Diabetes distress in Veterans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Qualitative descriptive study.

Diabetes distress (DD) is a negative psychosocial response to living with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We sought insight into Veterans' experiences with DD in the context of T2DM self-management. The four domains in the Diabetes Distress Scale (i.

A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins.

Mucin-type O-glycosylation is a post-translational modification present at the interface between cells where it has important roles in cellular communication. However, deciphering the function of O-glycoproteins and O-glycans can be challenging, especially as few enzymes are available for their assembly or selective degradation. Here, to address this deficiency, we developed a genetically encoded screening methodology for the discovery and engineering of the diverse classes of enzymes that act on O-glycoproteins.

Padded Headgear in Junior and Youth Australian Football: Player Insights From a National Survey.

Objectives: To investigate beliefs and factors associated with padded headgear (HG) use in junior (<13 years) and youth (≥13 years) Australian football.

Design: Online survey.

Setting: Junior and youth athletes in Australia.

A cohort study of differences in trauma outcomes between females and males at four Indian Urban Trauma Centers.

Background Studies from high income countries suggest improved survival for females as compared to males following trauma. However, data regarding differences in trauma outcomes between females and males is severely lacking from low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to determine the association between sex and clinical outcomes amongst Indian trauma patients using the Australia-India Trauma Systems Collaboration database.

The association of padded headgear with concussion and injury risk in junior Australian football: A prospective cohort study.

Objectives: To assess whether padded headgear was associated with incidence of suspected sports-related concussion, non-sports-related concussion head injury, and injuries to other body regions in junior Australian football.

Design: Prospective cohort injury surveillance.

Methods: There were 400 junior players (42.

Veterans' Interpretation of Diabetes Distress in Diabetes Self-Management: Findings From Cognitive Interviews.

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to identify additional facets of diabetes distress (DD) in veterans that may be present due to the veteran's military-related experience.

Methods: The study team completed cognitive interviews with veterans with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to examine how they answered the Diabetes Distress Scale (DD Scale), a tool that assesses DD. The DD Scale was used because of its strong associations with self-management challenges, physician-related distress, and clinical outcomes.

Associations of On-arrival Vital Signs with 24-hour In-hospital Mortality in Adult Trauma Patients Admitted to Four Public University Hospitals in Urban India: A Prospective Multi-Centre Cohort Study.

Introduction: In India, more than a million people die annually due to injuries. Identifying the patients at risk of early mortality (within 24 hour of hospital arrival) is essential for triage. A bilateral Government Australia-India Trauma System Collaboration generated a trauma registry in the context of India, which yielded a cohort of trauma patients for systematic observation and interventions.

Visible Signs of Concussion and Cognitive Screening in Community Sports.

Video surveillance and detection of players with visible signs of concussion by experienced medical staff facilitates rapid on-field screening of suspected concussion in professional sports. This method, however has not been validated in community sports where video footage is unavailable. This study aimed to explore the utility of visible signs of concussion to identify players with decrements in performance on concussion screening measures.

Impact of In-hospital and Outreach models for regional P.A.R.T.Y. Program participants.

Objective: This retrospective observational study aimed to compare the impact of the Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma Youth (P.A.R.

Does in-hospital trauma mortality in urban Indian academic centres differ between "office-hours" and "after-hours"?

Introduction: Trauma services within hospitals may vary considerably at different times across a 24 h period. The variable services may negatively affect the outcome of trauma victims. The current investigation aims to study the effect of arrival time of major trauma patients on mortality and morbidity.

Practical telehealth to improve control and engagement for patients with clinic-refractory diabetes mellitus (PRACTICE-DM): Protocol and baseline data for a randomized trial.

Background: Persistent poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (PPDM), or maintenance of a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥8.5% despite receiving clinic-based diabetes care, contributes disproportionately to the national diabetes burden. Comprehensive telehealth interventions may help ameliorate PPDM, but existing approaches have rarely been designed with clinical implementation in mind, limiting use in routine practice.

Prehospital notification of injured patients presenting to a trauma centre in India: a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: To assess the effect of a mobile phone application for prehospital notification on resuscitation and patient outcomes.

Design: Longitudinal prospective cohort study with preintervention and postintervention cohorts.

Setting: Major trauma centre in India.

An Investigation of Factors Associated With Head Impact Exposure in Professional Male and Female Australian Football Players.

Background: Exposure to head acceleration events (HAEs) has been associated with player sex, player position, and player experience in North American football, ice hockey, and lacrosse. Little is known of these factors in professional Australian football. Video analysis allows HAE verification and characterization of important determinants of injury.

