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J Pediatr Nurs
January 2025
Department of Nursing, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Nikolaou Gizi 4, Patras, Greece.
Background: People with cerebral palsy are largely dependent on their caregivers, who are most often members of their family. Caring for people with disabilities can be challenging as both dependents and caregivers face problems of social isolation and stigmatization.
Aim: The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of caregivers of dependents with cerebral palsy in Greece.
Adv Skin Wound Care
January 2025
Deborah M. Wendland, PT, DPT, PhD, CPed, is Professor, Mercer University, Department of Physical Therapy, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Kathryn Panasci, PT, DPT, CWS, is Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Education, School of Health Professions at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA. At Texas State University, Round Rock, Texas, USA, Hope A. Martinez, John S. Mantanona, Melinda G. Powers, and Rachael L. Sausman are physical therapy students and Karen A. Gibbs, PT, PhD, DPT, CWS, is Professor, Department of Physical Therapy.
Objective: To present a full scope of detailed and engaging laboratory activities recommended by physical therapist clinicians and educators from across the US to assist health professions faculty to develop new or improve current integumentary/wound management (IWM) instruction.
Methods: A three-round Delphi survey was conducted to update IWM curriculum recommendations for entry-level doctor of physical therapy education. First-round participants provided ideas for laboratory activities.
PLoS One
January 2025
Clinical Research Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America.
Background: Patients receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation (CSM) for spinal pain are less likely to be prescribed opioids, and some evidence suggests that these patients have a lower risk of any type of adverse drug event. We hypothesize that adults receiving CSM for sciatica will have a reduced risk of opioid-related adverse drug events (ORADEs) over a one-year follow-up compared to matched controls not receiving CSM.
Methods: We searched a United States (US) claims-based data resource (Diamond Network, TriNetX, Inc.
PLoS One
January 2025
Panzi General Referral Hospital, Bukavu, The Democratic Republic of Congo.
Background: Despite the availability of a well-developed holistic care model for victims of conflict-related sexual violence, little is known about the factors that determine late presentation for care post-sexual violence care. Drawing from data from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this study aimed to determine obstacles to accessing emergency medical care within 72-hours of sexual violence (SV).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 4048 victims of SV treated at Panzi Hospital (PH) in Bukavu city between 2015 and 2018.
PLoS One
January 2025
Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease that affects both livestock and humans. Men and women in pastoralist communities are vulnerable to RVF risk exposure because of their different roles and reliance on livestock products. This study sought to understand how ownership and decision-making in pastoralist male and female-headed households influence coping mechanisms and resilience to Rift Valley fever (RVF), using the three resilience capacities of absorptive, adaptive, and transformative.
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