A scoping review on implementation processes and outcomes of models of care for low back pain in primary healthcare.

Background: To address the societal burden of low back pain (LBP), several health systems have adopted Models of Care (MoCs). These evidence-informed models aim for consistent care and outcomes. However, real-world applications vary, with each setting presenting unique challenges and nuances in the primary healthcare landscape.

Incidence and Mortality of Malignant Brain Tumors after 20 Years of Mobile Use.

(1) Objective: This population-based study was performed to examine the trends of incidence and deaths due to malignant neoplasm of the brain (MNB) in association with mobile phone usage for a period of 20 years (January 2000-December 2019) in Taiwan. (2) Methods: Pearson correlation, regression analysis, and joinpoint regression analysis were used to examine the trends of incidence of MNB and deaths due to MNB in association with mobile phone usage. (3) Results: The findings indicate a trend of increase in the number of mobile phone users over the study period, accompanied by a slight rise in the incidence and death rates of MNB.

Decision-making preferences on end-of-life care for older people: Exploration and comparison of Japan, the Hong Kong SAR and South Korea in East Asia.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine and compare decision-making preferences on end-of-life care for older people in Japan, the Hong Kong SAR and South Korea.

Background: Cultural values and beliefs influence decision-making on end-of-life care.

Design: A cross-sectional design was adopted.

Clinical encounters may not be responding to patients' search for meaning and control over non-specific chronic low back pain - an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Purpose: Considering the need to study the experiences of individuals with musculoskeletal problems in contexts that have not yet been investigated as well as the relevance of fostering a research agenda towards person-centred care, this study aimed to explore the experiences of non-specific chronic low back pain from the perspective of Portuguese individuals living with it.

Material And Methods: An interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to explore the experiences of eight participants, who were recruited purposefully from two primary care centres and one clinic. Semi-structured one-to-one interviews were carried out, audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim.

Working time and upper limb musculoskeletal symptoms: a longitudinal study among assembly line workers.

This study followed assembly line workers during 7 months, comprising a 4-wk season holidays. The main purposes were to determine the potential effect of working time on the presence and intensity of upper limb musculoskeletal symptoms, as to verify the effect of 4 wk of job interruption in the upper limb musculoskeletal symptoms presence and intensity. Data was collected during 6 moments.

Minimum important change values for pain and disability: which is the best to identify a meaningful response in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain?

Purpose: To examine the association between different minimum important change (MIC) values for pain and disability and a successful response in global perception of improvement in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNLBP).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted. At baseline, all participants completed a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale and the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS).

Advance care planning and advance directive awareness among East Asian older adults: Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

Aim: Population aging is a global phenomenon, and East Asian countries are no exception. However, the use of advance care planning (ACP) and advance directives (ADs) are not widespread in East Asia. This study aimed to examine the awareness of ACP/ADs and its related factors among community-dwelling older persons in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

Beyond pain and disability: an explanatory mixed methods study exploring outcomes after physiotherapy intervention in patients with chronic low back pain.

Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to explore relevant outcome domains for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) undergoing physiotherapy. A secondary aim was to examine potential discrepancies between meaningful changes in pain and disability and the global perception of improvement.

Methods: An explanatory mixed methods design was employed.

The role of pain and disability changes after physiotherapy treatment on global perception of improvement in patients with chronic low back pain.

Background: The effectiveness of physiotherapy in patients with chronic low back pain is usually measured through changes in pain and disability domains. However, recent research has suggested that these two domains are not sufficient to capture all the physiotherapy benefits when patients' perspective is considered.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of pain and disability changes in explaining the global perception of improvement in patients with chronic low back pain undergoing physiotherapy.

How Do Physical Therapists Measure Treatment Outcomes in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain? A Systematic Review.

Background: There is an increasing recognition of the importance of using a conceptual framework covering the full range of relevant health domains and outcome measures addressed by physical therapy modalities in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, little is known about what outcome domains have been measured and through what measures in physical therapy research.

