Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Kassahun Habtamu, Rahel Birhane, Mekdes Demissie, Abebaw Fekadu
Summary: This study synthesized global evidence on interventions to improve the detection of depression in primary healthcare. Various interventions such as guideline implementation, screening with feedback, educational interventions, and disclosure of screening results were found to be effective. Combining education, screening, and feedback interventions showed particularly significant results.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Anshul Arora, Cassandra Mcdonald, Leonardo Guizzetti, Alla Iansavichene, Mayur Brahmania, Nitin Khanna, Aze Wilson, Vipul Jairath, Michael Sey
Summary: The provision of report cards and the presence of an additional observer to identify polyps are associated with improved ADRs, while multimodal interventions have a weaker effect and withdrawal time monitoring is not significantly associated with an increase in ADRs.
CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Viktoria Gastens, Blanche Kiszio, Cinzia Del Giovane, Ross Tsuyuki, Gilles Paradis, Arnaud Chiolero, Valerie Santschi
Summary: The study aims to systematically review the impact of pharmacist interventions in improving blood pressure control among hypertensive outpatients, and to evaluate the heterogeneity in the effects of these interventions to identify the most effective ones.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Maria Leonor Bernardes, Beatriz Rosendo-Silva, Ines Rosendo, Matilde Monteiro-Soares
Summary: Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular disease and mortality worldwide. This systematic review aims to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of web-based interventions compared to usual care in improving blood pressure control in patients with hypertension.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Gary Chun-Yun Kang
Summary: This study aimed to determine the efficacy of technology-based interventions in improving adherence to antihypertensive medications. The results showed that several interventions significantly improved adherence and had a positive impact on blood pressure control. However, randomized controlled trials on technological interventions in this area are still limited.
Review
Immunology
Edison J. Mavundza, Chinwe J. Iwu-Jaja, Alison B. Wiyeh, Blessings Gausi, Leila H. Abdullahi, Gregory Halle-Ekane, Charles S. Wiysonge
Summary: Various interventions have been found to improve HPV vaccination coverage, including narrative education, outreach plus reminders, financial incentives plus reminders, etc. However, these evaluations were mainly conducted in high-income countries, indicating a need for further studies in low-and middle-income countries.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Tania Silva-Santos, Pedro Moreira, Micaela Rodrigues, Patricia Padrao, Olivia Pinho, Pedro Norton, Altin Ndrio, Carla Goncalves
Summary: This review examined recent interventions worldwide that have successfully reduced salt intake. The results showed that health and nutritional education, nutritional education plus other interventions, and estimates of salt intake were all effective in reducing salt consumption. There was no evidence to suggest that one type of intervention was more effective than others in reducing salt intake. It is important to analyze each intervention for individuals or subpopulations and use the most suitable approaches to achieve better results.
Review
Primary Health Care
George N. Okoli, Viraj K. Reddy, Otto L. T. Lam, Tiba Abdulwahid, Nicole Askin, Edward Thommes, Ayman Chit, Ahmed M. Abou-Setta, Salaheddin M. Mahmud
Summary: The study found that team-based training/education of physicians can significantly increase seasonal influenza vaccination rates in adult patients, while training physicians and nurses together only slightly increases the vaccination rates. Additionally, one-off provision of guidelines/information to physicians, and physicians and nurses together, also led to increases in vaccination rates among both adult and pediatric patients.
