Clinical inertia and treatment intensification among patients with type ii diabetes mellitus at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia: an institutional-based cro... by Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Samuel Agegnew Wondm, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Tilaye Arega Moges

“…BackgroundPeople with type 2 diabetes mellitus who have clinical inertia often struggle to control their blood sugar levels and do not receive timely treatment intensification. …”
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Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark by Isabella Raasthøj Holst, Lisa Maria Sele Sætre, Gitte Bruun Lauridsen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Peter Haastrup, Sonja Wehberg, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl

“…Generally, women, younger people, and individuals with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to be worried and report difficulties with contact to general practice. …”
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Medication Administration Through Feeding Tubes in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Observational Study by Zhu Y, Zhu B, Jin P

“…Yuanchao Zhu, Bolin Zhu, Pengfei Jin Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Assessment of Clinical Drugs Risk and Individual Application(Beijing Hospital), Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Pengfei Jin, Email j790101@163.comAim: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and types of errors associated with oral medication administration via feeding tubes (FTs) in a tertiary hospital in Beijing.Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted at Beijing Hospital between January 2018 and December 2022. …”
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Strengthening public health education and humanitarian response through academic volunteerism by Faiza Rab, Mekdes Assefa, Salim Sohani, Ilja Ormel, Farwa Arshad, Ahmad Firas Khalid

“…Abstract Introduction Volunteers are an integral part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement, with over 16 million people actively contributing to humanitarian action worldwide. …”
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Predictors of Acute Postsurgical Pain following Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study by Qing-Ren Liu, Mu-Huo Ji, Yu-Chen Dai, Xing-Bing Sun, Cheng-Mao Zhou, Xiao-Dong Qiu, Jian-Jun Yang

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Tinnitus and cardiovascular disease: the population-based Tromsø Study (2015–2016) by Laila A Hopstock, Bo Engdahl, Norun Hjertager Krog, Bente Oftedal, Jannike Heyerdahl-Larsen Ausland, Magnar Johnsen

“…Introduction People with tinnitus are likely to have other co-occurring disorders that should be considered when diagnosing and understanding tinnitus as a health problem. …”
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Factor structure and longitudinal measurement invariance of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the whole perinatal period: a multicenter cohort study in China by Jichun Yang, Yu Jiang, Yimin Qu, Yongle Zhan, Haihui Ma, Xiaoxiu Li, Dongmei Man, Hongguo Wu, Ping Huang

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Developing non-invasive molecular markers for early risk assessment of Alzheimer's disease by Tapas K. Sur, Tanmoy Mondal, Zarish Noreen, Jheannelle Johnson, Gail Nunlee-Bland, Christopher A. Loffredo, Brent E. Korba, Vijay Chandra, Siddhartha S. Jana, Bernard Kwabi-Addo, Sumit Sarkar, Somiranjan Ghosh

“…The prevalence of AD increases exponentially worldwide in people of ages over 65 and older. Current improvements have unveiled the disease's pathophysiology and clinical diagnostic tests, targeting the neurological changes (neurodegeneration, amyloid precursor protein metabolism and tangle pathology) with precise PET/MRI imaging and xMAP/SIMOA (Multiplex simultaneous detection/single molecule array) to identify and quantify β-amyloids (Aβ40, Aβ42), total tau (T-tau) and phosphorylated tau (P-tau) proteins in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients. …”
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Building evidence for indoor tanning as a behavioral addiction: concerns, problems, and change perceptions are associated with addictive symptoms by Allison Leip, Carolyn J. Heckman, Jerod L. Stapleton

“…There is evidence that UVR may impact addiction pathways and some people who use tanning beds experience urges to tan and diminished control over tanning which may be evidence of a behavioral addiction. …”
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Prevalence of breast fibroadenoma in healthy physical examination population in Guangdong province of China: a cross-sectional study by Yingjia Li, Lijun Zhu, Xiaoqi Zeng, Shanshan Jiang, Simin Ruan, Huanrong Ma, Changsheng Ye, Jianyu Dong

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Soft Power and Stress: The Health Impacts of Indonesian Soap Operas on Malaysian Millennials by Rangga Cipta Perdana, Ernida Kadir, Genta Iverstika Gempita

“…This is type of question allows respondents to answer more deeply and unexpectedly because the answers given will be subjective, according to the views of those people. Answers from open-ended questions can make us discover unknown and more in-depth topics about a study. …”
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Pembangunan Aplikasi Manajemen Penyiraman Rumput Taman Playground Berbasis Internet of Things by Komang Candra Brata, Ginanjar Wisnu Ifan A., Adam Hendra Brata

