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BACKGROUND: Self-efficacy is important for changing health behaviour in persons with chronic illness. Longer term trajectories have not been previously explored. OBJECTIVE: This study's objective was to explore the trajectories of self-efficacy in two different groups with chronic illnesses attending a patient educati…

OBJECTIVE To explore a hypothesized association between vitamin D inadequacy and diabetic retinopathy. METHODS This cross-sectional study analyzed data from individuals aged 40 years and older with diabetes mellitus who participated in the interview and medical examination components of the Third National Health and Nu…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between cigarette smoking and total mortality, cancer mortality and other disease mortalities in Korean adults. METHODS: A total of 14,161 subjects of the Korean Multi-center Cancer Cohort who were over 40 years of age and who were cancer-free at baseli…

OBJECTIVE: Nonlinear dynamic analysis has emerged as a reliable and objective tool for assessing voice disorders. However, it has only been tested on adult populations. In the present study, nonlinear dynamic analysis was applied to normal and dysphonic pediatric populations with the goal of collecting normative data.…

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Occupational violence is increasingly recognized as a problem in general practice, and has been suggested as adversely affecting general practitioners' (GPs) provision of services to patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of experiences of violence and percept…

OBJECTIVES: African Americans (AA) suffer excess hypertension-related health outcomes and their blood pressures (BPs) are widely reported to be less controlled than European Americans (EA). Intensity of hypertension treatment may play a role. We examined whether AA with treated hypertension received less-intense medica…

UNLABELLED: MIRDOSE3 software is currently the main tool available in clinical practice to evaluate absorbed dose in nuclear medicine. Because MIRDOSE3 provides dosimetric parameters for specific anatomic models that cannot be modified by the user, it cannot be used to obtain information concerning metastases or to con…

OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS: This study aimed to identify risk factors for the incidence of perceived voice disorders in teachers, specifically related to the influence of common mental disorders. DESIGN: This is a longitudinal quantitative study conducted in municipal schools. METHOD: We performed a data analysis of 469 te…

Relationship status influences mental and physical health in the general population and may mitigate radiological abnormalities in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, there are limited data about whether one's relationship status impacts the neurobehavioral symptoms of MS, such as depression, anxiety, fatigue, or self-re…

BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the association between an empirical lifestyle index for hyperinsulinemia (ELIH), empirical lifestyle index for insulin resistance (ELIR), and depression and anxiety in an adult Iranian population. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 6450 participants, aged 35-65&#xa0…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Delivering drugs to the deviated regions in patients with nasal septal deviation is vital for the treatment but challenging due to the complex shape of the nasal cavity and the intersubject variability in the nasal anatomies. While previous studies have focused on drug delivery to standard are…

Burns generate every year an important burden of morbidity, being a major global public health problem through prolonged hospitalization, complications, and increased mortality. This study's purpose was to evaluate the serum levels of three adipokines and to establish significant correlations with other circulating mol…

The aim of this work is to identify the most influential initial clinical studies that fomented important developments in anesthesiology over the past 50 years. Studies fomenting new development can be selected using vastly different approaches and, therefore, might provide diverse outcomes. In the present work, two ba…

. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a serious disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. Scientific findings showed that physical exercise is an option for treatment of these patients. This study's objective is to investigate the effects of supervised aerobic and/or resistance physical training on inflammat…

Outpatient civil commitment (OCC) requires the provision of needed-treatment, as a less restrictive alternative (LRA) to psychiatric-hospitalization in order to protect against imminent-threats to health and safety associated with severe mental illness (SMI). OCC-reviews aggregating all studies report inconsistent outc…

BACKGROUND: Outpatient civil commitment (OCC), community treatment orders (CTOs) in European and Commonwealth nations, require the provision of needed-treatment to protect against imminent threats to health and safety. OCC-reviews aggregating all studies report inconsistent outcomes. This review, searches for consisten…

OBJECTIVE: Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth leading cancer worldwide with approximately 600,000 new cases per year. Several studies suggest that HNC survivors may have an increased risk of developing second primary cancers (SPCs). A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed aiming to quantify the overall…

BACKGROUND: Resilience is a crucial protective factor for dietitians, helping them manage the negative impacts of routine stressors and crises in their daily work while maintaining their well-being. Based on Ungar ecological model of resilience, this study aims to understand the multi-level resilience resources that he…

ANTECEDENTS AND OBJECTIVE: The declining birth rate and increasing life expectancy have led to an aging population, causing challenges at the economic, social and healthcare levels. Ensuring and maintaining high levels of well-being and mental health in older adults is crucial for successful aging. Given that previous…

BACKGROUND: Growing evidence indicates that carefully programmed rehabilitation can improve symptoms in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). However, evidence on rehabilitation to aid in recovery from a myasthenic crisis is lacking. This study aimed to examine the association between inpatient rehabilitation and recov…