Review
Immunology
Jihye Choi, Irene Tami-Maury, Paula Cuccaro, Sooyoun Kim, Christine Markham
Summary: Digital health interventions, such as text messages, mobile apps, social media, digital games, and videos, have shown potential in improving HPV vaccination rates among adolescents and parents. These interventions have been effective in increasing HPV-related knowledge, vaccine-related conversations, and vaccination intentions. However, more meaningful changes in vaccine uptake behaviors are needed for successful intervention outcomes.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Aldo Rocca, Eleftheria Gkaniatsa, Maria Chiara Brunese, Eva Hessman, Andreas Muth, Bright Nwaru, Oskar Ragnarsson, Emanuele Bobbio, Daniela Esposito
Summary: This article aims to compare clinical outcomes after treatment in patients with primary aldosteronism through a systematic review of existing literature. The study will involve literature search, quality assessment, and evidence synthesis, and the findings will be presented at scientific meetings and published in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Review
Primary Health Care
Louise M. Tanner, Josephine M. Wildman, Akvile Stoniute, Madeleine Still, Kate Bernard, Rhiannon Green, Claire H. Eastaugh, Katie H. Thomson, Sarah Sowden
Summary: This article systematically reviewed the effects of non-pharmaceutical primary care interventions on common mental health disorders and associated socioeconomic inequalities. The study found that these interventions had positive effects on the well-being of socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, while the effects on anxiety and depression were inconsistent. The overall quality of the studies reviewed was weak, highlighting the need for more robust research.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2023)
Review
Nursing
Yunjie Luo, Yasuhiko Ebina, Hiromi Kagamiyama, Yoko Sato
Summary: This review examines the effectiveness of interventions for improving immigrant women's mental health and finds that there are few interventions currently available. Home visits and asset-building mental health interventions may have positive effects on improving depressive symptoms and mental health. The study suggests the need for the development of effective nursing interventions and further research to improve the mental health of immigrant women.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Michael Hallek, Axel Ockenfels, Daniel Wiesen
Summary: This article presents the findings of a selective literature review on the application of behavioral economics interventions to improve medical decision-making. It suggests that these interventions may help physicians make better decisions and enhance treatment outcomes, although more evidence on their long-term effects is needed.
DEUTSCHES ARZTEBLATT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Miklos Rohla, Heinz Haberfeld, Maximilian Tscharre, Kurt Huber, Thomas W. Weiss
Summary: This study investigates the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led intervention in improving blood pressure control. The results suggest that pharmacist intervention can improve blood pressure control and greater reductions in systolic blood pressure were observed in the intervention group.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY
(2023)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Ruofei Zhang, Di Zou, Gary Cheng
Summary: This article presents a systematic review of technology-enhanced L2 listening development (TELD) from 2000 to 2022, focusing on the perspectives of technologies, learning tasks, and learning outcomes. The review identified 13 types of technology and 19 learning tasks that are useful for TELD. The findings show that TELD is effective in building listening skills and enhancing learner emotions. The study also proposes a TELD model that consists of two parts: within cognitive systems and outside cognitive systems, which highlight the importance of cognitive schemata, listening strategy application, and providing learning materials and activities based on listening-related knowledge.
LANGUAGE LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
News Item
Medicine, General & Internal
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2018)
News Item
Medicine, General & Internal
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2018)
Review
Primary Health Care
Richard Baker, George K. Freeman, Jeannie L. Haggerty, M. John Bankart, Keith H. Nockels
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2020)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Jeremy Howick, Ahmed Ahmed, Maya Dudko, Shi Nan Feng, Keith Nockels, Namitha Alluri, Rachel Winter, Richard Holland
Summary: This article aims to conduct a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies investigating the reasons behind changes in medical student empathy throughout medical school. The results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations and will inform changes to the empathy curriculum at Leicester Medical School.
Review
Education & Educational Research
Jeremy Howick, Maya Dudko, Shi Nan Feng, Ahmed Abdirashid Ahmed, Namitha Alluri, Keith Nockels, Rachel Winter, Richard Holland
Summary: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies revealed that the decline in medical student empathy may be attributed to increased complexity in patients and diseases, the influence of the 'hidden curriculum', and personal experiences. Therefore, medical education should focus on developing an 'empathic hidden curriculum' to mitigate the decline in empathy among medical students.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
S. G. Parker, P. McCue, K. Phelps, A. McCleod, S. Arora, K. Nockels, S. Kennedy, H. Roberts, S. Conroy
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
K Nockels