Pharmacological interventions for anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Purpose: This study aimed to systematically assess the efficacy of cardioprotective agents in preventing anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer using a comprehensive network meta-analysis (NMA).

Methods: This study included patients with breast cancer undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published before March 2020 were identified through systematic searches in MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, Web of Science, and CINAHL.

What Strategies Do Healthcare Providers Use to Promote Adolescents' Vaping Cessation? A Scoping Review.

Background: Healthcare providers (HCPs) can play a pivotal role in providing vaping cessation support to adolescents. They can screen adolescents for vaping, offer interventions to quit, and educate adolescents about the dangers of vaping, including nicotine addiction. This review aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of HCPs regarding vaping cessation promotion to adolescents.

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.

Importance: Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) represents the third most common stroke type with unique etiologies, risk factors, diagnostics, and treatments. Nevertheless, epidemiological studies often cluster SAH with other stroke types leaving its distinct burden estimates obscure.

Objective: To estimate the worldwide burden of SAH.

A study of academic resilience, psychological resilience and psychological distress in undergraduate nursing students in Hong Kong and Australia during COVID-19 restrictions.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine academic resilience and its relationship with psychological resilience, self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in Chinese undergraduate students compared with an Australian cohort of nursing students.

Background: Evidence suggests that resilience acts as a protective factor against the adverse effects of stress, including psychological distress. Academic resilience, which specifically focuses on resilience in the face of academic adversity, remains largely unexplored in nursing students.

Through the Lens of Psychiatrists: Understanding Smoking Cessation Behaviour Among People with Serious Mental Illness.

Smoking among people with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) is a pleading public health concern as the rates are much higher compared to the general population. Although different interventions are available to provide cessation support, there is limited evidence of assessing psychiatrists' perspectives on smoking cessation among people with SMI. The study aims to explore the perspectives of psychiatrists regarding smoking cessation among people with SMI.

Pharmacists' Perspectives on Nicotine Vaping Products (NVPs) for Smoking Cessation in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis.

Vaping, particularly the use of nicotine vaping products (NVPs), has emerged as a public health concern. The regulatory environment surrounding NVPs in Australia has rapidly evolved, shifting from a prescription-only model to availability through community pharmacies. Pharmacists play a critical role in addressing vaping-related health concerns.

Common Mental health issues among non-refugee migrants in Australia: a scoping review.

Purpose: Mental health issues were the fourth leading cause of disease burden in Australia in 2022. About 30% of Australia's population are migrants, whose mental health is poorly understood. We aimed to report the prevalence and risk factors of common mental health issues among non-refugee migrants in Australia.

Psychiatrists' Attitude Towards Smoking Cessation Support (PATSS): Exploring Psychometric Properties of the Measurement Tool.

The attitude of psychiatrists plays a crucial role in screening and supporting smoking cessation, especially with people with serious mental illness (SMI). The development of an attitude scale can improve the success of quitting among people with SMI. This study aimed to develop and test the psychometric properties of psychiatrists' attitudes toward smoking cessation support (PATSS).

Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals in Australia: A Scoping Review.

Studies showed healthcare professionals who are non-smokers are more likely to deliver smoking cessation advice to their patients than those who are smokers. However, healthcare professionals continue to smoke across the globe. This scoping review assessed the available data on the prevalence and predictors of smoking among healthcare professionals in Australia.

Association of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors With Estimated Dietary Salt Consumption in Bangladeshi Adults: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study.

This population-based, nationally representative cross-sectional study assessed the daily salt consumption status and its associated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors using weighted data from the STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance conducted in 2018 in Bangladesh. It included a non-institutionalized adults' population of 6189 men and women aged 18-69 years. Their daily salt consumption was estimated using the spot urine sodium concentration following the Tanaka equation and reported according to the standard nomenclature proposed by the World Hypertension League and partner organizations involved in dietary salt reduction.

Factors Associated with Psychological Distress, Fear, and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Despite being initially perceived as a local infectious disease, COVID-19 has emerged as one of the most perilous global health threats, significantly impacting the psychological well-being of individuals worldwide.

Objective: This cross-sectional descriptive study investigates the psychological distress, fear, and coping mechanisms among Thai people residing in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This online cross-sectional survey targeted Thai individuals during the first and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Correlates of Tobacco Use Among People with Mental Illness Within Asia: A Scoping Review.

