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Longitudinal studies have indicated that most opioid agonist-using patients are not able to successfully complete tapering attempts. Little is known, however, about tapering within a treatment environment that is supportive of indefinite agonist treatment and medication tapering. In this study, all records of patients…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Somatization disorder, a female predominant disorder, has been found with higher than expected prevalence in previous studies of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and might be responsible for some of the comorbidity and excessive health care resource use associated with IBS. The study's aim was to det…

This study's objective was to examine the relationships between rural residence and availability of nursing home and home health care to functional disability at the time of nursing home admission. Secondary data were obtained from the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 2.0 for Nebraska for 3,443 rural and 1,296 urban older people…

This is the first report of the Twin Mom Study, an investigation of three hypotheses concerning influences on maternal adjustment. These hypotheses concern the role of the marital and parent-child relationships in mediating genetic influences on maternal adjustment and on the importance of the mothers' marital partners…

BACKGROUND: Lack of medication and dietary compliance leads to troublesome symptoms and hospitalization in patients with heart failure. Compliance behaviors are influenced by beliefs about the behavior. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Beliefs about Medication Co…

This article investigates the relationship between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and psychoactive substance use disorders (PSUD) in siblings of ADHD and normal-control probands and addresses issues of psychiatric comorbidity and gender. Using DSM-III-R structured diagnostic interviews and blind raters…

Research and parenting programs across the world emphasize two dimensions of parenting: warmth and control. Cross-country literature demonstrates many commonalities across samples on warmth; however, differences are evident with control, largely due to cultural and contextual nuances. Scant literature exists on parenti…

BACKGROUND: Trocar site hernia (TsH) is an uncommon complication of bariatric surgery but potentially serious. People with obesity are more susceptible due to the difficulty in approximating fascial tissue. This study aims to investigate whether fascial closure (FC) or non-fascial closure (NFC) of trocar sites, in pati…

CONTEXT: Internationally, studies suggest that inadequate comprehension of the concept of palliative care and misconceptions about it hinder the effective use of palliative care, especially in developing nations. OBJECTIVE: To assess the awareness of the adult population in Jordan regarding palliative care. METHODS:…

The aim of our study was to describe and to investigate the factors associated with glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) acquisition during a single-strain outbreak which occurred in several wards of hospital from September 2013 to January 2014. We designed a case-control study. Analyses were performed using Bayesi…

BACKGROUND: The authors have observed that studies on autonomy-supportive climates in academic settings mostly focus on educator-facilitated supportive environments that motivate students towards improved performance. Yet, little is known about how academic institutions teaching nursing can facilitate autonomy-supporti…

OBJECTIVE: Research emphasises the critical role of blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity in psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum Zonula occludens protein - 1 (ZO-1) and serum occludin levels, which are blood brain barrier markers, and serum oxLDL levels, which are known t…

Karst water quality is one of the most important environmental issues in karst areas. The study's purpose was to investigate dissolved heavy metal pollution and health risk assessment in karst water basins around mines. River water and groundwater samples were analyzed by principal component analysis, correlation analy…

Mutant alleles of, a gene that encodes a putative calcium-dependent cell-adhesion glycoprotein with multiple cadherin-like domains, are responsible for both recessivenonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) and Usher syndrome 1D (). The encoded protein cadherin 23 (CDH23) plays a vital role in maintaining normal cochlear and r…

OBJECTIVES: Children make up 5-10% of emergency medical services (EMS) transports and are at risk for under-recognition and under-treatment of pain. Prior studies have identified enablers to pediatric analgesia including EMS pediatric analgesia education, agency leadership support, the availability of assistive guides…

BACKGROUND: Detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) and sample entropy (SE) measure the long-term correlations and regularity of gait patterns, respectively, having previously been used to identify participants at risk of falling, previous history of injury, or patients with motor diseases. Since these measures are more s…

OBJECTIVES: Hypertension is a leading risk factor for death and disability. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of hypertension in an older rural Australian cohort and identify predictors of hypertension management. DESIGN: Analysis of cross-sectional data collected from participants in a prospective cohort study. SE…

BACKGROUND: The Nigerian Federal Government planned to launch the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine on September 25, 2023. We therefore aimed to assess caregiver awareness and willingness regarding HPV vaccine uptake for girls aged 9-14 across eight states (Abia, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Benue, Enugu, FCT, Jigawa, and Taraba…

BACKGROUND: The right and left lung anatomy are similar but asymmetrical. The right lung consists of three lobes, and the left lung consists of two lobes. Our study is unique because of discovering a very rare morphological feature of the left lung which has not been reported yet. By the way, we compared two different…