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Assessing Procedural Pain In Infants: A Feasibility Study Evaluating A Point-Of-Care Mobile Solution Based On Automated Facial Analysis, Kreshnik Hoti, Paola Teresa Chivers, Jeffery David Hughes
Assessing Procedural Pain In Infants: A Feasibility Study Evaluating A Point-Of-Care Mobile Solution Based On Automated Facial Analysis, Kreshnik Hoti, Paola Teresa Chivers, Jeffery David Hughes
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
BACKGROUND: The management of procedural pain in infants is suboptimal, in part, compounded by the scarcity of a simple, accurate, and reliable method of assessing such pain. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the PainChek Infant, a point-of-care mobile application that uses automated facial evaluation and analysis in the assessment of procedural pain in infants. METHODS: Video recordings of 40 infants were randomly chosen from a purposely assembled digital library of 410 children undergoing immunisation as part of their standard care in Prishtina, Kosovo, between April 4, 2017, and July 11, 2018. For each infant …
Summary Of Sexual Health Links With Chronic Disease In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Males, Australian Indigenous Healthinfonet
Summary Of Sexual Health Links With Chronic Disease In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Males, Australian Indigenous Healthinfonet
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
This Summary is based on the Review of sexual health issues linked with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males (the ‘Review’) [1] published by the Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin in 2021. It provides information about the male sexual health conditions of erectile dysfunction (ED) and low testosterone, and their links to chronic disease, specifically cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). It outlines:
- the causes and symptoms of ED and low testosterone
- how common ED and low testosterone are among the Australian male population (there are limited data available about Aboriginal …