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Quality of Life Ratings and Proxy Bias in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Two Sides to the Story?

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 2023
A valid measure of quality of life is important for clinical goal setting and for evaluating interventions. In the amnestic dementias, proxy-raters (e.g.
Leanne Ruggero PhD, Karen Croot PhD, Lyndsey Nickels PhD   +2 more
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Proxy-based modeling of indoor air pollution exposure and nonlinear health patterns in biomass-dependent households using machine learning [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
This study seeks to address critical gaps in household air pollution (HAP) exposure assessment in low- and middle-income settings by applying a proxy-based exposure reconstruction framework supported by machine learning to develop an exploratory proxy ...
Adeyinka Odebode, Olusiji Lasekan, Ayorinde Ogundele, Héctor H. Silva, Boluwatife Adigun   +4 more
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From information to action― a phase-based analysis of patient engagement in inpatient fall prevention: A scoping review [PDF]

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Background: Inpatient falls are a major patient safety concern worldwide. Although patient engagement has been increasingly emphasised in fall prevention, its distribution and depth across the prevention process remain poorly understood.
Sayaka Nishihara, Masae Satoh, Yuriko Iijima, Mika Katoh, Hiromi Shimmura, Rika Kawahara, Natsuko Shimazawa   +6 more
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Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions

Health Science Reports, 2022
Introduction Evidence suggests that, while a preference for functional Health Literacy (HL) outcome measurement exists, researchers are converging towards more all‐encompassing instruments.
Luke Sawyers, Claire Anderson, Parisa Aslani, Gregory Duncan, Sobia S. Janjua, Li Shean Toh   +5 more
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(Re)Conceptualising ‘good’ proxy decision-making for research: the implications for proxy consent decision quality

BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
People who are unable to make decisions about participating in research rely on proxies to make a decision based on their wishes and preferences. However, patients rarely discuss their preferences about research and proxies find it challenging to ...
Victoria Shepherd
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Development of a measure to assess the quality of proxy decisions about research participation on behalf of adults lacking capacity to consent: the Combined Scale for Proxy Informed Consent Decisions (CONCORD scale)

Trials, 2022
Background Recruitment of adults lacking the capacity to consent to trials requires the involvement of an alternative ‘proxy’ decision-maker, usually a family member.
Victoria Shepherd, Kerenza Hood, Katie Gillies, Fiona Wood   +3 more
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Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to enhance trial participation decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity to consent: a mixed methods study (COnSiDER Study)

Trials, 2021
Background Trials involving adults who lack capacity to provide consent rely on proxy or surrogate decision-makers, usually a family member, to make decisions about participation. Interventions to enhance proxy decisions about trial participation are now
V. Shepherd, F. Wood, M. Robling, E. Randell, K. Hood   +4 more
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Examining the Effectiveness of Web-Based Interventions to Enhance Resilience in Health Care Professionals: Systematic Review

JMIR Medical Education, 2022
BackgroundInternationally, the impact of continued exposure to workplace environmental and psychological stressors on health care professionals’ mental health is associated with increased depression, substance misuse, sleep ...
Catherine Henshall, Edoardo Ostinelli, Jade Harvey, Zoe Davey, Bemigho Aghanenu, Andrea Cipriani, Mary-Jane Attenburrow   +6 more
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Care networks of home-dwelling older adults in the Netherlands: proof of concept of a network typology

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Studies on care networks of home-dwelling older adults often focus on network composition. However, looking at network mechanisms (negotiation, navigation and contagion) can be helpful to improve the support generated by the care network.
Wendy Kemper-Koebrugge, Marian Adriaansen, Miranda Laurant, Michel Wensing   +3 more
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Delineating managed land for reporting national greenhouse gas emissions and removals to the United Nations framework convention on climate change

Carbon Balance and Management, 2018
Land use and management activities have a substantial impact on carbon stocks and associated greenhouse gas emissions and removals. However, it is challenging to discriminate between anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic sources and sinks from land.
Stephen M. Ogle, Grant Domke, Werner A. Kurz, Marcelo T. Rocha, Ted Huffman, Amy Swan, James E. Smith, Christopher Woodall, Thelma Krug   +8 more
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