Key service delivery processes, challenges and barriers to healthcare access for managing diabetes outside target HbA1c levels in primary care settings in Qatar: a qualitative inqu... by Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Shajitha Thekke Veettil, Muslim Abbas Syed, Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi

“…These proposed strategies can improve self-care and timely administration of medication, help achieve desired health outcomes, reduce the burden of disease and associated costs to the healthcare system and further substantiate evidence-based patient-centred care.…”
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Community-based behavioural activation for depression in adolescents: feasibility study, survey and stakeholder consultations by Lucy Tindall, Emily Hayward, Jinshuo Li, Philip Kerrigan, Susan Metcalfe, Lina Gega, Lina Gega

“…A Resource Use Questionnaire for Adolescents collecting information about use of hospital and community-based health and social care services was developed and tested during the study. Intervention costs were modest at £207 (SD: £79) per participant for just over 5 h (M = 286 min, SD = 63 min) of contact on average with a professional.ConclusionsExcellent intervention uptake and adherence (implying robust recruitment and assessment processes), retention to follow-up and data completeness, and a positive direction of change across all outcome measures justify the need for a fully powered randomised controlled trial comparing community-based behavioural activation with usual care for adolescents with mild-to-moderate depression. …”
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Implementation and evaluation of whole-course-based Internet Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy Services: a cross-sectional study in western China by Yangyang Gao, You Lv, Shiyan Wang, Mengran Guo, Yi Guo, Minglin Zheng, Lulu He, Fengbo Wu, Ping Fan

“…Over the course of the study, a total of 373,936 prescriptions representing 351,884 patients and 945,172 medications were delivered to 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 municipalities in China.ResultsIHOPSs saved patients more than 320,376 days (7,689,036 h) and RMB (Renminbi) ¥94.05 million in costs. The error rates of prescription review and dispensing were 0.0011% and 0.0008%, respectively. …”
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Response Surface Methodology Optimization of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Immunoassay for Rapid Detection of AflatoxinB₁ in Yellow Rice Wine by Mengjie Zhu, Dun Wang, Du Wang, Jing Dong, Xue Wang, Qi Zhang, Man Xiao

“…Yellow rice wine is susceptible to aflatoxinB₁ (AFB₁) contamination, yet existing detection technologies suffer from limitations such as high false-positive rates, cumbersome operational protocols, or elevated costs, rendering them inadequate for large-scale screening requirements. …”
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Core outcomes for the evaluation of new healthcare programmes – a modified Delphi study by Benjamin P. Harvey, Emmelie Barenfeld, Joakim Öhlén, Jana Bergholtz, Carl Johan Orre, Tomas Lindroth, Hanna Gyllensten

“…Abstract Background New healthcare programmes that focus on the encounter between patients and healthcare services, such as those advocated for in different forms on “centredness”, are being pushed to the forefront of the healthcare agenda to, amongst other goals, combat rising costs. However, lack of consensus regarding which outcomes should be evaluated to cover the needs of all stakeholders creates barriers to prioritising between competing alternatives. …”
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Medical treatment of obesity: peculiarities of medical treatments, information, responsibility and relation to medical treatment of obesity of patients by O. V. Lerman, Yy. V. Lukina, N. P. Kutishenko, S. Yu. Martsevich

“…Total 305 patients with obesity in the outpatient “PROFILE” register were surveyed, including self-assessment questions regarding their own body weight, prescription of obesity treatment by doctors, patients’ adherence to the implementation of these recommendations, propensity to self-medication and information about personal financial costs for the treatment of this disease. 42 (12 %) patients refused to participate in the survey. 213 people (69.8 %) who answered the questionnaire were diagnosed with obesity of the 1st degree, 63 (20.7 %) – obesity of the 2nd degree; obesity grade 3 was detected in 29 people (9.5 %). …”
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Unveiling the Diagnostic Landscape: Assessing the Rate of Positive Findings in Radiological Imaging by the Emergency Department - A Retrospective Study (December 2022 – February 20... by Fatema Ali Abdulaal, Amr Gebril, Alaa Saleh, Ali Nawaz, Ahmed Kaabneh, Arun Arya

“…Secondary objectives included evaluating factors influencing imaging outcomes and providing recommendations to enhance patient care, reduce costs, and optimize resource utilization in the ED. …”
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Supplemental Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Patients With a Co-Occurring Anxiety Disorder: Technical Development and Functional Testing of an Autonomous Digital Pr... by Linda Marie Rinehart, Justin Anker, Amanda Unruh, Nikki Degeneffe, Paul Thuras, Amie Norden, Lilly Hartnett, Matt Kushner

“…Researchers have suggested that the availability of fully autonomous digital equivalents of validated therapist-delivered therapies could reduce some barriers underlying the research-to-practice gap, especially by eliminating the need for costly and intensive therapist training and supervision. …”
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Impact of LiDAR pulse density on forest fuels metrics derived using LadderFuelsR by O. Viedma, J.M. Moreno

“…This study highlights the need for tailored LiDAR pulse-density thresholds in nationwide surveys to ensure a balance between data costs and reliability to support forest management and wildfire risk mitigation.…”
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Research Progress and Prospects of Non-Grain Use of Cultivated Land in Marginalized Contexts by Li Shengfa, Wu Zhaojun, Wu Dafang, Du Jianhui, Lin Tong, Ma Chang, Gao Ziya

