Risk factor clusters for non-communicable diseases in adolescents in Eastern Cape, South Africa by Avela Mathe, Maya M. van Gent, Leon R. van Niekerk

“…Methods: A stratified random sample of 266 adolescents (aged 12 years–18 years) was assessed for anthropometric, physiological, and perceived stress measures. …”
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Self-Efficacy in Disaster Preparedness: Insights from Nurses in Emergency and Intensive Care Units by Aric Vranada, Ferri Anggriawan, Tsae-Jyy Wang

“…Years of experience (β = 0.48, p = 0.01) and age (β = 0.25, p = 0.04) were also positively associated with self-efficacy. …”
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Hemophilia A Haplotypes in Southwestern Iran by Bizhen Keikhaei Dehdezi, Ali Khodadadi, Arta Farhadi Kia, Faezeh Abbasi, Saeed Bitraf, Roya Salehi Kahyesh

“…Materials and Methods: Medical record data of patients with hemophilia A over 14 years from 2009 to 2023 were entered into a questionnaire, including age, gender, form or severity of the disease, the most common bleeding site, survival rate, cause of death, place of residence, blood type, ethnicity, family relationship, and mutation type. …”
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Tamsulosin use in benign prostatic hyperplasia and risks of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and mortality: An observational cohort study of elderly Medicare enrollees. by Kin Wah Fung, Fitsum Baye, Seo H Baik, Clement J McDonald

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>All male Medicare enrollees aged 65 or above who were diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia and received one of the study drugs between 2007-2020 were followed-up for the three outcomes. …”
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The Development of Simple Scoring System to Predict Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Patients with Stroke by In-Hui Pak, Se-Ryong Han, Chol-Ho Sin, Hyo-Song Kim, Un-Ryong Rim

“…The variables with significant difference between the non-UTI group and the UTI group were age (non-UTI versus UTI, 56.4 ± 7.2 vs. 59.0 ± 12.8; p<0.001), female (244 (24.2) vs. 176 (36.1), p<0.001), 300 ≦ SI (smoking index) (16 (2.4) vs. 48 (12.0), p<0.001), alcohol > 25 g/d (292 (29.0) vs. 184 (37.7), p<0.001), poststroke hyperglycemia (120 (10.3) vs. 163 (33.4), p<0.001), indwelling of urinary catheter (157 (15.6) vs. 351 (72.0), p<0.001), GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) on admission (11.2 ± 3.9 vs. 8.5 ± 4.0, p=0.038), and WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgeons) (in subarachnoid hemorrhage) on admission (2.9 ± 1.7 vs. 3.5 ± 1.5, p<0.001). …”
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Pregnancy and COVID-19: Comparing ICU Outcomes for Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women by Małgorzata Lipińska-Gediga, Waldemar Goździk, Jakub Śmiechowicz, Barbara Adamik

“…Methods: A retrospective, age-matched study was conducted at a referral center specializing in critical care for pregnant women. …”
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Effects of Rumination and Emotional Regulation on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Behaviors in Depressed Adolescents in China: A Multicenter Study by He K, Chen L, Fan H, Sun L, Yang T, Liu H, Wang K

“…However, little is known about the effects of emotion regulation and rumination on NSSI behaviors in adolescents with depressive disorder.Methods: In total, 1782 depressed adolescents (1464 females and 318 males) completed questionnaires on rumination, emotion regulation, and NSSI, with an average age of 14.85. Participants were recruited from the outpatient and inpatient wards of 14 hospitals across the country.Results: NSSI behavior frequency was positively correlated with rumination and negatively correlated with emotion regulation. …”
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Effect of Different Kinesiotaping Techniques on Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain by Kristina Koch, Vilma Dudonienė, Rima Solianik

“…Methods. Fifteen women aged 18-36 years, experiencing chronic, non-specific back pain, participated in the study. …”
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Quantitative Complexity Theory Used in the Prediction of Head-Up Tilt Testing Outcome by Paweł Krzesiński, Jacek Marczyk, Bartosz Wolszczak, Grzegorz Gielerak

