Personalized Digital Care Pathways Enable Enhanced Patient Management as Perceived by Health Care Professionals: Mixed-Methods Study by David Rodrigues, Clara Jasmins, Ricardo Ladeiras-Lopes, Luis Patrao, Eduardo Freire Rodrigues

“…ConclusionsThe UpHill Route v3 PDCP tool is highly valued by health care professionals for its ability to support clinical decision-making and improve operational efficiency across various clinical settings. …”
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Innovating health prevention models in detecting infectious disease outbreaks through social media data: an umbrella review of the evidence by Monica Giancotti, Milena Lopreite, Marianna Mauro, Michelangelo Puliga

“…Most of the included systematic reviews concluded showing positive outcomes when using social media data for infectious disease surveillance.ConclusionSystematic reviews showed the important role of social media in predicting and detecting disease outbreaks, potentially reducing morbidity and mortality through swift public health action. The policy interventions strongly benefit from the continued use of online data in public health surveillance systems because they can help in recognizing important patterns for disease surveillance and significantly improve the disease prediction abilities of the traditional surveillance systems.Systematic Review Registrationhttp://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO, identifier [CRD42021254568].…”
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Mindfulness in Mental Health and Psychiatric Disorders of Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Bruno Daniel Carneiro, Daniel Humberto Pozza, José Tiago Costa-Pereira, Isaura Tavares

“…Methods: A comprehensive search of multiple databases was conducted to identify randomized clinical trials (RCTs) evaluating the effects of MBIs on mental health outcomes in children and adolescents. …”
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A Methodological Approach to Measuring the Impact of TAK-003 for the Prevention of Dengue in Dourados, Brazil: Optimizing Strategies for Public Health by Benedetta Ghezzi, Cristina Valencia, Roberto Dias de Oliveira, Daniel Tsuha, Waldno Lucena Júnior, Alberta Di Pasquale, Morgan Mc Namara, Juliana Senra, Denise Abud, Julio Croda

“…One of the feasibility criteria identified was the ability of the Dourados Municipal Health Secretary and the principal investigator to conduct an active vaccination campaign, utilizing extramural activities and diverse communication channels to increase vaccine acceptance and coverage. …”
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Health-related quality of life after prosthodontic rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: A systematic review by Gunjan Chouksey, Rupali Choure, Kritika Singhal

“…Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures an individual’s ability to function optimally in various aspects of life and their subjective sense of well-being across the physical, mental, and social dimensions of health. …”
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Use of interrupted time series methods in the evaluation of health system quality improvement interventions: a methodological systematic review by Larry D Lynd, Mohammad Karamouzian, Michael R Law, Hinda Ruton, Celestin Hategeka

“…Background When randomisation is not possible, interrupted time series (ITS) design has increasingly been advocated as a more robust design to evaluating health system quality improvement (QI) interventions given its ability to control for common biases in healthcare QI. …”
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Utility of Consumer-Grade Wearable Devices for Inferring Physical and Mental Health Outcomes in Severe Mental Illness: Systematic Review by Lamiece Hassan, Alyssa Milton, Chelsea Sawyer, Alexander J Casson, John Torous, Alan Davies, Bernalyn Ruiz-Yu, Joseph Firth

“…ConclusionsConsumer-grade wearables show the ability to passively detect digital markers indicative of psychiatric symptoms or mental health status among people with SMI, but few are currently using these to address physical health inequalities. …”
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Understanding what affects psychological morbidity in informal carers when providing care at home for patients at the end of life: a systematic qualitative evidence synthesis by Kerin Bayliss, Tracey Shield, Alison Wearden, Jackie Flynn, Christine Rowland, Penny Bee, Morag Farquhar, Danielle Harris, Alexander Hodkinson, Maria Panagioti, Margaret Booth, David Cotterill, Lesley Goodburn, Cedric Knipe, Gunn Grande

“…Background Informal carers are central in supporting patients at the end of life, but this has substantial negative impacts on carers’ own mental health. When carers are unable to cope, this may affect their ability to support the patient and increase the likelihood of patient hospital admissions. …”
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Stigma related to screening, brief intervention, and referral intervention for behavioral health risk factors in healthcare settings: A systematic review by Adetola Aboyeji, Sharon Mah, Gary Teare, Kamala Adhikari

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Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients Who Have Survived an Episode of Sepsis in the United States: A Systematic Review by Sanjukta Basu, Ziyan J. Wei, Atara Laor, Liga Bennetts, Nina Ahmad, Antoine C. El Khoury, Jeroen Geurtsen, Maureen P. Neary