“…Influenced by the rapid increase in labor costs and the decline in the comparative benefits of grain planting, the phenomenon of Non-Grain Use of Cultivated Land (NGUCL) in China has become increasingly prominent. …”
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Evaluating musculoskeletal imaging communication interventions using behavioural science: a scoping review using the COM-B model by Andrew Bateman, Edward Kirby, Andrew MacMillan, Andrew Brinkley, Bernard X W Liew

“…Objectives Clinicians and patients have been found to attribute musculoskeletal (MSK) pain to normal age-related changes seen on imaging, which can negatively impact patient outcomes and increase healthcare costs. While some studies have tested interventions to improve how MSK imaging findings are communicated, their impact has been limited. …”
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Comprehensive insights into the therapeutic effects of baicalein and baicalin against SARS-COV-2 infection by Cheng-Han Lin, Meng-Wei Lin, Hua-Hsin Chiang, Ting-Hsuan Wu, Chin-Hung Tsai, Chih-Sheng Lin

“…Current treatments, including corticosteroids, antiviral agents, and monoclonal antibody-based immunomodulators, often have limitations, including adverse side effects, limited efficacy, and high costs, especially for patients with comorbidities. …”
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When and Why Adults Abandon Lifestyle Behavior and Mental Health Mobile Apps: Scoping Review by Patrick G Kidman, Rachel G Curtis, Amanda Watson, Carol A Maher

“…In total, 22 unique reasons for abandonment were organized into six categories: (1) technical and functional issues, (2) privacy concerns, (3) poor user experience, (4) content and features, (5) time and financial costs, and (6) evolving user needs and goals. …”
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Ultrasonic bidirectional regulation of chrysophanol and aurantio-obtusin self-assembly enhanced nanofiltration separated ethanol extract of cassia seed by Cunyu Li, Xin Shen, Ranyun Qiu, Dantong Xing, Xinglei Zhi

“…Furthermore, the waste liquid generated during pipeline cleaning simultaneously increases production costs and pollutes the environment. Although nanofiltration has the technological advantage of traditional temperature refining, anthraquinone components are absorbed onto the membrane surface during the concentration of cassia seed ethanol extract, leading to membrane pollution and a significant decrease in separation efficiency. …”
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Identification of Target Body Composition Parameters by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, Bioelectrical Impedance, and Ultrasonography to Detect Older Adults With Frailty and Prefr... by Beatriz Ortiz-Navarro, José Losa-Reyna, Veronica Mihaiescu-Ion, Jerónimo Garcia-Romero, Margarita Carrillo de Albornoz-Gil, Alejandro Galán-Mercant

“…The early identification and management of frailty are essential for improving quality of life and reducing health care costs. Conventional assessment techniques, including dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), and muscle ultrasound (US), are efficacious but frequently constrained in primary care settings by financial and accessibility limitations. …”
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Development and Validation of a Predictive Model for Activities of Daily Living Dysfunction in Older Adults: Retrospective Analysis of Data From the China Health and Retirement Lon... by Fangbo Lin, Chao Liu, Hua Liu

“…Activities of daily living (ADL) dysfunction, affecting over 40 million Chinese older adults (16% of the aging population), severely compromises independence and quality of life while increasing health care costs and mortality. ADL dysfunction encompasses both basic ADL (BADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL), which assess fundamental self-care and complex environmental interactions, respectively. …”
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Conceptual Basis for Developing Electric Plot Combine Harvester with Combined Power-Generating Plant by Mikhail E. Chaplygin, Ivan A. Starostin, Alexander S. Ovcharenko

“…Low level of technical support for breeding works results in a high share of manual labor in the industry, violation of agrotechnical requirements, increased losses of expensive seeds, high production costs that is a constraint of developing domestic breeding and expanded reproduction of seeds. …”
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Abstract 157: Evaluating the Impact of Pre‐Procedural CTA on Fluoroscopy Time and Conversion Rates by Zachary Lodato, Ivo Bach, Humza Haque, Elan Meltzer, Priyank Khandelwal

“…Moreover, it may reduce the occurrence of complications related to radiation exposure and decrease the overall costs associated with performing DSA and related neurointerventions.…”
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Unravelling the benefits of thermal waters enhancing oral health: a pilot study by Sara Lopes, Susana Morgado, Ana T. P. C. Gomes, Pedro C. Lopes, Patrícia Couto, Maria J. Correia, Javier Flores-Fraile, Nélio Veiga

“…Abstract Background Oral health represents a public health problem due to its remarkable social impact and medical costs. Crenotherapy with sulfur water is shown to be a complementary, less toxic, and traumatizing therapy, but the number of studies that evaluate the effect of natural mineral waters effect on oral health are scarce. …”
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Nationwide survey on awareness of consanguinity and genetic diseases in Saudi Arabia: challenges and potential solutions to reduce the national healthcare burden by Nura A. Yousef, Ashraf A. ElHarouni, Noor Ahmad Shaik, Babajan Banaganapalli, Asayil Faisal Al Ghamdi, Amani H. Galal, Turki Saad Alahmadi, Taghreed Shuaib, Deema Aljeaid, Dalal S. Alshaer, Mahmoud Almutadares, Ramu Elango

“…Abstract Background Consanguineous marriage is a major contributing factor for many genetic diseases and a burden to the healthcare system and national economy due to costly long-term care. Earlier studies highlighted the significantly limited awareness of the higher prevalence of genetic disease due to consanguinity even among the educated Arabs. …”
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