ADAPTATION OF INTERPERSONAL COUNSELLING FOR ADOLESCENTS (IPC-A) FOR FINNISH STUDENT WELFARE SERVICES – RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION BY USING AN EXPANDED FRAMEWORK FOR REPORTING ADAPTAT... by NOORA SEILO, KRISTIINA MÄMMI, OUTI LINNARANTA

“…It has been adapted from IPC for adults in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015. IPC-A was first adapted to Finnish student welfare services in a pilot study, conducted in 2016-2018. …”
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Normative Values for Londrina ADL Protocol in Healthy Individuals in Age Group of 40–60 Years among Indian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study by Uttanoor Sreedevi, Gopala Krishna Alaparthi, Shyam krishnan, Kalyana Chakravarthy Bairapareddy, R. Anand, Vishak Acharya

“…Due to increase in the life expectancy and changes related to aging, it is important to assess ADL (activities of daily living) in older adults. However, there is no standardized protocol available to assess ADLs. …”
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Comparison of 3 Aging Metrics in Dual Declines to Capture All-Cause Dementia and Mortality Risk: Cohort Study by Anying Bai, Shan He, Yu Jiang, Weihao Xu, Zhanyi Lin

“…ObjectiveWe aim to compare the predictive capacities of 3 distinct aging metrics—motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR), physio-cognitive decline syndrome (PCDS), and cognitive frailty (CF)—for incident dementia and all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older adults. MethodsWe used longitudinal data from waves 10-15 of the Health and Retirement Study. …”
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A comprehensive review and meta-analysis of the relationships between interleukin-7 levels and COVID-19 severity by Michal MATUSZEWSKI, Michal PRUC, Lukasz SZARPAK, Alla NAVOLOKINA, Katarzyna KIEZUN, Francesco CHIRICO, Gabriella NUCERA, Yuriy STEPANOVSKYY, Murat YILDIRIM, Anna HILFANOVA, Anastasia BONDARENKO

“…Four main electronic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) were searched from January 1st, 2020 to September 2nd, 2022, to find papers investigating the prognostic significance of interleukin-7 in COVID-19-hospitalized adults. Google Scholar was used in addition to the online database search. …”
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One-year outcomes of traumatic injuries among survivors in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study on the employment outcomes and functioning state by Ayalew Zewdie, Adamu Addissie, Marcia Finlayson, Ansha Nega Ahmed, Rosemary Lysaght

“…Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the outcomes.Results Of the 254 participants, 78% were men, 48% were young adults (age 25–39 years), 41% were injured by road traffic collision, 52% were admitted to the hospital for up to a week and only 16% received compensation for the injury. …”
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Inadequate toothbrushing practice and associated factors among in-school adolescents in Malaysia: Findings from Global School Health Survey (GSHS) 2017. by Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Nurulasmak Mohamed, S Maria Awaluddin, Habibah Yacob

“…Inadequate toothbrushing during adolescence can lead to oral health problems and disease burden in adults. Moreover, inadequate practice can lead to low quality of life and inadequate self-esteem.…”
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Incident Cheyne-Stokes respiration occurring in CPAP-treated patients and cardiovascular risk: a 2-years prospective follow-up (The Alertapnee study) by Arnaud Prigent, Joëlle Texereau, Sébastien Bailly, Renaud Gervais, Anne-Laure Serandour, Régis Luraine, Jean Louis Pépin

“…Abstract The Alertapnée study followed 555 adults with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP and found that the occurrence of Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) was linked to a 14-fold increase in the risk of significant cardiac events (SCE) after one year. …”
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Cameroon: Prevalence and Predictors—A Multisetting Community-Based Study by Massongo Massongo, Adamou Dodo Balkissou, Laurent-Mireille Endale Mangamba, Virginie Poka Mayap, Marie Elisabeth Ngah Komo, Abdou Wouoliyou Nsounfon, Alain Kuaban, Eric Walter Pefura Yone

“…We aimed to estimate its prevalence in Cameroon and look for its predictors. Methods. Adults aged 19 years and older were randomly selected in 4 regions of Cameroon to participate in a cross-sectional community-based study. …”
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Circulating CD3+HLA-DR+ Extracellular Vesicles as a Marker for Th1/Tc1-Type Immune Responses by Ryutaro Oba, Motomichi Isomura, Akira Igarashi, Kinya Nagata

“…To evaluate the clinical usefulness of these EVs, we measured the serum levels in patients with inflammatory diseases, including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV, n=13) infection, atopic dermatitis (AD, n=10), rheumatoid arthritis (RA, n=20), and osteoarthritis (OA, n=20) and compared the levels with those of healthy adults (n=20). CD3+CD4+ EVs were significantly higher in all of EBV infection, AD, RA, and OA while CD3+CD8+ EVs were higher in EBV infection, lower in RA, and not different in AD and OA relative to the control. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Using Standardized Treatment Protocols for Hypertension Compared to Usual Care: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Gautam Satheesh, Rupasvi Dhurjati, Vivekanand Jha, Aletta E. Schutte, Bolanle Banigbe, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Andrew E. Moran, Abdul Salam

