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The role of physicians in today's managed care context is viewed as that of economic partner and clinical decision-maker, operating under the rules of professional autonomy and independence. To a considerable degree, physicians need to feel intrinsically motivated in order to change and adapt to new forms of health car…

Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOEs) and click-evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOEs) characteristics of the normal newborn population have been previously reported in the literature. There is little information about DPOE evaluations in the newborn population at risk for hearing loss. The authors now report…

To discover whether variables such as gender, ethnicity, pay code, and diagnostic category affect length of psychiatric inpatient treatment, patient records for a recent 18-month period (January 1988 to June 1989) in a Midwestern teaching hospital setting were examined and statistically analyzed. Variables that emerged…

BACKGROUND: The growing emphasis on sustainability in recent years has been largely driven by the pressing challenges of climate change. In this context, healthy diet literacy represents a critical approach to promoting the sustainability of the food system, which has far-reaching implications for both public and envir…

INTRODUCTION: The hemophilia caregiver impact (HCI) measure is a 36-item self-report tool that has documented reliability and validity in a large cross-sectional study, but its longitudinal construct validity is unknown. This study's objective was to evaluate the responsiveness of the HCI to clinically important change…

INTRODUCTION: There is a gap in the literature on the impact of the perceptions of a victim of an offense upon their forgiveness towards the offender, particularly when those perceptions include dehumanization. OBJECTIVES: The present cross-sectional exploratory study aimed at examining whether the percept…

An environment committed to providing family-centered care to children must be aware of the nurse caring behaviors important to parents of children. This descriptive study assessed the psychometrics of a revised version of the Caring Behaviors Assessment (CBA) and examined nurse caring behaviors identified as important…

BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing incidence of cancer worldwide, the knowledge about the trend of cancer incidence in Ethiopia is limited. The paucity of core cancer diagnostic services like pathology, diagnostic imaging technology, and the absence of a comprehensive national cancer registry masked the exact magnitude…

It is socially natural that adolescents engage in romantic relationship. However, there are negative health implications when they are not properly monitored and guided. The engagement in unsafe sexual practices has been reported to cause various adverse health and social implications affecting Malaysian adolescents. T…

BACKGROUND: Biologic therapies play a crucial role in the treatment of severe asthma. Tezepelumab, a human monoclonal antibody (mAb), inhibits thymic stromal lymphopoietin, a pivotal factor in the pathophysiology of asthma. Although randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of Tezepelumab, evidence gaps…

To observe whether different insulin glargine titration algorithms based on fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels lead to different glycaemic variations (GVs) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients, a prospective, randomized, single-centre, comparative, three-arm parallel-group, open-label, treat-to-target, 24-week study was p…

There are long-held concerns regarding the impact of screen media on children's cognitive development. In particular, fast pace and fantastical events have been theorized to deplete children's cognitive resources, leading to reductions in their attention and executive functions (EF). To date, however, empirical tests o…

BACKGROUND: ATTR cardiac amyloidosis (CA) can be diagnosed with Tc-99m-PYP scintigraphy. There are two recommended interpretative approaches: the quantitative heart-to-contralateral lung ratio (H/CL) at 1 hour and the semi-quantitative visual system at 3 hours. This study's aim was to compare both approaches and to app…

Two important challenges are inherent in the design of studies using prescription data from electronic health records: how to define the minimum level of adherence that would qualify as "continuous drug use" and how to handle stockpiling of medications. Generally, the sensitivity of a study's conclusions to these desig…

BACKGROUND: The relationship between ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and mortality varies from study to study, and its entity is uncertain due a considerable variation in the attributable mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between VAP frequency and mortality in a cohort of mechanica…

In previous studies claiming to demonstrate that great apes understand the goals of others, the apes could potentially have been using subtle behavioral cues present during the test to succeed. In the current studies, we ruled out the use of such cues by making the behavior of the experimenter identical in the test pha…

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the healthcare systems into confusion worldwide, resulting in major modifications on the practice due to fear of exposure to this virus and its fatal consequences. OBJECTIVE: the study aimed to establish the prevalence of COVID-19 in cardiac arrest patients. METHODS: single-ce…

Research on domestic violence against women has increased considerably over the past few decades. Most participants in such studies find the exercise worthwhile and of greater benefit than emotional cost; however, systematic examination of participant reaction to research on violence is considerably lacking, especially…

Greenspace is widely related to mental health benefits, but this relationship may vary by social group. Gentrification, as linked to processes of unequal urban development and conflict, potentially impacts health outcomes. This study explores the relationships between greenspace and mental health and between gentrifica…

Lifelong benefits of breastfeeding are far-reaching. However, optimal breastfeeding practices may be negatively affected by the marketing of different forms of breast milk substitutes. In addition, whether market factors have a different impact on migrants' breastfeeding practices when compared to natives has been poor…