Background: COVID-19 has had a significant effect on all aspects of life and occupational performance most recently.
Objective: This aim of this article was to discuss the concept of interference and the role that interference plays in productivity and potential across healthcare settings.
Methods: The framework design was the application of Bolea and Atwater's interference framework to probe the COVID-19 pandemic within healthcare organizations.
Results: Leadership that focuses on transparency, frequent metric measurement can increase potential and then managing for unintended consequences can foster optimal occupational performance for both the practitioner and client.
Conclusion: Interference is a critical concept in understanding organizational behavior. Transparent leadership is needed to adequately support organizations to create resilience in the workplace.
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Cureus
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, IRQ.
Background: Substance use is a growing concern, impacting the health, social stability, and economic well-being of individuals and communities. In Iraq, particularly in Erbil, limited data exists on the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). This study aims to identify these characteristics among inpatients at Hawler Psychiatric Hospital to better understand the profiles and associated factors influencing substance use in this region.
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December 2024
Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
A 65-year-old man was admitted for a tissue biopsy of suspected right middle and lower lobe lung cancer with multiple bone metastases. During hospitalization, he started to cough up blood, which recurred after intubation. The patient experienced asphyxia, which led to cardiopulmonary arrest, but was successfully resuscitated.
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January 2025
Provincial TB Services, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
Background: There is growing interest in using high-dose rifampin for tuberculosis treatment. Recent studies suggest that triple-dose rifampin (TDR; ≥30 mg/kg/day) may be unsafe. We updated a systematic review to investigate the safety and efficacy of TDR.
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January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Improving functioning in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) is a priority therapeutic objective.
Methods: This retrospective post hoc secondary analysis evaluated 108 patients with MDD or BD receiving the antidepressants vortioxetine, ketamine, or infliximab. The analysis aimed to determine if changes in objective or subjective cognitive function mediated the relationship between depression symptom severity and workplace outcomes.
BMC Med
January 2025
Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Dutch adolescents predominantly purchase unhealthy snacks in supermarkets, which negatively influence their health. The aim of this study was to investigate the short- and longer-term effects of a nutrition peer-education intervention in supermarkets on food purchases and determinants of food purchase behaviour among adolescents of different education levels.
Methods: We performed a quasi-experimental study in three supermarkets (two intervention and one comparison school) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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