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"You Can Change the World With a Haircut": Evaluating the Feasibility of a Barber-led Intervention for Men of Black and Ethnic Minority Heritage to Manage High Blood Pressure
CONCLUSION: The combined data showed that educating barbers to take BP readings and deliver healthcare advice about BP is a viable intervention for rollout in a large-scale study. It has demonstrated the need to identify strategies to motivate barbers for sustained recruitment and retention, as well as further efforts to build trust among customers for long-term BP surveillance.PMID:37148215 | DOI:10.1177/21501319231168336
Source: Primary Care - May 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Nicola Thomas Catriona Ewart Debi Lewinson Roberts Andrew Brown Source Type: research
Study protocol of a telephone problem-solving intervention for Spanish-speaking caregivers of veterans post-stroke: an 8-session investigator-blinded, two-arm parallel (intervention vs usual care), randomized clinical trial
This study tests the impact of a telephone and online problem-solving intervention for Spanish-speaking stroke caregivers on caregiver outcomes.METHODS: The design is a two-arm parallel randomized clinical trial with repeated measures. We will enroll 290 caregivers from 3 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. Participants randomized into the intervention arm receive a problem-solving intervention that uses telephone and online education and care management tools on the previously developed and nationally available RESCUE en Español Caregiver website. In the usual care group, participants receive the information and/or su...
Source: Primary Care - March 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: I Magaly Freytes Magda K Schmitzberger Naiomi Rivera-Rivera Janet Lopez Keryl Motta-Valencia Samuel S Wu Tatiana Orozco Jennifer Hale-Gallardo Nathaniel Eliazar-Macke Jennifer H LeLaurin Constance R Uphold Source Type: research
The effect of intensive family-centered health education on the awareness rate, diagnosis, and treatment of post-stroke depression in community families
CONCLUSION: Intensive family-centered health education can improve the level of knowledge of PSD in the community, promote the timely treatment and diagnosis of PSD in patients, and improve the compliance rates of drug therapy and psychotherapy, so this is worthy of promotion.PMID:36371180 | DOI:10.1186/s12875-022-01895-5
Source: Primary Care - November 12, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hao Wang Shuchao Pan Qiwu Xu Ting Ding Source Type: research
Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Risks and Benefits of the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants
CONCLUSIONS: There is an opportunity to improve NOAC-related knowledge in patients with atrial fibrillation. When developing educational interventions, patient characteristics associated with poor knowledge should be considered. Based on our results, these are patients who are older, more medically complex, are on apixaban, and have been on NOAC therapy for a shorter duration.PMID:36000450 | DOI:10.1177/21501319221118806
Source: Primary Care - August 24, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jose Raul Valery Ahmad Marar George Pujalte Cynthia Ward Yousif M Abdelmoneim Patrick J Fitzgerald Edson Mwakyanjala Dana M Harris Loren Murray Michael G Heckman Launia J White Fernando Stancampiano Source Type: research
Forty-four-year longitudinal study of stroke incidence and risk factors - the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg
CONCLUSIONS: Several classic risk factors showed independent associations with stroke. Vulnerability factors as low education and oral health, reflected by loss of teeth, also showed association with stroke. All these factors are possible to target in primary care preventive interventions.Key PointsStroke is a common disease and the risk of stroke is a key issue demanding preventive strategies in primary health care. The present prospective population study of women showsOut of 1460 women, almost a quarter got a stroke. The stroke incidence 60-82 years of age was rather stable between the first four age cohorts but somewha...
Source: Primary Care - April 8, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ann Blomstrand Christian Blomstrand Magnus Hakeberg Valter Sundh Lauren Lissner Cecilia Bj örkelund Source Type: research
The development of aboriginal brain injury coordinator positions: a culturally secure rehabilitation service initiative as part of a clinical trial
Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2021 Sep 29;22:e49. doi: 10.1017/S1463423621000396.ABSTRACTBrain injury, resulting from stroke and traumatic brain injury, is a common occurrence in Australia, with Aboriginal people affected at a significant rate and impact felt by individuals, families and communities. Access to brain injury rehabilitation services for Aboriginal people is reported to be often limited, with very little support outside the hospital environment. Our research involving Aboriginal brain injury survivors and their families to date has revealed that people often manage 'on their own' following such events. Following r...
Source: Primary Care - September 29, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Elizabeth Armstrong Kathy McCoy Rebecca Clinch Maureen Merritt Renee Speedy Meaghan McAllister Kym Heine Natalie Ciccone Melanie Robinson Juli Coffin Source Type: research
Level of awareness regarding stroke among Riyadh population
CONCLUSION: This study found that the majority of participants had a high level of awareness regarding stroke. Regarding the education level of the participants, we found that the majority of participants with primary school-level education had a high level of awareness regarding stroke risk factors. Furthermore, we found that the level of awareness about prevention of stroke was moderate among participants. Thus, further studies should explore how to improve levels of awareness regarding the prevention of stroke.PMID:34017784 | PMC:PMC8132771 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1304_20
Source: Primary Care - May 21, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mohammed K T Abutaima Ammar Almaghrabi Rashed Alhazzaa Abdullah Alaydaa Abdulhakim Alshuraymi Meshari Alzahim Sohaib Ashour Mohammed Alayed Mukhlid Alshamrani Ammar Fathi M Khalifa Source Type: research
