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Open AccessAn online clinical decision tool to screen for vertebral fragility fractures (Vfrac) in older women presenting with back pain in general practice: protocol for a feasibility study in preparation for a future cluster randomised controlled trial
This feasibility study for a future definitive randomized trial assesses the use and acceptability of a new clinical decision tool to identify risk of a vertebral fracture and those who should be referred for ...
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An Evaluation of Virtual Training for Teaching Dance Instructors to Implement a Behavioral Coaching Package
Few dance instructors receive formal training on how to teach dance skills using behavioral coaching methods and may employ an authoritarian teaching style that utilizes coercive feedback, which can adversely ...
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Open AccessExperiential Avoidance in Advanced Cancer: a Mixed-Methods Systematic Review
People with advanced cancer experience psychological distress due to physical symptoms, functional decline, and a limited prognosis. Difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions may exacerbate distress and lead ...
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Publisher Correction to: A Telecommunication Model to Teach Facilitators to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Training
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A Telecommunication Model to Teach Facilitators to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Training
Providing mediator training using a telecommunication format increases access to training by reducing geographical and financial barriers, while maintaining or increasing efficiency. Limited research has imple...
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Open AccessCognitive flexibility supports the development of cumulative cultural learning in children
The scale of cumulative cultural evolution (CCE) is a defining characteristic of humans. Despite marked scientific interest in CCE, the cognitive underpinnings supporting its development remain understudied. W...
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Open AccessDevelo** catalyst films of health experiences: an analysis of a robust multi-stakeholder involvement journey
Those whose lives are most directly impacted by health care—patients, caregivers, and frontline staff—are ideally situated to improve patient health care services and care quality. Despite a proliferation of l...
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Open AccessDo palliative care patients and relatives think it would be acceptable to use Bispectral index (BIS) technology to monitor palliative care patients’ levels of consciousness? A qualitative exploration with interviews and focus groups for the I-CAN-CARE research programme
Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring uses electroencephalographic data as an indicator of patients’ consciousness level. This technology might be a useful adjunct to clinical observation when titrating sedative m...
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Open AccessTalking control sessions in people with advanced cancer: a qualitative analysis of sessions
Talking control (TC) was developed to control for the common factors in therapy so that the specific effects of therapy can be tested. A TC was recently used in a pilot study of Acceptance and Commitment thera...
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Open AccessPyroptosis is a critical inflammatory pathway in the placenta from early onset preeclampsia and in human trophoblasts exposed to hypoxia and endoplasmic reticulum stressors
Systemic manifestation of preeclampsia (PE) is associated with circulating factors, including inflammatory cytokines and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), or alarmins. However, it is unclear whethe...
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Open AccessContext, mechanisms and outcomes in end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia: family carers perspective
Kee** people living with advanced dementia in their usual place of residence is becoming a key governmental goal but to achieve this, family carers and health care professionals must negotiate how to provide...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Economic Evaluations Alongside Efficient Study Designs Using Large Observational Datasets: the PLEASANT Trial Case Study
The original article can be found online.
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Open AccessDevelo** primary care teams prepared to improve quality: a mixed-methods evaluation and lessons learned from implementing a microsystems approach
Health systems in the United States are increasingly required to become leaders in quality to compete successfully in a value-conscious purchasing market. Doing so involves develo** effective clinical teams ...
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Open AccessExperiences of end of life amongst family carers of people with advanced dementia: longitudinal cohort study with mixed methods
Many studies have examined the mental health of carers of people with dementia. Few have examined their experiences in the advanced stages of disease and into bereavement. We aimed to understand the experience...
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Open AccessEconomic Evaluations Alongside Efficient Study Designs Using Large Observational Datasets: the PLEASANT Trial Case Study
Large observational datasets such as Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) provide opportunities to conduct clinical studies and economic evaluations with efficient designs.
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Open AccessAn ethnographic study of strategies to support discussions with family members on end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia in nursing homes
Most people with advanced dementia die in nursing homes where families may have to make decisions as death approaches. Discussions about end-of-life care between families and nursing home staff are uncommon, d...
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Open AccessThe clinical and cost effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy plus treatment as usual for the treatment of depression in advanced cancer (CanTalk): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
The prevalence of depressive disorder in adults with advanced cancer is around 20 %. Although cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended for depression and may be beneficial in depressed people with ca...
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Open AccessAcceptance and commitment therapy for adults with advanced cancer (CanACT): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
One-third of people with cancer experience psychological distress and may suppress distressing thoughts, emotions, and concerns, leading to further problems. Conventional psychological treatments reduce distre...
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Open AccessThe effect of a unilateral upper extremity load (backpack) on the resulting spinal posture
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Open AccessPreventing and lessening exacerbations of asthma in school-age children associated with a new term (PLEASANT): study protocol for a cluster randomised control trial
Within the UK, during September, there is a pronounced increase in the number of unscheduled medical contacts by school-aged children (4–16 years) with asthma. It is thought that that this might be caused by t...
