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Healthcare, Volume 10, Issue 3

March 2022 - 183 articles

Cover Story: Despite the guidelines available, a large percentage of cancer patients continue to suffer from ineffectively treated pain. This survey aims to assess the strengths and weaknesses of cancer pain management in Italy. Only 22% of physicians are exclusively pain therapists; 75% are specialists in anesthesiology, intensive care, and pain medicine. Most pain centers are hospital or university facilities. The strengths are careful opioid prescriptions, the use of strategies for the treatment of neuropathic pain, patient/healthcare provider partnerships, and breakthrough cancer pain management. Weaknesses to be addressed include poor adherence to guidelines, inadequate attention toward the patient’s quality of life, insufficient use of minimally invasive techniques, lack of teamwork approaches, inappropriate timing of pain specialist engagement, and poor telemedicine use. View this paper.
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Articles (183)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,249 Views
10 Pages

Mental Health Shame, Caregiver Identity, and Self-Compassion in UK Education Students

  • Yasuhiro Kotera,
  • Freya Tsuda-McCaie,
  • Ann-Marie Edwards,
  • Divya Bhandari,
  • Dan Williams and
  • Siobhan Neary

Although students in education have high rates of mental health problems, many of them do not ask for help, which can exacerbate their symptoms. One reason for their low help-seeking is shame associated with mental health problems. As education stude...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,707 Views
17 Pages

A Comparison between Conventional and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Reem Alfalasi,
  • Jessica Downing,
  • Stephanie Cardona,
  • Bobbi-Jo Lowie,
  • Matthew Fairchild,
  • Caleb Chan,
  • Elizabeth Powell,
  • Ali Pourmand,
  • Alison Grazioli and
  • Quincy K. Tran

There is limited evidence comparing the use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) to CPR in the management of refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare survival an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,697 Views
24 Pages

Collaborative decision-making across multiple government agencies is considered a critical and effective strategy to combat public health crisis; however, we know little about how the collaborative decision-making works and evolves during periods of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,913 Views
13 Pages

Evaluation of Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Nocturnal Epileptic Seizures in a Romanian Cross-Sectional Study

  • Réka Szabó,
  • Florica Voiță-Mekereș,
  • Cristina Tudoran,
  • Ahmed Abu-Awwad,
  • Mariana Tudoran,
  • Petru Mihancea and
  • Codrin Dan Nicolae Ilea

(1) Background: Based on the premise that epilepsy is frequently associated with hypnopathies, in this study we aim to analyze the prevalence of sleep disturbances among patients with epilepsy, with exclusively or predominantly nocturnal seizures, in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,886 Views
16 Pages

The Impact of Public, Private, and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures on Under-Five Mortality in Malaysia

  • Renuka Devi Logarajan,
  • Norashidah Mohamed Nor,
  • Abdalla Sirag,
  • Rusmawati Said and
  • Saifuzzaman Ibrahim

Health financing in Malaysia is intensely subsidised by public funding and is increasingly sourced by household out-of-pocket financing, yet the under-five mortality rate has been gradually increasing in the last decade. In this context, this study a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,711 Views
14 Pages

Design and Definition of a New Decision Support System Aimed to the Hierarchization of Patients Candidate to Be Admitted to Intensive Care Units

  • Manuel Casal-Guisande,
  • Alberto Comesaña-Campos,
  • Jorge Cerqueiro-Pequeño and
  • José-Benito Bouza-Rodríguez

The triage processes prior to the assignation of healthcare resources in hospitals are some of the decision-making processes that more severely affect patients. This effect gets even worse in health emergency situations and intensive care units (ICUs...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,224 Views
17 Pages

Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to explore the effect of physical training on frailty status and physical performance in the community dwelling elderly. Methods: We set keywords and used the Boolean operator to search...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,181 Views
17 Pages

Examining Psychosocial Factors and Community Mitigation Practices to Limit the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Nigeria

  • Ekundayo Shittu,
  • Funmilayo Adewumi,
  • Nkemdilim Ene,
  • Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke and
  • Chizoba Wonodi

We examine the psychosocial factors influencing community adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) to limit the spread of COVID-19. Using data from 990 respondents in communities across Nigeria, we examine the correlation of health behavior...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,287 Views
9 Pages

The Effect of an Optimized Diet as an Adjunct to Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy in Subjects with Periodontitis: A Prospective Study

  • Paolo De Angelis,
  • Giulio Gasparini,
  • Paolo Francesco Manicone,
  • Pier Carmine Passarelli,
  • Domenico Azzolino,
  • Edoardo Rella,
  • Giuseppe De Rosa,
  • Piero Papi,
  • Giorgio Pompa and
  • Silvio De Angelis
  • + 2 authors

Diet and nutrition are generally categorized as modifiable lifestyle risk factors for the development of periodontal disease because diet may influence a person’s inflammatory status. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the application...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,380 Views
15 Pages

Physicians’ Compliance with COVID-19 Regulations: The Role of Emotions and Trust

  • Shosh Shahrabani,
  • Shiran Bord,
  • Hanna Admi and
  • Michael Halberthal

(1) Background: Medical teams are at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic. Decision making among medical staff is important for promoting and maintaining the health of patients and staff. This study examines factors associated with physicians&rsquo...

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