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OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to assess the attitudes towards psychiatry of all Lebanese medical students, as well as the factors that could have led to these attitudes, whether favorable or not. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, the authors ran a questionnaire among a sample of Lebanese medical students from all…

The study's objective is to evaluate the impact of environmental sustainability rating, financial development, changes in the price level and carbon damages on the new COVID-19 cases in a cross-sectional panel of 17 countries. The study developed two broad models to analyse the relationship between the stated factors a…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze association between dental pain, use of dental services and school absenteeism in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with data from the National School Health Survey (PeNSE 2015). The study's dependent variable was school absenteeism due to health reasons in the last…

BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status, especially during childhood, is known as one of the key factors affecting health. This study's objective was to investigate the association between childhood socioeconomic and mental health status in adulthood. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 2062 employees of Teh…

BACKGROUND: The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) exam is a rapid ultrasound test to identify evidence of hemorrhage within the abdomen. Few studies examine the accuracy of paramedic performed FAST examinations. The duration of an ultrasound training program remains controversial. This study's purpose…

This study's aim was to investigate whether the incidence of neutropenia was higher in subjects who received a combination pharmacotherapy with valproate (VPA), antipsychotics (APs), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication than in those administered only VPA and APs combination pharmacotherapy. W…

The diurnal nature of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and its response to dopamine hint that hormones are central in RLS pathophysiology. Hypothyroidism has been linked to RLS, but studies are limited. This study's objective is to determine whether RLS is more prevalent in persons with hypothyroidism and whether hypothyro…

The high prevalence of smoking in persons living with HIV (PLWH) warrants an accurate estimation of smokers' receipt of advice on smoking cessation. Prior studies on the topic have been limited by convenience samples.This study aims to be the first to estimate PLWH smokers' receipt of cessation advice from a healthcare…

PURPOSE: This study's purpose was to explore how people on sick leave manage societal norms and values related to work, and how these influence their perspectives of themselves throughout the rehabilitation process. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a longitudinal interview study with a narrative approach, comprising 38…

CONTEXT: Since 2016, the Seine-Saint-Denis County (France), have been provided with the state's label CeGIDD as a screening center, which is structured around a new main site in Bobigny and four sub-centers. METHODS: Data collection for public health and activity studies was implanted at the main site in 2016. This st…

We surveyed self-reported lifetime health conditions (using National Health and Aging Trends Study questions) and related driving reduction in a large multi-site older driver cohort (n = 2990) from the AAA Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) Study's baseline assessment. Those reporting reduc…

BACKGROUND: Psychosocial empowerment of cancer survivors can help improve their psychological resilience and enhance their posttraumatic growth. However, there is a lack of research exploring the effects of such empowerment programs on resilience and posttraumatic growth of cancer survivors. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this…

Most clinical studies of Cannabis today focus on the contents of two phytocannabinoids: (-)-Δ-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ-THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), regardless of the fact that the plant contains over 100 additional phytocannabinoids whose therapeutic effects and interplay have not yet been fully elucida…

OBJECTIVES: The study's objective was to describe the decision-making about voting rights of protected adults, which includes the medical assessment and the magistrate's decision to maintain voting rights or not. DESIGN: This work explores using an interdisciplinary approach: first, magistrate's decision-making with a…

Indigenous young people of circumpolar developed countries experience a disproportionate incidence of injury compared with non-Indigenous young people. Much has been published about the experience of injury within the general Indigenous population, but literature is limited with regard to Indigenous young people. Traum…

PURPOSE: To report the safety and efficacy of occluded transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) recanalization using the stiffening cannula (SC) technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective, single-centre, single-arm study, investigating the safety and efficacy of transjugular recanalization…

PURPOSE: The purpose was to assess the mental health nurses' perspectives of workplace violence in mental health departments in Jordan. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional correlation study was utilized to address the study's purposes. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires from nurses working in gov…

CONTEXT: Studies have shown that patients' subjective perceptions of physicians' competence and friendliness are relevant aspects of a successful treatment, influencing patients' well-being and trust in the physician. Psychological research has repeatedly shown that unconsciously contracting muscles that are usually us…

Mothers' instigation of complementary feeding before their infant reaches 6 months old risks shortening their breastfeeding duration, and high morbidity and mortality for their child. Complementary feeding practices require further investigation in Saudi Arabia. The present study aims to evaluate complementary feeding…

The aim was to identify factors associated with non-initiation of prophylactic treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBi) in persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA), based on a prospective cohort study of PLWA ≥ 18 years of age in two referral services for HIV/AIDS. Of the 232 patients eligible for treatment…