Publications by authors named "T L Frandsen"
Purpose: To characterize the type, content, and results of care interventions that support spine surgery patients in their early post-discharge recovery.
Methods: This systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. The literature search was conducted in March 2022 (updated in May 2023) in MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), CINAHL (Ebsco), PsycINFO (Ovid), and Scopus.
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- Communication skills are crucial for pediatric healthcare, yet they are often overlooked in training programs.
- The study involved children and adolescents sharing their views on healthcare professionals to shape a more effective communication curriculum.
- Key recommendations suggest that professionals should be friendly, patient, and use age-appropriate language, while engaging with children through playful methods to build trust and comfort.
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- The study aims to evaluate compassion-based interventions aimed at improving health professionals' well-being within organizations.
- The systematic review analyzed 38 studies primarily from the UK and US, revealing significant methodological challenges in measuring organizational compassion but highlighting the importance of interpersonal connections and management support.
- The findings suggest that enhancing human connectedness among health professionals is linked to better well-being, necessitating further rigorous research to solidify these results and develop effective measurement tools.
Severe intestinal mucositis (IM) increases the risk of bloodstream infections (BSI) and inflammatory toxicity during acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) induction treatment. However, the implications of IM in subsequent ALL therapy phases after achieving remission remain unknown. This study investigated the relationship between IM (measured by plasma citrulline and the chemokine CCL20) and the development of BSI and systemic inflammation (reflected by C-reactive protein, CRP) in children with ALL during high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) treatment, an important part of ALL consolidation therapy.
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