Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mary Thelen, Sarah G. Brearley, Catherine Walshe
Summary: This study aimed to understand the interactions between inpatient specialist palliative care teams and generalist teams providing postdischarge palliative care. A grounded theory of interdependence between these teams was constructed, with two states of inter-team functioning and three conditions influencing their interactions. This study highlights the importance of explicit consideration and agreement on team functioning, as well as changes to enhance knowledge, communication, and valuing of other teams' contributions.
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jenna E. Koschnitzky, Erwin Yap, Yifan Zhang, Monica J. Chau, Ketan Yerneni, Anna Lisa Somera, Mark Luciano, Abhay Moghekar
Summary: This study aimed to assess the inpatient healthcare costs, patient demographics, and factors influencing costs for hydrocephalus shunt-related admissions in the US. The results showed that hydrocephalus shunt-related admissions cost over $2.06 billion dollars per year in the US, with initial shunt placements accounting for a significant portion of the cost and hospital days.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
John W. Ambrose, Diana M. Layne, Ken Catchpole, Heather Evans, Lynne S. Nemeth
Summary: Resilience plays a crucial role in enabling healthcare teams to operate at their best during times of uncertainty. Previous research mainly focusing on individual resilience has limited our understanding of healthcare team resilience. This study aims to bridge the gap between resilience engineering and individual resilience, exploring the resilience culture within healthcare teams.
Review
Primary Health Care
Charles Coombs, Tanya Cohen, Claire Duddy, Kamal R. Mahtani, Emily Owen, Nia Roberts, Aman Saini, Alexander Staddon Foster, Sophie Park
Summary: This study is an international systematic review that examines the implementation of primary care micro-teams. The findings suggest that micro-teams increase patient accessibility and provide more cost-effective and efficient services. However, there are also challenges associated with the implementation of micro-teams in primary care.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elise Trott Jaramillo, David H. Sommerfeld, Emily A. Haozous, Amy Brunner, Cathleen E. Willging
Summary: Having a regular relationship with a healthcare provider is crucial for better health outcomes and satisfaction among American Indian Elders. However, they face healthcare access disparities that hinder their ability to establish such a relationship. The study confirmed that having a consistent healthcare provider is significantly correlated with self-rated health, confidence in accessing care, overall healthcare access, and satisfaction with care. The lack of a regular healthcare provider is related to experiences of self-reliance, bureaucratic and contextual barriers to care, and fear and mistrust based on previous medical interactions. Increasing health equity for American Indian Elders requires targeted efforts to improve continuity of care, provider longevity, trust, and confidence in healthcare providers.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Moe Moe Thandar, Sadatoshi Matsuoka, Obaidur Rahman, Erika Ota, Toshiaki Baba
Summary: This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of ICTs in reducing HCAIs in hospitals and other healthcare settings, by conducting a comprehensive literature search and meta-analysis to determine their impact on patients and healthcare professionals, while also considering cost factors.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Pamela L. Lutsey, Rob F. Walker, Richard F. MacLehose, Faye L. Norby, Line H. Evensen, Alvaro Alonso, Neil A. Zakai
Summary: Outpatient management of VTE is on the rise and is associated with lower subsequent healthcare utilization and fewer bleeding events compared to inpatient management. However, this could be due to the fact that healthier patients are being managed on an outpatient basis.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lars Vedel Kessing, Natacha Blauenfeldt Kyster, Pernille Bondo-Kozuch, Ellen Margrethe Christensen, Birgitte Vejstrup, Birte Smidt, Anne-Marie Bangsgaard Jorgensen, Raben Rosenberg, Darius Mardosas, Louise Behrend Rasmussen, Maj Vinberg, Ida Hageman, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen
Summary: The study aims to investigate whether specialized treatment in a Clinical Academic Group for bipolar disorder is more effective than general community-based treatment in improving patient outcomes and clinician satisfaction.