The potential of head acceleration measurement to augment current best practice in concussion screening in professional Australian football players.

Objective: To explore the potential utility of head acceleration event (HAE) measurements to augment identification of players for further concussion screening in non-helmeted contact sport.

Design: Prospective observational pilot study.

Participants: 210 (118 female) professional Australian football players in 2017 season.

Establishing a Multicentre Trauma Registry in India: An Evaluation of Data Completeness.

Background: The completeness of a trauma registry's data is essential for its valid use. This study aimed to evaluate the extent of missing data in a new multicentre trauma registry in India and to assess the association between data completeness and potential predictors of missing data, particularly mortality.

Methods: The proportion of missing data for variables among all adults was determined from data collected from 19 April 2016 to 30 April 2017.

An assessment of the utility and functionality of wearable head impact sensors in Australian Football.

Objectives: To assess the utility and functionality of the X-Patch as a measurement tool to study head impact exposure in Australian Football. Accuracy, precision, reliability and validity were examined.

Designs: Laboratory tests and prospective observational study.

The Australian Trauma Registry.

Introduction: Injuries are a major cause of disability and lost productivity. The case for a national trauma registry has been recognized by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and at a policy level.

Background: The need was flagged in 1993 by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australasian Trauma Society.

Multiblock Bottlebrush Nanofibers from Organic Electronic Materials.

Methods are described for the preparation of fiber-like nanomaterials that mimic the multilayer structure of organic electronic devices on individual polymer chains. By combining Cu(0) reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) and ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), multiblock bottlebrush copolymers are synthesized from ordered sequences of organic semiconductors. Narrowly dispersed fibers are prepared from materials commonly used as the hole transport, electron transport, and host materials in organic electronics, with molecular weights exceeding 2 × 10 Da and dispersities as low as 1.

A tale of two cities: prehospital intubation with or without paralysing agents for traumatic brain injury.

Background: The role of prehospital endotracheal intubation (PETI) for traumatic brain injury is unclear. In Victoria, paramedics use rapid sequence induction (RSI) drugs to facilitate PETI, while in New South Wales (NSW) they do not have access to paralysing agents. We hypothesized that RSI would both increase PETI rates and improve mortality.

Effect of the Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) Program among senior school students.

Objective: The Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.

SCAT3 changes from baseline and associations with X2 Patch measured head acceleration in amateur Australian football players.

Objectives: To investigate changes from baseline on SCAT3 as a result of football game exposure, and association with X2 Patch measured head acceleration events in amateur Australian footballers.

Design: Prospective cohort.

Methods: Peak linear acceleration (PLA) of the head (>10 g) was measured by wearable head acceleration sensor X2 Biosystems X-Patch in male (n=34) and female (n=19) Australian footballers.

Protocol for a prospective observational study to improve prehospital notification of injured patients presenting to trauma centres in India.

Introduction: Prehospital notification of injured patients enables prompt and timely care in hospital through adequate preparation of trauma teams, space, equipment and consumables necessary for resuscitation, and may improve outcomes. In India, anecdotal reports suggest that prehospital notification, in those few places where it occurs, is unstructured and not linked to a well-defined hospital response. The aim of this manuscript is to describe, in detail, a study protocol for the evaluation of a formalised approach to prehospital notification.

Prehospital notification for major trauma patients requiring emergency hospital transport: A systematic review.

Objective: This systematic review aimed to determine the effect of prehospital notification systems for major trauma patients on overall (<30 days) and early (<24 hours) mortality, hospital reception, and trauma team presence (or equivalent) on arrival, time to critical interventions, and length of hospital stay.

Methods: Experimental and observational studies of prehospital notification compared with no notification or another type of notification in major trauma patients requiring emergency transport were included. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane ACROBAT-NRSI tool.

A protocol to evaluate the efficacy, perceptions, and cost of a cholesterol packaging approach to improve medication adherence.

Purpose: Elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), a leading cause of death in the United States. Despite clinical practice guidelines aimed at facilitating LDL-C control, many Veterans do not achieve guideline-recommended LDL-C levels.

Methods: We describe a study focused on VA healthcare system users at risk for CVD (i.

The evaluation of a triage tool for a community palliative care service provider.

Introduction: Triage, widely used by the military and emergency departments, has not been reported in community palliative care services. Policy designed to improve equitable provision of this care has led to the development of a triage tool.

Methods: Retrospective data were collected (50 percent of referrals, n = 204) and analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to determine the accuracy of the tool in predicting patient status at the first visit.