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The impact of relaxing restrictions on take-home doses during the COVID-19 pandemic on program effectiveness and client experiences in opioid agonist treatment: a mixed methods systematic review

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented relaxation of restrictions on take-home doses in opioid agonist treatment (OAT). We conducted a mixed methods systematic review to explore the impact of these changes on program effectiveness and ...
Alison Adams   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Integration of the Program Evaluation Standards into an Evaluation Toolkit for a Transformative Model of Care for Mental Health Service Delivery

open access: yesJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2023
Background: Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0) is a transformative model of mental health service delivery. This model was created by Stepped Care Solutions (SCS), a not-for-profit consultancy that collaborates with governments, public service organizations, and ...
M. Elizabeth Snow   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of medical students’ knowledge of prediabetes and diabetes prevention

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2019
Background The United States has 84 million adults with prediabetes, putting them at a higher risk than the general population for developing type 2 diabetes.
Tamkeen Khan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of beliefs about mental health problems and coping on outcome in schizophrenia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Background. Using the theoretical framework of the Self Regulation Model (SRM), many studies have demonstrated that beliefs individuals hold about their physical health problems are important in predicting health outcomes.
Barrowclough, Christine   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Coding and classifying GP data: the POLAR project

open access: yesBMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2019
Background Data, particularly ‘big’ data are increasingly being used for research in health. Using data from electronic medical records optimally requires coded data, but not all systems produce coded data.Objective To design a suitable, accurate method ...
Natalie Rinehart   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substance use and overdose risk: documenting the perspectives of formerly incarcerated persons in the Fraser East region of BC

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background The relationship between incarceration and risk of overdose has been well-documented in the literature, but few studies document the perspectives of persons at risk of overdose who were incarcerated.
Celine McCaughran-Contreras   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing a core outcome set for peritoneal dialysis : report of the SONG-PD (standardized outcomes in nephrology-peritoneal dialysis) consensus workshop [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Outcomes reported in randomized controlled trials in peritoneal dialysis (PD) are diverse, are measured inconsistently, and may not be important to patients, families, and clinicians.
Abraham, Georgi   +118 more
core   +2 more sources

Propofol vs. inhalational agents to maintain general anaesthesia in ambulatory and in-patient surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesBMC Anesthesiology, 2018
Background It is unclear if anaesthesia maintenance with propofol is advantageous or beneficial over inhalational agents. This study is intended to compare the effects of propofol vs.
Stefan Schraag   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Demonstration project on epilepsy in Brazil - Outcome assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Purpose: To assess the outcome of patients with epilepsy treated at primary care health units under the framework of the demonstration project on epilepsy in Brazil, part of the WHO/ILAE/IBE Global Campaign Against Epilepsy. Method.
Borges, K   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Health outcome measures [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1999
A well known joke among surgeons is that “the operation was a success but the patient died”. This encapsulates a generalised clinical phenomenon; doctors tend to focus on a unidimensional outcome measure, either the presenting symptom or the success of a specific intervention.
openaire   +2 more sources

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