“…We conducted a systematic review of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) among adults with hypertension, comparing hypertension STPs (intervention) with usual care (comparator) for effects on BP. …”
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Goal attainment scaling as an outcome measure for randomised controlled trials: a scoping review by Elaine Pascoe, Andrea Viecelli, Ruth Hubbard, Benignus Logan, Dev Jegatheesan

“…Objectives (1) Identify the healthcare settings in which goal attainment scaling (GAS) has been used as an outcome measure in randomised controlled trials. (2) Describe how GAS has been implemented by researchers in those trials.Design Scoping review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews approach.Data sources PubMed, CENTRAL, EMBASE and PsycINFO were searched through 28 February 2022.Eligibility criteria English-language publications reporting on research where adults in healthcare settings were recruited to a randomised controlled trial where GAS was an outcome measure.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers completed data extraction. …”
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Chronic hepatitis B and risk of kidney involvement by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…First of all, it is HBV-associated glomerulonephritis developed as systemic manifestation of infection and presented, as a rule, by membranous nephropathy in children and mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis in adults, resulting in chronic renal failure (CRF) in 30% of cases, while program hemodialysis is required in 10% of patients. …”
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Characteristics Associated with Acute-Phase Response following First Zoledronic Acid Infusion in Brazilian Population with Osteoporosis by Bruno S. A. Ferreira, Bernardo M. da Cunha, Luciana P. Valadares, Larissa A. Moreira, Frederico G. A. Batista, Cristiane da F. Hottz, Marina M. P. Lins, Gabriel G. R. Magalhães, Luanna M. de Arruda, Sergio H. R. Ramalho

“…This retrospective cohort study enrolled all adults with osteoporosis who underwent a first zoledronic acid infusion at our centre between June 2015 and June 2019. …”
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The association of biological sex and long-term outcomes in older patients with physical restraint at the emergency department by Laetitia Manfredini, Marion Pépin, Pradeebane Vaittinada Ayar, Matthieu Gay, Marie Certin, Prabakar Vaittinada Ayar

“…Conclusion This study suggested that the use of physical restraint in older adults was a more related factor of mortality in men than women. …”
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Serum Carboxy-terminal Cross-linking Telopeptide Fragments of Type-2 Collagen Level in the General Population: A Pilot Study by Rajat Khanna, Divyam Jindal, Sudhir Singh

“…Materials and Methods: Normal healthy adults were included as the participants in this study (175 participants). …”
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Is it Time to Normalize Scapular Dyskinesis? The Incidence of Scapular Dyskinesis in Those With and Without Symptoms: a Systematic Review of the Literature by Paul A. Salamh, William J. Hanney, Trey Boles, Daniel Holmes, Alex McMillan, Austin Wagner, Morey J. Kolber

“…# Background Up to 67% of adults experience shoulder pain in their lifetime. …”
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The Effect of Nutritional Mobile Apps on Populations With Cancer: Systematic Review by Krystal Lu Shin Ng, Murallitharan Munisamy, Joanne Bee Yin Lim, Mustafa Alshagga

“…ResultsA total of 13 interventions were included, comprising 783 adults or teenagers with cancer. Most studies focused on breast cancer (6/13, 46%), overweight (6/13, 46%), and survivors (9/13, 69%). …”
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Prevalence of Lp(a) in a real-world Portuguese cohort: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment by Miguel Saraiva, Jonatas Garcez, Beatriz Tavares da Silva, Inês Poças Ferreira, José Carlos Oliveira, Isabel Palma

“…Methods Retrospective and cross-sectional study of adults who underwent serum Lp(a) analysis in a Portuguese hospital between August 2018 and June 2022. …”
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Inadequate Lymph Node Yield: An Inadequate Indication for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II Colon Cancer by Alan Zambeli-Ljepović, MD, MHS, Daniel Hoffman, MD, Katherine E. Barnes, BS, Fernanda Romero-Hernandez, MD, Amir Ashraf Ganjouei, MD, MPH, Mohamed A. Adam, MD, Ankit Sarin, MD, MHA

“…We used the National Cancer Database (NCDB) to identify adults who underwent resection for a single primary T3 or T4 colon cancer between 2006 and 2018. …”
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Experiences of patients talking about mental illness with their children: a qualitative study by Elizabeth Rapa, Athif Ilyas, Athif Ilyas, Simone de Cassan, Simone de Cassan, Louise J. Dalton

“…BackgroundMany adults with mental illness have dependent children; these parents must navigate decisions about whether and what to tell their children about the illness. …”
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