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Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment, 8th Edition (2024)
Book
Prior, Y. (2024). Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment, 8th Edition. Elsevier

Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment is a seminal textbook that has been used in preregistration occupational therapy education for more than 40 years.

Now in its eighth edition, it reflects significant develo... Read More about Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment, 8th Edition.

LOad Monitoring and Intervention System (LOMIS) to prevent diabetic foot ulceration: Study protocol for a multi-phased safety and performance evaluation of a novel medical device (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background: Plantar foot pressure is a significant risk factor for ulceration in diabetic feet. However, foot pressure-based ulceration risk prediction has remained confined to the contribution of compressive pressure measured under controlled labora... Read More about LOad Monitoring and Intervention System (LOMIS) to prevent diabetic foot ulceration: Study protocol for a multi-phased safety and performance evaluation of a novel medical device.

Attitudes and Barriers to Patient Participation in Evidence‐Based Practice From Chinese Nurses' Perspectives: A Qualitative Content Analysis (2024)
Journal Article

Patient participation plays a vital role in evidence‐based practice (EBP), yet its development in clinical nursing is slow. Current research has focused on identifying barriers to patient participation in everyday care, with less research on barriers... Read More about Attitudes and Barriers to Patient Participation in Evidence‐Based Practice From Chinese Nurses' Perspectives: A Qualitative Content Analysis.

Enhancing Diagnostic Precision in Breast Cancer Classification Through EfficientNetB7 Using Advanced Image Augmentation and Interpretation Techniques (2024)
Journal Article

The precise classification of breast ultrasound images into benign, malignant, and normal categories represents a critical challenge in medical diagnostics, exacerbated by subtle interclass variations and the variable quality of clinical imaging. Sta... Read More about Enhancing Diagnostic Precision in Breast Cancer Classification Through EfficientNetB7 Using Advanced Image Augmentation and Interpretation Techniques.

Can Deep Learning Wound Segmentation Algorithms Developed for a Dataset Be Effective for Another Dataset? A Specific Focus on Diabetic Foot Ulcers (2024)
Journal Article
Lucho, S., Naemi, R., Castañeda, B., & Treuillet, S. (2024). Can Deep Learning Wound Segmentation Algorithms Developed for a Dataset Be Effective for Another Dataset? A Specific Focus on Diabetic Foot Ulcers. IEEE Access, 12, 173824-173835. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3502467

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) represent a severe complication, often resulting from poor glycemic control, neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, or inadequate foot care. DFUs can lead to significant morbidity, including amputation and, in severe case... Read More about Can Deep Learning Wound Segmentation Algorithms Developed for a Dataset Be Effective for Another Dataset? A Specific Focus on Diabetic Foot Ulcers.

Cocreating composite digital stories to share research findings with minority ethnic and disadvantaged communities: a reflective guide. (2024)
Journal Article

Researchers have an ethical responsibility to share their findings with their studies' participants and those who can influence policy and practice. Storytelling is an arts-based approach increasingly used in nursing research to share findings, but l... Read More about Cocreating composite digital stories to share research findings with minority ethnic and disadvantaged communities: a reflective guide..

The experience of pedagogical training on postgraduate rehabilitation health professionals: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Bertoni, G., Giardulli, B., Minozzi, B., Coppola, I., Furri, L., Testa, M., & Battista, S. (2024). The experience of pedagogical training on postgraduate rehabilitation health professionals: A qualitative study. PloS one, 19(12), Article e0314920. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314920

Introduction: Health professionals that act as lecturers in higher education necessitate the acquisition of pedagogical skills along with clinical ones. Consequently, pedagogical training courses have been introduced as part of professional developme... Read More about The experience of pedagogical training on postgraduate rehabilitation health professionals: A qualitative study.

Physicians’ clinical experience and perspectives following a pilot, blended learning, point of care ultrasound course in Ghana- a mixed methods analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Pathak, A., Limbani, F., Awuku, Y. A., Booth, A., & Joekes, E. (2024). Physicians’ clinical experience and perspectives following a pilot, blended learning, point of care ultrasound course in Ghana- a mixed methods analysis. BMC Medical Education, 24, Article 1415. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06250-z

Background: Point of Care ultrasound (POCUS) is rapidly gaining popularity in resource constrained settings. Optimising training is important to ensure safe and effective implementation. To expand POCUS expertise in Ghana, we co-developed and piloted... Read More about Physicians’ clinical experience and perspectives following a pilot, blended learning, point of care ultrasound course in Ghana- a mixed methods analysis.

Prescribing in menopause care (2024)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2024). Prescribing in menopause care. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 6(12), 496-498. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2024.0037

Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided

Smartphone scanning is a reliable and accurate alternative to contemporary residual limb measurement techniques (2024)
Journal Article
Walters, S., Metcalfe, B., Twiste, M., Seminati, E., & Bailey, N. Y. (2024). Smartphone scanning is a reliable and accurate alternative to contemporary residual limb measurement techniques. PloS one, 19(12), Article e0313542. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313542

Monitoring the volume and shape of residual limbs post-amputation is necessary to achieve optimal socket fit and determine overall limb health, yet contemporary clinical measurement techniques show high variance between measures. Three-dimensional sc... Read More about Smartphone scanning is a reliable and accurate alternative to contemporary residual limb measurement techniques.

Demands and resources in the elderly home-care job: A qualitative study in the Italian context (2024)
Journal Article
Martini, M., Viotti, S., Bacci, G., Edge, C., & Converso, D. (2024). Demands and resources in the elderly home-care job: A qualitative study in the Italian context. #Journal not on list, 31(4), 569-588. https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM31.4.9

Home-care of the elderly is often neglected among the care professions, despite the fact that it can be exposed to a high level of stress due to prolonged contact with suffering and often in solitude at home.
In the theoretical framework of the Job... Read More about Demands and resources in the elderly home-care job: A qualitative study in the Italian context.

The Relationship Between Usage of Personal Electronic Devices and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
Clark, A., Cooper-Ryan, A. M., Brown, T., Preece, S. J., & Clarke-Cornwell, A. M. (2024). The Relationship Between Usage of Personal Electronic Devices and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. #Journal not on list, 15(1), 23-41. https://doi.org/10.59481/197309

Background: Over the last decade, the use of personal electronic devices has increased rapidly in both children and adolescents. With this growth comes a need to understand the potential association between personal electronic device usage and muscul... Read More about The Relationship Between Usage of Personal Electronic Devices and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

International Practices of Speech‐Language Pathologists Working with Bilingual Speakers with Primary Progressive Aphasia (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Although primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is considered a rarer form of dementia, individuals living with PPA are increasingly identified by healthcare professionals. Research investigating speech‐language assessment and intervention in... Read More about International Practices of Speech‐Language Pathologists Working with Bilingual Speakers with Primary Progressive Aphasia.