Validation of the advance care planning engagement survey in Singapore by Gwendoline Wan Hua Tan, Ginny Si Min Quek, Nathaniel Jun Xian Lum, Lian Leng Low, Yu Xian Loo

“…Abstract Background Singapore has an ageing population. End-of-life care and advance care planning are becoming increasingly important. …”
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Association of direct oral anticoagulant-proton pump inhibitor cotherapy with adverse outcomes: protocol for a population-based cohort study by Lehana Thabane, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Michael Paterson, Laura Targownik, Mei Wang, Anne Holbrook, Deborah Siegal

“…Our objective is to explore the risk of clinically relevant events, including bleeding, thromboembolic events and death, in patients prescribed DOACs while taking PPIs versus no PPI.Methods and analysis The protocol describes a retrospective cohort study of all Ontario residents aged 66 years or older with atrial fibrillation and at least one pharmacy dispensation for a DOAC identified using linked administrative healthcare databases covering 2009–2020. …”
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Health literacy in medication communication during hospital discharge: a qualitative study at an internal medicines ward in Norway by Liv Mathiesen, Morten Mowé, Yvonne Andersson, Stine Eidhammer Rognan, Kajsa Rebecka Bengtsson, Helene Berg Lie, Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong

“…Data were analysed using content analysis.Setting An internal medicines ward at a university hospital in Norway.Participant Fifteen patients aged 40–89 years were included close to the day of discharge.Results The following themes describing dimensions of HL emerged: (1) access, (2) understand, (3) appraise and (4) apply. …”
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Attractions and Repulsions: How Competitive is the Hungarian Civil Service Today? by Csilla Paksi-Petró

“… Purpose: The aging of civil servants poses the greatest risk for public institutions in Europe, making it increasingly difficult for employers to offer a suitably motivating atmosphere and attractive working conditions for different generations. …”
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Caregiver perceptions of usual care home programs for persons with acquired brain injury: a qualitative descriptive study by Elena V. Donoso Brown, Kasey Stepansky, Sarah E. Wallace, Isabella Bien, Emma Buttino

“…All participants spoke English, were between the ages of 18 and 85 years, had no neurodegenerative disorders, and self-identified as caregivers.ProceduresTwo nested semi-structured interviews were completed post-discharge from an inpatient rehabilitation facility. …”
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Effects of Electromyostımulatıon Traınıng on Body Composıtıon by İlkay Doğan, Mehmet Kirişçioğlu, Mürsel Biçer, Zarife Pancar

“…Training was done as strength and durability exercises for 12 minutes, cardio exercises for 8 minutes and active rest for 5 minutes. Ages, genders, lengths, weights, fat percentages, lean body masses and body mass indexes of groups were measured both whole and regional, and then these parameters were compared before and after treatment. …”
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Effectiveness of a resilience, gender equity and mental health group intervention for young people living in informal urban communities in North India: a cluster randomized control... by Varadharajan Srinivasan, Miguel San Sebastián, Samson Rana, Pooja Bhatt, Greg Armstrong, Smita Deshpande, Kaaren Mathias

“…Methods This cluster randomised controlled trial used an analytic sample of 476 adolescents and young adults aged 11–25 years from randomised clusters in urban Dehradun, India. …”
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Supplemental technologies of liver ultrasound investigation at the 1-st type tyrosinemia in pediatrics by G. M. Dvoryakovskaya, S. A. Ivleva, I. V. Dvoryakovsky, S. I. Polyakova

“…Overall 14 children with the 1-st type tyrosinemia aged 3 months to 14 years (6 — with acute and subacute forms and 8 — with chronic form) were studied. …”
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Improved completion rates and characterization of drug reactions with an intensive Chagas disease treatment program in rural Bolivia. by Jeffrey A Tornheim, Daniel F Lozano Beltran, Robert H Gilman, Mario Castellon, Marco A Solano Mercado, Walter Sullca, Faustino Torrico, Caryn Bern

“…Many dermatologic ADEs were moderately severe upon presentation (35.6%), were not reduced by use of antihistamines, occurred among adult patients of all ages, and occurred throughout treatment, rather than the first few weeks alone.…”
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Atherogenic Risk Factors in Medical Students by Airam Navarro Palacios, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Rafael Comas Valdespino, Girelda Cordero López, Alain Landrian Davis, Adrian Landrian Davis

