Access to employee assistance programs and employee wellbeing: a cross-sectional study of employees in Southeast Asia by Amani Fadzlina Abdul Aziz, Tiffanie Ong

“…However, approximately 15% of working adults worldwide are struggling with a mental disorder at any given time. …”
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Are men's gender equality beliefs associated with self-reported intimate partner violence perpetration? A state-level analysis of California men. by Kalysha Closson, Nicole E Johns, Anita Raj

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed men's data (N = 3609) from three waves (2021, 2022, and 2023) of cross-sectional data from a statewide sample of California adults. We assessed gender equality beliefs using a three-item measure adapted from the World Values Survey, with higher scores representing more gender unequal beliefs (e.g., 'On a whole, men make better political leaders than women'). …”
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Artificially intelligent nursing homes: a scoping review of palliative care interventions by Isabel Ronan, Sabin Tabirca, Sabin Tabirca, David Murphy, Nicola Cornally, Mohamad M. Saab, Patrice Crowley

“…Nursing homes are needed to care for an increasing number of older adults. Palliative care can improve the quality of life of nursing home residents. …”
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Feasibility and effectiveness of a group therapy combining physical activity, surf therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to treat adolescents with depressive disorders: a pilot... by Bettina Hearn, Monica Biscaldi, Reinhold Rauh, Christian Fleischhaker

“…Recently, studies on surf therapy, as an innovative approach of physical activity, have shown promising results regarding the reduction of depressive symptoms in adults and the improvement of general mental health problems in adolescents. …”
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Integrated care for older people based on information and communication technology: a scoping review protocol by Yan Zhang, Shanshan Wang, Yutong Tian, Qingyun Cheng, Lixue Meng

“…We propose to recruit older people and integrated care service providers in rural primary healthcare centres and use a structured process of concept mapping to consult and discuss the results of our scoping review to construct an integrated care model and service pathway for older adults that is appropriate to the Chinese social context.…”
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Pre-treatment subjective sleep quality as a predictive biomarker of tDCS effects in preclinical Alzheimer's disease patients: Secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial. by Hanna Lu, Xi Ni, Sandra Sau Man Chan, Calvin Pak Wing Cheng, Waichi Chan, Linda Chiu Wa Lam

“…<h4>Background</h4>Despite transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has demonstrated encouraging potential for modulating the circadian rhythm, little is known about how well and sustainably tDCS might improve the subjective sleep quality in older adults. This study sought to determine how tDCS affected sleep quality and cognition, as well as how well pre-treatment sleep quality predicted tDCS effects on domain-specific cognitive functions in patients with mild neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease (NCD-AD).…”
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The Relation between Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome by Ali Cengiz, Suat Konuk, Tuncer Tuğ

“…Materials and Method. 44 patients with OSAS and 44 healthy adults were included in this study. The participants having rheumatic or systemic inflammatory disease, advanced liver or kidney failure, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, pregnancy, prerenal azotemia, known history of coronary artery disease, any pulmonary disease, rhinitis, or atopy, history of major trauma or surgery within the last six 6 months, and inhaled nasal or systemic corticosteroid use or other anti-inflammatory medications and those with <18 years of age were excluded. …”
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Systematic review of changed smoking behaviour, smoking cessation and psychological states of smokers according to cigarette type during the COVID-19 pandemic by Eunsil Cheon, Hae-ryoung Chun, Ji-eun Hwang

“…We used the keywords COVID-19, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and psychological factors in PubMed and ScienceDirect and found papers published between January and December 2020.Data selection We included articles in full text, written in English, and that surveyed adults. The topics included smoking behaviour, smoking cessation, psychological state of smokers and COVID-19-related topics.Data extraction and synthesis Papers of low quality, based on quality assessment, were excluded. …”
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Research status of east Asian traditional medicine treatment for chronic cough: A scoping review. by Boram Lee, Chan-Young Kwon, Ye Ji Kim, Jae Hyun Kim, Kwan-Il Kim, Beom-Joon Lee, Jun-Hwan Lee

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among 474 included studies, the study designs were mainly randomized controlled trials (72.4%), and the population was evenly distributed between children and adults. The cause of cough was not reported in most studies (56.1%). …”
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Spatial analysis and associated risk factors of HIV prevalence in Botswana: insights from the 2021 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS V) by Sethunya R. Simela, Matlhogonolo Kelepile, Thabo I. Sebobi

