Analysis of persistence in obesity and severe obesity rates: short-term versus long-term interventions in 38 OECD countries by Sakiru Adebola Solarin, Gloria Claudio-Quiroga, Luis A. Gil-Alana, OlaOluwa S. Yaya

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Early mental health intervention and supported self-care for LGBTQ+ young people in the UK: a mixed-methods study by Elizabeth McDermott, Rachael Eastham, Elizabeth Hughes, Emily Pattison, Katherine Johnson, Stephanie Davis, Steven Pryjmachuk, Ceu Mateus, Olu Jenzen, Felix McNulty

“…Method This was a multi-methods theory-led case study evaluation with three distinct stages: (1) a meta-narrative review of existing literature to develop a theoretical framework to explain effective mental health support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, plus young people; (2) an online and offline service mapping exercise to locate current mental health early intervention support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, plus young people in the United Kingdom in order to produce a service typology; and (3) a theory-led case study evaluation of 12 case study sites selected from the service typology produced in stage 2, to establish the components of appropriate quality, early intervention mental health support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, plus young people. …”
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Body mass index, comorbid conditions, and demographic factors among tertiary healthcare workers in Kosovo: Implications for physical activity interventions by Flaka Hoti, Merlinda Shehu Kaqi, Hasime Terziqi, Myhidin Shehu

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Altruism Enhances Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Reduces Sympathetic Activity: A Multimodal EEG‐ECG Study With Implications for Therapeutic Interventions by Junya Orui, Keigo Shiraiwa, Takao Inoue, Masaya Ueda, Keita Ueno, Yasuo Naito, Ryouhei Ishii

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How Does Students’ Knowledge About Information-Seeking Improve Their Behavior in Solving Information Problems? by Marioleni Parissi, Vassilis Komis, Gabriel Dumouchel, Konstantinos Lavidas, Stamatios Papadakis

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HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, BODY MASS INDEX, AND DISORDERED EATING AMONG STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER IN MALAYSIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Sharifah Intan Zainun Sharif Ishak, Presanna Arumugam, Yit Siew Chin

“…Poorer general mental health was correlated with both higher BMI and higher DE. Conclusion: This study suggests the need to add the component of mental health, in addition to healthy body weight and eating behavior in future nutrition interventions to improve the HRQOL among university students.…”
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Impact of Propranolol and Psychologically Informed Intervention on Pain Sensitivity: Secondary Analysis from the Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain Preclinical Randomized T... by Bishop MD, Simon CB, Huo Y, Wallace MR, Borsa PA, Fillingim RB, Staud R, Wu SS, George SZ

“…Significant interactions across modalities suggest analysis of higher order interactions/intersectionality could be of great interest for testing efficacy of personalized interventions in future trials.Plain Language Summary: Purpose: In previous work, we identified a set of genetic and cognitive traits that were associated with persistent pain after exercise induced muscle pain. …”
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Analysis of nosocomial infection characteristics in cancer patients after interventional therapy of 10 years: a retrospective study from 2013 to 2022 by Zhigang Zheng, Mingmei Du, Hongwu Yao, Yunxi Liu, Yanling Bai

“…This study intends to analyze the characteristics of nosocomial infection patients after interventional therapy of the past 10 years, in order to provide guidances for the infection control. …”
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Usability Testing of a Digitized Interventional Prehabilitation Tool for Health Care Professionals and Patients Before Major Surgeries: Formative and Summative Evaluation by Andreas A Schnitzbauer, Charlotte Detemble, Sara Fatima Faqar-Uz-Zaman, Julia Dreilich, Lisa Mohr, Svenja Sliwinski, Dora Zmuc, Mark Siller, Johannes Fleckenstein

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Supervision, performance assessment, and recognition strategy – a quasi-experimental pre-post study of the multipronged interventions to and strengthen medicines management in Nepa... by Reekesh Shrestha, Santusta Adhikari, Anup Bastola, Sushil Nepal, Tamara Hafner, Birna Trap

“…There was no significant difference in impact measured between provinces; remote and residential facilities; high, medium, and low-level care facilities; and resource-based and behavioural indicators.Conclusion Following three supervisory visits, the multipronged intervention significantly improved the overall SPARS score and all 25 indicators assessing performance in stock and storage, ordering and reporting, and dispensing and prescribing quality. …”
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Impact of layered behavioral, socio-economic and school-based interventions on selected behavioral and biomarker indicators among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda. by Joseph K B Matovu, John Baptist Bwanika, Irene Murungi, Jacqueline K Kyambadde, Ntombekhaya Matsha-Carpentier, Saman Zamani, Rhoda K Wanyenze