Article
Surgery
Kathleen E. Singer, Carolyn D. Philpott, Aron P. Bercz, Tabatha Phillips, Christen E. Salyer, Dennis Hanseman, Molly E. Droege, Michael D. Goodman, Amy Makley
Summary: This study investigated the impact of a multimodal analgesia protocol on opioid use after polytrauma, showing that the updated protocol reduced opioid consumption and increased the use of gabapentin.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Nicholas J. Skertich, Gwyneth A. Sullivan, Russel E. Herberg, Brian C. Gulack, Mary Beth Madonna, Srikumar Pillai, Ami N. Shah
Summary: This study compared the outcomes of neonatal circumcision performed in outpatient and inpatient settings. The results showed that outpatient circumcision had similar healthcare utilization rates as inpatient circumcision within 30 days post-procedure. However, outpatient circumcision resulted in a shorter hospital stay following birth and higher charges.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Sunkyung Yoon, Caitlin M. Nevins, Andrew D. Peckham, Stephanie L. Pinder-Amaker
Summary: This study examined the measurement model of CCAPS-34 in college student patients and compared their ratings with the national student samples. The results showed that the 7-factor model of CCAPS-34 fits well with patient data and demonstrates measurement invariance across levels of care. In comparison to the national average, hospitalized students had higher levels of depression.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jerome Pelletier, Dave Bergeron, Genevieve Rouleau, Laurence Guillaumie
Summary: Despite progress in care, nurses in non-HIV-specialised healthcare settings still stigmatize people living with HIV (PLHIV), impacting their health and the spread of the virus. Few interventions aimed at reducing HIV-related stigmatization by nurses have been implemented in Quebec, Canada. The contextual elements in which these interventions have been implemented are not considered in literature reviews. By understanding the mechanisms by which interventions interact with contexts and produce outcomes, new interventions can be developed.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lili Worre Hopfner Jensen, Arash Ghaffari, Birthe Irene Dinesen, Ole Rahbek, Soren Kold
Summary: This scoping review aims to identify and map available research on the use of text-based two-way communication between patients and healthcare professionals after hospital discharge. The review will also assess the facilitators and barriers to implementation. The findings will provide valuable insights into the application of text-based two-way communication in clinical practice and inform future research and implementation efforts.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Eunkyung Han, Wankyo Chung, Antonio Trujillo, Joel Gittelsohn, Leiyu Shi
Summary: The objective of this study was to investigate the financial impact of continuity of care among older urinary incontinence patients in South Korea. The results showed that higher continuity of care was associated with a decrease in total medical costs. Therefore, promoting continuity of care for older urinary incontinence patients in the community setting could improve the financial sustainability of public health insurance in South Korea.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Timothy B. Smith, Connor Workman, Caleb Andrews, Bonnie Barton, Matthew Cook, Ryan Layton, Alexandra Morrey, Devin Petersen, Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Summary: This meta-analysis examined the impact of psychosocial support interventions on patient survival. The results showed that patients receiving psychosocial support interventions had a 20% increased likelihood of survival compared to control groups receiving standard medical care. Additionally, psychosocial interventions focusing on promoting health behaviors improved the likelihood of patient survival.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Eleni Petkari, Stefan Priebe
Summary: A two-factor structure of subjective quality of life (SQoL) was established for patients with schizophrenia, and this study investigated whether the same structure applies in patients with mood and anxiety disorders. Through Confirmatory Factor Analyses, the study found that the two-factor structure also applies across mood and anxiety disorders. The study also found that the dimension scores differ significantly between the three diagnostic groups, with the lowest scores in patients with anxiety disorders and the highest in patients with schizophrenia.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zoe Chui, Daniel D. Leightley, Margaret Jones, Sabine T. Landau, Paul McCrone, Richard Hayes, Simon Wessely, Nicola Fear, Laura Goodwin
Summary: Accidents are the most common cause of death among UK military personnel. This study found that mental health problems, such as common mental disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, were associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for accidents and injuries. Additionally, smoking was also associated with more visits to accident and emergency departments. Therefore, healthcare professionals should consider mental health and health damaging behaviors when treating military personnel after an accident.
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Paul McCrone
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nora Melard, Adeline Grard, Jean-Charles Delvenne, Liesbeth Mercken, Julian Perelman, Anton E. Kunst, Vincent Lorant
Summary: Social network research has shown the influence of peer effects on behavior diffusion. This study examines the effect of school tobacco policies on the spread of adolescent smoking using the concept of diffusion centrality. The findings suggest that stronger school tobacco policies are associated with lower diffusion centrality of smoking.
PREVENTION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Camille Duveau, Camille Wets, Katrijn Delaruelle, Stephanie Demoulin, Marie Dauvrin, Brice Lepiece, Melissa Ceuterick, Stephanie De Maesschalck, Piet Bracke, Vincent Lorant
Summary: Populations with a migration background have higher prevalence of mental health problems and unmet medical needs compared to native counterparts. Physicians, particularly general practitioners, may unintentionally discriminate against migrant patients, possibly due to lack of humanization. A study was conducted to assess the influence of humanization on GPs' discriminatory decisions regarding migrant patients with depression.
ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Paul McCrone, Allan H. Young, Roland Zahn, Jonas Eberhard, Danuta Wasserman, Paolo Brambilla, Judit Balazs, Jose Caldas-de-Almeida, Andrea Ulrichsen, Vladmir Carli, Ana Antunes, Giandomenico Schiena, Vinciane Quoidbach, Patrice Boyer, Rebecca Strawbridge
Summary: This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of reducing treatment gaps for major depressive disorder (MDD) using a modeling approach. The results showed that reducing detection and treatment gaps can increase healthcare costs in the short term, but it improves outcomes and appears to be a cost-effective use of resources.
