Library Services' Knowledge Update is a weekly bulletin which includes feature articles across a wide range of topics, new physical and e-books in the Library, and websites of interest.
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Digital wellbeing: Are educational institutions paying enough attention?
Medical Education:2022: November 22 Full text
Impact of COVID-19 RT-PCR testing of asymptomatic health care workers on absenteeism and hospital transmission during the pandemic.
American Journal of Infection Control:2023:51(3):248-54 Full text
Long working hours, sedentary work, noise, night shifts and risk of ischaemic heart disease.
Heart:2023:109(5):372-79 Full text
Victoria, Australia, is getting a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill. AUS
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry:2022: October 22 Full text
Virtual wards: a rapid evidence synthesis and implications for the care of older people.
Age and Ageing:2023:52(1):afac319 Full text
Telehealth equivalence of the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA): Results from the Emory healthy brain study (EHBS).
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2023: February 10 Full text
Association of social isolation and loneliness with telehealth use among older adults during COVID-19.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:2023: February 2 Full text
The PhLIP Team: feasibility of a physiotherapy led intensive prone positioning team initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Australian ICU. AUS
Australian Critical Care:2022: February 13 Full text
Relationship between regional adiposity distribution and incident heart failure in general populations without cardiovascular disease.
American Journal of Medicine:2023:1346(3):277-83 Full text
Experiences of psilocybin treatment for clinical conditions: A qualitative meta-synthesis.
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing:2023: February 13 Full text
Creating positive experiences of involvement in mental health research.
Lancet Psychiatry:2023:10(3):220-27 Full text
Deprescribing medications among older adults from end of hospitalization through postacute care: a Shed-MEDS randomized clinical trial.
JAMA Internal Medicine:2023: February 6 Full text
Management of fatigue in patients with advanced cancer.
Current Treatment Options in Oncology:2023: January 19 Full text
Factors influencing the delivery of nutritional care by nurses for hospitalised medical patients with malnutrition; a qualitative study.
Journal of Clinical Nursing:2023: February 12 Full text
Primary prevention of acute cardiovascular events by influenza vaccination: an observational study.
European Heart Journal: 2023:44(7):610-20 Full text
Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of zavegepant 10 mg nasal spray for the acute treatment of migraine in the USA: a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled multicentre trial.
Lancet Neurology:2023:22(3):209-17 Full text
A systematic review of perioperative clinical practice guidelines for care of older adults living with frailty.
British Journal of Anaesthesia:2023:130(3):262-71 Full text
Association between diabetes overtreatment in older multimorbid patients and clinical outcomes: an ancillary European multicentre study.
Age and Ageing:2023:52(1):afac320 Full text
Carpal tunnel syndrome: updated evidence and new questions.
Lancet Neurology:2023:22(3):255-67 Full text
The Catalogue of Bias Collaboration started in 2017 with the aim to better understand the persistent presence, diversity, and impact of biases that impact health care research.
It lists biases - 49 different types identified to date! - and for each one gives a background definition, an example, preventitive steps to counter the bias, and a list of references.
We have access to new journal titles in 2024 via our various package collections
Cambridge University Press
64 new journal titles are included in this package. Some selected tiltes include:
Oxford University Press
Taylor and Francis Online
Science Direct
Wiley Online Library