Effects of a dog-assisted social- and emotional-competence training for prisoners: a controlled study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Previous research has called for improving psychological interventions and developing new treatments for prisoners. Animal-assisted prison-based programmes have increasingly been used as a
Efficacy and safety of Shenfu injection for severe pneumonia in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on Western and Eastern... (Publications)
Background: Although increasing clinical trials studying Shenfu injection (SFI) comprising panaxoside 0.8 mg/ml extracted from Panax ginseng C.A. Mey. and aconitine 0.1 mg/ml extracted from Aconitum c
Examining African contributions to global health: reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation (Publications)
This article unites different disciplinary debates on 'southern innovation', 'theory from the South', and 'decolonisation of knowledge' in order to discuss existing understandings around the role of A
Adherence to Coronavirus Disease 2019 preventive measures in a representative sample of the population of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland (Publications)
Objectives: We quantified adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and explored associated factors, after the first and during the second Swiss epidemic waves. Methods: With an observational cohort s
What makes health systems resilient? A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of Swiss NGOs (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Resilience has become relevant than ever before with the advent of increasing and intensifying shocks on the health system and its amplified effects due to globalization. Using the example
Reporting quality of clinical trial protocols: a repeated cross-sectional study about the Adherence to SPIrit recommendations in Switzerland, CAnada... (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Comprehensive protocols are key for the planning and conduct of randomised clinical trials (RCTs). Evidence of low reporting quality of RCT protocols led to the publication of the Standard
Predicting complicated appendicitis based on clinical findings: the role of Alvarado and appendicitis inflammatory response scores (Publications)
PURPOSE: The pre-interventional differentiation between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis is decisive for treatment. In the context of conservative therapy, the definitive diagnosis of uncomp
Performance of a rapid immuno-chromatographic test (<em>Schistosoma</em> ICT IgG-IgM) for detecting <em>Schistosoma</em>-specific antibodies in sera... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis, an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by human pathogenic Schistosoma species, is a neglected tropical disease affecting more than 220 million people worldwide. Fo