The Centre for Health (New Zealand)

Implementing a patient decision aid about selective dorsal rhizotomy in clinical practice: pre-post pilot study

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether implementing a patient decision aid about Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) for carers of children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) improves carer decision-making outcomes and is acceptable to healthcare providers, and to explore carers' expe...

The impact and evolution of environmental/occupational, behavioural, and metabolic risk factors on CVD burdens in the Asia–Pacific region from 1990 to 2023: a secondary analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Background Understanding epidemiological trends of the cardiovascular risk factors is integral in designing effective countermeasures in tackling cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the Asia–Pacific. The study aims to examine the cardiovascular risk factor burden in the Asia–Pacific...