Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Stephanie Denise M. Sison, Sandra M. M. Shi, Kyung Moo Kim, Nessa Steinberg, Sohyun Jeong, Ellen P. P. McCarthy, Dae Hyun Kim
Summary: This study created a crosswalk between commonly used frailty scales to directly compare and interpret frailty scores. Using data from multiple frailty scales, the researchers established equivalent scores with the 40-item Frailty Index. The results showed similar 4-year mortality risks across different scales within each frailty category.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Social
Timothy F. Bainbridge, Steven G. Ludeke, Luke D. Smillie
Summary: This study empirically examined whether the Big Five can serve as an organizing framework for psychological trait scales and found that a majority of stand-alone psychological trait scales can be closely related to the Big Five framework, with some scales reasonably labeled as facets of the Big Five. By adopting an integrative pluralism approach, construct proliferation can be reduced and findings from disparate fields can be more easily integrated.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Educational
Michelle S. Storie, Laurice M. Joseph, Theresa Gillespie, James McDougal
Summary: The use of brief dyslexia rating scales is increasing in the United States due to current dyslexia legislation efforts. This article provides a historical overview of their use, discusses the strengths and limitations, criteria for selection, and reviews three commonly used scales. The article also explores how these scales can be used in conjunction with other forms of assessment, and addresses implications for practice in assessment and intervention.
PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Adrian Andrzej Chrobak, Jakub Rusinek, Malgorzata Dec-Cwiek, Karolina Porebska, Marcin Siwek
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the degree of overlap among the most commonly used CD rating scales identified in the literature review.
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Remi Madelon, Nemesio J. Rodriguez-Fernandez, Hassan Bazzi, Nicolas Baghdadi, Clement Albergel, Wouter Dorigo, Mehrez Zribi
Summary: High-resolution (around 10-100m) surface soil moisture observations are important for various applications. This study adapted the (SMP)-M-2 algorithm to work at 1 km resolution and extended its application to herbaceous vegetation types. The algorithm combines Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data and shows good agreement and accuracy compared to other datasets.
HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Marlies Maes, Pamela Qualter, Gerine M. A. Lodder, Marcus Mund
Summary: This paper reviews the psychometric properties of eight commonly used loneliness scales, finding promising results for some scales but limited evidence for test-retest reliability and measurement invariance. Most notably, all scales included items that did not measure loneliness.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Florian Seemueller, Rebecca Schennach, Richard Musil, Michael Obermeier, Mazda Adli, Michael Bauer, Peter Brieger, Gerd Laux, Wolfgang Gaebel, Peter Falkai, Michael Riedel, Hans-Juergen Moeller
Summary: This study analyzed data from 1014 inpatients with major depression and found that the factor structures of three different depression scales were comparable to previous research. It highlighted the importance of using multiple measures to evaluate depression.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Deniz Boz, Gamze Kilic-Berkmen, Joel S. Perlmutter, Scott A. Norris, Laura J. Wright, Christine Klein, Tobias Baeumer, Sebastian Loens, Jeanne S. Feuerstein, Abhimanyu Mahajan, Aparna Wagle-Shukla, Irene Malaty, Mark S. Ledoux, William Ondo, Alexander Pantelyat, Samuel Frank, Rachel Saunders-Pullman, H. A. Jinnah
Summary: This study evaluated the performance of several commonly used clinical rating scales in a large group of adults with different types of dystonia. The Global Dystonia Rating Scale (GDRS) and the Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale (BFM) showed strong correlations in total scores, but both scales had an overabundance of low scores. The results suggest that the GDRS may be more preferable for focal and segmental dystonias.
