Feasibility of Stepwise Technology-Based Audiometry With Rapid Results (STARR) Protocol in Minnesota Elementary Schools.

Objective: This study aims to understand the utility of a stepwise technology-based audiometry with rapid results (STARR) school screening protocol.

Study Design: A prospective cohort study.

Setting: Six elementary schools in a single school district in Minnesota.

Liposomal Bupivacaine for Additional Analgesia at Iliac Crest Donor Site in Alveolar Bone Graft Surgery: A Retrospective Pilot Study.

Unlabelled: To study postoperative pain control differences between liposomal bupivacaine (LB) and immediate-release bupivacaine (IRB) as measured by the use of narcotics after iliac crest graft harvesting for alveolar bone grafting (ABG). A retrospective review was completed at a single-site pediatric stand-alone hospital of patients undergoing ABG with iliac crest bone grafting (ICBG) between May 1, 2020, through May 31, 2023.

Patients, Participants: Patients who underwent ABG with ICBG were split into three cohorts: LB monotherapy, IRB monotherapy, or LB with IRB.

Development and Evaluation of the Maintenance Office Duty Test: An Alternate Form of the Charge of Quarters Duty Test for Assessing Executive Function After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury to Inform Duty-Readiness After Concussion.

Introduction: After mild traumatic brain injury, service members may experience difficulty with executive functions, which could interfere with return to duty and life roles. Because performance-based multitasking assessments are sensitive to executive dysfunction, a team of military and civilian rehabilitation researchers developed the Charge of Quarters Duty Test (CQDT) to help inform duty readiness after concussion; it is a multitasking test based on a military task scenario that challenges executive functions, such as foresight and planning, set shifting, and prospective memory. Although previous study indicates that CQDT has reliability and known-groups validity, like other multitasking tests, it should not be readministered after rehabilitative care because of learning effects.

Preliminary Efficacy of an Occupation-Oriented Purpose in Life Intervention After Breast Cancer.

Purpose in life is important to health and well-being; purpose disruption often goes unidentified after breast cancer. To evaluate the efficacy of a purpose renewal intervention and utility of a screening question for identifying people with purpose-related distress. In this prospective pretest-posttest study, participants with breast cancer received an 8-session purpose renewal group intervention (n = 35).

Grace Notes: feasibility of a manualized intervention to advance spiritual well-being for clients with acquired brain injury.

Spiritual well-being appears to contribute to mental health and adaptation in adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). ABI-related interventions, including those associated with spirituality, must be specifically designed with learning-related impairments in mind. We conducted a feasibility study of a manualized intervention to support spiritual well-being after ABI called Grace Notes.

Can service members with mild traumatic brain injury learn to develop implementation intentions for self-identified goals?

Purpose: Goal achievement relies heavily on executive functions, which may be compromised following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Implementation intentions (II) have been found to help people act in accordance with their goals. II are written statements that describe a behavior that a person plans to enact when they encounter some form of anticipated trigger or stimulus.

Front Desk Duty Multitasking Test After Mild Stroke: Preliminary Reliability and Validity.

Background.: Performance-based multitasking assessments may be more sensitive than cognitive screens to detect executive dysfunction after a mild stroke.

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The feasibility of a purpose-renewal intervention after treatment for early stage breast cancer: A brief report.

This feasibility study evaluated the acceptability, implementability, and preliminary efficacy of a brief purpose renewal intervention (the Compass Course) using a one-group pretest-posttest design. Fifteen women who had completed treatment for early-stage breast cancer enrolled in the study. Twelve completed the eight-session group intervention that was designed to help participants identify daily priorities (actual and aspired) that most align with their personal strengths, values, and sources of meaning, that is, their inner compass.

Physical Therapy-Based Exercise Protocol for Cancer Patients: Evaluating Outcomes for Cardiopulmonary Performance and Cancer-Related Fatigue.

Background: Studies have shown that rehabilitation and fitness throughout cancer treatment interventions have been linked to improved outcomes for morbidity and mortality of cancer patients. This study serves to detail the efficacy of the Cancer Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Fitness and Debility (Ca PT) Program in cancer patients.

Objective: To describe the clinical population of cancer patients referred to the Ca PT Program and evaluate the efficacy of the program's therapy protocol in improving cardiopulmonary performance and cancer-related fatigue and pain.