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Background: A standardized national approach to routinely assessing palliative care patients helps improve patient outcomes. However, a quality improvement program-based on person centered outcomes within palliative care is lacking in Mainland China. The well-established Australian Palliative Care Outcome Collaboration (PCOC) national model improves palliative care quality. This study aimed to culturally adapt and validate three measures that form part of the PCOC program for palliative care clinical practice in China: The PCOC Symptom Assessment Scale (PCOC SAS), Palliative Care Problem Sever...

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of two self-designed structured clinical tools on overall self-perceptions of confidence in the assessment, management and communication of acutely unwell residents in nursing and care staff of residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Methods: Quasi-experimental pre-post design using surveys in 22 RACFs in Metropolitan Sydney, Australia. A convenience sample of 254 nursing and care staff were recruited. Two structured tools were developed to enhance confidence: (1) RACF Emergency Decision Index (REDI) and (2) Clinical Handover A...

"By considering the impact of gender, more effective immunization programmes can be implemented to increase coverage." There are multiple ways in which gender roles, norms, and relations influence resource allocation, decision making, access, and health outcomes, including for immunisation programmes.

This study may be the first randomized controlled diet intervention trial to examine the effect of carbohydrates by type and amount on symptomatic GERD.