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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Actively engaging patient partners in the conduct of trials is crucial to ensure the studies answer genuine, patient-centered, unmet clinical needs, and to facilitate participant recruitment and retention. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the feasibility of patient engagement within a large pr…

Therapeutic Fairytales can support child development, and many studies have recognized its benefits for children. However, no one has integrated storytellers as a holistic tool to support children's overall development, whether in a clinical, educational, or family-based practice context. Therefore, this study conducte…

OBJECTIVE: In March 2018, the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) formed the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee. One of the committee's goals was to understand the AADPRT membership's composition and their perceptions of D&I. This study's objective was to identify the demog…

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of arterial closure devices (ACDs) used in arterial procedures between 2018 and 2023, comparing patient outcomes with data from 2012 to 2013. The primary objective was to assess changes in patient outcomes in a larger patient dataset after modifications in ACD use…

OBJECTIVE: To compare human ultralente (UL) insulin with human NPH insulin as basal insulin replacement in patients who use insulin lispro before meals. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: There were 178 patients with type 1 diabetes who were randomized to receive either human NPH or UL insulin once daily at bedtime in a 1-y…

BACKGROUND: Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) is characterized by considerable uncertainty due to the unpredictable nature of attacks and their variable impact on functionality. This uncertainty contributes to patients' fear of attacks, which in turn adversely affects their well-being and quality of life. However, the unde…

Hori et al. (2025) present a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on cardiac rehabilitation (CR) following mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER). Their study highlights the importance of early rehabilitation progress during hospitalization, but raises several concerns regarding its compre…

This retrospective study leverages machine learning to determine the optimal timing for fracture reconstruction surgery in polytrauma patients, focusing on those with concomitant traumatic brain injury. The analysis included 218 patients admitted to Qilu Hospital of Shandong University from July 2011 to April 2024. Dem…

INTRODUCTION: Robotic-assisted technologies provide the ability to avoid soft tissue release by utilizing more accurate bony cuts during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, the ideal limb alignment is not yet established. The aim of this study was to predict postoperative Coronal Plane Alignment of the Knee (CPAK)…

BACKGROUND: Loss of balance and consequent falls are leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the geriatric population. In terms of ease of application, plantar sensory-based exercises seem to be superior to other balance development exercises. Our study's objective is to examine the effects of plantar sensation ed…

BACKGROUND: Limited data exists on the association between social factors and depressive symptoms (DS) among college students. This study aimed to investigate associations between polysocial risk score (PsRS) and the mediating effects of resilience. METHODS: A total of 1234 college students were selected from three un…

AIM: The aim of the research was to investigate the predictive effect of nursing care quality perceived by inpatient children aged 9 to 12 on state anxiety levels. METHODS: The research was conducted with 201 inpatient children. Data were gathered using "The Scale for Evaluating the Quality of Care from Children's Poi…

We read with great interest the systematic review and meta-analysis by Cigrovski Berkovicpublished recentlywhich evaluated the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs). The study identified T2DM as a risk factor for the development of pNETs and linked it to poor t…

OBJECTIVE: Prolonged intubation often leads to laryngeal injuries such as subglottic stenosis (SGS), especially in neonates with prematurity and congenital defects key for tissue healing. Recognizing at risk patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is not well studied. The study's goals were to determine int…

Israel is endemic for Old-World cutaneous leishmaniasis. The most common species is Leishmania major. However, the available treatment options are limited. This study's objective was to compare the authors' experience with different antimony intralesional treatments of Leishmania major cutaneous leishmaniasis. A retros…

This study explored the effect of childhood subjective socioeconomic status on mental health and the chain-mediating mechanism of perceived discrimination and status anxiety. A random survey was conducted via an online survey platform with 999 college students in east China. Participants completed the Childhood Subject…

In the realm of cancer research, specifically focusing on colorectal carcinomas (CRCs), a novel diagnostic test referred to as 'Immunoscore' (IS) has emerged. This test relies on assessing the density of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes, specifically CD3 and CD8, in both the centre of the tumour (CT) and its invasive ma…

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is one of the most serious threats to women's lives. Modelling the change in tumour size over time for outpatients with cervical cancer was the study's main goal. METHODS: A hospital conducted a retrospective cohort study with outpatients who had cervical cancer. The information about the t…

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to compare the radiological outcomes of transphyseal fractures treated using closed reduction and percutaneous fixation, without arthrography, with those of supracondylar humerus fractures treated using the same method within a similar age group. Additionally, we aimed to assess the efficac…

OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the perinatal outcomes of dichorionic diamniotic (DCDA) twin pregnancies reduced by the fetal reduction (FR) procedure and cases with continuing DCDA twin pregnancies without FR. MATERIALS AND METHODS: FR performed in a university hospital in the last 10 years was…