“…Conclusion These findings underscore the profound negative impacts of sepsis on patients’ HRQoL, ability to perform activities of daily living, and cognitive abilities.…”
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Associations between sex work laws and sex workers' health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies. by Lucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell, Rebecca Meiksin, Jocelyn Elmes, Susan G Sherman, Teela Sanders, Peninah Mwangi, Anna-Louise Crago

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We searched bibliographic databases between 1 January 1990 and 9 May 2018 for qualitative and quantitative research involving sex workers of all genders and terms relating to legislation, police, and health. …”
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Generative AI’s healthcare professional role creep: a cross-sectional evaluation of publicly accessible, customised health-related GPTs by Bianca Chu, Natansh D. Modi, Bradley D. Menz, Stephen Bacchi, Ganessan Kichenadasse, Ganessan Kichenadasse, Catherine Paterson, Catherine Paterson, Catherine Paterson, Joshua G. Kovoor, Joshua G. Kovoor, Joshua G. Kovoor, Imogen Ramsey, Jessica M. Logan, Michael D. Wiese, Ross A. McKinnon, Andrew Rowland, Michael J. Sorich, Ashley M. Hopkins

“…Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR), and Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) databases.ResultsA total of 1,055 customised, health-related GPTs targeting patients and healthcare professionals were identified, which had collectively been used in over 360,000 conversations. …”
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A health-education intervention to improve outcomes for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties: protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by Rachel Schembri, Harriet Hiscock, Frank Oberklaid, William Garvey

“…Participants are informed of their voluntary participation and ability to withdrawal at any time. Participant confidentiality will be maintained and data will be secured on a password protected, restricted access database on the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute server. …”
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Health of mothers of children with a life-limiting condition: a protocol for comparative cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink by Simon Gilbody, Fliss E M Murtagh, Trevor Sheldon, Lorna Katharine Fraser

“…Incidence rates and incidence rate ratios will be used to quantify and compare the outcomes between groups with multivariable regression modelling used to assess the relationship between the child’s disease trajectory and mother’s health.Ethics and dissemination This study protocol has approval from the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee for the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Database Research. …”
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Combined use of the integrated-Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARIHS) framework with other implementation frameworks: a systematic review by Sarah C. Hunter, Samantha Morgillo, Bo Kim, Anna Bergström, Anna Ehrenberg, Ann Catrine Eldh, Lars Wallin, Alison L. Kitson

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Challenges in accessing health care services for women and girls with disabilities using a humanitarian physical rehabilitation program in Lebanon: a mixed method study by Linda Abou-Abbas, Diana Sabbagh, Rodolfo Rossi, Lavanya Vijayasingham, Maria Rita Lteif, Haya Rawi, Rouba Mitri, Hala Al Sultan, Aicha Benyaich, Ahmad AL-MOSA, Claudia Truppa

“…Abstract Background Achieving equitable healthcare access for persons with disabilities is vital, as they often face various barriers that impact their health and well-being. Recognizing the importance of gender equity, this study aims to explore the specific barriers faced by women and girls with disabilities in accessing quality healthcare services in Lebanon. …”
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Impact and perceptions of Active Learning Classrooms on reducing sedentary behaviour and improving physical and mental health and academic indicators in children and adolescents: A... by Mairena Sánchez-López, Jesús Violero-Mellado, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno, Arto Laukkanen, Arja Sääkslahti, María Eugenia Visier-Alfonso

“…Prolonged sitting in school harms children's physical and mental health and reduces the ability to focus on classroom tasks. …”
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Neuroplasticity. How regular physical activity influences the brain’s structure and function by Julia Dołęga, Łukasz, Stanisław Papież, Piotr Mól, Tomasz Maciejczyk, Antoni Sieńko, Małgorzata Łabuś, Bartłomiej Zabawa, Patrycja Hudzińska, Karol Krzykawski, Jakub Sadowski

“…Exercise supports brain health and cognitive function, with potential benefits for neuroplasticity—the brain's ability to reorganize in response to demands and injury. …”
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Mobile Health Intervention Tools Promoting HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping Review by Alex Emilio Fischer, Homaira Hanif, Jacob B Stocks, Aimee E Rochelle, Karen Dominguez, Eliana Gabriela Armora Langoni, H Luz McNaughton Reyes, Gustavo F Doncel, Kathryn E Muessig

“…ConclusionsWe found few rigorously evaluated mHealth interventions for supporting PrEP among adolescent girls and young women, preventing the ability to draw conclusions on its effectiveness. …”
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The Relationship Between Postpartum Depression and Timely Child Vaccination: A Systematic Review by Julien Robitaille, Kayla Esser, Catherine King, Julie Leask, Kerrie Wiley, Simone Vigod, Gary Rodin, Shelly Bolotin, Gilla K. Shapiro

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