In the management of sports-related concussion, little is known about the effect of wearing or not wearing a helmet (i. e., helmet status) on the acute outcomes of concussed athletes. We endeavored to assess acute neurocognitive and symptom changes after SRC in helmeted vs. unhelmeted athletes. In a retrospective study, 1 025 athletes from 2 regional databases sustained a SRC. Athletes were matched by age, gender, number of prior concussions, and days to post-concussion test, yielding a final cohort of 138 athletes. For each group of 69, differences in post-concussion neurocognitive and symptom scores were compared using group mean differences as well as reliable change index (RCI) scores set at the 80% confidence interval. With gender, prior concussions, and days to post-concussion test similar in each group, using group mean change scores and RCI methodology, we found no significant differences between the helmeted and unhelmeted groups in 4 neurocognitive tests and one total symptom score. In a cohort of carefully matched athletes from 2 regional concussion centers, helmet status was unrelated to neurocognitive scores and total symptoms in athletes after suffering a SRC. These findings suggest that acute outcomes in helmeted vs. unhelmeted sports are quite similar.

fatigue, and had positive correlation with well-being. This research also found economic status, housekeeping loading, exercise habits and per day exercise time had statistically significant relationship to fatigue, and economic status, housekeeping loading were the factors associated with well-being of hemodialysis patients. Discussion: This research indicated that most of the samples were independent and had mild feeling of fatigue, the results were not correspond with some studies. We guessed when people can go to hemodialysis center for treatment that means they are not disabled. Conclusion: This study suggest that we can design exercise programs or set simple exercise equipments for uremia patients to enhance physical power to improve the sense of fatigue and well-being.Background: Hospital readmissions are costly, increasingly common and potentially preventable events. This numbers will continue to rise in the advent of ageing population with anticipation of increasing demand for healthcare resources. A more in-depth analysis of literatures revealed that some of these unplanned hospital readmissions were potentially avoidable and limited information were available to address the causes and factors associated with unplanned hospital readmission in adult cancer patients. Objective: i) To establish the causes and risk factors associated with unplanned hospital readmissions (potentially avoidable and unavoidable) for adult cancer patients. ii) To explore the modifiable risk factors for potentially avoidable unplanned readmissions for adult cancer patients. Methods: A cohort study involving an audit of retrospective data from medical records to identify factors associated with unplanned hospital readmission for adult cancer patients. Logistic regression will be utilized for data analysis. Results: Risk factors associated with unplanned hospital readmission for cancer patients will be reported and presented at the conference. Discussion: Risk factors identified will be utilized to develop a risk model to stratify the group of cancer patients who are at risk of unplanned readmissions and frequent emergency department visits. Conclusion: With this model, cancer patients who are at risk are identified early and targeted interventions would be initiated address modifiable factors. The outcome measures would include improved utilization of hospital beds, emergency department services and enhanced quality of care.Background: Stroke self-management programs are complex interventions. Developing these programs with an underpinning theoretical premise is crucial to enable its systematic development, implementation, and evaluation. However the approach of integrating the theoretical premise and the best available research evidence in developing the programs are not always well reported. Objective: To illustrate the process of developing and evaluating an evidence-based, theory-based stroke selfmanagement program for community-dwelling stroke survivors. Methods: A systematic review was conducted to examine the evidence on e...