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Levodopa-based device-aided therapies for the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease: a social return on investment analysis.
Front Public Health
July 2024
HTANALYSTS Pty Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is an incurable, progressive, neurodegenerative disorder. As PD advances and symptoms progress, patients become increasingly dependent on family and carers. Traditional cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) only consider patient and payer-related outcomes, failing to acknowledge impacts on families, carers, and broader society.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImproving self-dependency in Pakistan: Experience of a locally prepared automated PD machine.
Perit Dial Int
July 2024
Department of Nephrology, Fatima Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan.
The increasing burden of haemodialysis on healthcare systems merits efforts to make peritoneal dialysis (PD) more accessible to the population in need of kidney replacement therapy. Automated PD (APD) may be a suitable alternative to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for home dialysis especially for children, elderly and patients who lead a busy schedule in their jobs thus leaving more time for personal and family activities during the day. Recently, a local bioengineering company took the initiative to develop a locally manufactured, low-cost APD cycler in Pakistan, with an aim to improve the self-dependency and home-based kidney replacement therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFactors Influencing Social and Community Participation of People with Spinal Cord Injury in Karnataka, India.
Indian J Community Med
January 2024
Chief Executive Officer, The Association of People with Disability (APD-India), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Background: Social and community participation are major indicators to assess the adequacy of treatment and rehabilitation in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). This study examined the relationship between functional independence, level of disability, and social and community participation among people with SCI in India.
Materials And Method: In this cross sectional study, 110 persons with SCI, aged 18 years and above participated in a community setting, in Karnataka, India.
Scheduling of Remote Monitoring for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.
J Clin Med
January 2024
Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, San Bortolo Hospital, 36100 Vicenza, Italy.
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is performed as a home-based treatment and in this context, telemedicine has been proven helpful for improving clinicians' surveillance and maintaining PD patients in their home setting. The new e-health devices make remote patient monitoring (RPM) for automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) treatment possible, evaluating the data at the end of every treatment and adapting the prescription at distance if necessary. This paper aims to share a method for improving clinical surveillance and enabling PD patients to receive their treatment at home.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnhanced effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention when coupled with nutrients supplementation for preventing malaria in children under 5 years old in Burkina Faso: a randomized open label trial.
Malar J
October 2023
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de La Santé/Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (IRSS-URCN), Nanoro, Burkina Faso.
Article Synopsis
- In rural Burkina Faso, a study was conducted to assess the impact of combining Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) with nutrient supplementation among undernourished children under five years old, due to high levels of both malaria and malnutrition in the area.
- The study involved 1059 children divided into three groups, each receiving different combinations of SMC and nutritional interventions, followed over a year to monitor malaria incidence and overall health through regular check-ups.
- Results showed that adding lipid-based nutrient supplements (PlumpyDoz) significantly reduced both uncomplicated malaria (by 23%) and severe malaria (by 52%) compared to the control group, also lowering general illness rates by 24%, while no effect was found on
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