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OBJECTIVE: Back pain and neck pain are very common, costly, and disabling. Healthy building determinants within the built environment have not been adequately assessed as contributors to these conditions. The objective of this study was to systematically review the literature on the relationship of healthy building det…

INTRODUCTION: Children and young people commonly have 'positive' and 'negative' anomalous experiences that are silenced, ignored or medicalised by 'adults-in-authority'. Whether 'positive' or 'negative', anomalous experiences can catalyse self-healing for children and young people. Through children achieving greater se…

BACKGROUND: A limited number of studies have shown that patient advocacy can be influenced by both facilitators and barriers which can encourage and discourage nurses to act as patient advocates. OBJECTIVE: This study's aim was to describe Swedish nurses' perceptions of influencers on patient advocacy. RESEARCH DESIG…

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Presbyphonia is common among elderly individuals, yet few studies have evaluated behavioral treatment approaches for presbyphonia. The primary aim of this study was to assess the short-term efficacy of two types of voice therapy-vocal function exercises (VFE) and phonation resistance training exe…

OBJECTIVE: To assess and to evaluate possible effects arising from Web-based data collection on the results of a study. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We analyzed participants of the German Weight Control Registry (GWCR) of whom 328 chose to use Web-based questionnaires and 139 preferred to participate via a traditional po…

Improvement in patient safety is a high-priority issue of great social import. Several studies have reported that most adverse events are due to errors of hospital staff, and emphasized the necessity of promoting countermeasures against medical errors. Root cause analysis (RCA) has been implemented to prevent such erro…

INTRODUCTION: Several cross-sectional studies have examined factors associated with support for tobacco control policies. The current study utilized a longitudinal design to test smoking status and attitude toward smoking measured in adolescence as prospective predictors of support for tobacco control policies measured…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of computed tomography (CT) to facilitate initial management decisions in patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds. METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted of patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds who underwent CT over 4.5 years. Any abno…

For both general practitioners and researchers in caries diagnostics, the true validity of available diagnostic techniques is of considerable interest. Yet, for both bitewing radiography and fiber-optic transillumination, this is still not accurately known, nor is it clear which of the two techniques performs best clin…

Seminomas are sensitive to both ionizing radiation and cytostatic drugs. The study's objective was to find out the effects of cytostatics or ionizing radiation by comparing the results of genome testing before treatment and immediately afterwards. Repeat cytogenetic testing six months after completion of treatment was…

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the effects of methadone programs in New South Wales on mortality. DESIGN AND CASES: Retrospective, cross-sectional study of all 1994 New South Wales coronial cases in which methadone was detected in postmortem specimens taken from the deceased. Cases were people we identified as patients in NSW…

Quantifying the COVID-19 burden is critical to public health response, resource allocation, and policies to mitigate the pandemic, reduce its impact on health and well-being, and ensure recovery and resilience of affected communities. Though a lot of research has been done worldwide on the issues of caregivers during t…

This study investigated the impact of efficiency, reliability, responsiveness, safety, and security on customer satisfaction with sustainable e-banking. The study used a quantitative methodology, with data collected from customers of commercial banks in South Punjab, Pakistan. A Likert scale questionnaire was used to c…

: Hair removal is a common cosmetic problem interesting more and more patients nowadays. Various laser treatments are currently available. Alexandrite and Nd:YAG laser are the most effective procedures in lighter and darker skin phototypes, respectively.: A total of 40 patients seeking hair removal in one or more body…

This study's aim was assessing of the relationship between mentalization and life satisfaction and the level of adaptation to oncological disease in patients with breast cancer. The study involved 41 women (= 59.88;= 8.81) with breast cancer who completed their treatments and participated in a cancer rehabilitation pro…

OBJECTIVE: In 2012, North Dakota enacted a comprehensive statewide law prohibiting smoking in enclosed public places. Disparities in tobacco control exist in rural areas. This study's objective was to determine the extent to which the passage of a comprehensive, statewide, smoke-free law in a predominantly rural state…

AIMS: The aim of the study was to identify heavy drinking trajectories from age 16 to 42 years and to examine their associations with health, social, employment and economic disadvantage in mid-adulthood. METHODS: Finnish cohort study's participants who were 16 years old in 1983 were followed up at age 22, 32 and 42 (…

OBJECTIVES: IATPAD (Improvement in Access to Treatment for People with Alcohol and Drug Related Problems) is a European study. The study's main objective was to detect barriers and facilitators associated with access to treatment among patients with problems related to alcohol and drug use. This article presents the qu…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this prospective study was to identify risk factors for the development of psychological disturbance in sexually abused children, enabling recognition of the need for appropriate psychological intervention and provision. METHOD: A city-wide study of children aged 16 or under was carried out, with…

A prospective study to evaluate well-child examinations was based on a sample of 750 children drawn at random from the patients of 15 practising paediatricians who participated in the study. These children were followed from the age of 3 months, when each who was vaccinated also received a specified examination, until…