Objective: The purpose of this review was to synthesize outcome domains, instruments, and cutoff values reported in published randomized controlled trials and their compliance with the original Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) framework.

From recovery to regaining control of life - the perspectives of people with stroke, their carers and health professionals.

Aim: To understand how people with stroke and carers adapt over time, and how health professionals support transition to home.

Method: A multi-perspective, prospective, qualitative, longitudinal study was conducted using in-depth semi-structured interviews one and six months after inpatient discharge. Twenty-four participants (eight triads, including people with stroke, carers and health professionals) were included.

Intracerebroventricular Administration of a 2'-O-Methyl Phosphorothioate Antisense Oligonucleotide Results in Activation of the Innate Immune System in Mouse Brain.

Antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) are versatile molecules that can be used to modulate gene expression by binding to RNA. The therapeutic potential of AONs appears particularly high in the central nervous system, due to excellent distribution and uptake in brain cells, as well as good tolerability in clinical trials thus far. Nonetheless, immune stimulation in response to AON treatment in the brain remains a concern.

Psychological effects of relational job characteristics: validation of the scale for hospital nurses.

Aims: This study validates the Portuguese version of the psychological effects of the relational job characteristics scale among hospital nurses in Portugal and Brazil.

Background: Increasing attention has been given to the social dimension of work, following the transition to a service economy. Nevertheless, and despite the unquestionable relational characteristics of nursing work, scarce research has been developed among nurses under a relational job design framework.

Relational job characteristics and well-being: A study among Portuguese and Brazilian hospital nurses.

Nurse well-being is a crucial factor in the quality of care given to patients and in patient safety. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the psychological effects of relational job characteristics (PERJCs) and indicators of well-being in hospital nurses. The data for this correlational study were collected from an online survey responded to by a sample of 620 hospital nurses (335 Portuguese and 285 Brazilian).

Aquatic exercise and pain neurophysiology education versus aquatic exercise alone for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a combination of aquatic exercise and pain neurophysiology education with aquatic exercise alone in chronic low back pain patients.

Design: Single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Outpatient clinic.

Arts, literature and reflective writing as educational strategies to promote narrative reasoning capabilities among physiotherapy students.

Background: The use of arts, literature and reflective writing has becoming increasingly popular in health professionals education. However, research examining its contribution as an educational strategy to promote narrative reasoning capabilities is limited, particularly from the students' perspective.

Aim Of The Study: This study aimed to explore the final year physiotherapy students' perspectives about the contribution of arts, literature and reflective writing in facilitating narrative reasoning capabilities.

A qualitative study of physiotherapy final year undergraduate students' perceptions of clinical reasoning.

Clinical reasoning is a fundamental component of physiotherapists' clinical competence. However research examining how clinical reasoning is understood and developed in physiotherapy undergraduate courses is limited, particularly from the student's perspective. The aim of this study was to explore the current understanding of clinical reasoning held by final year undergraduate students, and how it is represented in the undergraduate musculoskeletal curriculum in Portugal.

Clinical reasoning and patient-centred care in musculoskeletal physiotherapy in Portugal--a qualitative study.

Clinical reasoning has been described as a common process that underpins the myriad of tasks in the clinicians' practice. To date clinical reasoning models have emerged from research developed in specific and well-developed health care and professional cultures, such as those in Australia and the United States, but there has been little discussion of their relevance and applicability to other cultural settings. The aim of this investigation was to explore clinical reasoning processes in a sample of experienced Portuguese musculoskeletal physiotherapists.

Spiritual support for terminally ill patients: nursing staff assessments.

This study is part of a larger questionnaire survey concerned with the views of nursing staff on physical, emotional and spiritual support for terminally ill patients and decision making on the transition to the terminal phase of treatment. This article discusses the results concerning the spiritual support offered to terminally ill patients. The results describe the readiness and willingness of nursing staff to provide spiritual support, the expression of spiritual needs by patients, the provision of spiritual support, and problems occurring in providing this support.