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Aim: To systemically synthesise the evidence on the most effective nursing interventions to prevent pressure injuries among critical care patients. Background: Although pressure injury (PI) prevention is a focus of nursing care in critical care units, hospital-acquired pressure injuries continue to occur in these settings. Design: A systematic review of literature guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) and Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) guidelines. Methods: Four electronic databases were searched for relevant studies. Included studies were screened and then critically appraised using the appropriate Joanna Briggs Institute appraisal tool. Data were analysed and reported using a narrative synthesis. Results: The review included 14 studies. Randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental, case series and cross-sectional studies were included. The review identified four broad categories of interventions that are the m
CBIOS-Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias-Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde Studies about vaccine hesitancy seem to be especially relevant due to the need to ensure high vaccination rates to achieve herd immunity during the COVID-2019 pandemic. Citizens who are vaccine hesitant show a variable degree of indecision about getting a specific vaccine or about vaccination in general. Vaccine-hesitant individuals are represented by heterogeneous groups and may be influenced by different intrinsic and extrinsic elements (e.g., individual, contextual, and/or group factors). This systematic review examines clinical trials (e.g., randomised and controlled clinical trials) on vaccine hesitancy between 2015-2020. By summarising key findings of these studies, the systematic review aims to make the available evidence more accessible to health professionals, researchers, decision makers, patients, and the public.
Evidence of the effectiveness of travel-related measures during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid systematic review
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Objective To review the effectiveness of travel measures implemented during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to inform changes on how evidence is incorporated in the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR).
Design We used an abbreviated Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols to identify studies that investigated the effectiveness of travel-related measures preprinted or published by 1 June 2020.
Results We identified 29 studies, of which 26 were modelled. Thirteen studies investigated international measures, while 17 investigated domestic measures (one investigated both). There was a high level of agreement that the adoption of travel measures led to important changes in the dynamics of the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: the Wuhan measures reduced the number of cases exporte
How can physicians distinguish between COVID-19 persistence and SARS-CoV-2 reinfection?
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in individuals who contracted COVID-19 has been well documented.
Research suggests that in the majority of cases, anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies can persist for six months or more in those who recover from COVID-19. However, reinfection has also be observed in many individuals across all age groups. Further, the severity of the infection was also found to vary across cases.
With regard to SARS-CoV-2 reinfection cases, not many studies are available on viral characteristics, degree of sequence heterogeneity, and the point of mutation. The location of the mutation point can be determined by comparing the reference sequence with the reinfecting variants. Physicians are encountering an increase in the number of cases associated with disea
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