Research Insights
This section focuses on the most recent research and discoveries across the globe in the various healthcare disciplines.
Exploring the feasibility, effectiveness, and acceptability of telehealth for delivering a pain management group program: A retrospective study
The COVID pandemic caused significant changes in healthcare particularly in pain management To maintain care the Multidisciplinary Activity Improvement Program MAiP at the Department of Pain Medicine
Scoping review on regulation, implementation and postmarket surveillance of medical devices
Medical devices are fundamental to medicine and the basis for a growing billiondollar industry The World Health Organization estimates that there are more than two million medical devices on the world market and they range from pacemakers artificial intelligence software to simple instruments such as scalpels
Health inequity: Possibilities of initiating pulmonary telerehabilitation programs for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders in conflict and low-resourced
The triple problems of COPDunderdiagnosis underrecognition and underdevelopment of pulmonary rehabilitation programsare global Pulmonary telerehabilitation PTR may solve these problems
Analysis of extraocular muscle volumes in idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis patients
Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis HP is a rare chronic inflammatory condition without an identifiable cause characterized by fibrous thickening of the dura mater which can involve the extraocular muscles EOM
A qualitative process evaluation of a nasal spray intervention to prevent respiratory tract infections
Nasal sprays could be used to prevent and manage respiratory tract infections RTIs As part of a randomized controlled trial ISRCTN participants received one of two nasal sprays gelbased vs saline
Factors affecting online health information-seeking behavior in young and middle-aged patients with stroke
This study aimed to explore the characteristics of online health informationseeking behavior and the influencing factors among young and middleaged Chinese patients with stroke The participants of this study were
Differences in rehabilitation for high-risk newborns: The impact of neonatal intensive care unit hospitalization
There is growing recognition of the importance of rehabilitation through immediate and longterm followup and neonatal intensive care unit NICU aftercare is emerging as an important field to consider rehabilitation services
Patient and clinician perceptions of telehealth in musculoskeletal physiotherapy services - A systematic review of the evidence-base
Telehealth has been at the forefront of healthcare delivery since the Covid pandemic with a prompt shift in transition from facetoface delivery to remote contact
Enhancing patient-centered care: Evaluating quality of life in type 2 diabetes management
Type diabetes mellitus TDM is a widespread chronic disease that has escalated to pandemic proportions The World Health Organization reports that approximately million people globally are living with diabetes
Deep learning-based prediction of atrial fibrillation from polar transformed time-frequency electrocardiogram
Portable and wearable electrocardiogram ECG devices are increasingly utilized in healthcare for monitoring heart rhythms and detecting cardiac arrhythmias or other heart conditions The integration of ECG signal visualization