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J Wound Care
January 2025
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Clinical Research Centre, Singapore.
Objective: There is little use of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) worldwide, albeit there is much literature supporting its benefits and effectiveness for hard-to-heal (chronic) wounds. Hard-to-heal wounds are becoming ever more prevalent and MDT can play a pivotal role in wound care management. This underuse can be associated with patients' perceptions and experiences of MDT.
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January 2025
Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose: 1) To identify outcome measures used in support programs designed to enhance functioning in autistic children and adolescents, and 2) To map the content of these measures to the domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Methods: A systematic review was conducted. Searches were performed in Medline/PubMed, EMBASE and Virtual Health Library databases, with no restrictions imposed regarding language or year of publication.
Am J Prev Med
January 2025
Department of Emergency, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China. Electronic address:
Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the burden and underlying causes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2021.
Methods: Utilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 study, which derived estimates of TBI burden from hospital and emergency department records, national surveys, and claims data, the incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) associated with TBI were analyzed. A comparative analysis of TBI burden by location, age, sex, and socio-demographic index was performed, along with an underlying assessment of 15 major causes contributing to age-standardized incidence rates.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
February 2025
School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Background: Interpersonal violence (IPV) affects half of women living with HIV (WLHIV) in the United States and has important consequences for mental health and HIV outcomes. Although different types of stigmas (eg, HIV- or sexual identity-related) are associated with increased risk of IPV, the relationship between poverty-related stigma and IPV is unclear, even though poverty frequently co-occurs with IPV.
Methods: Data from up to 4 annual visits (2016-2020) were collected from 374 WLHIV enrolled in a substudy of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (now known as Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study/Women's Interagency HIV Study Combined Cohort Study) at 4 sites across the United States.
Healthcare (Basel)
December 2024
Institute of History and Ethics of Police and Public Administration (IGE), University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration, 52068 Aachen, Germany.
: The utilization of maternal health services at the primary healthcare level is still considered an effective approach despite the critical role in improving maternal health outcomes. The study aimed to assess the influence of sociodemographic characteristics and interpersonal support on the use of maternal health services in three regions of the Province of Jambi, Indonesia. : Using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design, a quantitative survey of 432 women and qualitative focus group discussions with nine families were conducted.
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