Management Outcome of Burn Injury and Associated Factors among Hospitalized Children at Ayder Referral Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia by Sielu Alemayehu, Bhafta Afera, Kalayou Kidanu, Tilahun Belete

“…Globally, over half of the disability-adjusted life years lost from fire-related burns which occurred between the ages of 0 and 14 years. …”
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Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Corrado Barbui, Chiara Servili, Brian Reichow, Cary Kogan, Isaac Smith, M Taghi Yasamy

“…Introduction Developmental disorders, including intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders, may limit an individual's capacity to conduct daily activities. …”
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Conditioned Media from Adipose-Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Downregulate Degradative Mediators Induced by Interleukin-1β in Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes by Julia Platas, Maria Isabel Guillén, María Dolores Pérez del Caz, Francisco Gomar, Vicente Mirabet, Maria José Alcaraz

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most frequent joint disorder and an important cause of disability. Recent studies have shown the potential of adipose-tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSC) for cartilage repair. …”
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Research progress of health action process approach model in nursing interventions for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (健康行动过程取向理论模型在2型糖尿病护理中应用的研究进展)... by ZHANG Jiahui (张家慧), WANG Yan (王艳)

“…Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent diseases affecting the endocrine system, associated to high morbidity, disability, and mortality rate. Active lifestyle interventions are potentially effective to improve the prognosis of patients with diabetes mellitus. …”
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Isosteviol Sodium Promotes Neurological Function Recovery in a Model of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats by Tongxia Zhang, Tao Zhang, Han Yu, Lingyi Chi

“…ABSTRACT Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is an incurable condition that is the largest cause of disability. In previous studies, Isosteviol sodium (STVNa) has been shown to protect rats against acute focal cerebral ischemia; however, the effects of STVNa on SCI recovery in rats remain unknown. …”
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Integrated analysis of dermatomyositis reveals heterogeneous immune infiltration and interstitial lung disease-associated endotype by Xinzhi Xu, Tianwen Qiu, Kexin Sun, Xue Han, Junxia Huang, Xiuyuan Wang, Jianchao Ge, Ji Yang

“…Abstract Background Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune disease with a high rate of disability and mortality especially in DM with concurrent interstitial lung disease (DM-ILD). …”
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Linguistic-cultural validation of a French version of the oral health assessment tool by Rapp Lucie, Vergnes Jean-Noel, Monsarrat Paul, Kémoun Philippe, Balardy Laurent, Lacoste-Ferré Marie-Hélène

“…This validation involved two samples: a retrospective convenience sample of 1319 patients from the “Geriatric Frailty Clinic (GFC) for Assessment of Frailty and Prevention of Disability” and a prospective sample included 50 patients (34 from the long-term care unit and 16 from the neuro-locomotive follow-up care and rehabilitation unit). …”
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A relevant investigation of the degree of cement diffusion after robot-assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty by Yancheng Zhu, Hailong Chen, Liang Li, Yongkang Yang, Yishi Jia, Chang Liu, Xiaofei Xu, Jian Ruan, Boyao Wang, Jun Liu

“…The study examined the differences in age, sex, BMD T-value, fracture segment, preoperative, postoperative, and 3-month postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) and Oswestry disability index (ODI) pain scores, fluoroscopic dose, frequency of fluoroscopy, volume of bone cement injected, angle of puncture abduction, degree of cement diffusion, and bone cement spillage among the two patient groups. …”
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Targeted Neuromodulation of Abnormal Interhemispheric Connectivity to Promote Neural Plasticity and Recovery of Arm Function after Stroke: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial Stu... by Michael R. Borich, Steven L. Wolf, Andrew Q. Tan, Jacqueline A. Palmer

“…Despite intensive rehabilitation efforts, most stroke survivors have persistent functional disability of the paretic arm and hand. These motor impairments may be due in part to maladaptive changes in structural and functional connections between brain regions. …”
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Quality assessment and umbrella review of systematic reviews about dance for people with Parkinson's disease. by Camila Pinto, Rafaela Simon Myra, Alexandre Severo do Pinho, Francisca Pereira, Guido Orgs, Aline Souza Pagnussat

