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Health Promot Int 2021 Feb 27. Epub 2021 Feb 27.

ViiV Healthcare Australia, 4/436 Johnston St., Abbotsford, VIC 3067, Australia.

A cascade of care model is central to contemporary approaches to HIV prevention. The model prioritizes strategies to increase rates of HIV testing and promote early and sustained uptake of antiretroviral treatment (ART) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). The model aims to prevent new HIV transmissions by increasing the number of PLHIV who have achieved HIV viral suppression. Read More

Breast Cancer Res Treat 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Breast Unit, Academic Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Purpose: Prediction algorithms estimating survival rates for breast cancer (BC) based upon risk factors and treatment could give a help to the clinicians during multidisciplinary meetings. The aim of this study was to evaluate accuracy and clinical utility of three different scores: the Clinical Treatment Score Post-5 Years (CTS5), the PREDICT Score, and the Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI).

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort analysis conducted on prospectively recorded databases of two EUSOMA certified centers (Breast Unit of Trieste Academic Hospital and of Cremona Hospital, Italy). Read More

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Ramsay Santé, Lyon-Ortho-Clinic, Clinique de la Sauvegarde, Lyon, France.

Purpose: To determine whether patient-specific instrumentation (PSI), computer-assisted surgery (CAS) or robot-assisted surgery (RAS) enable more accurate rotational alignment of the tibial baseplate in primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) compared to conventional instrumentation, in terms of deviation from the planned target and the proportion of outliers from the target zone.

Methods: The authors independently conducted three structured electronic literature searches using the PubMed, Embase®, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases from 2007 to 2020. Studies were included if they compared rotational alignment of the tibial baseplate during TKA using conventional instrumentation versus PSI, CAS, and/or RAS, and reported deviation from preoperatively planned rotational alignment of the tibial baseplate in terms of absolute angles and/or number of outliers. Read More

JAMA Pediatr 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Importance: More than 2 million families face eviction annually, a number likely to increase due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The association of eviction with newborns' health remains to be examined.

Objective: To determine the association of eviction actions during pregnancy with birth outcomes. Read More

JMIR Aging 2021 Mar 1;4(1):e18164. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Center for Health Technology and Services Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Background: Aging of the global population is slowly paving the way for new markets for care products and services. The desire of older people to maintain their independence while remaining at home is boosting the development of ambient assisted living (AAL) solutions. Lack of user awareness of AAL solutions paired with an insufficient use of user-centered and participatory design approaches in the development of these products has hindered the uptake of these solutions by end users. Read More