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Introduction: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) experience various metabolic, endocrine, reproductive and psychosocial manifestations. Lifestyle modification is crucial for the management of PCOS to reduce long-term complications. Nonetheless, the efficacy and acceptability of lifestyle interventions differs, and there are no uniform methods of clinical application.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBr J Hosp Med (Lond)
October 2024
Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
The prognostic significance of body composition variables has become a popular area of research over the recent years. This study aimed to determine whether adipose tissue variables and sarcobesity index measured by computed tomography (CT) could predict cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) performance and long-term mortality in patients undergoing major colorectal surgery. The Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) statement standards were followed to conduct a retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients who had CPET prior to major colorectal surgery between January 2011 and January 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhysiol Rep
November 2024
Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK.
Spinal pain (SP) remains the leading cause of disability worldwide. The present study aimed to establish a current prevalence of SP and associated determinants in Wales by retrospectively analyzing data from the National Survey for Wales Dataset (NSWD). The NSWD is a large-scale cross-sectional, representative sample of adults across Wales, UK.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBJPsych Open
October 2024
Cornwall Intellectual Disability Equitable Research (CIDER), University of Plymouth Peninsula School of Medicine, UK; School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health), University of Plymouth, UK; and Cornwall Intellectual Disability Equitable Research (CIDER), Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Background: People with intellectual disability (PwID) and epilepsy have increased premature and potentially preventable mortality. This is related to a lack of equitable access to appropriate care. The Step Together guidance and toolkit, developed with patient, clinical, charity and commissioning stakeholders, allows evaluation and benchmarking of essential epilepsy service provision for PwID in eight key domains, at a care system level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExp Physiol
October 2024
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Toyo University, Saitama, Japan.
Individuals who experience prolonged sitting daily are reported to be at risk of developing cerebrovascular disease, which is associated, in part, with attenuation in cerebral blood flow regulation. However, the effect of prolonged sitting on dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA), a crucial mechanism of cerebral blood flow regulation, remains unclear. Additionally, cerebrovascular disease occurs heterogeneously within cerebral arteries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Health Serv Res
October 2024
Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
Br J Community Nurs
October 2024
Deputy Dean, Health and Social Care, University of South Wales, UK.
In this month's Policy column, Iwan Dowie explores the significance and role of co-production in patient care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAge Ageing
October 2024
Centre for Trials Research, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Background: Underrepresentation of care home residents in research has resulted in a poorer evidence base for health care in care homes. Fewer opportunities to take part in research, as well as assumptions made by others about their interest or wishes, creates challenges for residents' inclusion in research. Early discussions about research preferences and wishes may be beneficial.
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October 2024
Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK.
JMIR Ment Health
October 2024
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom.
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October 2024
School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom.
Active travel offers many societal benefits, including improving people's mental and physical health and minimising our impacts on the environment. Increasing active travel is particularly important amongst children and young people (CYP), who are building habits which they will carry into adulthood. Studies on active travel amongst CYP are limited, however, with most research focusing on adult participants or on adult perceptions of children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExp Physiol
October 2024
Centre for Physical Activity Research, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Exp Physiol
October 2024
Neurovascular Research Laboratory, University of South Wales, Glamorgan, UK.
Exp Physiol
November 2024
Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK.
Ophthalmic Physiol Opt
January 2025
Division of Population Medicine, PRIME Centre Wales PRIME, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
Purpose: To evaluate the value of enhanced optometric services for managing neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and glaucoma in primary care optometry services, instead of hospital eye services (HES).
Methods: Seven enhanced optometric service pathways in primary care in Wales were assessed with a mixed-methods approach: three for nAMD and four for glaucoma. The methods were a patient-related experience measure (PREM), a Realist Review and Evaluation involving both patients and staff, a discrete event simulation model estimating the economic impact of the pathways and a workforce survey of optometrists to gauge capability and capacity.
Mikrochim Acta
October 2024
School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, No.2, Wenchang Road, Liuzhou City, 545006, Guangxi, China.
Exp Physiol
October 2024
Cerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Behav Anal Pract
September 2024
Department of Learning Sciences, College of Education and Human Development, Georgia State University, 30 Pryor Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA.
The Preschool Life Skills (PLS) program has a wealth of evidence demonstrating efficacy in remediating important social and learning-to-learn skill deficits in at-risk preschoolers. Those same skill deficits also are common in older children in foster or residential care, most of whom have experienced some sort of trauma or other adverse childhood events. This study sought to evaluate individualized PLS curricula for two boys with substantial trauma histories and demonstrate how the PLS program could be delivered within a trauma-informed framework.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpilepsy Behav
November 2024
University of Plymouth, Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil
November 2024
Centre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Background: People with intellectual disabilities commonly experience multiple barriers to 'going out'.
Aims: This paper explores what barriers prevented people from going out, and if the extent and nature of going out changed over time for people with intellectual disabilities as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed.
Methods: Data are drawn from a wider study that explored, at four time points, the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities through the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
JMIR Ment Health
September 2024
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom.
Background: Depression affects 5% of adults and it is a major cause of disability worldwide. Digital psychotherapies offer an accessible solution addressing this issue. This systematic review examines a spectrum of digital psychotherapies for depression, considering both their effectiveness and user perspectives.
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September 2024
Medical College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Aims: To explore risk factors for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in secondary prevention for patients with the disease in China.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: A two-stage sampling method was used (stratified sampling and systematic sampling).
JAC Antimicrob Resist
October 2024
Llusern Scientific Limited, Cardiff Edge Business Park, Longwood Drive, Cardiff CF14 7YU, Wales.
Background: Over 404.6 million people are affected worldwide each year by urinary tract infections (UTIs), with ∼237 000 associated deaths globally in 2019. Much more common in women than men, acute UTI occurs in up to 50% of the female population.
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September 2024
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution University of Bath Bath UK.
A combination of life history traits and environmental conditions has been highlighted as the main drivers of avian breeding success. While drivers of breeding success are well known in some species, especially birds in northern, temperate regions; species in other parts of the world have received relatively little attention. In this study, we used a long-term dataset on breeding success of tropical plovers from south-west Madagascar to investigate whether nest survival changed over time and whether the drivers of nest survival were similar for multiple species breeding in the same arid habitat.
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