This month in Eyes on Evidence :

Prognosis of common mental health disorders in young people
A prospective, longitudinal cohort study in Australia suggests that depression and anxiety in young adults frequently begin in adolescence. Mental health disorders in adolescents may persist into young adulthood, although a proportion of cases (especially those of brief duration) can be limited to teenage years.

Inhaled therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hospital admissions
An English retrospective cohort study suggests that increases in prescribing rates of inhaled long-acting muscarinic antagonists and combined inhaled long-acting beta-2 agonist and corticosteroid medicines are associated with an increase in hospital admission rates in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Telehealth for health and social care
A randomised controlled trial in Scotland finds that telehealth has no effect on hospital admissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is associated with a high number of contacts with healthcare teams.

Bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
A multicentre cohort study in people with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis reports that using a brace is better than observation at preventing curve progression to the point of needing corrective surgery.

Physical activity in older people and healthy ageing
A cohort study of English people in their 60s reports that being physically active or taking up physical activity is associated with remaining healthy over the next 8 years.

Evidence Updates
NICE has recently published an Evidence Update on:

• Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

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