Objectives: This study aims to deliver a novel web-app-based electronic Screening and Brief Intervention to patients with alcohol-related facial trauma and assess changes in at-risk drinking behaviors and attitudes toward their drinking and alcohol-related trauma.
Study Design, Setting, And Sample: This was a 2-arm parallel randomized controlled trial. Participants who had sustained alcohol-related facial injuries were recruited from 3 Australian hospitals.
Results: Fifty-six participants were enrolled and randomized initially with 45 participants completing the questionnaire at baseline and 3-month follow-up. Most of the participants were male (71.1%), aged between 18 and 29 (40%), and presented to the ED for the first time (68.9%). The study revealed that the intervention group participants found the information provided via the e-SBI helpful in changing their drinking habits and seek help. The e-SBI intervention had a moderate effect on ASSIST Scores (d = -.59; 95% CI, -.03, 1.18). The effect sizes of the e-SBI on the secondary outcomes also ranged between small and moderate.
Conclusions: The novel app-based e-SBI can effectively deliver information on harmful drinking and provide brief intervention and other venues for help and subsequently improve awareness and willingness to seek help and reduce the risk of injury recurrence.
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Appl Health Econ Health Policy
December 2024
Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney, Level 5, Building 20, 100 Broadway, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW, 2008, Australia.
Objective: This article reviews the assessment pathways that have been implemented worldwide to facilitate access to drugs for patients with rare diseases.
Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used to conduct a systematic literature review. The Ovid (Embase/MEDLINE), Cochrane, Web of Science, Econlit, National Institute of Health Research, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, and International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment databases were searched.
Int J Lab Hematol
December 2024
Department of Hematology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Background: δβ-thalassemia/HPFH is an uncommon hemoglobinopathy characterized by decreased or the total absence of production of δ- and β-globin and increased HbF levels. Both these disorders have variable genotype and phenotype, but significant overlap in the clinical and laboratory findings. Given the lack of literature in this regard, the study aimed to estimate the prevalence of the disease and evaluate its clinical, hematological, and molecular profile in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Student-run health clinics (SRHC) are commonly utilized to provide clinical experiences to students in healthcare education programs as well as healthcare services to a target community. Recent reports on athletic training SRHCs (AT-SRHCs) with a client population of university students, employees and/or community members have reported positive patient outcomes and high patient satisfaction, however there is limited data about the treated conditions, services and value provided by AT-SRHC.
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BMC Cardiovasc Disord
December 2024
School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Background: Blood pressure (BP) control following stroke is important but currently sub-optimal. This trial aimed to determine whether self-monitoring of hypertension with telemonitoring and a treatment escalation protocol, results in lower BP than usual care in people with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA).
Methods: Unblinded randomised controlled trial, comparing a BP telemonitoring-based intervention with control (usual care) for hypertension management in 12 primary care practices in England.
BMC Pediatr
December 2024
Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Introduction: The emergence of First-line Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) regimens fails; it necessitates the use of more costly and less tolerable second-line medications. Therefore, it is crucial to identify and address factors that increase the likelihood of first-line ART regimen failure in children. Although numerous primary studies have examined the incidence of first-line ART failure among HIV-infected children in Ethiopia, national-level data on the onset and predictors remain inconsistent.
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