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Bompard S, Liuzzi T, Staccioli S, D'Arienzo F, Khosravi S, Giuliani R, Castelli E. Home-based music therapy for children with developmental disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Telemed Telecare 2023; 29:211-216. [PMID: 33412993 PMCID: PMC10015277 DOI: 10.1177/1357633x20981213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION During the COVID-19 pandemic, children with neurodevelopmental disabilities could not attend their usual rehabilitation therapies, with a consequent reduced support of developmental process and risk of worsening of their clinical conditions. METHODS We prospectively enrolled 14 children with developmental delay, who had already tried a personalised music therapy (Euterpe method). We included them in a 12-day programme of home-based music therapy. The children and their parents were investigated using the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Parent Stress Index-Short Form. RESULTS Fourteen children started the intervention, while only 12 children completed all the planned home sessions and assessments. We observed a significant improvement in children's sleep quality and a reduction of parental distress. DISCUSSION The significant improvements in parental distress and sleep quality must be considered important achievements for the quality of life of a child and their family. Home-based music therapy can provide a feasible approach to improving sleep and parent's stress for children with developmental disorders.
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- Sarah Bompard
- Department of Neurorehabilitation, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.,Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music, Rome, Italy.,Euterpe Association, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.,Euterpe Association, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.,Euterpe Association, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Di Spirito F, Amato A, Di Palo MP, Cannatà D, Giordano F, D’Ambrosio F, Martina S. Periodontal Management in Periodontally Healthy Orthodontic Patients with Fixed Appliances: An Umbrella Review of Self-Care Instructions and Evidence-Based Recommendations. Dent J (Basel) 2023; 11:dj11020035. [PMID: 36826180 PMCID: PMC9954872 DOI: 10.3390/dj11020035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The present umbrella review aimed to characterize periodontal self-care instructions, prescriptions, and motivational methods; evaluate the associated periodontal outcomes; and provide integrated, evidence-based recommendations for periodontal self-care in periodontally healthy orthodontic patients with fixed appliances. The presently applied study protocol was developed in advance, compliant with the PRISMA statement, and registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022367204). Systematic reviews published in English without date restrictions were electronically searched until 21 November 2022 across the PROSPERO Register and Cochrane Library, Web of Science (Core Collection), Scopus, and MED-LINE/PubMed databases. The study quality assessment was conducted through the AMSTAR 2 tool. Seventeen systematic reviews were included. Powered and manual toothbrushes showed no significant differences in biofilm accumulation, although some evidence revealed significant improvements in inflammatory, bleeding, and periodontal pocket depth values in the short term with powered toothbrushes. Chlorhexidine mouthwashes, but no gels, varnishes, or pastes, controlled better biofilm accumulation and gingival inflammation as adjuncts to toothbrushing, although only for a limited period. Organic products, such as aloe vera and chamomile, proved their antimicrobial properties, and herbal-based mouthwashes seemed comparable to CHX without its side effects. Motivational methods also showed beneficial effects on periodontal biofilm control and inflammation, while no evidence supported probiotics administration.
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- Federica Di Spirito
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
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Vitale E, Mea R, Chang YC. The Nursing-Home Care Quality Perceived Levels from Patients and Caregivers: An Explanatory Study. Patient Prefer Adherence 2023; 17:1237-1245. [PMID: 37193371 PMCID: PMC10182805 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s409961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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Background The nursing essential mission was to satisfy patients' and caregivers' essential health-relating demand, thanks to communicational, interventional, assistance and helping skills through an appropriate approach which best satisfied both patients and their caregivers. To assess any differences in nursing-home care quality perceived levels both by patients and caregivers. Methods A cohort observational study was conducted from November 2022 to January 2023 using an online anonymous questionnaire for both patients and caregivers who received nursing-home care service. Results A total of 677 patients (43.4%) and caregivers (56.6%) were enrolled. Most interviewees benefited from the nursing-home care service less than 12 months (p = 0.014). Quality perceptions did not significantly vary from patients and caregivers (p > 0.05) for all the items proposed, with the exception of the nursing listening skills which was better assessed by caregivers than patients (p = 0.034). Conclusion Patients and caregivers perceived an average quality of nursing-home care, giving particular importance to some nursing skills, such as listening skills. The general quality of nursing care was however satisfying. Findings suggested more incisive action from health-care nurses to improve quality of nursing-home care and both patient and caregiver satisfaction.
