Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
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Mental health literacy enables adolescents to acquire information that will accompany them in their future lives and to define their attitudes and behaviors. ⋯ This study reveals that the Turkish validity and reliability of the Universal Mental Health Literacy Scale for Adolescents is a valid and reliable tool for assessing mental health literacy among adolescents. The UMHL-A scale is a valid tool to evaluate critical aspects of mental health literacy in adolescent populations and can be used in both research and clinical practice in mental health education and intervention. It is recommended that the Turkish version of the Universal Mental Health Literacy Scale should be used to determine resilience in adolescents.
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The proposed umbrella review aims to assess the use and impact of clinical pathways on professional practice, patient outcomes, length of hospital stay, hospital costs, patient satisfaction, and hospital staff satisfaction through a synthesis of existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. ⋯ No patient or public contribution, as this paper is a protocol of an umbrella review.
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The coherence theory of truth, the epistemology of evidence-based medicine, mathematical statistics, and axiomatic mathematics. ⋯ Researchers in EBM should be aware of systemic misconceptions in RCT standards. Pre-measurement can reduce shortcomings, e.g. through calculation how sample differences impact on usual RCT processing, or randomisation is given up in favour of mathematical minimisation of sample differences, i.e. optimising statistical sample equality. Moreover, the promising future of dynamic simulation models is highlighted.
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Glycaemic control is a crucial aspect of managing type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Strict glycaemic control has been proven to reduce the long-term complications of the disease. ⋯ Parental supervision plays a protective role in adolescents, and glycaemic control is better as parental supervision increases. Paediatric nurses should collaborate with parents in diabetes management. This approach may help adolescents to be more successful in diabetes management.
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Preventing errors associated with medication administration is achievable through nurses' adherence to correct principles. ⋯ This study underscores the importance of nurses' adherence to medication administration principles in ensuring patient safety.