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Depression is a major public health problem around the world. Negative automatic thoughts are cognitive errors that build in the mind, leading to depression. Cognitive-reminiscence therapy is one of the most effective psychosocial methods for managing cognitive errors. This study aimed to evaluate cognitive reminiscenc…

AIM: To foster equity and make health systems economically and environmentally more sustainable, Responsible Innovation in Health (RIH) calls for policy changes advocated by mission-oriented innovation policies. These policies focus, however, on instruments to foster the supply of innovations and neglect health policie…

BACKGROUND: The perimenopausal period is associated with a higher risk of various mood disorders. Similarly, although resting-state electroencephalogram (rsEEG) brain oscillatory activity has been associated with various neuropsychological disorders and behaviours, these issues have not been assessed in perimenopausal…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between young adult picky eating (PE) and psychosocial outcomes (eg, social phobia, quality of life) and dietary intake. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study including demographic, quantitative, and qualitative measures. PARTICIPANTS: Midwestern undergraduate convenience sample (n =…

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the relationship between Deficiency of vitamin D and hyperglycemia in children with obesity. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out between February and April of 2020. This study's subject population consisted of high school students aged 11 to 17 who were obese.…

AIM: This study examined the association among sarcopenia and various surrogate markers of atherosclerosis in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS: Patients with T2D who visited the outpatient clinic comprised the study's participants. Handgrip strength (Grip), usual gait speed (GS) and skeletal muscl…

The study's objectives were to (1) evaluate benefit from a novel bimodal fitting formula (Adaptive Phonak Digital Bimodal Fitting Formula [APDB]), and (2) compare outcomes with APDB and a traditional fitting formula (NAL-NL2).This prospective study evaluated outcomes in ten adults with unilateral Advanced Bionics (AB)…

AIM: To analyse the structural associations among job characteristics, organizational justice, work engagement and nursing care quality in Chinese nurses. BACKGROUND: Nursing care quality helps ensure patient safety, which are core concerns. The explicit relationships among the study's variables from a management pers…

The aim of the present study was to determine the factors affecting sports involvement in a school-based adolescent population. The cross-sectional cohort study assessed anthropometry, physical capacities and motor competence in 501 boys (aged 10-16 y), from junior (1012 y) and senior (1316 y) cohorts. Sports participa…

PURPOSE: Recent literature has documented the relationship between fears of compassion and disordered eating attitudes and behaviours. However, research on the processes underlying this association is still in the early stages. As such, this study tested a mediator model where insecure striving and inflexible eating (i…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to describe a case study undertaken at Al Buraimi Hospital in Oman, which used computer simulation and the Delphi approach to improve efficiency by reducing prescription dispensing waiting times. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: This study's framework was based on a discrete event sim…

OBJECTIVES: The current study was conducted to examine the severity of hypogonadism symptoms and their risk factors among the male employees of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 80 male employees aged 40-60 years, with hypogonadism, at TUMS. The par…

PURPOSE: The "patient journey" technique is one that has been used by health care providers to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of their service delivery. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the experience of adapting this approach for use in an atypical context - the comparison of two systems for managing…

In the continuously aging society, private sectors are expected to play a role in older adult care. Implementing an agreement between municipalities and private sectors is one of the key mechanisms for encouraging private sectors to participate in supporting older adults. The study's aim was to evaluate whether the sup…

BACKGROUND: Increased mortality is associated with poor household water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) practices. The objective was to study the WaSH practices for under-five children among households of Sugali Tribe, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was condu…

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a chronic disease with a high incidence worldwide. The various symptoms have substantial impact on the quality of life of affected individuals. A long-term self-management program can increase the ability of patients to make behavioral changes, and health outcomes can improve as a con…

INTRODUCTION: The objectives of this study were to evaluate fixed bonded palatal surface retainers between the maxillary central incisors that were placed to maintain midline diastema closure and record their longevity, proclivity for damage, and periodontal health of the central incisors in patients 5 or more years af…

The treatment of burn injuries requires high-cost services for healthcare and society. Automatic fire sprinklers are a preventive measure that can decrease fire injuries, deaths, property damage, and environmental toxins. This study's aim was to conduct a cost analysis of patients with burn or inhalation injuries cause…

AIM: To examine the use of social networking sites in recruiting research participants. BACKGROUND: Workplace violence is an important issue for staff and patients. One workplace that reports the highest levels of violence is the emergency department. The ability to research issues such as workplace violence in real t…

The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopic lysis of adhesions after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in improving range of motion (ROM) and providing an improvement in knee function. The authors retrospectively examined 19 patients who underwent arthroscopic lysis of adhesions following TKA due to…