International Practice of Laryngectomy Rehabilitation Interventions: A Perspective From South Africa.
International practice of laryngectomy rehabilitation interventions: a perspective from South Africa.
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Apr 1;
Fagan JJ, Lentin R, Quail G
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review reflects on the experience of speech rehabilitation of… Continue reading
Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults in Singapore: Population Norms for the EQ-5D.
Measuring health-related quality of life among adults in Singapore: population norms for the EQ-5D.
Qual Life Res. 2013 Apr 3;
Abdin E, Subramaniam M, Vaingankar JA, Luo N, Chong SA
PURPOSE: To provide population norms for the Euro-QoL-5D (EQ-5D)… Continue reading
Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: Drug Coverage and Compliance Post Eight Rounds of MDA.
Lymphatic filariasis elimination programme in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: drug coverage and compliance post eight rounds of MDA.
Trop Doct. 2013 Jan; 43(1): 30-2
Sunish IP, Shriram AN, Sivan A, Kartick C, Saha BP, Vijayachari P
Lymphatic filariasis… Continue reading
Therapeutic Monitoring of Psychoactive Drugs – Antidepressants: A Review.
Therapeutic monitoring of psychoactive drugs – antidepressants: A review.
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2013 Mar 21;
Grundmann M, Kacirova I, Urinovska R
BACKGROUND: Major depression, is one of the most prevalent mental disorders in… Continue reading
Acute Rehospitalizations During Inpatient Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injury.
Acute rehospitalizations during inpatient rehabilitation for spinal cord injury.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Apr; 94(4 Suppl): S98-S105
Hammond FM, Horn SD, Smout RJ, Chen D, Dejong G, Scelza W, Jha A, Ballard PH, Bloomgarden J
To investigate frequency… Continue reading
Does Early Functional Outcome Predict 1-Year Mortality in Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture?
Does Early Functional Outcome Predict 1-year Mortality in Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture?
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Apr 2;
Dubljanin-Raspopovi? E, Markovi?-Deni? L, Marinkovi? J, Nedeljkovi? U, Bumbaširevi? M
BACKGROUND: Hip fractures in the elderly are followed by… Continue reading
Effectiveness of a Health Professional Training Program for Treatment of Tobacco Addiction.
Effectiveness of a Health Professional Training Program for Treatment of Tobacco Addiction.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Apr 1;
Olano-Espinosa E, Matilla-Pardo B, Minué C, Antón E, Gómez-Gascón T, Ayesta FJ
INTRODUCTION: Advice can have a small but clinically important effect in promoting smoking cessation. Where studied, the rate of delivery has been found to be low. Training has been found to increases this rates, but there is little research on effectiveness in terms of smoking cessation rates. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an health professionals educational program to increase long-term rates of nicotine abstinence in smoking outpatients. METHODS: We conducted a pragmatic cluster-randomized, controlled trial in 35 primary health care centers in Spain. Participants were all 830 health professionals who attended 5,970 smokers during recruiting period. After that we measured continuous abstinence 6 months after the intervention and biochemically validated (saliva cotinine test) 1 year following intervention. Cost-effectiveness was measured in terms of cost per life year gained. RESULTS: After 6 months, the rate of continuous abstinence was significantly higher in the intervention group (2.1% vs. 0.3%, p > .0001) with an odds ratio of 6.5 (95% CI… Continue reading
Implementing Healthcare Information Security: Standards Can Help.
Implementing healthcare information security: standards can help.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013; 186: 195-9
Orel A, Bernik I
Using widely spread common approaches to systems security in health dedicated controlled environments, a level of awareness, confidence and acceptance of… Continue reading