We used validated screeners for depression (Patient Health Questionnaire 2 or PHQ-2), anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 scale or GAD2), and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PTSD Checklist or PCL).21,22,23 Self-rated overall health and pain were measured with the Veterans RAND...
planning, communication, surge capacity and increased system burden, service interruption and financial costs. Publications were biased towards high-level representation of acute disaster events, particularly in Global North countries. Non-peer-reviewed literature such as policy and planning documents, which...
centres. Selection criteria must be fair and rigorous. From the student's perspective, the factors that influenced allied health students' career choices were "the drive to serve others," "prestige," "professional autonomy," "options for promotion," "income potential," and "the impact of the...
The PRISMA checklist guided the review conduct and reporting attached in the supplementary section (Table S3). Ethical approval Not applicable, being a systematic review of published studies. All authors in the review had full access to all the data in the study and had the final responsibility ...
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A review of selected research priority setting processes at national level in low and middle income countries: towards fair and legitimate priority setting. Health Res Policy Syst. 2011;9:19. PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Viergever RF et al. A checklist for health research priority ...
These concerns are directly linked to the essential features of a good financing mechanism, as outlined by Gavi: it should be equitable (ensuring fair access to vaccines and reducing disparities), effective and efficient (generating and allocating sufficient, timely, and reliable resources in a ...
Women with poor perceived physical health–related functioning had an increased risk of AHSC compared to women with fair or good perceived physical health–related functioning (HR: 2.4, 95%CI: 1.4–3.9, P = 0.001). We did not find a difference in AHSC and perceived physical health–related ...
(good/very good/excellent; fair/poor) [46]; socioeconomic status (live comfortably; income meets needs with a little left; just meet basic expenses; don’t meet basic expenses); living arrangement (alone; with partner; with family; other); and area of residence (large city and suburbs of...
20-item Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5) was used to measure the severity of PTSD symptoms in this study (regular version for civilian). Participants rated the items on a Likert scale from 0 (Not at all) to 4 (Extremely). The possible total score range is 0–80, with ...