Self-efficacy instruments for individuals with coronary artery disease: a systematic review protocol by Karolinne Souza Monteiro, Jose Alexandre Barbosa Almeida, Rêncio Bento Florêncio, Darllane Azevedo Lemos, Jéssica Costa Leite, Lucien Peroni Gualdi

“…The evaluation of cardiac self-efficacy in individuals with CAD will support healthcare professionals to improve self-efficacy via interventions; therefore, a suitable instrument is crucial. …”
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Social support perception in parents of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus by Natalia Macarena Maureira MIranda, Claudia Maribel Muñoz Pavez, Maria Cecilia Toffoletto Toffoletto, Ángel Roco Videla

“…Support must go beyond the family, with important action by health professionals and the entire context in which children are inserted, to contribute to adequate management of the disease.…”
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Multidisciplinary nursing care in chronic Chagas disease: a scoping review by Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva, Leonardo Maia Leony, Ramona Tavares Daltro, Emily Ferreira Santos, Natália Erdens Maron Freitas, Larissa de Carvalho Medrado Vasconcelos, Daniel Dias Sampaio, Faber Neves Santos, Lívia Dórea Dantas Fernandes, Roque Aras, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Fred Luciano Neves Santos

“…Objective To increase healthcare professionals’ awareness of the critical role played by high-quality care in the management of patients with chronic Chagas disease. …”
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Portable Handheld Slit-Lamp Based on a Smartphone Camera for Cataract Screening by Shenming Hu, Hong Wu, Xinze Luan, Zhuoshi Wang, Mary Adu, Xiaoting Wang, Chunhong Yan, Bo Li, Kewang Li, Ying Zou, Xiaoya Yu, Xiangdong He, Wei He

“…This eliminates the concerns of inaccurate diagnosis based on the use of unskilled professionals. Due to the portability, ease of use, and simplicity in obtaining crystal images of this device, it serves as a promising platform for nonhospital screening and telemedicine. …”
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Implementation of the STEPPS program for the treatment of self-harm behaviors in Catalonia’s prisons: barriers and facilitators by Rosa Lorente-Català, Irene Jaén, Xavier Buscà-Huertas, Berta Framis, Azucena García-Palacios

“…Eight Focus Group Discussions based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) were conducted with 17 professionals who implemented the STEPPS program. Additionally, quantitative data were gathered using an open-closed questionnaire based on a CFIR questionnaire. …”
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Measuring the impact of managing incontinence on people with dementia and informal caregivers: Cognitive debriefing interviews of ‘ICIQ-Cog’ (English translation) by Miriam Avery, Nikki Cotterill, Mandy Fader, Margaret Macaulay, Ruth Kirschner-Hermanns, Cathy Murphy

“…One of the questions was deemed difficult to answer as an unpaid caregiver due to the need for more general caring experience; another used phraseology potentially more understandable by professional carers. Several participants emphasised missing questions (such as cost of buying continence aids and extra washing). …”
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Acoustic Emission Technique for Battery Health Monitoring: Comprehensive Literature Review by Eliška Sedláčková, Anna Pražanová, Zbyněk Plachý, Nikola Klusoňová, Vaclav Knap, Karel Dušek

“…This review not only examines the potential of AE techniques in battery health monitoring but also underscores the need for further research and adoption of these techniques, encouraging the academic community and industry professionals to explore and implement these methods.…”
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Religiosity as a potential mediator for violence in childhood and adulthood: results from a Brazilian nationally representative survey by Homero Vallada, Ronaldo Laranjeira, Juliane Piasseschi de Bernardin Gonçalves, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Maria do Rosario Dias Latorre

“…These results could help researchers explore this phenomenon, and aid health professionals and managers when proposing future interventions.…”
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Study protocol for the development and pilot-testing of a Self-assessment tool for the implementation of the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health (ESCNH) by James Webbe, Helmut Hummler, Luc J I Zimmermann, Ylva Thernström Blomqvist, Nicholas Lack, Dietmar Schlembach, Julia Hoffmann, Silke Mader, Eleni Vavouraki, Sarah Lehmann, Gina Ancora, Esther Schouten, Ilaria Simonelli, Isabel Geiger

“…To support healthcare professionals (HCPs) and hospital/clinic management in identifying the extent of ESCNH implementation, a feasible assessment tool is required. …”
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Escape Room Activity to Teach Head and Neck Anatomy by George Holan, Rijul Asri, Abhishek Yadav, Christin Traba, Sophia Chen, Jeremy J. Grachan

