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- Tavemark, Sofia, 1988-, et al.
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Individual goal-setting in municipal homecare : A participatory appreciative action and reflection study
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Public Health Research. - : Sage Publications. - 2279-9028 .- 2279-9036. ; 12:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: There is a need for structural change in municipal homecare to shift power to older persons and to center the individuals in need. To make this change, the individual older persons should have enough self-determination to formulate their own individual homecare goals. Our aim was to explore how stakeholders reason about individual goal-setting in homecare. DESIGN AND METHODS: We theoretically and methodologically used a participatory appreciative action and reflection (PAAR) design. The stakeholders, that is, the older persons, the older persons' relatives, and the multi-professional team, were seen as co-researchers. Data were collected between 2019 and 2020 through in depth-interviews, focus group discussions, and reference groups. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis.RESULTS: We learned from the stakeholders that it was a struggle to sustain the individual's goal to continue life as usual, that is, being an ordinary human being with an ordinary everyday life and maintaining individual roles. The individual wants to improve health, be active, and enjoying life. The individuals were struggling against the homecare organization, which tended to overshadow the individual's goals. The individual's goals fall under several legal jurisdictions and come to be overshadowed by the professionals' dominant goal. The organization is rigid, with finances and resources creating the framework.CONCLUSION: We learned that older persons receiving homecare must have the same rights as other citizens in society, which is in line with public health goals.
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- Zahid, Nida, et al.
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Socio-demographic and antenatal risk factors of brain tumor in children and young people : A matched case-control study from Karachi, Pakistan
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Public Health Research. - : SAGE Publications. - 2279-9028 .- 2279-9036. ; 12:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background:Brain tumors are a common cause of morbidity, disability, cognitive deterioration and mortality in children, even after treatment. Little is know about the specific causes. The study aimed to assess potential socio-demographic and antenatal factors in primary brain tumor (PBTs) in children and young people (CYP) in Karachi, Pakistan.Designs and methods:A single center hospital based matched case control study in Karachi, Pakistan. Cases were defined as CYP aged between 5 and 21 years with any histological type and grade of primary brain tumor of any histology, stage or grade. Data were collected from parents of 244 patients at the selected center between 2017 and 2021 via telephonic interview. Controls were 5-21 years old CYP admitted with non-oncological diagnoses matched on age and sex. Matched Odds Ratios for predictors of brain tumor in children were derived. Those of statistical significance were included in a multivariable logistic regression model.Results:In the adjusted model, lower paternal education (matched adjusted odds ratio (maOR) 2.46; 95% CI 1.09-5.55), higher household monthly income (maOR 3.4; 95% CI 1.1-10.2), antenatal paternal use of addictive substances (maOR 19.5; 95% CI 2.1-179.8), and antenatal maternal use of analgesics during pregnancy (maOR 3.0; 95% CI 1.2-7.9) were all independently predictive of brain tumors.Conclusion:This matched case-control study found novel associations between maternal use of analgesics, paternal use of addictive substances, higher household income, and lower paternal education and Primary Brain Tumors in Children and Young People. Longitudinal multicenter studies will be required to test these associations prospectively.
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- Claesdotter-Knutsson, Emma, et al.
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The influence of methylphenidate on auditory brainstem response patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; an exploratory study
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Public Health Research. - 2279-9028. ; 12:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), characterized by periods of inattention, overactivity, and impulsiveness, is the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder among children. Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) is a technique in which clickshaped sounds elicit potentials that are recorded from electrodes placed on a patient’s skull. Extant research indicates that ABR is frequently affected in neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD. Methylphenidate (MPH), a psychostimulant, is often prescribed to children with ADHD as a first-line pharmacological treatment. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of Methylphenidate treatment on previously observed amplitude alterations in the ABR of patients with ADHD.Methods:We recruited 32 drug-naïve children and adolescents (19 males and 13 females; mean age 11 years) diagnosed with ADHD and 35 health controls (15 males and 20 females; mean age 12 years). The ADHD group was treated with Methylphenidate, and ABR was recorded before treatment and at a steady state of medical treatment.Results:Medicated ADHD patients exhibited increased activity in the right side ABR in Wave VI.Conclusions:A significant increase in activity was found in a part of the ABR thought to correspond to the thalamic area in medicated ADHD patients compared to the same area of non-medicated ADHD patients. The results add to the growing body of research suggesting that specific ABR peaks correlate to certain psychiatric symptoms.
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