“…Exposure to the interventions had a small net effect (0.7% to 14%) on almost all behavioral indicators and HIV prevalence was much higher among exposed than unexposed AGYW (1.56% vs. 0.94%). …”
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GRACE, SYNTAX I and SYNTAX II scores as predictors of one-year MACE outcome in patients with myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention by Davidović Aleksandar, Cvijanović Dane, Davidović Jelica, Lazić Snežana, Lazić Bratislav, Čučić Luka, Milić Marija, Marković-Nikolić Nataša

“…Patients with STEMI entity had significantly higher values of GRACE, SYNTAX I, and SYNTAX II scores. …”
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Self-concept of adolescents in small-scale fishing communities by Athira Jose, Moses Walusimbi, C Vanitha, Bhaskar Gurramkonda, Mesiungdai Gonmei, P K Aswathi

“…Significant differences were found based on biological sex (males had higher physical, temperamental, and intellectual self-concept; females had higher educational and moral self-concept) and residential status (hostellers had higher physical self-concept). …”
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Interventions to improve mental health and well-being in care-experienced children and young people aged less than 25: the CHIMES systematic review by Rhiannon Evans, Sarah MacDonald, Robert Trubey, Jane Noyes, Michael Robling, Simone Willis, Soo Vinnicombe, Maria Boffey, Charlotte Wooders, Asmaa El-Banna, GJ Melendez-Torres

“…Background Children and young people with experience of being in care (e.g. foster care, kinship care, residential care or at home with a supervision requirement order) are at higher risk of adverse mental health and well-being outcomes compared to the general population. …”
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Effect of a 6-Month Functional Food Intervention on the Microbiota of Stunted Children in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia—A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Parallel Trial by Ingrid S. Surono, Koen Venema, Subijanto Martosudarmo, Pratiwi D. Kusumo

“…The current study aimed to perform an intervention with a probiotic, <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> IS-10506, and its UHT-treated postbiotic compared to placebo in order to accomplish catch-up growth in the stunted children, possibly through modulation of the gut microbiota. …”
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Understanding the implementation of a multidisciplinary intervention using a suite of prescribing safety indicators to improve medication safety in prison healthcare settings: a qu... by Tracy Millington, Darren Ashcroft, Tony Avery, Mark Jeffries, Richard Neil Keers, Aseel S M Abuzour, Mark Langridge, Gayle Francis, Amber O’Brien

“…Data analysis of interview transcripts and free-text survey responses was conducted following a thematic approach and informed by normalisation process theory.Participants Interviews were conducted with 9 prison healthcare staff and 40 completed the survey, with 18 staff providing free-text responses.Results Three themes were interpreted from the data: bringing people together and establishing individual and collective roles that facilitated implementation of the intervention; developing new tasks, work processes and practices to make the intervention work in everyday practice; and seeing the benefits and value of the intervention and new work processes within the context of prison healthcare provision.Conclusions New work processes and practices were instigated in order to implement the intervention, often fitting into existing medication safety practices, building on other prescribing work and creating learning across the team. …”
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SMART accelerates rate of cognitive gains in service members with mTBI and PTSD by Erin Venza, Jeffrey S. Spence, Jennifer Zientz, Cole Devlin, Jason Bailie, Jason Bailie, Jason Bailie, Andrew Darr, Andrew Darr, Andrew Darr, Ida Babakhanyan, Ida Babakhanyan, Ida Babakhanyan, Sandra Bond Chapman

“…IntroductionThis randomized clinical trial (RCT) compared the efficacy of two cognitive rehabilitation (CR) protocols—Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Training (SMART) and Study of Cognitive Rehabilitation Effectiveness (SCORE)—in improving higher-order cognitive functions among active-duty service members (ADSMs) with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and varying levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…Our recommendations for future action and research, in numbered order, are to explore: Timing and intensity More research is needed to identify the best timing for early years parenting interventions, to complement CAU, and ideally programmes that can adapt to the intensity required for parents with different levels of additional social and care needs. …”
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Quantitative Assessment of Psychological Stress Changes Before and After Ureteral Stent Placement: A Prospective Observational Study by Fu Y, Liang P, Gao X, Mo Z, Ruan Y, Pan J

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Oral health literacy and oral health status of a german adult population with migration background – findings from the MuMi Study by Berit Lieske, Christopher Kofahl, Katrin Borof, Kristin Spinler, Anna Poth, Demet Dingoyan, Thomas Beikler, Guido Heydecke, Ghazal Aarabi

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