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Hospitals are increasingly concerned with enhancing surgical patient experience given that Medicare reimbursements are now tied in part to patient satisfaction. Surgical patients' experience may be influenced by several factors (e.g., integration of care, technical aspects of care), which are ranked differently in impo…

The Warrior Check-Up, a confidential telephone-delivered intervention, is designed to reach active-duty soldiers with untreated substance-use disorder at a large U.S. military base. This paper describes the development and successful implementation of the study's marketing strategies at the recruitment period's midpoin…

Theories that purport the existence of a distinct auditory action stream have received support from the finding that individuals with congenital amusia, a disorder of pitch perception, are able to reproduce the direction of a pitch change that they are unable to identify (Loui, Guenther, Mathys, & Schlaug, 2008). Altho…

PURPOSE: To examine public health educators' perceptions of barriers to incorporate genomic content (information, discoveries, technologies) into health promotion. METHODS: Mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative approaches)-using a fully mixed sequential dominant status design-were employed. Qualitative data were…

When a child undergoes bone marrow transplant (BMT), the entire family is affected by the demands of the transitions encountered throughout the BMT experience. Although there is a growing body of knowledge on how healthy siblings adjust to the BMT experience, there is still much to be learned. Part of a larger study ai…

This study's goal was to test a novel device using continuous partial radial artery compression for mean arterial pressure (MAP) measurement. A prospective, nonblind, convenience-sample trial at a level I center (annual ED census 70,000) enrolled 15 adults with indwelling radial arterial catheters and accessible contra…

OBJECTIVES: This study investigates the use of data from automated systems within a large managed care plan to create indicators of clinical quality. METHODS: Measures from the first year of Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set, HEDIS 2.0, are used to compare chart review and automated analysis methodologies.…

The samples of this study were 100 pregnant women that visited for antenatal care Chunchon Songshim Hospital and Chunchon Provincial Hospital (Maternal Child Health) and 100 puerpera that were admitted for childbirth to those hospitals August 1 through 31, 1989. The writer is interested in the depression level of pregn…

BACKGROUND: Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses require advanced expertise and skills in critical care and need infection control nursing competency (ICNC). Given the lack of research on it, this study aimed to develop a model of ICU nurses' ICNC. METHODS: A Delphi panel consisting of experts in intensive care nursing an…

OBJECTIVES: The highly infectious human papillomavirus (HPV) causes both genital warts and cervical cancer in women. In 2009, the prevalence of genital warts in Hong Kong was 203.7 per 100,000 person-years. Cervical cancer, more seriously, was the eight most common cancer among women and girls in Hong Kong, accounting…

Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors have transformed hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative metastatic breast cancer (BC) therapeutics. Ribociclib has been associated with survival gain, yet its potential cardiovascular toxicities (CVTs) remain an area of uncertainty…

Particulate air pollution is associated with increased risk of pulmonary diseases and detrimental outcomes related to the cardiovascular system, including altered vessel functions. This study's objective was too evaluate the effects of ambient particle exposure on the blood-gas permeability, lung function and Clara cel…

To assess the impact and feasibility of a telehealth program using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and a connected insulin pen cap (CIPC) in nursing homes for older adults with insulin-treated diabetes.This multicenter, prospective, sequential, single-arm study consisted of three phases: (1) baseline, blind CGM ();…

Accurate quantification of immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels is vital for understanding immune status and diagnosing various medical conditions. Lateral flow assays (LFAs) offer rapid and convenient diagnostic tools, but their sensitivity has been a limitation. Our research introduces a refined method incorporating europiu…

PURPOSE: Colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors are living longer; therefore, factors that improve outcomes, like symptom management and quality of life (QoL), have increasingly become important. This study examined CRC survivors' symptom(s) characteristics, positive psychology (benefit finding and post-traumatic growth), a…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of BMI on cause-specific hospital admissions and costs in men and women is not well understood, and this study's aim is to address this. METHODS: For 451,320 men and women aged 40 years or older recruited into the UK Biobank, followed up for 6 years on average, this study estimated an…

Recently, a proven case of human S-adenosylhomocysteine-hydrolase (SAHH) deficiency was reported in a Croatian boy. As molecular analysis of the SAHH gene in this case revealed two different mutant alleles, we investigated the polymorphism of human SAHH in a total of 237 red blood samples from unrelated Croats using st…

The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect among adults, often leading to severe valve dysfunction and aortic complications. Despite its clinical significance, uncertainties persist regarding the impact of sports participation on the natural course of BAV disease. The SPREAD (Sport PRact…

INTRODUCTION: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is one of the most effective surgical procedures for treating isolated medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. However, previous studies have regarded patellofemoral osteoarthritis as a contraindication for UKA. In contrast, most current research shows that damage…

Adolescents and young adults in the legal system (AYALS) are at high risk for opioid use disorder (OUD). Effective, efficient interventions to prevent OUD that support youth as they transition to the community are needed. The Positive Outcomes through Supported Transition intervention trial is designed to identify the…