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Ont Health Technol Assess Ser
January 2025
Background: Chronic neuropathic pain is a major health problem that adversely affects people's physical and mental well-being, as well as their quality of life. Percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) may offer a minimally invasive option earlier in the treatment continuum for adults with chronic neuropathic pain that is refractory to conventional medical management. We conducted a health technology assessment of PNS for adults with chronic neuropathic pain, which included an evaluation of effectiveness, safety, cost-effectiveness, the budget impact of publicly funding PNS, and patient preferences and values.
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January 2025
Centre for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Background: Person-centred maternal care is associated with positive experiences in high-income countries. Little is known about the transferability of this concept to non-Western, low-income settings. We aimed to explore women's experiences of care and investigate satisfaction with antenatal care (ANC) in relation to person-centred care and unmet psychosocial needs in rural Ethiopia.
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January 2025
Department of Radiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jing Wu Road, No. 324, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China.
To develop and validate non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT)-based radiomics method combines machine learning (ML) to investigate invisible microscopic acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) lesions. We retrospectively analyzed 1122 patients from August 2015 to July 2022, whose were later confirmed AIS by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). However, receiving a negative result was reported by radiologists according to the NCCT images.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunity Ment Health J
January 2025
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, USA.
Prior findings suggest a greater therapeutic focus on strengths is associated with a higher likelihood of successful treatment discharge in youth public mental health treatment. To build upon previous research, the present study examined whether and to what extent therapeutic focus on strengths was associated with changes in day-to-day functioning and treatment progress over the course of therapy. This study used multilevel modeling techniques to analyze 12 consecutive years of standardized routine clinical service data from a public mental health care system which served youth and families who were typically from underserved and low-income backgrounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Acad Psychiatry Law
January 2025
Dr. Svete is a PGY-4 resident in psychiatry, and Dr. Allen is Assistant Professor, Forensic Psychiatry, College of Medicine, and Dr. McLouth is a Biostatistician and Assistant Professor, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Dr. Tindell is a psychiatrist, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA.
Malingering is defined as the intentional falsification or exaggeration of symptoms for secondary gain. The prevalence of malingering varies widely among different medicolegal contexts, emphasizing the need to identify additional predictive factors when considering the diagnosis. This study measured rates of malingering in a sample of 1,300 subjects from a forensic psychiatry practice located in Lexington, Kentucky.
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