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Documented incontinence after stroke: a secondary analysis of a cohort study. Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke Care (REGIONS Care)
CONCLUSION: This study likely underestimated incontinence prevalence after stroke, although incontinence was associated with increased mortality and probability of living in residential care.PMID:36521085
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - December 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: E Jean C Hay-Smith Stephanie G Thompson Mark Weatherall Annamarei Ranta Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 16856: Co-Design of an Educational Resource with Female Partners of Male Stroke Survivors to Support Physical Activity Participation
This study aimed to co-design an educational resource prototype to guide and empower female partners in supporting male stroke survivors’ participation in PA. We used a participatory action research (PAR) methodology. Thirteen support persons of male stroke survivors from Canterbury, New Zealand participated in four PAR cycles. The data were collected using individual interviews and focus groups and analyzed inductively using the general inductive approach. Three themes were reflected in the data and informed the prototype content: (1) managing an unwanted and challenging new life, (2) inconsistent access to ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - December 15, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Allyson Calder Gisela Sole Hilda Mulligan Tags: Article Source Type: research

Exploring facilitators and barriers to long ‐term behavior change following health–wellness coaching for stroke prevention: A qualitative study conducted in Auckland, New Zealand
ConclusionsEnhancing awareness of personal risk and the impact of potential disease are facilitators of long-term behavior change and should be incorporated into coaching conversations. This supports the process of “waking up” to health needs and the possibility of change, which are important precursors to long-term change. Health coaching should be responsive to individual need, with emotional well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction being addressed alongside physical health. The opportunity to develo p skills to support decision-making and self-management should be included in coaching initiatives, to enhance sel...
Source: Brain and Behavior - December 13, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Caroline Holder, Rita Krishnamurthi, Alice Theadom Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

The final puff: Can New Zealand quit smoking for good?
Smoking kills. Ayesha Verrall has seen it up close. As a young resident physician in New Zealand’s public hospitals in the 2000s, Verrall watched smokers come into the emergency ward every night, struggling to breathe with their damaged lungs. Later, as an infectious disease specialist, she saw how smoking exacerbated illness in individuals diagnosed with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. She would tell them: “The best thing you can do to promote your health, other than take the pills, is to quit smoking.” Verrall is still urging citizens to give up cigarettes—no longer just one by one, but by the thousands. As New...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 9, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

Revascularisation and outcomes after acute coronary syndromes in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting-ANZACS-QI 67
CONCLUSION: In contemporary real-world practice, despite half of the patients with ACS and prior CABG receiving PCI, the outcomes remain poor compared with those without prior CABG.PMID:36201732
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - October 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Danting Wei Jithendra B Somaratne Mildred Lee Andrew Kerr Source Type: research

A nurse-led and medically supported outpatient follow-up model following an acute coronary syndrome is as safe and effective as medical follow-up alone (ANZACS-QI 69
CONCLUSION: The nurse-led model is associated with earlier access to follow-up, was equally as effective at maintaining secondary prevention pharmacotherapy and associated with similar survival and readmission with non-fatal ACS/stroke/heart failure.PMID:36201727
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - October 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Andrew McLachlan Andrew Kerr Mildred Lee Source Type: research