Based on 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data, more than 30% of US adolescents experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Moreover, as we emerge from the social and physical distancing required during the COVID-19 pandemic, we also emerge into an era when the social isolation experienced by adolescents during the pandemic is compounded by growing fears and anxieties.
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This study aimed to determine the level of electronic health literacy (eHL) of mothers of young children and investigate the relationship between mothers' eHL and early childhood development and early parenting practices. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review explores the possible role of psychedelics in the management of chronic pain and opioid use disorder. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of post-stroke depression on participation in ADLs and on occupational therapy (OT) intervention in adults. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
A scoping review of current organisational guidance for the professional practice of positive risk-taking within Adult Social Care services for people with a physical disability. Open access article - no login required.
This study explores existing literature on individual peer-to-peer support (iP2PS) interventions for parents caring for children with BBDD with a view to (1) explore the impact of iP2PS interventions on parents and (2) identify challenges and facilitators of iP2PS. Open access article - no login required.
The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of the potential of a parent-centric approach to parenting in occupational therapy and to identify key challenges and opportunities for the profession when working with parents. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to assess the effects of Buerger–Allen exercise on the healing of DFUs in patients with type 2 diabetes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This systematic review evaluated the accuracy of IRT to determine burn wound healing potential. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We wanted to find out what support and information is available to girls and women with learning disabilities about periods (also called ‘menstruation’) over a lifetime. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the impact of the ED approach on the prescription of psychotropic medication during inpatient psychiatric treatment. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We invited participants ...to take part in the current study on sleep–wake rhythm, mood and behaviour in older adults with IDs 1 year after installing environmental dynamic light installations in the common living rooms of six group homes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The main objective of this study was to evaluate gait parameters in people with intellectual disability (ID) and without intellectual disability (WID) in two different walking conditions [single task vs. dual task (DT)]. A secondary aim was to evaluate the dual-task cost (DTC) that the DT causes in each group. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the changes in gait deviations and walking speed in adults with DS after a DS-specific exercise programme. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We tried to find out why some older adults with intellectual disability may have poor bone health and are at risk of breaking bones. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Sometimes women with learning disabilities do not go for these checks, and we wanted to find out why. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We studied three separate autistic samples, each of which differed in how they were diagnosed and how they were recruited. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We asked 33 autistic adults from two industry-led employment programmes about their experiences in the programmes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Little is known about the parenting experiences of autistic mothers, especially those who have daughters who are not on the autism spectrum. In this study, we interviewed seven autistic mothers who have raised or are currently raising non-autistic teenage daughters. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We co-produced an online self-guided self-compassion program based on evidence-based self-compassion practices for autistic adults called the Self-compassion Program for Autistic Adults. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We examined the use of person- and identity-first language (PFL, IFL) in scholarly writing about autism by reviewing 12,962 journal abstracts from 11 autism research journals (mostly covering the years 2001–2022). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study uses a qualitative approach to investigate the healthcare experiences of autistic adults. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Conclusion: Social media facilitates interpersonal communication, information exchange and knowledge sharing, and infographics may draw people into healthy lifestyle and fitness information items relevant to them.
This study aimed to explore the hotspots of miRNA research related to RA published from different countries, organizations, and authors. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The study demonstrates the potential of integrating traditional biomarkers with unsupervised clustering algorithms in understanding the heterogeneity of AoSD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this narrative review we describe innovative methods in pharmacovigilance studies of medicines in older people that leverage the increasing availability of digital health technologies, electronic health records and real-world health data to identify and quantify medication related harms in older people. Open access article - no login required.
Assessing pain among people with OUD is challenging, because ongoing opioid use brings changes in pain responses and most pain assessment tools have not been validated for this population. In this narrative review, we discuss the fundamentals of pain assessment for populations with OUD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to provide a broad perspective of safeguarding practices within institutional care to inform practice and service development in this area. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Social participation activities, an important area of occupation, have been effective in reducing social isolation and loneliness. However, most attendees are women, warranting the need to explore older men’s social participation needs. Open access article - no login required.
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the holistic person-centered youth mentoring intervention program, which is based on occupational therapy. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review concludes with all currently available evidence that topical timolol may be considered as an effective and safe adjunct treatment for refractory wounds, primarily venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The findings of this analysis showed that treatment with the HA+AA medical device is a valid alternative to standard of care because it is cheaper, and its utility and effectiveness are greater. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review shows that AI application in wound care offers benefits in the assessment/diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of acute and hard-to-heal wounds. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this study was to explore participants' perceptions of the influence of common factors on physical therapy outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
A scoping review to determine how health service librarians instruct practicing clinicians and health sciences faculty in support of their continuing education.
as people aged, they searched for significantly less health wellness information (P<.001) and more health guidance (P<.001), and health management information (P=.003).