“…Discussion While the escape room may not have shown significant improvement in knowledge, integrating this active learning tool does help students identify gaps in their knowledge and requires the utilization of various skills, which can make students better health care professionals.…”
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Immunotherapy-associated autoimmune hemolytic anemia by Uqba Khan, Tarik Hadid, Farman Ali, Muhammad Siddique Khurram, Awais Zaka

“…Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of many malignant conditions; therefore, it is imperative for health care professionals caring for cancer patient to be familiar with the adverse effects of immunotherapy, which allow for early recognition and management of these potentially lethal side effects.…”
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Determination of Medical Students’ Perception on Disaster Awareness by Bilge DELİBALTA, Abdul Samet ŞAHİN, Enes BULUT, Berkay YILDIZ, Abdülkadir GÜNDÜZ

“…To prepare students management of disasters as health professionals, the level of disaster preparedness perceptions of the students should be evaluated. …”
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Evaluation of the quality, reliability, readability of websites on temporomandibular joint pain by Selcen Eser Mısır, Perihan Dalgalı Evli, Kübra Gülnur Topsakal, Merve Aksoy

“…CONCLUSION: Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the quality, reliability and readability of websites providing information about jaw pain on the internet vary but are at a medium-low level. Professional associations and organizations, such as the Turkish Orthodontic Society (TOD), may conduct similar research and publish the results to ensure the quality and reliability of the information in publicly available online resources.…”
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Digitize-HCD: A dataset for digitization of handwritten circuit diagramsMendeley Data by Nadim Ahmed, Mirza Fuad Adnan, Ahmad Shafiullah, Hayder Jahan Parash, Md. Saifur Rahman, Irfan Chowdhury Akib, Golam Sarowar

“…This will offer significant benefits to both students and industry professionals. However, the lack of publicly available datasets focused on the digitization of handwritten circuit diagrams has slowed progress in this area. …”
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Implementing an intrahospital transport preparation (IHT) and management project for critically ill patients: identification of barriers and facilitators using consolidated framewo... by Jing Wang, Li Ma, Ying Lu, Baohua Li, Xiaotian Zhang, Rui Xie, Guifen Li, Man Cui, Lanfang Du

“…Facilitators were identified in four primary domains: ease of implementation, scientific and project completion, patient advantages and enhanced capacity for safe and professional transfer. Additionally, hurdles were identified in the CFIR domains of intervention characteristics, outer settings and inner settings. …”
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Habits Related to Strength Training of Brazilian Recreational Runners by Wagner K. A. Santos, Lucas D. M. Forte, Alexandre S. Silva, Hallisson V. de O. Rufino, Lucas de F. Vieira, João M. F. Lima Silva, Mabliny Thuany, Reginaldo Gonçalves, Ytalo M. Soares

“…Despite strength training (ST) being well characterized by professional runners, little is known about the inclusion of ST models for recreational runners. …”
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Obesity Severity, Dietary Behaviors, and Lifestyle Risks Vary by Race/Ethnicity and Age in a Northern California Cohort of Children with Obesity by Margaret C. Ford, Nancy P. Gordon, Amanda Howell, Cheryl E. Green, Louise C. Greenspan, Malini Chandra, R. Grant Mellor, Joan C. Lo

“…We identified several key prevalent modifiable behaviors that can be targeted by healthcare professionals to reduce obesity when counseling children with obesity and their parents.…”
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The Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus after a Telecare Approach Are Not Inferior to Traditional Outpatient Clinic Visits by Natalia Pérez-Ferre, Mercedes Galindo, M. Dolores Fernández, Victoria Velasco, Isabelle Runkle, M. José de la Cruz, Patricia Martín Rojas-Marcos, Laura del Valle, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…Methods. 100 women diagnosed of GDM were randomized into two parallel groups, a control group based on traditional face-to-face outpatient clinic visits and an intervention group, which was provided with a Telemedicine system for the transmission of capillary glucose data and short text messages with weekly professional feedback. 97 women completed the study (48/49, resp.). …”
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Improvements of Decision Support Systems for Public Administrations via a Mechanism of Co-creation of Value by Tindara Abbate, Clara Bassano, Giuseppe D’Aniello, Sergio Miranda, Mirko Perano, Paolo Piciocchi, Luigi Rarità

“…The comparison step is useful to understand if employees perform roles that are coherent with their own professional profiles. The proposed approach has been experimented on a small test case and the results show that its objective evaluation represents an improvement for a decision support system for the re-organization of Italian Public Administrations where, unfortunately often, people are engaged in activities that are not so close to their competences.…”
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Exploring the Role of Practice Managers in Dutch Oral Healthcare Practices by Joost CL den Boer, Wil JM van der Sanden, Katarina Jerković-Ćosić, Josef JM Bruers

“…The tasks of PMs vary, suggesting an evolving professional profile.…”
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