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The Internet plays a crucial role for people searching for health information. In the context of parents faced with a prenatal diagnosis of a chromosomal abnormality, Internet-based resources convey critical information and attitudes that bear on the process of healthcare decision-making. In this study, we collected an…

Climate change is a global problem, which affects the various geographical regions at different levels. It is also associated with a wide range of human health problems, which pose a burden to health systems, especially in regions such as Africa. Indeed, across the African continent public health systems are under seve…

Opportunities to document associations between macro-level changes in social organization and the spread of new individual attitudes are relatively rare. Moreover, of the factors generally understood to be influential, little is known about the potential mechanisms that make them so powerful. Here we use longitudinal m…

PURPOSE: This study's purpose was to determine whether one-time sealants placed by pediatric dental residents vs dental students have different outcomes. The effect of isolation technique, behavior, duration of follow-up, and caries history was also examined. METHODS: Records from 2 inner-city pediatric dental clinics…

OBJECTIVE: The study's objective is to analyze meaning in life and meaning-making in women with breast cancer. DESIGN: A meta-synthesis was used to reach the study's objective. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Nineteen articles were chosen from PubMed, EBSCO, and ProQuest platforms after screening and quality appraisal checks.…

This research investigates the relationships between occupational health and safety (OHS), staff resilience (SR), staff engagement (SE), and organizational resilience (HOR) within Saudi Arabian hospitals. Employing a quantitative, cross-sectional design, data were collected from 127 administrative staff members working…

The sibling subsystem is of central importance and a possible protective factor for children. Nevertheless, it remains surprisingly understudied and lacks any theoretical or conceptual framework. The current study explored the sibling subsystem in the context of child abuse (CA). Thorough thematic analysis was conducte…

This study's main objective is to analyse the relationship between network-based centrality measures and physical demands in elite football players. Thirty-six matches from  the Spanish league, were analysed in the 2017/18 season. The analysis of networks formed by team players passing the ball included: degr…

BACKGROUND: Therapeutic drug monitoring is essential for both phenytoin and phenobarbital therapy given their narrow therapeutic indexes. Nevertheless, the measurement of either phenytoin or phenobarbital concentrations might not be available in some rural hospitals. Information assisting individualized phenytoin and p…

BACKGROUND: Competency-based education necessitates assessments that determine whether trainees have acquired specific competencies. The evidence on the ability of internal raters (staff surgeons) to provide accurate assessments is mixed; however, this has not yet been directly explored in the operating room. This stud…

HIV/AIDS, a chronic burden in Ghana, poses social and health outcome concerns to those infected. Examining the Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS) instrument among 300 Ghanaians from a cross-sectional design, Principal Component Analysis yielded four factors (positive interaction, trust building, info…

For breast cancer patients, the role of the axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in the management of clinically node negative breast cancer patient has shifted from routine, to selective, to increasingly rare. With the publication of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 trial results, some a…

This study's focus is to evaluate a sexual coercion prevention program in adolescents. Using a before-and-after design with both a treatment group (n = 93) and a control group (n = 76), an intervention of seven sessions was completed. Said sessions included such content as conceptualizing sexual freedom, sexual coercio…

AIM: Indication for axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in patients with breast cancer is recommended in presence of metastasis (>2 mm size) in sentinel lymphnode (LS) or for unidentified LS. Our study's intent proposes new predilections for ALND in presence of micrometastasis (size between 0.2 and 2 mm) in LS since…

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: The study's objectives were to determine changes in vaginal length and caliber after vaginal surgery and to correlate changes with sexual function. METHODS: This prospective study measured vaginal length and caliber before and immediately after vaginal surgery and at 5- to 8-week follow-up…

The development of the geriatrics portion of the third national health plan in the Nord-Pas de Calais presented an interesting opportunity to analyse the management of health care for an ageing population in one of France's youngest regions. This work served as a means to establish recommendations for the improvement o…

The study's aim was to analyze a series of colon cancer cases in which the mirage of the first (clinically most obvious) lesion (gallstones) along with its minimally invasive approach - that explored only the biliary disease - had contributed to the delay of large bowel malignancy' diagnosis and treatment. 1327 patient…

The same pool of African American women participated in a survey and in focus groups on motivation to quit smoking. Findings from the two studies were compared to explore potential method effects. Consistent with each method's basic purposes, the survey identified variation in study variables based on accepted theory a…

Fatigue is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) that is without an effective treatment. A double-blind, controlled study of fatigue treatment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of amantadine hydrochloride in treating MS-associated fatigue. Since fatigue cannot be characterized by a single symptom or behavior…

Sustainable development results from the harmonious integration of economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability. Building on available risk analysis capacities, this study employs risk perception as a diagnostic tool to evaluate the adequacy of decision-making regarding environmental sustainability…