“…Eighty-one healthy volunteers (74 men; mean age: 37.8 years) were included in this retrospective analysis of data collected within the project realized in Department of Cardiology and Internal Diseases, Military Institute of Medicine between January 2012 and October 2014. …”
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Comparison of Root Coverage Procedure done with and without Loupes along with CGF—A Clinical Study by Ramnath Elangovan, Kowsalya Nallathambi, Dinesh C Maganti, Anitha Maganti, Dona Soman, Niranjan Diwekar

“…Materials and Methods: Twenty patients with bilateral Miller’s class I and class II gingival recessions, aged between 18 and 40, were chosen at random from the Adhiparasakthi Dental College and Hospital’s outpatient department in Melmaruvathur. …”
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Diet quality of Chilean schoolchildren: How is it linked to adherence to dietary guidelines? by Anna Christina Pinheiro Fernandes, Jacqueline Araneda Flores, Daiana Quintiliano Scarpelli Dourado, Tito Pizarro Quevedo, Maria Rita Marques de Oliveira

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>In Chile, the prevalence of overweight among schoolchildren over the age of 5 is approximately 50%, one of the highest in the Americas region. …”
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Exploring the associations between health confidence, self-efficacy, health activation and healthy behaviours in primary school children by Lixia Ge, Joseph Antonio De Castro Molina, Hui Ting Foo, Rochelle Chua, Chin Fung Ong

“…Results Participants were aged between 8 and 12 years, with 50.1% being boys and 64.8% of Chinese ethnicity. …”
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Clinical Analysis of the Patients with Isolated Low-Velocity Penetrating Neck Injury by Junepill Seok, Hyun Min Cho

“…We analyzed the patients’ age, gender, injury mechanism and causes by medical chart review. …”
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Association of education level with mortality in United States - A cross-sectional study by Weihong Chang, Qingping Zeng, Boda Zhou

“…This study included 34,673 American adults aged 20–80 years old. During a median (IQR) follow-up of 9.9 (5.2–15.2) years, 5663 deaths were recorded. …”
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Patients with Distal Radius Fracture from Low-energy Trauma: An Observational Study by Manoj Kandel, Sarik Kumar Shrestha, Krishna Prasad Paudel, Sunil Panta, Deepak Banjade, Ramesh Syangtan, Sushil Thapa

“…Results: The study involved 96 patients with mean age of 68.27±4.09 years. The mean BMD among the participants was 0.69±0.02 and the mean T-score was -2.75±0.23. …”
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Barriers and facilitators for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in refugee contexts globally: A scoping review. by Veronika Tirado, Josephine Chu, Claudia Hanson, Anna Mia Ekström, Anna Kågesten

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched three databases (PubMed, Global Health and POPLINE) for peer-reviewed and grey literature published in English between January 2008 and June 2018 that reported on SRHR barriers, facilitators and interventions for young refugees aged 10 to 24 years. We extracted data using standardised templates and assessed the quality of studies according to study design. …”
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Role of Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy on Platelet Recovery in Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Khan Sheema, Ujjan Ikramdin, Naz Arshi, Naz Farah, Sheikh Imran

“…Of the 85 study patients, 32 (37.6%) were male and 53 (62.3%) were female. Mean ages of H. pylori positive and negative subjects were 43.89 ± 7.06 and 44.75 ± 7.91 years, respectively. …”
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Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Barriers to Providing HIV Services to Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by Chipo Mutambo, Khumbulani Hlongwana

“…There are various barriers to provider-initiated counselling and testing (PICT) of children and disclosure of HIV status to children, including the following: lack of child-friendly infrastructure at clinics; lack of consensus on legal age of consent for both HIV testing and disclosure; healthcare worker unfamiliarity with HIV testing and disclosure guidelines; lack of training in child psychology; and confusion around the healthcare worker’s role, which most believed was only to provide health education and clinical services and to correct false information, but not to participate in disclosure. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

“…The findings of the present study conclude that more than half of nurses had low knowledge and none of them had high level of knowledge, also there is no significant association between the levels of knowledge with age, gender, educational level, years of experience and working place. …”
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Relationships between structural changes, marker of apoptosis and metabolic parameters in the retina of rats with diabetes and myopia by I.M. Mikheytseva, А. Ahmed, S.G. Kolomiichuk, O. V. Artemov

“…Material and Methods: Fifty-five Wistar rats (age, 2 weeks) were used in experiments. High myopia was produced in animals by surgically fusing the eyelids of both eyes. …”
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