Exploring Caring Motivation Barriers among Mothers of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Qualitative Content Analysis by Seyed Javad Hosseini, Monir Ramezani, Farah Ashrafzadeh, Jamshid Jamali

“…We utilized Lincoln and Guba’s criteria for ensuring rigor.Results: The mean ages of the mothers and children were 40.34±7.44 years and 9.38±4.33 years, respectively. …”
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Psychometric validation of the continuum beliefs of mental illness scale (CB-MIS) and its associations with stigma by Lina-Jolien Peter, Thomas McLaren, Samuel Tomczyk, Holger Muehlan, Silke Schmidt, Georg Schomerus

“…In a second sample (N = 1375; M age=42 years; 65.2% female), the Continuum Beliefs of Mental Illness Scale (CB-MIS) was psychometrically tested (i.e. factorial, convergent, discriminant validity). …”
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Alterations in mRNA level of proteins related to redox state and mitochondria in an Alzheimer’s disease animal model: Promising targets in neuroprotection by Sylwia Żulińska, Przemysław L. Wencel, Kinga Czubowicz, Joanna B. Strosznajder

“…In summary, our data identified significant changes in gene expression of Sod2, Parp1 and Sirt1 at an early age (3-6-month-old AD mice) then Ppargc1, Nfe2L2 and Sirt1 at a later age. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Visual Hallucinations in Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Chih-Lin Chen, Min-Hsien Hsu, Chao-Hsien Hung, Pai-Yi Chiu, Chung-Hsiang Liu

“…Frequency of VH and associated factors, including age, gender, education, disease severity, DLB clinical features, vascular risk factors, cognitive function, and neuropsychiatric symptoms, were compared between VCI with VH (VH+) and without VH (VH−). …”
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Sex Modified the Association between Sleep Duration and worse Cognitive Performance in Chinese Hypertensive Population: Insight from the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study by Xinlei Zhou, Junpei Li, Chao Yu, Wangsheng Fang, Yanyou Xie, Li Wang, Si Shen, Wei Zhou, Lingjuan Zhu, Tao Wang, Xiao Huang, Huihui Bao, Jianglong Tu, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…Furthermore, there was a significant interaction between sleep duration and age on cognitive performance only in female. Conclusion. …”
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Female genital cutting in Malaysia: a mixed-methods study by Abdul Rashid, Yufu Iguchi

“…Older respondents had FGC conducted by traditional midwives (X2=59.13, p<0.001) and younger age groups preferred medical doctors (X2=32.96, p<0.001) and would permit doctors (X2=29.17, p<0.001) to conduct FGC on their children. …”
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Impact of Visit-to-Visit Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly by Fei Chen, Ying Pan, Ziqing Liu, Rong Huang, Jing Wang, Jian Shao, Yaqin Gong, Xiyi Sun, Xiaobo Jiang, Weihao Wang, Zhaoqiang Li, Shao Zhong, Qi Pan, Kaixin Zhou

“…Background. The aging population is increasingly susceptible to cardiovascular disease (CVD). …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in the Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial by S. Mohsin Ali Shah, Shaista Azeem Khan, Faran Sadiq, Ruba Gul, Faizan Sadiq, Misbah Ullah Khan, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Faryal Uzma, Arooj Khan, Sabir Khan

“…The effectiveness of the treatments was evaluated at the end of the treatment period. Results The age range in this study was from 48 to 96 h, with a mean age of 71.79 ± 13.10 h in Group A and 73.40 ± 11.81 h in Group B. …”
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Reducing Undernutrition through Counseling on Diversified Food Intake among Adult People Living with HIV on HAART, Northern Ethiopia by Weldegebrial Hayelom Tedla, Alemseged Aregay, Kidanu Gebremariam, Mulugeta Woldu Abrha, Haftom Gebrehiwot Weldearegay

“…This study revealed that people of younger age and those on ART (AOR = 0.29 (95% CI: 0.10, 0.84)) had low risk of being undernourished. …”
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Gender differences in perioperative complications following carotid endarterectomy: A retrospective analysis by Abdullah Burak Balci, Omer Faruk Rahman, Hasan Tezcan, Suleyman Yazici, Nihan Kayalar

“…Results: In this study, the average age of the 225 evaluated patients was found to be 65.8 ± 8.89. …”
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Identification of subgroups of self-reported outcomes among breast cancer patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy: A cross-sectional study by Feixia Ni, Tingting Cai, Tingting Zhou, Changrong Yuan