This cross-sectional study compared plain language summaries (PLSs) from medical and non-medical organizations regarding conclusiveness, readability and textual characteristics.
Our overall assessment is that MTI is a potentially useful tool for researchers wishing to classify texts from a variety of sources into disease areas.
ChatGPT provides different answers to similar questions based on the prompts, and patients may not have expertise in prompting ChattPT to elicit a best answer. (Prompting large language models has been shown to be a skill that can improve). Of greater concern, ChatGPT fails to provide sources or references for its answers. At present ChatGPT cannot be relied upon to address patient questions; in the future, ChatGPT will improve. Today, AI requires physician expertise to interpret AI answers for patients.
When screening full-text literature using highly reliable prompts, GPT-4's performance was more robust, reaching “human-like” levels. Although our findings indicate that, currently, substantial caution should be exercised if LLMs are being used to conduct systematic reviews, they also offer preliminary evidence that, for certain review tasks delivered under specific conditions, LLMs can rival human performance.
This study investigates the linkage of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) gene polymorphisms with the pathogenesis of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Open access article - no login required.
The aim of this study is to gain insight into the prevalence of physical health conditions and associations between these conditions in young children with PIMD. Open access article - no login required.
This article reports the findings of a doctoral study into AMHP decision-making at the point of referral for an MHA assessment. Open access article - no login required.
Loneliness is recognised as a ‘grand challenge’ for social work, given its negative impact on health and well-being. But there has been limited progress on how social workers should respond. We aimed to characterise social work research on loneliness from 2016 to 2021, to inform policy, practice and training. Open access article - no login required.
This article summarizes existing national-level approaches to assessing prescribing competence, provides a systematic review of current literature, indicates the frequency of various methodologies, and make recommendations to promote and extend existing practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to assess the frequency of dosing inconsistencies in prescription data and the effect of four dosing assumption strategies on adherence estimates for antipsychotic treatment. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This exploratory study examined United Kingdom (UK) parents and carers views on the use of digital technology (i.e. computers/phones) in supporting their child and the potential for its greater use in the care of children with complex needs. Open access article - no login required.
This study provides epidemiological data on determinants and current managements practices of pressure injuries in patients with COVID-19. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study looks at the use of NPWTi-d in the treatment of fibrinous wounds that are difficult to debride mechanically. It describes changes in the fibrin area of such wounds, before and after treatment with NPWTi-d. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
'This blog post details our experience organising a series of Randomised Coffee Trials within the Yorkshire (YOHHLNet) and Northern Health Libraries Networks.' Participants are health library staff.
This study aimed to analyse the blood lipid profile of a large DS cohort to establish a baseline for evaluating health risk parameters. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review focuses on community and in-patient approaches to meeting a complexity of need. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We aim to determine the effectiveness of lifestyle modification interventions and their components in targeting health risk behaviours in adults with IDs. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to understand how lifestyle modification interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities work, for whom they work and in what circumstances. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) often present deficiencies in motor, balance and postural control. On the other hand, the practice of physical activity and dance usually reduces these deficiencies. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to compare the control of the centre of pressure (COP) in people with Down syndrome (DS) or other causes of ID in relation to people without disabilities and to observe the influence of vision and the practice of dance. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The project is dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities. As part of our ethics applications to access National Health Service study sites for fieldwork, we worked together to write guiding principles for co-producing research ethics with researchers with learning disabilities. In this paper, we introduce these Participatory Ethics Good Practice Guidelines and reflect on our collaboration. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We piloted a person-centred method to enable one young person's (Dominic) voice to be included in his transition to adult services. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Here, we present the first revisions of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets for autism, based on research, development results, and community feedback. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
...we explored the gender dysphoria experiences of 15 Japanese autistic transgender adults... To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
A meta-ethnographic approach was used to review the existing research on autistic adults’ experiences of accessing healthcare. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study investigated the experiences of 39 autistic adults who participated in an autism-specific online self-compassion program. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The broad autism phenotype refers to a group of behaviors related to autism spectrum disorder, but that appear to a lesser extent. Its assessment has been performed through outdated broad autism phenotype/autism spectrum disorder definitions and tests. To address this problem, this study presents the development of a new test, the Broad Autism Phenotype–International Test... To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study suggested that social media can provide important information about autism to autistic people. We interviewed 12 autistic adults (aged 18–49 years) and talked to them about the use of social media to find both general information and content specifically about autism, autism identity and online autistic communities. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this preregistered study, we developed a task to investigate whether autistic adolescents and adults with limited or no phrase speech (N = 31) have learned English orthographic conventions. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