“…This issue arises due to the bad condition of the grass on the playground causing local people are not willing to visit that place. The playground's grass requires special watering treatment but BUMDESMA is the lack of income so they cannot afford to pay the professional grass maintenance services to actively watering the playground grass. …”
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Peranan Diet Rendah Serat terhadap Timbulnya Hemoroid di RSUP. Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Afifah Muthmainnah, Masrul ., Asril Zahari

“…This research was an analytic observational uses case control design that conducted on 44 people, consisting of 22 cases and 22 controls. Primary data were collected by recording the results of history by questionnaire and FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire) and processed using Nutrisurvey for FFQ and computer software using univariate and bivariate analysis with Chi-square test statistic with 95% confidence level. …”
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Opioid consumption frequency and its associations with potential life problems during opioid agonist treatment in individuals with prescription-type opioid use disorder: explorator... by Anne Bouthillier, Gabriel Bastien, Christina McAnulty, Hamzah Bakouni, Bernard Le Foll, M. Eugenia Socias, Didier Jutras-Aswad

“…Abstract Background Traditional treatment approaches for prescription-type opioid use disorder (POUD), centered on abstinence, have limitations and hinder the development of interventions that meet the needs of people with POUD. Reduction in use without complete abstinence presents a promising avenue for intervention enhancement, but supporting data is scarce regarding its translation into positive patient outcomes. …”
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Serum Cystatin C, Markers of Chronic Kidney Disease, and Retinopathy in Persons with Diabetes by Chee Wai Wong, Boon Wee Teo, Ecosse Lamoureux, Mohammad Kamran Ikram, Jie Jin Wang, E. Shyong Tai, Sunil Sethi, Tien Yin Wong, Charumathi Sabanayagam

“…The prevalence of moderate DR was significantly higher among those with CKD defined by triple markers (41.1%) compared to CKD defined separately by creatinine (26.6%), cystatin C (20.9%), and albuminuria (23.4%). People with CKD defined by triple markers had a fourteenfold higher odds of moderate DR (OR (95% CI) = 13.63 (6.08–30.54)) compared to those without CKD by any marker. …”
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Exploration of whether socioeconomic factors affect the results of priority setting partnerships: updating the top 10 research priorities for the management of Parkinson’s in an in... by Michael Lawton, Inga Liepelt-Scarfone, Rejko Krüger, Michele T Hu, Christine Lo, Charlotte Woodward, Francesca Bowring, Jessica Welch, Patricia Sulzer, Anne-Marie Hanff

“…Objectives Explore whether socioeconomic differences of patients affect the prioritisation of pre-existing research questions and explore the agreement between healthcare professionals (HCP) and patients in priority setting partnerships (PSPs).Design and setting Prospective, three centre survey across UK (400 participants), Tuebingen (176 participants) and Luxembourg (303 participants). People with Parkinson’s (PwP), research participants, relatives and HCP associated with three Parkinson’s cohort studies were invited to participate, along with linked centres (clinical care settings, research groups, charities). …”
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Population Characteristics and Their Implications on the Benefit Basket of National Social Health Insurance Scheme in Sierra Leone: A Prospective View by Abraham Isiaka Jimmy, Kwabena Anarfi Boateng, Peter Twum, Deborah Larbie, Abdul Bangura, Hassan Milton Conteh, Peter Agyei-Baffour

“…The government of Sierra Leone introduced social health insurance (SHI) scheme to provide universal health coverage to people. This study was carried out to assess the population characteristics and their implications on the benefit basket of the proposed national health insurance scheme. …”
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Poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor regimens for platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer in randomized, double-blind, phase III controlled trials: protocol for a systematic revie... by Xiaolian Peng, Jie Liu

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Pelnac® artificial dermis assisted by vacuum sealing drainage for treatment of severe avulsion injuries of the fingers by Zhenmu Lv, Yujie Wang, Jingliang Chen, Qingfu Zhang, Haitao Zhao

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Insight on the Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation in Puerto Rican Hispanics by Ariel F. Gonzalez-Cordero, Jorge Duconge-Soler, Hilton Franqui-Rivera, Roberto Feliu-Maldonado, Abiel Roche-Lima, Israel Almodovar-Rivera

“…To achieve this aim, we performed a secondary analysis of existing data using the following two studies: (1) The Pharmacogenetics of Warfarin in Puerto Ricans study and the (2) A Genomic Approach for Clopidogrel in Caribbean Hispanics, and assess for the presence of European SNPs associated with AF from the genome-wide association study of 1 million people identifies 111 loci for atrial fibrillation. …”
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