Self-Management in Daily Life with Psoriasis: An Integrative Review of Patient Needs for Structured Education by Gitte Susanne Rasmussen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Kirsten Lomborg

“…To capture the patients’ cultural understanding of the implications of the disease and care, we developed an interlevel model indicating that self-experienced burden of disease and its visibility, personal conditions such as illness perception, and the patient’s age at onset time are high-impact factors that should be addressed in future structured patient education programmes. …”
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HIV Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: Critical Knowledge and Intervention Gaps by Jaimie P. Meyer, Nadine E. Chen, Sandra A. Springer

“…This paper describes four major challenges to successful management of HIV in the criminal justice system: relapse to substance use, homelessness, mental illness, and loss of medical and social benefits. …”
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The Validity and Reliability of the Turkish version of Knowledge About Schizophrenia Questionnaire (KASQ) by Sevgi Dicle Gorkem Atalan, Akfer Karaoglan Kahilogullari, Sibel Orsel

“…The Knowledge About Schizophrenia Questionnaire (KASQ), was developed to assess patients knowledge about their illness and its management. The present study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of KASQ. …”
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Mental Health in Urologic Oncology by Danyon Anderson, Abrahim N. Razzak, Matthew McDonald, David Cao, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…For all pathologies, a focus on increasing quality of life post-treatment demonstrated a positive impact in reducing Mental Health Illness (MHI) prevalence. Cancer specific mental health care may be given to patients to reduce suicide risk in BC patients and sexual identify and masculinity counseling may improve mental health for TC or PeCa patients. …”
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Level among Renal Transplant Recipients: A Case Report from Nepal by Kamal Ranabhat, Bhuvan Saud, Saroj Adhikari, Suraj Bhattarai, Rojan Adhikari, Bhoj Raj Luitel, Mahesh Raj Sigdel

“…Hence, we conclude that despite immune-suppressed status of transplant recipients, COVID-19 vaccination could protect them against severe illness.…”
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End-of-life decisions and palliative care in surgical intensive care units by Polona Gams, Anja Kramarič Lozar, Primož Gradišek, Maja Šoštarič

“…Palliative care may improve the quality of life for patients facing serious illnesses, while end-of-life decisions relieve the patients from unnecessary aggressive treatments. …”
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Mortality, Work and Migration. A Consideration of Age-specific Mortality from Tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901 by Alice Reid, Eilidh Garrett

“…We show that the age and gender-specific pattern of mortality in the rural area is consistent with higher male than female out-migration together with return migration of those who had contracted the disease elsewhere and needed care during their lengthy illness. We argue that the observed patterns are difficult to reconcile with the ‘bargaining-nutrition’ account of gendered patterns in tuberculosis mortality, and that they provide little support for nutrition as a key influence on the disease. …”
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The Societal Impact of Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia on Patients, Life Partners, and Children of Patients in Germany by Thomas Weinke, Andrea Glogger, Isabelle Bertrand, Kati Lukas

“…Former patients and their family never forgot this illness and its considerable impact on their lives, particularly when PHN occurred. …”
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Comparison between Whatman FTA Elute Cards and Conventional Swab for the Detection of Pathogenic Enteric Bacteria Using an RT-qPCR Assay by Na Yue, Zichao Jia

“…The emergence of outbreaks of foodborne illness is closely associated with food contamination caused by various enteric pathogens, such as Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis, and Staphylococcus aureus. …”
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Safety and Efficacy Profile of Commercial Veterinary Vaccines against Rift Valley Fever: A Review Study by Moataz Alhaj

“…Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is an infectious illness with serious clinical manifestations and health consequences in humans as well as a wide range of domestic ruminants. …”
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Assessment of Malaria Predisposing Factors among Crop Production Farmers Attending the Ndop District Hospital, Northwest Region of Cameroon by Nfor Omarine Nlinwe, Tamombi Akonji Emmanuel Ateh

“…The following categorical variables were considered predisposing factors: Sex, history on malaria illness/treatment, use of long-lasting insecticide nets (LLINs) and knowledge on malaria transmission/prevention. …”
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Attenuation of Autoimmune Phenomena in a Patient with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 by Jill D. Jacobson, Julia R. Broussard, Courtney Marsh, Brandon Newell

“…Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 (APS1) is a progressive life-threatening illness with no known cure. Current treatments involve replacement of the hormone deficiencies that result from autoimmune destruction of multiple endocrine organs. …”
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The Barbados Emergency Ambulance Service: High Frequency of Nontransported Calls by Sherwin E. Phillips, Pamela S. Gaskin, David Byer, W. L. Cadogan, Andrew Brathwaite, Anders L. Nielsen

“…The Barbados Ambulance Service is mostly used by people with a known illness and for trauma cases. One-fifth of calls fall into a category where the ambulance is not used often due to cancellation which is related to response time. …”
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Physiological-Social Scores in Predicting Outcomes of Prehospital Internal Patients by Abbasali Ebrahimian, Hesam Seyedin, Roohangiz Jamshidi-Orak, Gholamreza Masoumi

“…This instrument was used as a measure to detect critical illness in patients hospitalised in internal wards. …”
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Variables to Be Monitored via Biomedical Sensors for Complete Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Management: An Extension of the “On-Board” Concept by Ignacio Rodríguez-Rodríguez, José-Víctor Rodríguez, Miguel-Ángel Zamora-Izquierdo

“…With this, it is possible to deeply characterize a diabetic person, offering a better understanding of his or her illness evolution, and, going further, develop new strategies to manage DM1. …”
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Mental Health in Non-Oncologic Urology Patients by Danyon Anderson, Devesh Kumar, Divya Divya, Jose L. Zepeda, Abrahim N. Razzak, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…We outlined different ongoing Mental Health Illness (MHI) needs and treatments for various pathologies. …”
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of a Generalized Anxiety Disorder Case Comorbid with Health Anxiety by Nalan Kara

“…Seven years ago he started to find out several physical symptoms (abdominal paint, nausea) in his body; because of these symptoms he thought he will become ill, undergo surgical operation and die. He frequently consulted the doctors, releived as they didn’t find any illness, but his fears reoccured whenever he complained any symptom. …”
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Quality of Life Related to Health on Patients Suffering from Cerebrovascular Diseases at 2 Years of Survival by Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Diosdania Alfonso Falcón, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez, Miguel Angel Buergo Zuaznábar, Inti Santana Carballosa

“…The spheres identified as more engaged were the feelings and the emotional one. Illness in several of the cerebral dominance was confirmed in the majority of survivors although the obtained measurements were not high. …”
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Bacteriology Quality of Zobo Drinks Consumed in Some Parts of Osun State, Nigeria by RO Risiquat

“…The present finding revealed that zobo drinks retailed and sold in these markets are potential vehicles for transmitting food borne illness, thus the need to develop Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) and Post Production Preservation and Packaging technique.…”
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Bacteriology Quality of Zobo Drinks Consumed in Some Parts of Osun State, Nigeria by RO Risiquat

“…The present finding revealed that zobo drinks retailed and sold in these markets are potential vehicles for transmitting food borne illness, thus the need to develop Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) and Post Production Preservation and Packaging technique.…”
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