For this review, autistic and non-autistic researchers looked at research on the experience of receiving a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder as an adult. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to evaluate the long-term efficacy, safety, and cumulative retention rate of antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNF-α) therapy for patients with Behcet's uveitis (BU) using meta-analysis. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This meta-analysis evaluated the relationship between overweight/obesity and depressive disorders in children and adolescents. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aims to assess the relative impact of perinatal and socio-familial risk factors on cognitive and language development at 2 years corrected age (CA). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study evaluates the time course of pain and craving and objective experience of pain as a function of the last methadone dose. Preliminary findings highlight the potential for increased risks after even a short delay in receiving a methadone dose. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This article discusses the current understanding of genetic heritability and challenges in the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases and how this field may develop in the future. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This article discusses strategies nurses can use to prevent adultification – such as developing awareness, avoiding adultifying language and listening to children and young people – and actions to take when suspecting adultification from colleagues. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Depression is a common symptom in schizophrenia and can negatively affect treatment. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of goal‑oriented dance or movement therapy on depressive symptoms in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
NHS Knowledge and Library Services Community of Practice joins the Green Libraries Campaign to support the campaign's growth and evolution as for new green intiatives and activities in 2024 onwards. News release. We have a sustainability action on this year's delivery plan - will this help?
In this editorial, Anthea Sutton and Veronica Parisi reflect on ChatGPT, how it may contribute to systematic searching, and provide their overview of some recent training they attended on ChatGPT, AI and systematic literature reviews.
This is an important study that contributes to the evidence-base for a higher incidence rate of dementia among women compared to men, and a pooled higher risk of dementia among women. Other research has attributed increased levels of dementia among post-menopausal women to a potential detrimental neurological effect of lack of oestrogens (Rahman et al, 2020), while androgens are purported to have neuroprotective effects (Cai et al, 2020). However, the inconsistency of effect estimates seen by Gong et al. (2022) across cohorts suggests that, if a difference in dementia risk between men and women truly exists, this may not be fully explained by hormonal or biological factors.
Substance use and the mental health consequences in trans and non-binary individuals is currently still understudied, although these individuals are at increased risk of mental illnesses. This study highlights that alcohol use is increased in this community, and is associated with risk factors, using patterns and motives of alcohol use differ based on gender.
The cornerstone of this study is it’s contribution to our learning about what works for whom – and when it works best. Having personally discussed with many clients and ex-clients the changes to service provision that COVID-19 brought, the recurring main theme is the importance of patient choice and the concern that services who are still working predominantly or exclusively remotely are not offering this. We have gained a lot from digital developments during this period, which has increased access to therapy for many people; but we must not let this overshadow the preferences of others who may need other adaptations to ensure they can access services in a timely and appropriate way.
As said by participants in this survey, there are key systemic issues that need addressing as a priority. Food insecurity (a lack of economic, social or physical means to ensure a sufficient supply of nutritionally appropriate food; Purdam et al., 2016) is at an all-time high in the UK and greatly affects those with EDs (Hazzard et al., 2023; Kuehne et al., 2023). Introducing measures that contribute to a culture of shame and anxiety around food will exacerbate the guilt and shame already experienced by those affected by food insecurity and eating disorders. Adding calorie information on menus feels like an extra cruel addition to the hostile environment those recovering from an ED already find themselves in.
this study contributes to the growing evidence-base which suggests that ACT could be another treatment option for people with psychosis. Further studies of ACT for people with psychosis are required to continue building upon the evidence-base.
Within healthcare services, we facilitate ACT-based groups for people with mental health difficulties. We have an opportunity here to set up ACT-based groups specifically for people with psychosis and conduct service evaluation studies to evaluate their feasibility in services.
The identified relationship between parental mood disorders and offspring anxiety disorders provides valuable insights that mental health practitioners can integrate into their practice. Understanding these risk factors and underlying mechanisms aids mental health professionals in tailoring treatments and interventions according to the family background and specific needs of their clients.
Today a perceived lasting legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic is that more information literacy instruction is happening online than pre-pandemic, including ongoing adoption of synchronous modes of instruction in course-based and co-curricular contexts, and sustained integration of asynchronous learning resources either in standalone formats or as fundamental elements in what is described as a growing adoption of a more modular, scalable approach to information literacy instruction. At the same time, the role of in-person information literacy instruction has by no means been forgotten, with all OCUL libraries offering a majority of instruction this way by Fall 2022, when pandemic restrictions eased up. However, an ongoing legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic has been lasting changes in how librarians teach, and the nature of collaborative partnerships at work in shaping this information literacy instruction, to increasingly draw from a broader range of modalities to offer students a more flexible learning environment.
