In this systematic review, the authors searched for studies of technology-based interventions for adult caregivers of stroke survivors. Five studies were included (2 randomized trials and 1 pilot studies). Technology-based interventions were concluded to have no significant effects on caregivers' perceived burden, problem-solving skills, health status, or perceived social support.
They included 4 randomized trials that sought whether formal ethical processes in clinical care are important for decisions about triage and managing limited resources, both for patients with COVID-19 and for those with other conditions suffering from it. to the diversion of resources towards COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the provision of surgery for patients and several rapid systematic reviews have been done. Based on the available evidence at the time of these reviews, recommendations for practices relevant to surgery include the use of pre-operative planning, negative pressure ventilation in operating theatres, limited personnel, single-use equipment, designated donning and doffing areas, dedicated COVID-19 theatres and teams and COVID-free facilities, using regional ...
In this quick review, the authors searched for studies on the use of aptamers for the diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus. They included 3 studies on diagnostic aptamers and 2 studies on therapeutic aptamers. It is concluded that nucleic acid aptamers are useful as drugs and diagnostic probes. Although aptamers for SARS-Cov-2 have not been isolated so far, it appears that modeling other coronavirus aptamers may be helpful in finding an appropriate shortcut.
In this Campbell systematic review, the authors searched for quantitative studies of the effects of self-help interventions and qualitative studies on mechanisms that empower women and perspectives of women in low- and middle-income countries.
Economic self-help groups have positive effects on women’s economic and political empowerment, as well as social empowerment - such as, women’s family size decision-making power and social mobility.