“…<h4>Objective(s)</h4>To determine (1) the quality of systematic reviews about dance-based intervention in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) and (2) standard evidence for dance-based intervention efficacy based on the categories of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) from the World Health Organization's (WHO).…”
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Evaluation of Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Imam Sadiq Teaching Hospital at Babylon City by Intisar Mahdi Kadhim Almurshedi, Amel Mustafa Kamil, Aqeel Abbas Noaman

“… Venous thromboembolism (VTE), a term referring to blood clots in the veins, is an underdiagnosed and dangerous, yet avoidable, medical illness that can result in disability and mortality. When a blood clot develops in a deep vein, commonly in the lower leg, thigh, or pelvis, it is referred to as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). …”
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The Associations Between Functional Mobility, Dynamic Stability and Back Pain in Women After Caesarean Section Surgery by Laura Žalienė, Irina Arup

“…The quality of life is better, and the level of disability is lower in women who have given birth naturally than those who have undergone cesarean section surgery. …”
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Relationship Between Bi-Caudate Ratio and White Matter Atrophy in Brain MRI of Multiple Sclerosis by Hussein Soleimantabar, Shno Hosseini

“…The symbol digit modalities test (SDMT) was used to check the cognitive function of patients, and the relationship between BCR and MS-related parameters was evaluated. Expanded disability status score (EDSS) was also evaluated. A significance level was considered less than 0.05. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer attributable to ambient particulate matter pollution among adults aged 70 and above in 1990–2021 and pr... by Ke-Jie He, Haitao Wang, Jianguang Xu, Guoyu Gong

“…This study aims to evaluate past trends, identify key drivers, and project future disease burden.MethodsData from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 was analyzed for TBL cancer-related disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and mortality from 1990 to 2021, stratified by SDI regions. …”
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Therapeutic Adherence in Patients with Arterial Hypertension by Liens Hernández Quintero, Diana Amelia Crespo Fernández, Liliet Trujillo Cruz, Liliana María Hernández Quintero, Marcia Azcuy Pérez

“…<strong>Background:</strong> arterial hypertension is presented worldwide as one of the main causes of death and disability. Lack of adherence to treatment is one of this disease great problems. …”
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A Predictive Nomogram for Selective Screening of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Population-Based Study by Nghia H. Vo, Bui V. Pham, Nghia N. Nguyen, Bao T. Nguyen

“…Objectives: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with disability, low quality of life, and mortality. However, most cases are asymptomatic, often detected incidentally, or only recognized when they have progressed to the later stages with complications. …”
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Trends in age‐specific incidence, mortality, and DALYs of female breast cancer from 1990 to 2021 by Subhadra Priyadarshini, Kunja Bihari Panda

“…This study aims to analyze the trends in breast cancer incidence, mortality, and disability‐adjusted life years (DALYs) across different age groups from 1990 to 2021, and to project the mortality rate for the next decade. …”
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Social media activism and women's health: Endometriosis awareness and support by Hyunjin Seo, K. Macy Burkett, Moses Okocha, Huong Ha, Rim Chaif, Nazra Izhar, Michaella Barros Coelho, Blessing Jona, Azhar Iqbal

“…In addition, social media users widely incorporated three feminism themes: (i) bringing attention to invisible disability, (ii) solidarity and support among women, and (iii) advocacy and activism around women's health. …”
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Growing old before growing rich: a scoping review on ageing-related policy interventions from the WHO Southeast Asian Region by Nachiket Gudi, Anu Mohan, Teddy Andrews Jaihind Jothikaran, Abhijith A K, Lena Ashok

“…The notable delimitations of the given policy interventions are ambiguity regarding the monitoring of the programmes, lack of benchmark standards for evaluation of progress, inadequate attention to rural poverty and lack of decentralisation.Conclusion WHO SEARO countries can respond better to ageing by reinforcing areas such as caregiver support and allowances, public financing in older care, old age health insurance, public-private partnership in mobile and institutional caring and social security systems including old age and disability pension.…”
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Characterization of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and cognitive impairment. Cienfuegos, 2018 by Beatriz Perdomo Borges, Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Marianela Fonseca Fernández, Isabel Urquiza Pozo, Idalmis Luisa Martínez Serrano, Belkis Rosa Bilaboy Pérez

“…It constitutes the first cause of permanent disability in the adult and the second of dementia.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize patients with cerebrovascular disease and cognitive disorder.…”
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