“…Methods The analysis included 12,653 adults aged 15–64 years and employed chi-square tests, multilevel mixed-effects regression, and spatial analysis techniques. …”
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Shigella sonnei Bacteremia Presenting with Profound Hepatic Dysfunction by Oluwaseun Shogbesan, Andrew Rettew, Bilal Shaikh, Abdullateef Abdulkareem, Anthony Donato

“…Shigella bacteremia is uncommon and generally seen in children and immunocompromised adults. We present a case of a Shigella sonnei bacteremia with marked hepatic derangement in a 27-year-old previously healthy homosexual male with history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, who presented to the emergency room with a 4-day history of loose watery stool, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting, and yellow skin of 2-day duration. …”
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Therapeutic potential of phytocompounds of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst (literature review) by O.O. Nikitina, D.S. Tsyba

“…An analysis of clinical studies in Ukraine shows that drugs based on B. monnieri can be used in the complex treatment of cognitive impairment associated with dyscirculatory encephalopathy in adults and perinatal CNS damage in children. Considering the amphiphilicity of bacosides and the non-toxicity of extracts, they can be involved in the development of various dosage forms with a wide range of therapeutic applications. …”
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Myocarditis Concurrent with Sweet Syndrome: A Presentation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Christopher G. Burkeen, David Pottinger, Chaitanya Iragavarapu, Reshma Ramlal, Gerhard Hildebrandt

“…Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common acute leukemia in American adults and portends a poor prognosis if untreated. …”
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Patient experiences of an ankle fracture and the most important factors in their recovery: a qualitative interview study by Rebecca Samantha Kearney, Rebecca McKeown, David R Ellard, Zi Heng Liew

“…Participants recruited from the clinical trial sample were adults aged 18 years or over with a closed ankle fracture.Results Ten participants were interviewed, five of whom were female and six of whom needed an operation to fix their ankle fracture. …”
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Possible Roles of Micro RNA‑142‑5p and Claudin-1 in Development of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in Iraqi Patients by Khaled Nather Taha, Farhan Abood Risan, Abdulameer Jasim Mohammed

“…Chemical thyroid function characteristics at the time of HT manifestation in adults are mostly influenced by the age of the patients and gender. …”
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Dental caries and related factors in the elderly of the Azar cohort population: A cross-sectional study. by Maryam Hosseinpour Sarmadi, Nasrin Sharififard, Zeinab Mahboobi, Elnaz Faramarzi, Aylin Bilehjani

“…Providing the dental services within the primary health care system for the adults, can be beneficial in improving oral health in old age.…”
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The weight-adjusted-waist index predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertension by Yu Zheng, Zixing Nie, Yifan Zhang, Tao Sun

“…According to the subgroup analysis, almost all groups showed a consistent positive correlation between WWI and mortality related to all-cause and CVD.ConclusionIn adults with hypertension, there is a positive association between WWI and all-cause and CVD mortality.…”
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Digital interventions for self-management of prediabetes: A scoping review. by Melanie Stowell, Rosie Dobson, Katie Garner, Mirza Baig, Norma Nehren, Robyn Whittaker

“…Published studies were eligible if they included a digital intervention to support adults aged 18+ with prediabetes self-management. …”
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Effects of a Distributed Form of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Clinical Application: The Keys Treatment Protocol by Sarah dos Anjos, Mary Bowman, David Morris

“…This pilot study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Keys protocol in enhancing UE capacity and performance poststroke. Methods: Ten adults with chronic stroke (>6 months) participated in an 8-week intervention. …”
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Comparison of modelled diffusion-derived electrical conductivities found using magnetic resonance imaging by Sasha Hakhu, Leland S. Hu, Scott Beeman, Rosalind J. Sadleir

“…This study investigates the variability in conductivity predictions across different microstructure models and evaluates their alignment with experimental observations.MethodsWe used publicly available diffusion databases from neurotypical adults to extract microstructure parameters for three diffusion-based brain models: Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI), Soma and Neurite Density Imaging (SANDI), and Spherical Mean technique (SMT) conductivity predictions were calculated for gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) tissues using each model. …”
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