Objective:
Understanding that diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) may help increase diabetes screening and improve prevention efforts for CVD.

Overview:
The American Heart Association conducted an online survey across 50 countries to assess public awareness of the link between diabetes and CVD. The study looked at differences in awareness by sex, age, region, and country income level.

Key Findings:

• Out of 48,988 respondents, only 32.1% recognized diabetes as a major risk factor for CVD.

• Awareness was similar between men and women, but higher among older...

Abstract

With the increased role of nurses in caring for patients with substance addiction, there was a clear need to develop the Addiction Nursing Competencies to guide and support the nursing workforce.

A literature search revealed a lack of formal instruments to assess and guide nurses in caring for persons with substance use disorders.

The Addiction Nursing Competencies were created using existing nursing education frameworks and addiction nurse care manager clinical guidelines.

Background

Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental health impact of COVID-19 on frontline workers and calls to provide psychosocial support for them. However, little attention has so far been paid to understanding the impact of working on a pandemic from healthcare workers’ own perspectives or what their views are about support.

Methods

Key healthcare databases (Medline, PsychINFO and PubMed) were checked, from...

Sfondo

Si afferma che le collaborazioni interdisciplinari (cioè in cui varie discipline lavorano in modo coordinato e interdipendente verso obiettivi condivisi) producono una maggiore efficacia di squadra rispetto agli approcci multidisciplinari (cioè, dove varie discipline lavorano in parallelo all'interno dei loro confini professionali) in contesti di assistenza sanitaria somatica. Tuttavia, mancano ricerche su approcci interdisciplinari per il trattamento del disturbo da uso di alcol (AUD) dei pazienti ospedalizzati poiché questi tipi di approcci sono ancora rari. Questo studio mira a...