International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Three monthly doses of 150,000 IU of oral cholecalciferol correct vitamin D deficiency in adolescents: a pragmatic study.
To assess the efficacy of an oral high-dose cholecalciferol regimen in correcting vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in adolescents and to explore potential predictive factors on the response to treatment. ⋯ The present intermittent high-dose regimen is effective in treating VDD in healthy adolescents without significant variations in response between different subgroups.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Treatment of maternal depression in low-income women: A feasibility study from Kilifi, Kenya.
To test the feasibility and acceptability of a group psychosocial intervention called Learning Through Play (LTP) plus Culturally adapted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CaCBT) for depressed Kenyan mothers with children aged 0-36 months. ⋯ This study represents the first feasibility research on integrated parenting intervention in Kenya. The results indicated that culturally adapted LTP plus CaCBT is feasible and acceptable in a low-income setting of Kenya. There is now a need to study the clinical and cost-effectiveness of LTP plus CaCBT in an appropriately powered larger randomised control trial, with a longer follow-up period.
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Retraction Statement: Ali, M, Nagra, M H, Ehsan, S, Ahmad, U, Hussain, H A, Bakar, A, Implementation of a telemedicine service during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. Int J Clin Pract. 2021; 75:e14310. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijcp.14310. The above article from the International Journal of Clinical Practice, published online on 1 May 2021 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Dr Charles Young, and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed following a review of the data in which errors were identified that affect the outcome of the paper.