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Reach and Impact of In-Person and Remote Delivery Formats of Walk with Ease
Inquiry. 2023 Jan-Dec;60:469580231152314. doi: 10.1177/00469580231152314.ABSTRACTThis descriptive study retrospectively evaluates the reach and impact of cohorts enrolled in Group (in-person, 2017-2020) and Self-Directed (remote, 2019-2020) delivery formats of the evidenced-based health promotion program, Walk with Ease, implemented statewide in North Carolina. An existing dataset consisting of pre- and post-surveys were analyzed for 1,890 participants; 454 (24%) from the Group format and 1,436 (76%) from Self-Directed. Self-Directed participants were younger, had more years of education, represented more Black/African Ame...
Source: Rural Remote Health - February 21, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Nadia Z Mazza Amy Joy Lanou Serena Weisner Source Type: research
Agreement between self-reported diseases from health surveys and national health registry data: a Danish nationwide study
Conclusion
Overall, self-reported data were accurate in identifying individuals without the specific disease (ie, specificity and NPV). However, sensitivity, PPV and kappa varied greatly between diseases. These findings should be considered when interpreting similar results from surveys.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jensen, H. A. R., Lau, C. J., Davidsen, M., Ekholm, O., Christensen, A. I. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Cognitive impairment, anxiety and depression: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition
CONCLUSIONS: These results are the first step of indirect evidence able to generate helpful hypotheses for clinical practice and future research. They served as the basis for the three recommendations on treatments for these PCC symptoms published in the current WHO Guidelines for clinical practice.PMID:36534008 | DOI:10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07813-3
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Claudio Cordani Vanessa M Young Chiara Arienti Stefano G Lazzarini Matteo J Del Furia Stefano Negrini Carlotte Kiekens 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
Chronic non-communicable diseases: Hainan prospective cohort study
Purpose
The Hainan Cohort was established to investigate the incidence, morbidity and mortality of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in the community population.
Participants
The baseline investigation of the Hainan Cohort study was initiated in five main areas of Hainan, China, from June 2018 to October 2020. A multistage cluster random-sampling method was used to obtain samples from the general population. Baseline assessments included a questionnaire survey, physical examination, blood and urine sample collection, and laboratory measurements, and outdoor environmental data were obtained.
Findings to dat...
Source: BMJ Open - November 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Gu, X., Lin, L., Zhao, C., Wu, L., Liu, Y., He, L., Lin, G., Lin, Y., Zhang, F. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research