Interview and survey findings highlighted several strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to support future development of online knowledge sharing platforms.
Discussion
Online knowledge sharing supports six ‘pillars’ of successful research and innovation partnerships. This requires distributed forms of leadership and linking of different knowledge sharing strategies, and careful combination of platforms with communities of practice.
Conclusion
Online knowledge sharing provides pragmatic and timely strategies for health professionals in the UK to apply research evidence to their practice. Our study provides generalisable, practical insights in how to develop and implement a knowledge sharing platform.
Notably, from their initial exposure, students associated e-books primarily with a source of new information, rather than as a time-saving tool. Although e-books were perceived as easy to use, this aspect did not strongly influence students' attitudes and intentions to use them as much as their perceived usefulness did. The study reveals that students, particularly in social sciences, have long viewed e-books as a vital technology for exploratory knowledge acquisition. While they perceive e-books as easy to use, this perception likely stems from their habitual use for managing learning activities, rather than from recognizing any added value of the technology itself.
Results: Thematic analysis revealed three themes: tablets are convenient to access online information and older adults reported technical, security concerns, emotional and cognitive challenges regarding use of smart tablets. Older adults also requested one-on-one support, assistance, and topic specific learning for future training sessions.
Conclusions: Future studies should focus on providing detailed, clear instructions at an acceptable pace for older adults.
Four main themes related to how youth search online emerged: mind-set shapes the search process; external factors shape the search process; key attributes of helpful information; and cues affecting trustworthiness of online information. Findings can inform the development of youth-friendly online mental health information that is perceived as helpful and trustworthy by youth. Ensuring youth have access to quality online mental health information, accessible to how they search for it, is critical to the mental health and development of youth.
Results
We included 79 studies and identified themes, including question realism, answer reliability, answer utility, clinical specialism, systems, usability, and evaluation methods. Clinicians’ questions used to train and evaluate QA systems were restricted to certain sources, types and complexity levels. No system communicated confidence levels in the answers or sources. Many studies suffered from high risks of bias and applicability concerns. Only 8 studies completely satisfied any criterion for clinical utility, and only 7 reported user evaluations. Most systems were built with limited input from clinicians.
Discussion
While machine learning methods have led to increased accuracy, most studies imperfectly reflected real-world healthcare information needs. Key research priorities include developing more realistic healthcare QA datasets and considering the reliability of answer sources, rather than merely focusing on accuracy.
Despite efforts, in-hospital prescribing errors and related harm still occur, necessitating an innovative approach. We therefore propose a novel approach, in-hospital pharmacotherapeutic stewardship (IPS). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine whether maternal exposure to folate antagonists is associated with increased rates of congenital heart disease in offspring. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This paper considers the practice of multi-agency adult protection work in relation to financial harm and identifies the influences on decisions. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this study was to systematically review whether concurrent treatment with an SSRI and low-dose ASA increases the risk of bleeding compared with treatment with an SSRI alone or ASA alone. Open access article - no login required.
This study aimed to document the strategies used by occupational therapists to overcome return-to-work obstacles identified by people with common mental disorders, and to explore the impact of these strategies on employees’ self-efficacy. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can all lead to the formation of bony proliferations (BP). This systematic review aimed to examine the characteristics of BPs in patients with RA, PsA, OA, and healthy controls (HC), and examined any treatment-related effect on BP number and size. Open access article - no login required.
The aim of this case series is to highlight a combination of both clinically clear cutaneous malignancies and not-so-obvious wounds caused by malignancy. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether antibiotic treatment in cases of clinically uninfected ulcers improved ulcer healing compared to treatment without antibiotics. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This article aims to identify subgroups of CYP with unexpectedly low mental health service utilisation, presumably representing unmet need, and to assess whether there is area variation in the socioeconomic gradient of mental healthcare use. Open access article - no login required.
This article explains the importance of using a systematic approach to health assessment and describes various elements of communication involved in this process. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study included people with intellectual disability who had ever had a PEG inserted and who presented to the specialist Speech and Language Therapy team in one Greater Manchester borough... To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
People with intellectual disability die from some illnesses that could be avoided. This is a bigger problem in people with intellectual disability than in people without intellectual disability. We searched for evidence about what we could do to prevent these illnesses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.