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This descriptive study's purpose was to pilot a questionnaire with sub-scales in a population of 40 family members listed as power of attorney (POA) for residents and 40 employees of a long term care facility in rural southeastern Kansas. The non-random convenience sample was 49 participants resulting in a 61.25% parti…

There have been significant problems in the study of sports aggression, and they are linked to how aggression has been defined, measured, and analyzed. Following a review of the whole domain, this study aimed to construct a theoretically coherent and ecologically valid framework for research on processes underlying spo…

A national, random, postal survey (n = 298) of mentoring behaviour among New Zealand nurses was undertaken. The initial research problem was to seek an explanation for the apparent lack of mentoring in New Zealand nursing. However, as the study evolved the lack of agreement concerning the definition of mentoring became…

This study describes the operative and postoperative performance of 8-0 Polyglactin 910 in cataract surgery. The evaluation represents a clinical comparison of 7-0 Polyglactin 910 to the same suture in 8-0 size in 155 cataract surgical procedures. In 45 cases, 8-0 Polyglactin 910 was the sole wound closure material use…

Quality of life (QoL) is a vital aspect of postdonation amongst donors, especially elderly donors. There is a limited study from India assessing the QoL amongst young live donors (YLD), and no study has been done on the elderly sub-group. This study was undertaken to determine the donors' sociodemographic and essential…

Lumbar foraminal stenosis may be caused by osseous and soft tissue structures. Thus, both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) play a role in the diagnostic algorithm. Recently, dual-energy CT (DECT) has been introduced for the detection of spinal disorders. Our study's aim was to investigate t…

The importance of identifying differences in HIV risk between Hispanic subgroups is the focus of this article. Data are drawn from two New York?based HIV-related studies: among Puerto Rican drug users and among new immigrants from Central America, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. Results indicated that intercultural…

Communication studies suggest that patient sociodemographic factors are embedded within medical encounters and impact patient expectations, judgments, and outcomes, such as satisfaction. Physician chatting has been suggested as one way to enhance patient satisfaction; however, little is known about chatting within the…

This study's objective was to assess the impact of familial factors, day-care center attendance, and passive smoking on the incidence of protracted secretory otitis media (SOM). An unselected cohort of 1306 Swedish children were followed from birth to 7 years of age. Information about physician visits and insertions of…

PURPOSE: To complete a reanalysis study of two similarly designed prospective controlled studies exploring prognostic factors associated with the surgical outcomes of reconstructive treatment of peri-implantitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Individual patient data of both studies were gathered. The initial study employed a…

To assess the reporting quality of radiomics studies on ischemic stroke, intracranial and carotid atherosclerotic disease using the Image Biomarker Standardization Initiative (IBSI) reporting guidelines with the aim of finding avenues of improvement for future publications.PubMed database was searched to identify relev…

BACKGROUND: The sclera, a dense tissue that provides structural support to the eye, can be damaged by various factors, necessitating surgical repair. Decellularization techniques, which preserve the essential extracellular matrix (ECM) while removing cells, offer a promising solution. This study aimed to develop an opt…

Cardiovascular drugs (CVDs) are agents working on the heart and the vascular system to treat many cardiovascular disorders. Such disorders represent the leading cause for morbidity and mortality worldwide. The treatment regimen includes different administered drugs on chronic basis. The cumulative drugs in human body c…

Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death among children in the United States, and children living in low-income households are particularly at risk for sustaining unintentional injuries. Close parental supervision has been found to reduce young children's risk for injury; however, few studies have examined in…

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting women and is caused by human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections that are sexually transmitted. There are currently commercially available prophylactic vaccines that have been shown to protect vaccinated individuals against HPV infections, however, thes…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The current study presents findings from a qualitative examination of free text comments from a national survey of U.S. physicians on human papillomavirus vaccine recommendation beliefs and practices. Qualitative analyses of free text physician responses may offer a more complete and physician-driven d…

The recent article by Jiangpublished inreports substantial bidirectional associations between gallstone disease (GSD), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and kidney stone disease (KSD), based on multicenter cross-sectional studies and a systematic review with meta-analysis. While the findings have the potential…

Objective This study is a literature review from 2010 to 2014 concerning the quality of evidence in clinical trials about microfracture in attempt to repair articular cartilage. We have decided to focus on microfracturing, since this seems to be the best documented technique. Interest in evaluation of publication quali…

A positive-deviance control-case life history study of injection drug users (IDUs) in New York City who had injected drugs for 8-15 years compared 21 IDUs who were antibody negative for both HIV and hepatitis C with 3 infected with both viruses and 11 infected with hepatitis C virus but not HIV. Eligible subjects were…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review critically evaluates the evolution and current status of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-directed therapies in upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies, a timely and relevant inquiry given the dynamic shifts in therapeutic strategies over the past decade. Initial enthusias…