Research Insights

This section focuses on the most recent research and discoveries across the globe in the various healthcare disciplines.

The impact of experimental designs & system sloppiness on the personalisation process: A cardiovascular perspective

To employ a reducedorder cardiovascular model as a digital twin for personalised medicine it is essential to understand how uncertainties in the models input parameters affect its outputs The aim is to identify

Characteristics of traumatic brain injury-related healthcare visits across social determinants of health: A population-based birth cohort study

Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of death and disability worldwide with almost half of new cases occurring in children adolescents and young adults However data on injury characteristics stratified by social determinants of health are scarce

Societal factors influencing the implementation of AI-driven technologies in (smart) hospitals

The introduction of AI in healthcare promises benefits but also faces challenges Currently one of these challenges is the lack of information on the societal aspects of implementing AI in healthcare

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