Methods Eligible participants were all adults admitted overnight, for any reason, into five diverse hospitals on one day; excluding maternity, mental health and cognitively impaired patients. ...Department of Podiatry, West Moreton Hospital & Health Service, Queensland Health, Ipswich, Queensland, 4305, Australia Scott Jen Authors 1. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Keywords * Foot * inpatients * disease * complications * health profesional Volume 8 Supplement 2 Australasian Podiatry Conference 2015 RAW_REF_TEXT Oral Presentation /RAW_REF_TEXT RAW_REF_TEXT Open Access /RAW_REF_TEXT RAW_REF_TEXT Published:22 September 2015 /RAW_REF_TEXT What kind of sick person would see a Foot Doctor!
The aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate the point-prevalence of different foot complications in general inpatient populations, analyse differences in diabetes and non-diabetes ...sub-groups, and examine characteristics of people primarily admitted for a foot complication. Methods Eligible participants were all adults admitted overnight, for any reason, into five diverse hospitals on one day; excluding maternity, mental health and cognitively impaired patients. Data were also collected on participants' primary reason for admission and a range of demographic, social determinant, medical history, foot complication history, self-care and footwear risk factors.
Methods Eligible participants were all adults admitted overnight, for any reason, into five diverse hospitals on one day; excluding maternity, mental health and cognitively impaired patients. ......research is required to establish if these foot complication risk factors for mobility impairment are predictors of actual falls in the inpatient environment. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Keywords * Foot * inpatients * disease * complications * prevalence Volume 8 Supplement 2 Australasian Podiatry Conference 2015 RAW_REF_TEXT Oral Presentation /RAW_REF_TEXT RAW_REF_TEXT Open Access /RAW_REF_TEXT RAW_REF_TEXT Published:22 September 2015 /RAW_REF_TEXT Mobility impairment and bad feet … who'd of guessed?
Low birth weight (LBW) is an important public health problem in undernourished populations.
We tested whether improving women’s dietary micronutrient quality before conception and throughout ...pregnancy increases birth weight in a high-risk Indian population.
The study was a nonblinded, individually randomized controlled trial. The intervention was a daily snack made from green leafy vegetables, fruit, and milk (treatment group) or low-micronutrient vegetables (potato and onion) (control group) from ≥90 d before pregnancy until delivery in addition to the usual diet. Treatment snacks contained 0.69 MJ of energy (controls: 0.37 MJ) and 10–23% of WHO Reference Nutrient Intakes of β-carotene, riboflavin, folate, vitamin B-12, calcium, and iron (controls: 0–7%). The primary outcome was birth weight.
Of 6513 women randomly assigned, 2291 women became pregnant, 1962 women delivered live singleton newborns, and 1360 newborns were measured. In an intention-to-treat analysis, there was no overall increase in birth weight in the treatment group (+26 g; 95% CI: −15, 68 g; P = 0.22). There was an interaction (P < 0.001) between the allocation group and maternal prepregnant body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) birth-weight effect: −23, +34, and +96 g in lowest (<18.6), middle (18.6–21.8), and highest (>21.8) thirds of BMI, respectively. In 1094 newborns whose mothers started supplementation ≥90 d before pregnancy (per-protocol analysis), birth weight was higher in the treatment group (+48 g; 95% CI: 1, 96 g; P = 0.046). Again, the effect increased with maternal BMI (−8, +79, and +113 g; P-interaction = 0.001). There were similar results for LBW (intention-to-treat OR: 0.83; 95% CI: 0.66, 1.05; P = 0.10; per-protocol OR = 0.76; 95% CI: 0.59, 0.98; P = 0.03) but no effect on gestational age in either analysis.
A daily snack providing additional green leafy vegetables, fruit, and milk before conception and throughout pregnancy had no overall effect on birth weight. Per-protocol and subgroup analyses indicated a possible increase in birth weight if the mother was supplemented ≥3 mo before conception and was not underweight. This trial was registered at www.controlled-trials.com/isrctn/ as ISRCTN62811278.
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