Objectives To review researchand experience-based published literature regarding individual community professionals’ caseload management (i.e. behaviours related to assessment, treatment and discharging of clients). To: identify the number, nature and frequency of papers published; investigate their scope and quality; identify the main themes and concepts; and synthesise the findings to inform ...

The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize information about the impact different classes of medications and polypharmacy have on recurrent falls, defined as two or more falls in a 12-month period, in community-dwelling older adults. After adjustment for confounders such as age, gender, weight or depression symptoms, the reviewed studies suggested that older adults who use antidepres...

Introduction Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)[1] is a technique aimed to measure change induced by treatment. GAS enables patients to set goals and to determine the relative success in achieving these goals on a 5-point scale that is precisely defined beforehand. Since the goals are individually determined, goals may differ in actual content. Its individual and patient oriented approach is one of ...

J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2010;92-B:751-9. A review of the current literature shows that there is a lack of consensus regarding the treatment of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents. Most of the views and recommendations provided in various reports are weakly supported by evidence. There is a limited amount of information about the natural history of the condition, makin...

Methods A systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines. The protocol for the study was registered in PROSPERO and published in BMJ Open (1). In the search strategy the first set of entry terms describes major incidents published during the last 20 years. The second set of entry terms describes templates for collecting data from such incidents. Predefined free search phases...

Results 7471 records were screened and 89 studies were identified; 78 (88%) focused on training in an individual RCT and 11 (12%) were network-based. Studies were mainly conducted in USA (55%) and internationally (27%). Most were multi-centre (94%) and funded by noncommercial funders (70%). Different combinations of live (face-to-face and remote) and recorded (text-based and multimedia) trainin...

This review investigates the health of immigrants to Canada by critically examining differences in health status between immigrants and the native-born population and by tracing how the health of immigrants changes after settling in the country. Fifty-one published empirical studies met the inclusion criteria for this review. The analysis focuses on four inter-related questions: (1) Which healt...

Research in developing countries suggests that poor maternal mental health, in particular maternal depression, may be a risk factor for poor growth in young children. In addition, the risk of depression in women is approximately twofold higher than in men and women are particularly prone in the postpartum period because of hormonal changes associated with childbirth and stressors associated wit...