How effective are allied health group interventions for the management of adults with long-term conditions? An umbrella review of systematic reviews and its applicability to the Australian primary health system.

Background: Group allied health interventions for people with chronic conditions may be a solution to increasing access to allied health in primary care. This umbrella review aimed to determine the effectiveness of allied health group interventions to improve health-related outcomes for adults with chronic conditions and the applicability of the findings to the Australian primary health care context.

Methods: An umbrella review of systematic reviews conducted April-July 2022, searching eight databases.

Predicting disease recurrence in patients with endometriosis: an observational study.

Background: Despite surgical and pharmacological interventions, endometriosis can recur. Reliable information regarding risk of recurrence following a first diagnosis is scant. The aim of this study was to examine clinical and survey data in the setting of disease recurrence to identify predictors of risk of endometriosis recurrence.

Longitudinal Impact of Resolution of Snoring in Young Children on Psychosocial Functioning.

Objective: To determine whether sustained resolution of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in young children, either because of treatment or spontaneous recovery, predicted long-term improvements in quality of life, family functioning, and parental stress.

Study Design: Children diagnosed with primary snoring (n = 16), mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA, n = 11), moderate-severe (MS) OSA (n = 8), and healthy nonsnoring controls (n = 25) at ages 3-5 years underwent repeat polysomnography at 6-8 years. Parents completed quality of life and parental stress questionnaires at both time points.

Risk of ischemic heart disease in women after radiotherapy for breast cancer.

Background: Radiotherapy for breast cancer often involves some incidental exposure of the heart to ionizing radiation. The effect of this exposure on the subsequent risk of ischemic heart disease is uncertain.

Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study of major coronary events (i.

Time course of EEG slow-wave activity in pre-school children with sleep disordered breathing: a possible mechanism for daytime deficits?

Background: Daytime deficits in children with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) are theorized to result from hypoxic insult to the developing brain or fragmented sleep. Yet, these do not explain why deficits occur in primary snorers (PS). The time course of slow wave EEG activity (SWA), a proxy of homeostatic regulation and cortical maturation, may provide insight.