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Recent scholarship has explored the dynamics between families and colonial lunatic asylums in the late nineteenth century, where families actively participated in the processes of custodial care, committal, treatment and release of their relatives. This paper works in this historical field, but with some methodological…

In children with cerebral palsy (CP), poor trunk control can lead to spinal deformity, pulmonary compromise (Canet, Praud, & Bureau, 1998), and increased health risks and costs of long-term care (Braddock, 2002). Evidence links posture and pulmonary function, but the influence of wheelchair components on pulmonary func…

Although transience has been the focus of an enormous amount of public attention, there has been limited empirical research on transience in the homeless population. The purpose of the study discussed in this article was to develop a construct of transience for the homeless services-using population. Transience was def…

High mortality and morbidity rates for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Taiwan primarily result from uncontrolled tumor metastasis. Previous studies have identified that Terminalia catappa leaf extracts (TCE) exert hepatoprotective, antioxidative, antiinflammatory, anticancer, and antimetastatic activities. However, t…

Our study's premise was that normative care beliefs can inform the current care policy debate. We conducted latent class regression analyses on two waves of Netherlands Kinship Panel Study data (n = 4,163) to distinguish care ideals that captured multiple dimensions of normative care beliefs simultaneously. We also ass…

Lack of medication compliance is harmful to health care systems from both a clinical and economic perspective. This study examines the methods that disease management organizations employ to identify nonadherent patients and to measure effectiveness of compliance programs for patients with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and…

BACKGROUND: With the growing use of technology in medical education, a framework is needed to evaluate learners' and educators' acceptance of these technologies. In this context, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) offers a valuable theoretical framework, providing insights into the determinants influencing users' ac…

BACKGROUND: Concussion is a growing public health concern and generating concussion prevention programs depends on identifying high-risk sports and characteristics. Identifying the roles of sport, sex, and participation level (e.g., high school versus collegiate athletics) in concussion risk would facilitate more infor…

BACKGROUND: Sense of coherence (SOC) is an important protective factor for carer well-being but research to date remains cross-sectional, focusing primarily on the direct effects of SOC on carers' mental health. The study's aim was to investigate the mediating role of SOC in the longitudinal relationship between caregi…

INTRODUCTION: Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is defined by short-lasting, stroke-like symptoms, and is recognised as a medical emergency. Symptoms are assumed to completely resolve, and treatment is focused on secondary stroke/TIA prevention. However, evidence suggests that patients with TIA may experience ongoing re…

BACKGROUND: Today's medical students are the future physicians of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). It is therefore essential that medical students possess the appropriate knowledge and attitudes regarding PLWHA. This study aims to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of pre-clinical Israeli medical students and to asse…

OBJECTIVE: Based on Weissman and Hackett's comprehensive definition of denial, a semi-structured interview was developed to measure denial in cancer patients. The denial in cancer interview (DCI) covers both the patients' recount of their illness experience and the expert's impression of the level of denial in the pati…

BACKGROUND: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic, debilitating condition that causes numerous long-lasting complications. The cognitive health of people with DM is crucial for ensuring holistic development, academic success, and participation in daily life activities. This study aimed to assess the neurocognitive profil…

Rapid reperfusion is crucial to reduce mortality in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction. Prehospital patient delay, defined as time from symptoms onset to the decision to seek medical attention, accounts for a large proportion of cases with delayed reperfusion. However, whether pain modulation processes ar…

This retrospective cohort study aims to evaluate the long-term outcomes of superselective transcatheter arterial embolization in patients with high-flow priapism. All patients treated with arterial embolization at our center between 2002 and 2017 for high-flow priapism were included. Demographic and clinical data were…

BACKGROUND: Medical students' career intentions often change between matriculation and graduation, yet little is known about the precise timing and dynamics of individual students' career decisions. This study expands on previous research by exploring the stability of individual students' career intentions over four ye…

Although several studies have revealed an association between skipping breakfast and overweight (OW) or obesity (OB) in older children and adolescents, less is known about that association in younger children. The purpose of our study was to assess the association between skipping breakfast and OW/OB in children in the…

The use of medicinal plants represents an alternative method for bacterial control due to their chemical compositions. This study's objective was to determine the inhibitory capacity ofextracts against microbial strains of clinical interest. Four extracts were prepared, their phytochemical profiles were determined, and…

IMPORTANCE: Despite the rapid growth of interest and diversity in applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to biomedical research, there are limited objective ways to characterize the potential for use of AI in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: To examine what types of medical AI have the greatest estimated translatio…

INTRODUCTION: A population health index is a combination of two or more health indicators, used to evaluate different dimensions of health in a population. While various population health indices have been developed globally, there remains a gap in systematically identifying and prioritizing such indices tailored to th…