents whose children were admitted to a tertiary-care neonatal intensive care unit (n=81). Medical trainees (n=67) and nurses (n=28) were also surveyed.

A multifaceted intervention to improve treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with wrist fractures: a cluster randomized trial.

Unlabelled: In a cluster randomized trial, we evaluated the effect of a multifaceted intervention (directed at both patient and primary care physician) on the rates of testing and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women within six months of their wrist fracture. Compared to usual care, women in the intervention practices were three times more likely to receive bone mineral density testing and prescribed osteoporosis treatments.

Introduction: Postmenopausal women with wrist fractures are at increased risk of future fragility fractures, yet they frequently do not receive evaluation and treatment for osteoporosis.

Driving problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: To assess driving problems experienced by patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to examine the relationship between functional status and driving difficulty.

Methods: Using the South Eastern Ontario Medical Organization (SEAMO) database, we identified 721 patients with RA from both urban and rural backgrounds. They completed a cross-sectional, self-administered mail survey that included the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI) and a co-morbidity questionnaire.

Pragmatic controlled clinical trials in primary care: the struggle between external and internal validity.

Background: Controlled clinical trials of health care interventions are either explanatory or pragmatic. Explanatory trials test whether an intervention is efficacious; that is, whether it can have a beneficial effect in an ideal situation. Pragmatic trials measure effectiveness; they measure the degree of beneficial effect in real clinical practice.