Receiving touch is of critical importance, as many studies have shown that touch promotes mental and physical well-being. We conducted a pre-registered (PROSPERO: CRD42022304281) systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis encompassing 137 studies in the meta-analysis and 75 additional studies in...
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A case study of an 84-year-old female nursing home resident with dementia also revealed increased QOL, performance of activities of daily living, and walking skills after weekly dog grooming and walking the dog (Nordgren & Engstrom, 2012). Individual AAA, in which a companion animal, usually ...
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Nutrition care can positively affect multiple aspects of patient’s health; outcomes are commonly evaluated on the basis of their impact on a patient’s (i) illness-specific conditions and (ii) health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Our systematic revie
Individuals with excess weight are at a higher risk for various physical and mental health conditions. Interventions targeting weight loss can improve health, with modest weight loss of five to ten percent of body weight often considered clinically meani
This comparative effectiveness study assesses whether the health outcomes of White US citizens living in the 1% and 5% richest counties are better than
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performance and attrition bias. Touch interventions were especially effective in regulating cortisol levels (Hedges’g = 0.78, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.24 to 1.31) and increasing weight (0.65, 95% CI 0.37 to 0.94) in newborns as well as in reducing pain (0.69, 95% CI 0.48 to ...
To attain substantial public health impact, examinations of cancer types and cardiovascular risk mitigation require complementary approaches that elicit the patient’s perspective, scale it to a population level, and focus on actionable population health interventions. Adopting such a multidisciplinary ...