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J Particip Med
March 2025
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Newborn screening aims to identify babies affected by rare but serious genetic conditions. As technology advances, there is the potential to expand the newborn screening program following evaluation of the likely benefits and drawbacks. To inform these decisions, it is important to consider the family experience of screening and the views of the public.
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March 2025
School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia.
Line dancing, often associated with social gatherings, is gaining recognition for its broad health benefits, prompting a review of its effects on mental, physical, social, and cognitive health. This scoping review examines and maps primary research on the effects of line dancing on the multiple factors that impact well-being, namely physical and mental health. We also address social participation, cognitive health and other areas of positive or negative impact identified.
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February 2025
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Background: Mild cognitive impairment is a common aging phenomenon, and the absence of problem-solving abilities significantly contributes to memory decline. This study aimed to investigate the effect of video games on cognitive performance and problem-solving ability in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment.
Methods: In 2023, a double-blind, randomized clinical trial was done on mild cognitive impairment aged randomly divided into control and intervention groups with permuted blocks randomization.
Clin Ther
February 2025
Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Purpose: To explore factors influencing diabetes medication-taking among adults of Vietnamese heritage with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) residing in Australia. Barriers to and enablers of optimal medication use, as perceived by those with diabetes and health professionals working with this community, were explored via the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted between November 2021 - March 2023 with input from an advisory group consisting of 4 individuals of Vietnamese heritage (a person living with T2DM, a credentialed diabetes care and education specialist, a General Practitioner, and Nephrologist).
Psychogeriatrics
March 2025
Reproductive and Family Health Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia, poses serious challenges to patients, especially older people, and no definitive treatment is available for this disease, with drug treatments having many side effects. As essential oils of plants deserve particular attention in the treatment of diseases, this study aimed to review the potential therapeutic effects of essential oils on treatment of psychosomatic aspects of Alzheimer's disease. To collect information, we searched different databases, including MagIran, SID, IranDoc and IranMedex, Embase, Science Direct, PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science using the keywords of essential oil, Alzheimer, acetylcholinesterase, memory, forgetfulness, aromatherapy, medicinal plant, herbal drugs, and their Persian equivalents from January 2010 to June 2022; the search included both single and multiple keywords.
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