Psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy: A narrative review by Pietro Cappelletto, Claudia Accolla, Martina Preti, Tiziana Pisano, Carmen Barba, Renzo Guerrini

“…Abstract People with epilepsy (PWE) are at higher risk of psychiatric disorders (PD), disability, and reduced quality of life than the general population, especially in childhood and adolescence and when seizures originate from the temporal lobe. …”
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Axial spondyloarthritis in India: determining the delay in diagnosis, impact on work productivity, and attitude of patients toward treatment by Kamini Narendra Reddy, Asawari Raut, Pravin Patil

“…AxSpA not only reduces work productivity but also leads to work disability. There is a need to address the patient's concerns regarding modern medicine so that their health-seeking behavior is improved.…”
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Effectiveness of Traditional Healers in Program to Control Leprosy in Nagan Raya District in Aceh by Teuku Alamsyah, Said Usman, Mutia Yusuf, Said Devi Elvin

“…Nagan Raya was the District in Aceh with the highest number of cases; new cases in 2015 comprised 26 with Paucibacillary (PB) and 21 with Multibacillary (MB) with a total of 4.26% with Grade II disability. The phenomena of handling and treatment by the people in Nagan Raya involve treatment by traditional healers, “Tabib”, to treat the leprosy, with treatments known as Peundang locally. …”
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Severe Psychomotor Delay in a Severe Presentation of Cat-Eye Syndrome by Guillaume Jedraszak, Aline Receveur, Joris Andrieux, Michèle Mathieu-Dramard, Henri Copin, Gilles Morin

“…Many reported cases also presented with variable congenital anomalies and intellectual disability. Most patients diagnosed with CES carry a small supernumerary bisatellited marker chromosome, resulting in partial tetrasomy of 22p-22q11.21. …”
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The complexity of mucosal damage in gastroesophageal airway reflux disease: A molecular perspective by Sheng Chen, Min Wang, Shuai Zhang, Xin Huang, Xinke Sui, Dou Li, Changqing Zhong, Wei Wu

“…The main cause of GARD-related clinical symptoms and signs of GARD is the structural damage and functional disability, which were caused by repeated contact between the mucous epithelium of the reflux tract and the acidic and non-acidic components of the reflux. …”
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Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Intervention for Alleviating Pain Associated with Knee Osteoarthritis in the Elderly by Ida Ayu Suptika Strisanti, Ida Ayu Anom Rastiti, Kadek Buja Harditya, I Dewa Ayu Agra Darmawati, Komang Rosa Tri Anggaraeni

“…KOA is a major cause of disability and immobility, significantly impacting the quality of life of the elderly. …”
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Research on stroke patients' perception of recurrence risk: A scoping review protocol. by Shanshan Zhu, Xueting Sun, Xin Guo, Meiqi Xu, Dingding Li, Shuaiyou Wang, Yage Shi, Chenjun Liu, Hongru Wang, Huimin Zhang

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Stroke, a major global cause of death and disability, has a high recurrence rate that significantly affects patients' physical, psychological, and economic well-being. …”
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Study on the Application of O2O Peer Tutor Collaborative Health Management Program in Rural Diabetes Patients with Non-standard Treatment by JIA Honghong, DU Qiuhui, ZHANG Zichen, ZHOU Yuqiu

“…Diabetes health management is focused on preventing and controlling diabetic complications in rural areas of China, as well as lowering disability and death rates. Objective To explore the effects of O2O peer mentor collaborative health management on the risk perception and diabetes management self-efficacy in rural patients with non-standard diabetes treatment. …”
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Burden and mortality of breast cancer attributed to diabetes and smoking in women: a secondary analysis based on Global Burden of Disease 2019 in North Africa and the Middle East by Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi, Leila Rezakhani, Mozafar Khazaei

“…In this study, we used data for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and mortality of BC in MENA countries. …”
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The Effect of Lower-Limb Exercise on Pain Management of the Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Tong Wu, Yong Ye