“…Enrique Cabrera Faculty of Medical Sciences, with ages between 19 and 24 years old, of both sexes and did not report any symptoms or disease. …”
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Severe central nervous system injury in 9 children with COVID-19 by Peipei Zhang, Meiyun Xin, Yingge Bai, Xueyun Ren, Na Li

“…Of the nine patients, seven were male (77.78%). Five children were aged ≥ 10 years, and the others were 1–2 years old. …”
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Digitalization of the Workflow for Drone-Assisted Inspection and Automated Assessment of Industrial Buildings for Effective Maintenance Management by Jorge Torres-Barriuso, Natalia Lasarte, Ignacio Piñero, Eduardo Roji, Peru Elguezabal

“…Continuous maintenance based on an accurate diagnosis makes it possible to meet the challenges of aging infrastructures, which demands a reliable data-based assessment for maintenance management implementing corrective and preventive actions, according to the damage criticality. …”
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The Sequence of Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthase 2 Gene in Women with Cervicitis by Maha A. Ahlial, Nazar Sh. Mohammed, Maysara S. Khalaf

“…Venous blood samples were obtained from 100 women with cervicitis whose ages ranged from 18 to 60 years, and 100 healthy women as a control group. …”
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Differences in fatty infiltration in thigh muscles and physical function between people with and without knee osteoarthritis and similar body mass index: a cross-sectional study by Jessica B. Aily, Marcos de Noronha, Ricardo J. Ferrari, Stela M. Mattiello

“…This study aims to compare interMAT and intraMAT, along with physical function (including knee extension strength), between individuals with and without knee osteoarthritis, matched by BMI. Methods Participants aged ≥ 40 years with symptomatic and radiological knee OA group (grade 2 and 3 on the Kellgren and Lawrence (KL) scale) were included in the affected group, while those with no knee pain and no radiological knee OA changes were included in the unaffected group. …”
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Multifaceted barriers associated with clinical breast examination in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analytical approach. by Castro Ayebeng, Joshua Okyere, Christiana Okantey, Isaac Yeboah Addo

“…A weighted sample size of 65,486 women aged 25-49 years was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of CBE. …”
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Perceived mistreatment in patients with rheumatic diseases: The impact of the underlying diagnosis. by Irazú Contreras-Yáñez, Loraine Ledón-LLanes, Guillermo Arturo Guaracha-Basañez, América Sánchez-Hernández, Ana Belén Ortiz-Haro, Virginia Pascual-Ramos

“…<h4>Background</h4>Mistreatment is a complex problem that impacts people's quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. In aged people, it has been associated with female sex, poor general health, depression, functional and cognitive decline, and increased dependence levels, all of which are well-recognized characteristics of patients with rheumatic diseases (RMDs). …”
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A comparison of dynamic warm-up and "warm-up" using self-massage tools on subsequent sit-and-reach displacement. by Michele Aquino, Frederick DiMenna, John Petrizzo, George Yusuff, Robert M Otto, John Wygand

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty-two asymptomatic, physically-active participants (male; n = 17) aged 20.9 ± 1.5 years performed sit-and-reach tests before, immediately following and 10-, 20- and 30-minutes following eight minutes of each of the "warm-ups." …”
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Annual Zoledronic Acid for the Treatment of Osteoporosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Asif Hussain, Sushil Kumar Saini, Jaydeep Patel, Chandra Prakash Pal, Hemant Singh Chahar, Rohit Yadav

“…Methods: This is a blinded randomized clinical trial conducted at a government hospital. Patients aged 50–89 years with bone mineral density (BMD) T score < −2.5 or < −1.5 with 2 mild vertebral fractures or 1 moderate vertebral fractures were randomized to receive placebo versus zoledronic acid. …”
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Patients’ preferences on atopic dermatitis skincare and social media use: a qualitative study by Roxana Mazilu, Stefanie Ziehfreund, Stephan Traidl, Alexander Zink

“…Results A total of ten patients (3 men, 7 women) aged 23–42 years were interviewed. Participants reported new perspectives in four categories: opportunities and advantages of SM as information source for AD products, risks and disadvantages, important aspects for patients’ choice of AD products, and extent and purpose of SM use in selecting AD skincare. …”
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The effect of two different strength training programs applied to male athletes in the various branches on some physical and physiological parameters by Fırat Akcan, Mursel Bıcer

“…Three groups have been constituted from the volunteers among 18-30 ages who have participated in the study; Explosive Strength Group (ESG, n=12), Strength Endurance Group (SEG, n=12) and Control Group (CG, n=12). …”
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