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- Elsa Vitale
- Centre of Mental Health Modugno, Local Health Authority Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy
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- School of Nursing and Graduate Institute of Nursing, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Nursing Department, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Correspondence: Yun-Chen Chang, School of Nursing and Graduate Institute of Nursing, China Medical University, No. 100, Section 1, Jingmao Road, Beitun District, Taichung, 406040, Taiwan, Tel +886 983503901, Email
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Davies K, Dalgarno E, Angel C, Davies S, Hughes J, Chester H, Jasper R, Roberts A, Challis D. Home-care providers as collaborators in commissioning arrangements for older people. Health Soc Care Community 2022; 30:644-655. [PMID: 33001520 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In England, care to support people living at home is largely commissioned by local authorities (statutory organisations with responsibility for social care in specific localities) from non-statutory home-care providers (for-profit, not-for-profit, voluntary). This paper explores how managers of these services perceive commissioning arrangements and their impact on home-care providers, the care workforce and service users. Little formal research of providers' experiences of working with local authorities in a commissioning model is available. A qualitative study employed semi-structured telephone interviews with 20 managers of for-profit home-care providers from 10 selected local authority areas in England. Data were analysed using thematic analysis to identify main and subsidiary themes. Home-care providers reported operating in a complex and changeable partnership with commissioners, characterised by: (a) relationships ranging from transactional to collaborative, (b) providers expressing a strong sense of public service motivation, (c) commissioning practices that were complex to negotiate, time-consuming and overly prescriptive, (d) frequent changes in commissioning practices and a perceived lack of strategic planning, which were reported as contributing to uncertainty and tension for providers and confusion for service users. Attempting to operate a market model with tightly prescribed contracts is likely to be unsustainable. An alternative approach based on a collaborative model of joint responsibility for providing home care is recommended drawing on a conceptual framework of principal-steward relationships in contracting.
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- Sutton Business Centre, Wallington, Surrey, UK
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- University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK
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- University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK
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- University of York Social Policy Research Unit, Heslington, York, UK
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- University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK
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Øyen KR, Sunde OS, Solheim M, Moricz S, Ytrehus S. Understanding attitudes toward information and communication technology in home-care: Information and communication technology as a market good within Norwegian welfare services. Inform Health Soc Care 2017; 43:300-309. [PMID: 28506095 DOI: 10.1080/17538157.2017.1297814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The aim of this study was to better understand nurses' and other staff members' attitudes toward the usefulness of information and communication technology in home-care settings. Research has found that beliefs about the expected benefits of information and communication technology impact the use of technology. Furthermore, inexperience with using information and communication technology may cause negative attitudes. This article is based on a questionnaire to 155 nurses and other staff members in home-care in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The results revealed minimal use of information and communication technology at work; however, participants had positive attitudes regarding the potential benefits of information and communication technology use in home-care. Individuals' extensive use of and familiarity with different solutions in private lives could be an important context for explaining employees' attitudes. Given that information and communication technology is both a welfare service and a market good, this may explain individuals' positive attitudes toward information and communication technology despite their lack of experience with it at work. Experiences with information and communication technology as a market good and the way new technologies can affect work routines will affect the implementation of information and communication technology in home-care.
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- a Faculty of Health Studies , Sogn og Fjordane University College , Førde , Norway
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- a Faculty of Health Studies , Sogn og Fjordane University College , Førde , Norway
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- a Faculty of Health Studies , Sogn og Fjordane University College , Førde , Norway
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- a Faculty of Health Studies , Sogn og Fjordane University College , Førde , Norway
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Daley A, MacDonnell JA. 'That would have been beneficial': LGBTQ education for home-care service providers. Health Soc Care Community 2015; 23:282-91. [PMID: 25427428 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This paper reports qualitative findings from a pilot study that explored the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) education needs of home-care service providers working in one large, urban Canadian city. The pilot study builds upon research that has documented barriers to health services for diversely situated LGBTQ people, which function to limit access to good-quality healthcare. LGBTQ activists, organisations and allies have underscored the need for health provider education related to the unique health and service experiences of sexual and gender minority communities. However, the home-care sector is generally overlooked in this important body of research literature. We used purposeful convenience sampling to conduct four focus groups and two individual interviews with a total of 15 professionally diverse home-care service providers. Data collection was carried out from January 2011 to July 2012 and data were analysed using grounded theory methods towards the identification of the overarching theme, 'provider education' and it had two sub-themes: (i) experiences of LGBTQ education; and (ii) recommendations for LGBTQ education. The study findings raise important questions about limited and uneven access to adequate LGBTQ education for home-care service providers, suggest important policy implications for the education and health sectors, and point to the need for anti-oppression principles in the development of education initiatives.
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- Andrea Daley
- School of Social Work, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Näsström L, Idvall E, Mårtensson J, Strömberg A. Heart failure at home—patients’ experiences of participation in structured home care. Int J Integr Care 2011. [PMCID: PMC3184808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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- L Näsström
- Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Näsström L, Idvall E, Mårtensson J, Strömberg A. Heart failure at home—an observational study of participation among patients in structured home care. Int J Integr Care 2011. [PMCID: PMC3184807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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- L Näsström
- Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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