“…Conclusions: Breast cancer patients receiving surgery and chemotherapy can be divided into three subgroups. Aging, menopause, chemotherapy cycle, surgery type, duration and stage of disease, and severe pain affected the functional decline groups. …”
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Effect of ramadan fasting on body weight and percent of body fat among student from program nutrition study of UPN “Veteran” Jakarta, Indonesia by Ayu Nurjanah Wida, Wahyuningsih Utami, Quratul Marjan Avliyah, Fransiske Simanungkalit Sintha

“…The prevalence of overweight year 2013 in Indonesia at the age of more than 18 years, namely 13.3%, increased in 2018 to 13.6%. …”
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Cardiac events and procedures following COVID-19 compared with other pneumonias: a national register study by Knut Stavem, Peder Langeland Myhre, Kristian Berge, Tarjei Øvrebotten, Birgitte Tholin

“…We used Cox regression and logistic regression for analysis.Results Patients with COVID-19 had a mean (SD) age of 60 (18) years, compared with 69 (19) years for viral and 72 (17) years for bacterial pneumonia. …”
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Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding experience of women with epilepsy in Me’enit community, South West Ethiopia by Rahel Yaekob, Tefera Belachew

“…Epilepsy affects approximately 0.5–1.0% of women of childbearing age. In the Me’enit community, due to poor delivery practices (delivering in a standing position) and suffering from birth trauma, there are many women with epilepsy. …”
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Current views on etiology, diagnosis, epidemiology and gene therapy of maturity onset diabetes in the young by Lilya U. Dzhemileva, Elena N. Zakharova, Anna O. Goncharenko, Maria V. Vorontsova, S. A. Rumyantsev, Natalia G. Mokrysheva, Marina Y. Loguinova, Vladimir P. Chekhonin

“…Nevertheless, with advancing age, some patients may require insulin therapy due to the development of resistance to sulfonylurea drugs. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of HIV Infection among Clients Attending ICTCs in Six Districts of Tamilnadu, South India by Rajeswari Ramachandran, V. Chandrasekaran, M. Muniyandi, K. Jaggarajamma, Anasua Bagchi, Supriya Sahu

“…Of 18329 clients counseled, 17958 (98%) were tested for HIV and 732 (4.1%; range 2.6 to 6.2%) were tested positive for HIV. Median age of clients was 30 years; 89% had never used condoms in their lives and 2% gave history of having received blood transfusion. …”
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Effectiveness of Anthropometric Measurements for Identifying Diabetes and Prediabetes among Civil Servants in a Regional City of Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ataklti Gebertsadik Woldegebriel, Kiros Ajemu Fenta, Asfawosen Berhe Aregay, Abraham Desta Aregay, Nega Bezabih Mamo, Tewolde Woldearegay Wubayehu, Alemayehu Bayray, Afework Mulugeta

“…The study involved a cross-sectional survey carried out from October 2015 to February 2016 among 1504 subjects aged from 18 to 75 years of age. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was used to select the most effective anthropometric cut-off point among waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, and BMI for identifying prediabetic and diabetes. …”
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Associations between an gene polymorphism and ulcerative colitis by ARMS-PCR by Mahsa Sadat Hashemi Doulabi, Reza Goleyjani Moghaddam, Ali Salehzadeh

“…A direct relationship was found between age and ulcerative colitis, while no relationship was found with sex. …”
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Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Extraction and Antioxidant and Antiglycation Activities of (Poly)phenols from <i>Ribes magellanicum</i> by Felipe Ávila, Natalia Martinez, Nicolás Mora, Katherine Márquez, Felipe Jiménez-Aspee

“…PEEs of raw samples showed increased values of total (poly)phenols (TPC), TEAC, and FRAP and decreased IC₅₀ values of fluorescent advanced glycation end products (AGEs) with increasing water content. An increase in TPC and FRAP values was observed for TT samples, but an increase in the IC₅₀ values of fluorescent AGEs for PEEs with increasing water content was observed. …”
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Infant outcomes after exposure to Tdap vaccine in pregnancy: an observational study by Helen Petousis-Harris, Tony Walls, Patricia Graham, Nicola Austin, Linda Hill

“…Information was obtained from objective sources including routine health visits and vaccination records wherever possible, as well as frequent parental reports.Setting The Canterbury region of New Zealand.Patients A cohort of 403 infants whose mothers had received Tdap vaccine.Main outcome measures Gestational age at birth, growth parameters, congenital anomalies, immunisation status and timeliness of immunisation, development of pertussis infection.Results There were no significant differences in birth weight, gestational age at birth, congenital anomalies or infant growth as compared with baseline population data. …”
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