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Heterozygous ASPRV1 frameshift variant in a Pembroke Welsh Corgi with ichthyosis
Anim Genet. 2024 Mar 28. doi: 10.1111/age.13423. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38549226 | DOI:10.1111/age.13423 (Source: Animal Genetics)
Source: Animal Genetics - March 29, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Sarah Kiener Susanne Åhman Robert Cikota Vidhya Jagannathan Sohvi Blatter Iva Cvitas Sara Soto Tosso Leeb Source Type: research

Patient-reported outcome measures for monitoring primary care patients with depression: the PROMDEP cluster RCT and economic evaluation
CONCLUSIONS: We found no evidence of improved depression management or outcome at 12 weeks from using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, but patients' quality of life was better at 26 weeks, perhaps because feedback of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores increased their awareness of improvement in their depression and reduced their anxiety. Further research in primary care should evaluate patient-reported outcome measures including anxiety symptoms, administered remotely, with algorithms delivering clear recommendations for changes in treatment.STUDY REGISTRATION: This study is registered as IRAS250225 and ISRCTN1729929...
Source: Rural Remote Health - March 29, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Tony Kendrick Christopher Dowrick Glyn Lewis Michael Moore Geraldine M Leydon Adam Wa Geraghty Gareth Griffiths Shihua Zhu Guiqing Lily Yao Carl May Mark Gabbay Rachel Dewar-Haggart Samantha Williams Lien Bui Natalie Thompson Lauren Bridewell Emilia Trapa Source Type: research

Pandemic policymaking affecting older adult volunteers during and after the COVID-19 public health crisis in the four nations of the UK
This study aims to critically examine the effects of COVID-19 social discourses and policy decisions specifically on older adult volunteers in the UK, comparing the responses and their effects in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, providing perspectives on effects of policy changes designed to reduce risk of infection as a result of COVID-19, specifically on volunteer involvement of and for older adults, and understand, from the perspectives of volunteer managers, how COVID-19 restrictions had impacted older people’s volunteering and situating this within statutory public health policies.The study uses a crit...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - March 29, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jurgen Grotz Lindsay Armstrong Heather Edwards Aileen Jones Michael Locke Laurel Smith Ewen Speed Linda Birt Source Type: research

Mapping of Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16) scores to EQ-5D: algorithm to calculate utility values
ConclusionsThe algorithm developed will enable researchers and decision scientists to calculate EQ-5D health utility estimates from FROM-16 scores, thus allowing the inclusion of the family impact of disease in health economic evaluation of medical interventions when EQ-5D data is not available. (Source: Quality of Life Research)
Source: Quality of Life Research - March 28, 2024 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Hospitalisations and emergency department presentations by older individuals accessing long-term aged care in Australia
ConclusionsWhile a high proportion of older people in long-term care have ED presentations, unplanned hospitalisations and potentially preventable hospitalisations, people in the community with home care packages experience these events at a higher frequency.PMID:38537302 | DOI:10.1071/AH24019 (Source: Australian Health Review)
Source: Australian Health Review - March 27, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Stephanie L Harrison Catherine Lang Tesfahun C Eshetie Maria Crotty Craig Whitehead Keith Evans Megan Corlis Steve Wesselingh Gillian E Caughey Maria C Inacio Source Type: research