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BACKGROUND: To facilitate the transfer of exercise effects to older adults' everyday life, essential daily life movements (stair climbing and walking on different surfaces) were embedded into the functional movement circle for older adults (FuMoC) -- a systematic balance and resistance training programme supplemented b…

Although depression is a common issue among youth, it is unclear how important developmental factors, such as body mass index (BMI), self-esteem, and eating-and weight-related disturbances relate to the development of depression across adolescence and into young adulthood. Gender differences in these relationships and…

AIM: The aim of the study was to gain new insights into the experiences and accounts of adult pre-registration student nurse clinical allocations in hospital settings in the UK. DESIGN: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature was undertaken. DATA SOURCES: Pertinent papers published from 1…

During childhood and adolescence, eating habits become established which are instrumental in determining eating behavior later in life. Various authors have described the acculturation of the Mapuche people toward Western culture. The objective of this study was to analyze the eating characteristics of indigenous and n…

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is prevalent in the lives of women across the globe and has been found to be associated with substance use among women. As part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) cross-national research effort, this study examined the relationship between the experience of IPV and use of alcohol a…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This exploratory study used archived hospital data to determine whether the call light use rate and the average call light response time contribute to the fall and the injurious fall rates in acute care settings. BACKGROUND: Inpatients often use call lights to seek nurses' attention and assistance…

AIM: Grief and its many manifestations can irrevocably change family life and the multiple relationships within. Informed by this, one is led to consider the extent an adult nurse provides a family focus to cancer care. It arguably remains wanting, particularly in adult healthcare environments where 'family' can still…

Young women's ability to pursue a safer-sex life in line with their wishes is crucial to their sexual health. Although some previous observations have suggested that young women's lack of ability to negotiate safer sex is due to gender power imbalances in the culture of Vietnam, studies that have tested this hypothesis…

In 2002 and 2005, two surveys were conducted in poor areas of North and Northeast Brazil to evaluate prenatal care received by mothers of children under five years old. The study covered 1,528 and 1,529 children in 2002 and 2005, respectively. In this three-year period, maternal schooling and monthly family income incr…

BACKGROUND: This study examines drug use and dependence and associated risks among female street-based sex workers. METHODS: Cross-sectional data collected from 72 women between April and August 2005 in Sydney, Australia, via face-to-face interviews. SAMPLE: The average age was 34 years. RESULTS: Risk factors associ…

Although African American women over 50 years of age represent the fastest growing group with HIV infection, little attention has been given to their HIV risk reduction needs. This study adapted an HIV risk reduction curriculum for use with older African American women based on input from a sample of women from the tar…

BACKGROUND: 'Under-reporting' of deaths to the coroner has significant implications for the identification and investigation of preventable deaths. In extreme cases, it may even be a symptom of the system failures that allowed cases such as Harold Shipman, Australia's King Edward Memorial Hospital, the alleged incident…

The study's objective was to estimate the prevalence of falls in community-residing patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to investigate the relationship between falls and age in AD. This was a study of 326 community-residing patients with AD according to National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disord…

This study's objective was to analyze whether the quantity of free intraperitoneal fluid on ultrasonography, alone or in combination with unstable vital signs, is sensitive in determining the need for laparotomy in patients presenting with blunt trauma. Adult patients who presented with blunt abdominal trauma to 2 leve…

Vitamin D deficiency influences the pathogenicity and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), suggesting that polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor may impact disease susceptibility and outcomes. This study aims to examine the relationship between the rs7975232 SNP and susceptibility to severe acute respirat…

This retrospective cohort study examines the impact of EmbryoGlue® - a culture medium comprising high-concentration hyaluronan and low-concentration recombinant human albumin (rHA) - on assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes in 1,298 cycles across 13 centers. The study focused on live birth rates, clinica…

Pulmonary pathogens encounter numerous insults, including phagocytic cells designed to degrade bacteria, while establishing infection in the human lung.is a versatile, opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe pneumonia, and methicillin-resistant isolates are of particular concern. Recent reports present conflicting…

OBJECTIVE: Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis and lipid metabolism plays a crucial role in urate and gout. Potential associations between urate and gout and lipid-lowering drugs have been revealed in observational studies. However, the effects of lipid-lowering drugs on urate and gout remain controversial. The aim…

Described the stability of potency vaccines (DTP, BCG) and immunoglobulins (human's and animal's) at storage and experimental temperatures. Thermal degradation rate and design of loss of potency in time have been determined by Arrhenius equation. Our results were similar to WHO data from preparations which have been ma…

BACKGROUND: There is a growing literature on guidelines regarding Ramadan fasting for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. However, most studies only consider the impact of fasting on renal function. This study additionally aims to assess factors influencing Ramadan fasting in patients with CKD. METHOD: This is a pr…