Mixed methods evaluation of the Getting it Right First Time programme in elective orthopaedic surgery in England: an analysis from the National Joint Registry and Hospital Episode... by Stephen Morris, James Mason, Rosalind Raine, Peter Martin, Naomi J Fulop, Elena Pizzo, Andrew Hutchings, Helen Barratt, Jean Ledger, Raj Mehta, Sarah Jasim, Fiona Aspinal, Rafael Gafoor

“…Objective To evaluate the impact of the ‘Getting it Right First Time’ (GIRFT) national improvement programme in orthopaedics, which started in 2012.Design Mixed-methods study comprising statistical analysis of linked national datasets (National Joint Registry; Hospital Episode Statistics; Patient-Reported Outcomes); economic analysis and qualitative case studies in six National Health Service (NHS) Trusts.Setting NHS elective orthopaedic surgery in England.Participants 736 088 patients who underwent primary hip or knee replacement at 126 NHS Trusts between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2018, plus 50 NHS staff.Intervention Improvement bundle including ‘deep dive’ visits by senior clinician to NHS Trusts, informed by bespoke set of routine performance data, to discuss how improvements could be made locally.Main outcome measures Number of procedures conducted by low volume surgeons; use of uncemented hip implants in patients >65; arthroscopy in year prior to knee replacement; hospital length of stay; emergency readmissions within 30 days; revision surgery within 1 year; health-related quality of life and functional status.Results National trends demonstrated substantial improvements beginning prior to GIRFT. …”
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Baska Mask versus I-gel in Spontaneously Breathing Anaesthetised Patients: A Randomised Clinical Study by Bhagyavardhan Botta, Yogarajan Ramalingam, Grishma Robba, Tanya Elizabeth, Kala Balasubramanian, Selvamani Subramanian, Senthil Kumar Vannivedu Santhnam, Kavyasri Morampudi

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Profil Kasus Tuberkulosis Paru di Instalasi Rawat Inap Paru RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode 1 Januari 2010 - 31 Desember 2011 by Muhammad Gamal Eddin, Oea Khairsyaf, Elly Usman

“…Male (72%), age 20- 29 years old (27%), senior high school graduated (47%), unemployed (33%) are the most characteristic followed by smoke on male (64%) and severe low body weigh of nutritional status (53%). …”
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Socioeconomic inequality in hypertension and its determinants in people over 60 years in Fasa, southern Iran: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition by Reza Tabrizi, Reza Pakzad, Maryam Akbari, Azizallah Dehghan, Mozhan Abdollahi, Sina Bazmi, Sina Kardeh, Yaser Sarikhani

“…Methods A total of 1,632 seniors, aged 60 and above, were included in the analysis, with data obtained from the Fasa Adults Cohort Study (FACS). …”
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Relating Sensory, Cognitive, and Neural Factors to Older Persons’ Perceptions about Happiness: An Exploratory Study by Alexandra J. Horne, Kimberly S. Chiew, Jie Zhuang, Linda K. George, R. Alison Adcock, Guy G. Potter, Eleonora M. Lad, Scott W. Cousins, Frank R. Lin, Sara K. Mamo, Nan-Kuei Chen, Abigail J. Maciejewski, Xuan Duong Fernandez, Heather E. Whitson

“…Despite increased rates of disease, disability, and social losses with aging, seniors consistently report higher levels of subjective well-being (SWB), a construct closely related to happiness, than younger adults. …”
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Identification and validation of occupational stress factors for employees of the electricity distribution company of Ilam province by Ardeshir Shiri

“…The most important of these factors are: family issues, social status, economic status, and environmental changes (Shiri, 2015).Research methodologyThe current research is applicable in terms of purpose, and mixed type (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of method. …”
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The study of sport manager's decision making styles who are working in Center and Rural Organizations of General Directorate of Sport by Hakan Caglayan, Mustafa Vural

“…As a result of the study it is found that in terms of gender, age, educational level and managerial status self-esteem has no significant effect on decision making styles of sport managers; however, there was a significant difference regarding professional seniority and managerial seniority variables. …”
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Exploring Bare Ownership Supply of Housing in Urban Environments by Maria Rosaria Guarini, Alejandro Segura-de-la-Cal, Francesco Sica, Yilsy Núñez-Guerrero

“…This paper examines the status of bare ownership in the city of Rome by web scraping the house offers published on web portals and segmenting those offered as bare ownership. …”
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體驗教育對建構大學生心理資本之研究 Effect of Experiential Education on College Students’ Psychological Capital Development by 陳淑媛 Shu-Yuan Chen, 許于仁 Yu-Ren Hsu

“…Participants and Procedures The present study recruited 35 junior and senior students from a Team Building and Management course. …”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“… [16] Juliet Ramohai & Khomotso Marumo 2016. Women in Senior Positions in South African Higher Education: A Reflection on Voice and Agency. 231, 135-157…”
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Changes in primary healthcare workforce burnout during and after the termination of COVID-19 emergency response: A one-and-half-year observational study by Xueji Wu, Huihong Ruan, Xiaoying Feng, Chaojun Xie, Ronald R. O’Donnell, Zhoubin Zhang

“…No significant differences in demographics, including age, gender, education attainment, work experience, or seniority level were observed. The prevalence of burnout-free status was similar (9.9% vs 12.5%, P = 0.434) between the two periods. …”
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Googling Patients by Emily Beer

“…While it is clear that information located through a Google search is public, the actual (and ideal) legal and moral status of much of this new information is less certain. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…In response to this, Kershaw in the third stage of his research considers how the standard of living for contemporary seniors compares with that of elderly Canadians four decades earlier; and how the standard of living four decades earlier – when contemporary seniors were young adults – compares with that of young people today. …”
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