Tobacco use among people with mental illness is one of the contributing risk factors for premature morbidity and mortality. Two in three people with mental illness are current smokers with deteriorating physical health and quality of life. This review outlines the prevalence and predictors of tobacco use among people with mental illness in Asia.

Symptomology, Outcomes and Risk Factors of Acute Coronary Syndrome Presentations without Cardiac Chest Pain: A Scoping Review.

For patients experiencing acute coronary syndrome, early symptom recognition is paramount; this is challenging without chest pain presentation. The aims of this scoping review were to collate definitions, proportions, symptoms, risk factors and outcomes for presentations without cardiac chest pain. Full-text peer reviewed articles covering acute coronary syndrome symptoms without cardiac chest pain were included.

Efficacy of educational interventions on improving medical emergency readiness of rural healthcare providers: a scoping review.

Background: Medical emergencies are the leading cause of high mortality and morbidity rates in rural areas of higher and lower-income countries than in urban areas. Medical emergency readiness is healthcare providers' knowledge, skills, and confidence to meet patients' emergency needs. Rural healthcare professionals' medical emergency readiness is imperative to prevent or reduce casualties due to medical emergencies.

Health and wellbeing of staff working at higher education institutions globally during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period: evidence from a cross-sectional study.

Background: The ongoing global crisis of Higher Education (HE) institutions during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period has increased the likelihood of enduring psychological stressors for staff. This study aimed to identify factors associated with job insecurity, burnout, psychological distress and coping amongst staff working at HE institutions globally.

Methods: An anonymous cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 with staff at HE institutions across 16 countries.

Documentation and management of paediatric obesity: Evidence from a paediatric inpatient unit.

The obesity epidemic is a worldwide phenomenon.1 In Australia, the prevalence of paediatric overweight or obesity is 25%.2 Children with obesity present to medical services more frequently than children with a healthy weight.

The impact of COVID-19 on stress and resilience in undergraduate nursing students: A scoping review.

Background: Being a nursing student can be a stressful experience, faced with considerable academic and clinical demands. It has been suggested that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) may have further exacerbated the pressure nursing students face. It has been posited that resilience, a complex psychological concept, may help nursing students overcome stressful situations.

Caring Self-Efficacy of Personal Care Attendants From English-Speaking and Non-English-Speaking Countries Working in Australian Residential Aged Care Settings.

This study compared the caring self-efficacy between personal care attendants (PCAs) from English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries, controlling for potential sociodemographic and work-related covariates. PCAs' perceptions of their caring self-efficacy were further explored. An independent samples -test was used to determine the mean difference in the caring self-efficacy score between the two groups.

The global impact of tobacco control policies on smokeless tobacco use: a systematic review.

Background: Smokeless tobacco, used by more than 300 million people globally, results in substantial morbidity and mortality. For smokeless tobacco control, many countries have adopted policies beyond the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which has been instrumental in reducing smoking prevalence. The impact of these policies (within and outside the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control) on smokeless tobacco use remains unclear.

Psychometric properties of the Caring Efficacy Scale among personal care attendants working in residential aged care settings.

Objective: This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Caring Efficacy Scale (CES) among personal care attendants providing care to older residents in residential aged care settings.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was completed in Australia in 2020-2021. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the 30-item original CES (Model 1) and 28-item CES validated in registered nurses (Model 2) was conducted to assess the goodness of fit of these models in our study population.

COVID-19: Factors Associated with the Psychological Distress, Fear and Resilient Coping Strategies among Community Members in Saudi Arabia.

(1) Background: COVID-19 caused the worst international public health crisis, accompanied by major global economic downturns and mass-scale job losses, which impacted the psychosocial wellbeing of the worldwide population, including Saudi Arabia. Evidence of the high-risk groups impacted by the pandemic has been non-existent in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, this study examined factors associated with psychosocial distress, fear of COVID-19 and coping strategies among the general population in Saudi Arabia.

COVID-19: Psychological distress, fear, and coping strategies among community members across the United Arab Emirates.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the psychosocial well-being of the United Arab Emirates [UAE] population like other communities internationally.

Objectives: We aimed to identify the factors associated with psychological distress, fear, and coping amongst community members across the UAE.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey across the UAE during November 2020.