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Cost‐utility analysis of nusinersen–risdiplam switch in patients with spinal muscular atrophy in Croatia: A discrete event simulation model

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Introduction In recent years, the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare disease, has significantly progressed, improving patients' survival and overall quality of life. However, current SMA treatments are expensive, and some (nusinersen) are very inconvenient for patients.
Andrej Belančić, Ivana Stević, Elvira Meni Maria Gkrinia, Dinko Vitezić, Slobodan Janković   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Informal Caregivers' Perception of Wandering

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®, 2011
Although the term wandering is routinely used by clinicians, researchers, and informal caregivers (ICs), the meaning of this term varies depending on the source of the definition and the context in which it is used. The purpose of this study was to examine the terms ICs used to describe different scenarios that have been identified in literature as ...
Houston, Amy M., Brown, Lisa M., Barnett, Scott D., Rowe, Meredeth   +3 more
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Informal Caregiving [PDF]

Stroke, 2016
Caregiving by family and local community has been part of every society and presumably included those affected by stroke, long before there was any knowledge of what comprised a stroke. In Western societies, changes in family structure and development of health and social services have increased caregiving by professionals, albeit still with a ...
Jeyaraj D, Pandian, Dorcas B C, Gandhi, Richard I, Lindley, Janet P, Bettger   +3 more
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Exploring new avenues: Psychedelic‐assisted therapy for young people

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Rates of mental illness in young people are increasing, whereas the development of novel mental health treatments has not significantly progressed. Psychedelic‐assisted therapy, using substances such as psilocybin and 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), has shown potential in the treatment of mental illnesses in the adult population, including ...
Ioanna Artemis Vamvakopoulou, Dasha Nicholls, David J. Nutt, Martina Di Simplicio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fluctuating intensity of care: A qualitative study on the experiences of informal caregivers of patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia.

PLoS ONE
Informal caregivers play a significant role in providing care for older, often vulnerable, patients, and supporting them as they live with chronic diseases.
Rebecca N F G van Gorkom, Anne L Meulenbroek, Jolanda de Vries, Donna M Frost, Lijckle van der Laan   +4 more
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Caregivers' experience of caring for a family member with schizophrenia in conditions of poverty [PDF]

, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-87).The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of South African caregivers caring for a family member with schizophrenia, living in conditions of poverty.
Breen, Alison
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Trade-off between formal and informal care in Spain [PDF]

The remarkable growth of older population has moved long term care to the front ranks of the social policy agenda. Understanding the factors that determine the type and amount of formal care is important for predicting use in the future and developing ...
Sergi Jiménez-Martín, Cristina Vilaplana Prieto   +1 more
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‘School is their whole world’: Teachers' perspectives on loneliness among children and adolescents from England and mainland China

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As front‐line observers and active participants in pupils' daily lives, teachers closely monitor pupils' social interactions, emotional states and behavioural changes. Their unique perspective enables them to detect problems in the social lives of their pupils that may not be immediately visible to peers, parents or mental health professionals.
Yixuan Zheng, Charlotte Bagnall, Caroline Bond, Elizabeth Birchinall, Pamela Qualter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational pathways and outcomes for care‐experienced children: A 16‐year longitudinal study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children who are removed from their birth families during childhood—termed care‐experienced—can be at risk for lower educational attainment and poorer school experiences, often linked to deprivation and behavioural factors. However, research often uses aggregated measures that obscure the complexities of care (e.g.
Emily Lowthian, Stuart Bedston, Olivia Deavall, Tom Crick, Lucy J. Griffiths, Ashley Akbari, Alex Lee, Gemma Hammerton, Jon Heron, Donald Forrester   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

ÉTICA DEL CUIDADO COMPASIVO EN LA FAMILIA: CUIDANDO AL CUIDADOR

Musas, 2018
Introduction Compassionate care is an ethical action within the primary mission of a professional nurse: caring. And more specifically, this also includes caring for the family caregiver.
Miryam Inmaculada Bueno-Arnau, Josefina Goberna-Tricas, Carmen López Mateu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source