“…On postoperative days (POD) 1, 3, 7, and 14, data were collected and analyzed regarding the following items: patient satisfaction, lower-limb muscle force, lumbar JOA score (29 points), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and visual analog scale (VAS) score. …”
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Factors for Predicting Favorable Outcome of Percutaneous Epidural Adhesiolysis for Lumbar Disc Herniation by Sang Ho Moon, Jae Il Lee, Hyun Seok Cho, Jin Woo Shin, Won Uk Koh

“…Lower back pain is a common reason for disability and the most common cause is lumbar disc herniation. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of the Fatigue Severity Scale in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Hasti Hadizadeh, Farzaneh Farhadi, Gholam Ali Shahidi, Ahmad Delbari, Johan Lökk

“…The total score of the FSS-Per significantly discriminated IPD patients with more severe disability (HY stage > 2) versus those with less severe disease (HY stage ) (AUC = 0.81 (95% CI: 0.72–0.90)). …”
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Bioelectronic osteosynthesis plate to monitor the fracture bone healing using electric capacitive variations by Diogo G. Pires, Nuno M. Silva, A. Completo, Marco P. Soares dos Santos

“…Over the past few decades, a sustained increase in the number of incidents and prevalent cases have been reported, as well as in the years lived with disability. Current monitoring techniques predominantly rely on imaging methods, which can result in subjective assessments, and expose patients to unnecessary cumulative doses of radiation. …”
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Integrated treatment of depression and moderate to severe alcohol use disorder in women shows promise in routine alcohol use disorder care – a pilot study by Anna Persson, Anna Persson, Daniel Wallhed Finn, Alice Broberg, Amanda Westerberg, Åsa Magnusson, Åsa Magnusson, Olof Molander

“…IntroductionMajor depression and alcohol use disorder affect millions of individuals worldwide and cause significant disability. They often occur together, and their co-occurrence is associated with more negative outcomes than each disorder on its own. …”
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Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors in relation to Overweight Defined by BMI and “Normal-Weight Obesity” by Bodil Ohlsson, Jonas Manjer

“…Male sex, age, sick leave/disability, married/cohabitating, divorced/widowed, former smoking, and a high alcohol consumption were associated with higher BMI, whereas higher education and frequent alcohol consumption were inversely associated (all p<0.001). …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) GRADE AND BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IN OUTPATIENTS OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT RSUD DR. SOETOMO by Lukas Widhiyanto, Andre Triadi Desnantyo, Lilik Djuari, Maynura Kharismansha

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is the number eight disease causes Years of Disability in developing countries. OA worsen life quality, from movement limitation until inability to perform normal daily routines. …”
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Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Harald Baumeister, Michael Witthöft, Eileen Bendig, Severin Hennemann, Katja Böhme, Maria Kleinstäuber, David Daniel Ebert

“…Secondary outcomes include depression, (health) anxiety, disability, intervention satisfaction and adherence.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been granted. …”
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Best Evidence Summary for the Improvement and Management of Disorders of Consciousness in Patients With Severe Brain Injury by Miaoyuan Lin, Qiongna Lu, Sheng Yu, Wenjuan Lin

“…Methods Following the evidence summary report standard of Fudan University Center for Evidence‐Based Nursing, clinical guidelines, expert consensuses, systematic reviews, and evidence summaries were systematically retrieved from UpToDate; BMJ Best Practice; Guidelines International Network; the Cochrane Library; Embase; PubMed; Sinomed; Web of Science; CNKI; WanFang database; American Academy of Neurology (AAN); American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM); European Academy of Neurology; and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). …”
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A descriptive study of fatal drownings among children and adolescents in the United States, with a focus on retention pond deaths, 2004-2020. by Saroj Bista, Nichole L Michaels

“…Among all decedents who drowned in retention ponds, 19.1% were found to have a disability or chronic illness. Most retention ponds lacked local ordinances regulating water access (83.5%) and did not have barriers or protection (66.1%) or warning signs (82.0%). …”
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Does Scoliosis-Specific Exercise Treatment in Adolescence Alter Adult Quality of Life? by Maciej Płaszewski, Igor Cieśliński, Paweł Kowalski, Aleksandra Truszczyńska, Roman Nowobilski

“…The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, and pain scale (VAS) were applied. …”
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