EQ-5D self-reported health in Barbados and Jamaica with EQ-5D-5L population norms for the English-speaking Caribbean
The EQ-5D instrument is increasingly used in clinical and resource allocation decision making in developed and developing countries. EQ-5D valuation and population norms studies have been undertaken for Trinid... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - March 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Henry Bailey, Mathieu F. Janssen, Althea La Foucade, Girjanauth Boodraj, Marjorie Wharton and Philip Castillo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prevalence of recurrent wheezing in infants and toddlers in Barbados: findings from a prospective study of a cohort of babies born during 2015-2017.
CONCLUSIONS: Nearly a third of infants and toddlers had RW and nearly half of the infants with RW had risk factors fulfilling the criteria of the stringent API.
PMID: 33528925 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Allergologia et Immunopathologia)
Source: Allergologia et Immunopathologia - February 3, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Kumar A, Singh P, Belgrave N Tags: Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) Source Type: research
Depression in Barbadian adults with type 2 diabetes
ConclusionsThe results suggest that the presence of this affective disorder may be under-recognized in Barbadian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Management protocol could incorporate the screening for depression. (Source: Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders)
Source: Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders - November 20, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Balancing treatments for patients with systemic hypertension and glaucoma.
This report offers background on various common therapies and considerations to minimize undesirable systemic and ophthalmic outcomes.
AREAS COVERED: Key considerations relating to medical treatments for systemic hypertension and glaucoma chosen from a review of the literature are included. The historic safety of ophthalmic beta blockers and sub-types as well as combination agents are described. The potential role of ocular perfusion pressure in the pathogenesis of glaucoma is reviewed with a discussion of landmark studies, including the Barbados Eye Study and the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial, with implications fo...
Source: Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy - August 25, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Expert Opin Pharmacother Source Type: research
Dignity and Transcultural Forensic Consultation.
We describe a reference framework of techniques and methods that we think would be useful in this hypothetical forensic consultation. One important aspect of the analysis and case commentary is that going to court circumvents the obligation of those having disputes in this unique space to safeguard each other's dignity. The court system ignores reconciliation of the disputants to each other and to the Church body. We explore the complexity that attaches to transcultural forensic consultation.
PMID: 32675331 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law - July 19, 2020 Category: Medical Law Tags: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Source Type: research
In the field: an interview with Sandra Binning and Dominique Roche [CONVERSATION]
Sandra Binning is an Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal, Canada, and Dominique Roche is a Marie Curie Fellow at Carleton University, Canada. Together, they investigate how animals respond to environmental stressors. Binning and Roche completed their undergraduate degrees in Biology and master's degrees at McGill University, Canada, before undertaking their PhDs at the Australian National University, Australia. The pair then moved to the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, for a 4 year postdoc period. Binning and Roche tell us about working in field locations ranging from Barbados a...
Source: Journal of Experimental Biology - July 6, 2020 Category: Biology Tags: CONVERSATION Source Type: research
Infertility and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in Afro-Caribbean women
ConclusionAfro-Caribbean women receiving infertility care in the Caribbean may have better ART outcomes compared to African-American women in the United States (US). (Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics)
Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - May 26, 2020 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Knowledge, attitudes and practices with regard to sugar sweetened beverages and taxation among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Caribbean island of Barbados – A cross sectional survey in primary care
Barbados, a small Caribbean island with a population of 280,000 [1] is classified as having a high income economy by the World Bank [2]. The diabetes mellitus prevalence in people 25 years of age and over is estimated to be 18.7% [3]. Management of this condition and its complications place a significant demand on the island's health care system with 42.5% of beds in the island's main hospital being occupied by people with diabetes [4]. A high lower limb amputation rate has been reported [5] and approximately 10% of the budget of the island's main hospital is spent on renal dialysis services [6]. (Source: Primary Care Diabetes)
Source: Primary Care Diabetes - May 25, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Khatija A.S. Mangera, O. Peter Adams Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Comparative Analysis of Visual Performance and Optical Quality with a Rotationally Asymmetric Multifocal Intraocular Lens and an Apodized Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lens.
Conclusions: Both MIOLs were able to successfully restore visual function after cataract surgery. SBL-3 provided better UIVA and UNVA with a wider range of intermediate vision.
PMID: 32377423 [PubMed] (Source: Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: Journal of Ophthalmology - May 8, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Tags: J Ophthalmol Source Type: research
Spatiotemporal Tools for Emerging and Endemic Disease Hotspots in Small Areas: An Analysis of Dengue and Chikungunya in Barbados, 2013-2016.
Abstract
Dengue fever and other febrile mosquito-borne diseases place considerable health and economic burdens on small island nations in the Caribbean. Here, we used two methods of cluster detection to find potential hotspots of transmission of dengue and chikungunya in Barbados, and to assess the impact of input surveillance data and methodology on observed patterns of risk. Using Moran's I and spatial scan statistics, we analyzed the geospatial and temporal distribution of disease cases and rates across Barbados for dengue fever in 2013-2016, and a chikungunya outbreak in 2014. During years with high nu...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 26, 2020 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Lippi CA, Stewart-Ibarra AM, Romero M, Hinds AQJ, Lowe R, Mahon R, Van Meerbeeck CJ, Rollock L, Gittens-St Hilaire M, Trotman AR, Holligan D, Kirton S, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Ryan SJ Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research
The spectrum of disease severity, the burden of hospitalizations and associated risk factors in confirmed dengue among persons of all ages: findings from a population based longitudinal study from Barbados
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Source: Infectious Diseases - April 13, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alok Kumar Shemica Mayers Janelle Welch Janine Taitt Gemma Ann Benskin Anders L. Nielsen Source Type: research