MOVEMENT DISORDERS CLINICAL PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Adrian Andrzej Chrobak, Anna Krupa, Dominika Dudek, Marcin Siwek
Summary: The study revealed a low overlap between different assessment tools for neurological soft signs, which limits reproducibility and hinders the unification of knowledge from existing data. The diversity in NSS assessment tools suggests the need for further research on the non-localizable nature of NSS.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Thomas A. Bart, Charlie C. Su, Deisy Gonzalez Zapata, Clare Alsup, Megan M. Hricovec, Jennifer L. Callahan, Camilo J. Ruggero, David C. Cicero
Summary: Two commonly used psychosis screening measures, PQ-B and YPARQ-B, have been found to be reliable and valid in English- and Spanish-speaking participants. However, they have not been tested for measurement invariance across important demographic variables. In this study, measurement invariance was examined for variables including native language, education, income, and birth country. The results showed that PQ-B and YPARQ-B demonstrated configural and scalar invariance, and PQ-B Distress scores displayed configural, metric, and scalar invariance. These measures are also associated with social determinants of health and showed consistent associations across different groups.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Lee Ginton, Samuel Nurko, Carlo Di Lorenzo, Miguel Saps
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the commonly used pain assessment methods in children with DGBIs. The VAS and NRS were found to be the most commonly used scales, and the FPS-R can also be used in RCTs. Furthermore, there was a weaker correlation between AP measures and the global question, suggesting the need to include the global question in DGBIs RCTs in children.
NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kaibin Xu, Xin Li
Summary: Drawing on observations of a Chinese online depression community, this article explores the members' sense making of depression through analyzing their narrative accounts. Four types of sense making dominate among depression sufferers: complaining, regret, superiority, and discovery. The findings suggest that Chinese patients tend to favor social and psychological explanations for the causes of depression, rather than the medical model. Their stories of depression also highlight marginalization, future visions, and the normalization of identity as depression patients. These findings have implications for mental health support in public policy.
QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Fahui Wang, Erika L. Moen, Lauren Cowan, Rebecca E. Smith, Anna N. A. Tosteson, Tracy Onega
Summary: This study assesses the spatiotemporal variations in broadband download/upload speeds and finds inherent differences across different states. This suggests that using single speed metrics to evaluate telehealth accessibility may mask the true magnitude of the digital divide.
TELEMEDICINE AND E-HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Byung-Jik Kim, Min-Jik Kim, Dong-gwi Lee
Summary: This article explores the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on employees' mental health, specifically depression. The study found that CSR can alleviate employee depression by increasing the sense of meaningfulness in their work. Additionally, prosocial motivation among employees acts as a positive moderating variable in this relationship.
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Pervin Demir, Ayse Adile Kucukdeveci, Sehim Kutlay, Atilla Halil Elhan
Summary: This study aimed to develop a common metric for assessing functioning in patients with knee osteoarthritis using frequently used scales. The study found that a reliable common metric was created, allowing clinicians and researchers to directly compare and interchange scores from these scales.
TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Samantha Tang, Natalie M. Reily, Andrew F. Arena, Philip J. Batterham, Alison L. Calear, Gregory L. Carter, Andrew J. Mackinnon, Helen Christensen
Summary: The majority of people who die by suicide have never accessed mental health services and often do not have a diagnosed mental illness. Certain demographic factors, such as being male, younger or older in age, and living in rural areas, are associated with non-receipt of mental health services. Additionally, individuals who do not receive mental health services are less likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis, past suicidal behavior, or contact with general health services, and are more likely to use violent means of suicide. There is some evidence suggesting that minority ethnicity and psychosocial stressors may also contribute to service non-receipt.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Piumee Bandara, Andrew Page, Trent Ernest Hammond, Sandro Sperandei, Garry John Stevens, Naren Gunja, Manish Anand, Alison Jones, Greg Carter
Summary: This study found that the implementation of a self-harm reporting field in a tertiary hospital led to a twofold increase in case ascertainment of self-harm events. The highest rates of self-harm were observed among females aged 15-19 and males aged 20-24. These findings highlight the importance of accurate recording and long-term monitoring of self-harm event rates through the use of a self-harm reporting field in hospital record systems.
CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Katie McGill, Ian M. Whyte, Lisa Sawyer, Danielle Adams, Katrina Delamothe, Terry J. Lewin, Jo Robinson, Frances J. Kay-Lambkin, Gregory L. Carter
Summary: This study investigated the effectiveness of the Way Back Support Service (WBSS) in reducing deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) and psychiatric hospital admissions. The results showed no significant differences between the intervention and control groups in terms of DSP re-admissions. However, the intervention group had a higher proportion of psychiatric admissions compared to one of the control groups. These findings suggest the need to modify the WBSS model of care to improve treatment engagement and retention, and to incorporate evidence-based treatments for reducing DSP repetition.
SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Seyed Kaveh Hadeiy, Narges Gholami, Rebecca McDonald, Omidvar Rezaei, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Nasim Zamani, Alireza Shamsi-Lahijani, Firouzeh Noghrehchi, Gregory Carter, Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam
Summary: This study aimed to compare the frequencies of self-poisoning events (SPEs) and the proportions of in-hospital mortality before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among hospitalized self-poisoning patients in Iran. The study found that there was no change in the frequency of SPEs and no difference in the in-hospital mortality proportions, suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic had little or no effect on these aspects of suicidal behavior in Iran.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Kate M. Chitty, Rachael C. Cvejic, Teresa Heintze, Preeyaporn Srasuebkul, Kirsten Morley, Andrew Dawson, Gregory Carter, Michael Dinh, Nicholas A. Buckley, Julian N. Trollor
Summary: This study investigated the association between problematic alcohol and/or drug use and the incidence of self-harm and suicidal ideation. The results showed that individuals with problematic alcohol use and drug use were more likely to have subsequent episodes of self-harm and suicidal ideation within a year. Problematic alcohol users were also more likely to be assigned to the most urgent triage categories.
CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Gregory Carter, Matthew J. Spittal, Linda Glowacki, Dimitri Gerostamoulos, Paul Dietze, Barbara Sinclair, Shalini Arunogiri, Michael Berk, Dan I. Lubman, Victoria Manning, Peter Higgs, Brendan Quinn, Amanda Baker, Olivia M. Dean, Alyna Turner, Rebecca McKetin
Summary: The aim of this study was to estimate the negative predictive value (NPV) of self-reported non-use of methamphetamine compared with an oral fluid reference standard for treatment of methamphetamine dependence. The findings suggest that self-report of no recent methamphetamine use is sufficiently accurate to be clinically useful in treatment settings.
Article
Oncology
Ashley Wei-Ting Wang, Youngmee Kim, Amanda Ting, Wendy Wing Tak Lam, Sylvie D. Lambert
Summary: The purpose of this international study was to compare the perspectives of healthcare professionals and family caregivers on the unmet needs of cancer patients, and to examine the moderating effect of patients' age group. The results showed that patients had greater unmet needs in medical care compared to caregivers across all age groups. However, pediatric patients had greater unmet needs in spiritual concerns, sexuality/intimacy, and insomnia/fatigue compared to caregivers, while adolescent and young adult patients had greater unmet needs in symptom management. The other unmet needs of patients were similar to those of caregivers regardless of age groups.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2023)
Review
Oncology
Lydia Rosa Bourdache, Lydia Ould Brahim, Sydney Wasserman, Marrah Nicolas-Joseph, Francesca Y. E. Frati, Eric Belzile, Sylvie D. Lambert
Summary: The study evaluated the quality, readability, suitability, and usefulness of publicly available resources for adult cancer survivors who completed primary treatment. The resources were assessed for quality, readability, suitability, and usefulness, and the highest-scoring resources were identified. The findings showed fair quality and suitability, but readability exceeded recommended levels. Only one resource had a superior score in both quality and suitability. The study highlights the need for accessible resources that address the unmet needs of cancer survivors.
JOURNAL OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Gregory Carter, Sandro Sperandei, Matthew J. Spittal, Kate Chitty, Angela Clapperton, Andrew Page
Summary: More than half of suicide decedents have no contact with mental health services before death, and they have different characteristics than those who use mental health services. Older age, lower income, unemployment, suicide by firearms, greater physical disability, lower proportions with mental illness are associated with no contact with mental health services. Complementary interventions focused on physical health and social issues may be more suitable for middle-older aged adults.
SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Clare E. Weeden, Velimir Gayevskiy, Claire Marceaux, Daniel Batey, Tania Tan, Kenta Yokote, Nina Tubau Ribera, Allison Clatch, Susan Christo, Charis E. Teh, Andrew J. Mitchell, Marie Trussart, Lucille C. Rankin, Andreas Obers, Jackson A. McDonald, Kate D. Sutherland, Varun J. Sharma, Graham Starkey, Rohit D'Costa, Phillip Antippa, Tracy Leong, Daniel Steinfort, Louis Irviing, Charles Swanton, Claire L. Gordon, Laura K. Mackay, Terence P. Speed, Daniel H. D. Gray, Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat
Summary: Tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells play a crucial role in local immune defense against infection and cancer progression. This study shows that chronic inflammation affects TRM activation and TRM cells present in tissues prior to tumor onset impact cancer evolution. In preclinical models, pre-existing TRM-like cells enhance immune cell recruitment, leading to tumor immune evasion and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors. These findings highlight the importance of TRM-like activity in shaping tumor immunogenicity and influencing immunotherapy outcomes.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Maxime Sasseville, Wilfried Supper, Jean -Baptiste Gartner, Geraldine Layani, Samira Amil, Peter Sheffield, Marie -Pierre Gagnon, Catherine Hudon, Sylvie Lambert, Eugene Attisso, Victoria Bureau Lagarde, Mylaine Breton, Marie-Eve Poitras, Pierre Pluye, Pierre-Henri Roux-Levy, James Plaisimond, Frederic Bergeron, Rachelle Ashcroft, Sabrina Wong, Antoine Groulx, Nicolas Beaudet, Jean-Sebastien Paquette, Natasha D'Anjou, Sylviane Langlois, Annie Leblanc
Summary: This study aims to conduct a systematic review of the impact of electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROMs) implementation in primary health care for chronic disease management. The research methods include literature review and data extraction, using a mixed methods synthesis design. The preliminary search strategy has been completed in September 2022, and the main search strategy and data collection will be completed between October and December 2022.
JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
(2023)
Review
Oncology
Erin Forbes, Amanda L. Baker, Ben Britton, Kerrie Clover, Eliza Skelton, Lyndell Moore, Tonelle Handley, Sharon Oultram, Christopher Oldmeadow, Alison Gibberd, Kristen Mccarter
Summary: Nonpharmacological interventions have a certain efficacy in reducing levels of procedural anxiety in radiation therapy patients, but there is limited evidence and few well-designed studies. Rigorous randomized controlled trials are needed to evaluate interventions for procedural anxiety during radiation therapy.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Erin Forbes, Kerrie Clover, Sharon Oultram, Chris Wratten, Mahesh Kumar, Minh Thi Tieu, Gregory Carter, Kristen McCarter, Ben Britton, Amanda L. Baker
Summary: This study investigated the rates and patterns of situational anxiety in patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, as well as the use of anxiety management interventions in clinical practice. The findings showed that approximately one-third of patients experienced clinically significant anxiety at the beginning of treatment, and the rate of situational anxiety decreased over the course of treatment.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RADIATION SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Sydney Wasserman, Lydia Ould Brahim, Ameer Attiya, Eric Belzile, Sylvie D. Lambert
Summary: This study evaluated the quality and usefulness of interactive mobile health applications (apps) for adults with cancer. The findings revealed that the apps had an average quality score of 3.62/5 and an average usefulness score of 50%.
Article
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Shiyao Li, Yi Ju, Jiajing Zhou, Matthew Faria, Ching-Seng Ang, Andrew J. Mitchell, Qi-Zhi Zhong, Tian Zheng, Stephen J. Kent, Frank Caruso
Summary: This study systematically examined the effects of different precoating strategies on nanoparticle-immune cell interactions, and found that precoating with fetal bovine serum significantly reduced the association between nanoparticles and leukocytes.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B
(2022)