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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
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Clinical utility of MODAPTS during work assessment: Perceptions of South African occupational therapists

South African Journal of Occupational Therapy
Introduction: Clinical utility is an important attribute in selecting an assessment tool. The study aimed to determine the perceptions of South African occupational therapists of the clinical utility of Modular Arrangement of Predetermined Time ...
Tania Lee Buys, Suzanne Harmse, Caitlin Christina Slawson, Boitumelo Thamirah Rapolai, Kwena Dorah Rapotu, Sian Gabrielle Furniss, Karma Jacobs   +6 more
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Matrix metalloproteinase 9 level as an indicator for restenosis following cervical and intracranial angioplasty and stenting

Neural Regeneration Research, 2015
Cervical and intracranial angioplasty and stenting is an effective and safe method of reducing the risk of ischemic stroke, but it may be affected by in-stent restenosis.
Jun-peng Liu, Yin-zhou Wang, Yong-kun Li, Qiong Cheng, Zheng Zheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating a complex research capacity-building intervention: reflections on an evaluation of the African Institutions Initiative [PDF]

, 2017
Increasing policy demand for realist evaluations of research and capacity-building programmes reflects a recognition of the management, governance and impact gains that can result from evaluation.
Alex Ezeh, Bamberger M, Bassirou Bonfoh, Cochrane G, Connell JP, Cousins JB, Enora Robin, Gavin Cochrane, Glouberman S, Grant J, Horton D, Horton D, Joanna Chataway, Jones N, Lusthaus C, Marjanovic S, Mark Rweyemamu, Maselli D, Moffat Nyirenda, Nelson Sewankambo, Pawson R, Sonja Marjanovic, Weiss C   +22 more
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Effectiveness of Assistance in Capacity Development [PDF]

, 2009
{Excerpt} Feedback is a circular causal process whereby some portion of a system’s output is returned to the input to control the dynamic behavior of the system. In organizations, feedback is the process of sharing observations, concerns, and suggestions
Serrat, Olivier
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The Role of Invasive Procedures in the Treatment of Complicated Gastrointestinal Graft‐Versus‐Host Disease in Pediatric Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Gastrointestinal graft‐versus‐host disease (GI GVHD) following hematopoietic stem cell transplant is typically managed with medical therapy, but surgery and angioembolization may be warranted in selected cases with life‐threatening complications.
Gaia Brunetti, Giorgio Persano, Chiara Grimaldi, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Carmen Malaspina, Francesco Quagliarella, Valerio Balassone, Anna Chiara Iolanda Contini, Gian Luigi Natali, Rita Alaggio, Ivan Pietro Aloi, Tamara Caldaro, Alessandro Crocoli   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shift workers in electrical systems control rooms: job satisfaction and work ability

Sleep Science, 2012
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to analyze the relationship between job satisfaction and work ability and to identify factors associated with job dissatisfaction. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 101 shift workers
Amanda Aparecida Silva, Elaine Cristina Marqueze, Lúcia Rotenberg, Frida Marina Fischer, Claudia Roberta de Castro Moreno   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional Interviewing Was Associated With Improved Agreement Among Expert Psychiatrists in Estimating Claimant Work Capacity: A Secondary Data Analysis of Real-Life Work Disability Evaluations

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
ObjectiveFunctional evaluations establish functional and work (in-)capacities in the context of disability assessments and are increasingly recommended as a modern technique for work disability assessments.
David Y. von Allmen, Sarah Kedzia, Raphael Dettwiler, Nicole Vogel, Regina Kunz, Wout E. L. de Boer   +5 more
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