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Paul McCrone, Henry Fisher, Clare Knight, Rebecca Harding, Anne K. Schlag, David J. Nutt, Joanna C. Neill
Summary: This study compared the cost-effectiveness of using the psychedelic drug psilocybin for depression treatment with conventional medication, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and the combination of both. The results suggest that psilocybin has the potential to be a cost-effective therapy, depending on the level of psychological support and drug price.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Carlos Gomez-Restrepo, Jose Alejandro Rumbo Romero, Martha Rodriguez, Laura Ospina-Pinillos, Diliniya Stanislaus Sureshkumar, Stefan Priebe, Victoria Bird
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of the DIALOG-A intervention for adolescents with depression and anxiety in Colombia. The trial recruited 18 clinicians and 108 adolescents, with 12 clinicians and 72 adolescents in the intervention group and 6 clinicians and 36 adolescents in the control group. The results of this study can provide valuable insight for other middle-income countries.
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Claudia Lotito, Giulia Turrini, Marianna Purgato, Richard A. A. Bryant, Mireia Felez-Nobrega, Josep Maria Haro, Vincent Lorant, David McDaid, Roberto Mediavilla, Maria Melchior, Pablo Nicaise, Michela Nose, A-La Park, Kerry R. R. McGreevy, Rinske Roos, Andrea Tortelli, James Underhill, Julian Vadell Martinez, Anke Witteveen, Marit Sijbrandij, Corrado Barbui
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant and potentially long-lasting effects on mental health and wellbeing globally, with vulnerable groups such as migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers being disproportionately affected. This study aimed to identify the priority mental health needs of this population in order to inform the adaptation and implementation of psychological intervention programs.
Review
Psychiatry
Katherine R. K. Saunders, Elizabeth McGuinness, Phoebe Barnett, Una Foye, Jessica Sears, Sophie Carlisle, Felicity Allman, Vasiliki Tzouvara, Merle Schlief, Norha Vera San Juan, Ruth Stuart, Jessica Griffiths, Rebecca Appleton, Paul McCrone, Rachel Rowan Olive, Patrick Nyikavaranda, Tamar Jeynes, T. K, Lizzie Mitchell, Alan Simpson, Sonia Johnson, Kylee Trevillion
Summary: This scoping review explores the implementation of trauma informed care (TIC) in acute, crisis, emergency, and residential mental health services. The study highlights the importance of acknowledging trauma and creating a safe environment to prevent re-traumatisation. The findings suggest that the application of TIC approaches, such as the Six Core Strategies and the Sanctuary Model, can lead to a decrease in restraint and seclusion practices.
Article
Psychiatry
Rinske Roos, Anke B. Witteveen, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Corrado Barbui, Richard A. Bryant, Mireia Felez-Nobrega, Natasha Figueiredo, Raffael Kalisch, Josep Maria Haro, David Mcdaid, Roberto Mediavilla, Maria Melchior, Pablo Nicaise, A-La Park, Papoula Petri-Romao, Marianna Purgato, Annemieke van Straten, Federico Tedeschi, James Underhill, Marit Sijbrandij
Summary: This study examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two scalable interventions developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), delivered remotely as a stepped-care program (DWM/PM+), in reducing psychological distress among Polish migrant workers in the Netherlands.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jerome Kieltyka, Jinane Ghattas, Sandrine Ruppol, Pablo Nicaise, Joren Raymenants, Niko Speybroeck
Summary: Our study found that contact tracers in Belgium did not follow pre-defined criteria for classifying high and low-risk contacts. Risk stratification by contact tracers was found to predict infection risk better than guideline-based criteria alone. This highlights the importance of considering the expertise of contact tracers in improving testing strategies.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Leonardo Koeser, Felicitas Rost, Andrea Gabrio, Thomas Booker, David Taylor, Peter Fonagy, David Goldberg, Martin Knapp, Paul McCrone
Summary: Long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (LTPP) plus treatment as usual (TAU) was found to be clinically effective for treating treatment-resistant depression (TRD). However, it was not considered cost-effective compared with TAU.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
V. Lorant, P. Smith, C. Duveau, K. Seeber, R. A. Bryant, E. Mittendorfer-Rutz, M. Melchior, J. M. Haro, M. Monzio Compagnoni, G. Corrao, J. L. Ayuso-Mateos, M. Sijbrandij, P. Nicaise
Summary: This study assessed the relationship between online advice-seeking and mental health needs, and whether different population subgroups were equally likely to seek advice. The study found that individuals with higher psychological distress were more likely to seek online advice, and women, young people, those with higher education, and those with less social support were more likely to seek advice online.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)