THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE FAMILY POLICY IN MODERN RUSSIA by S. Kuzin, O. Kuchmaeva

“…The achievement of high standards and quality of life of Russian citizens is impossible without taking into account the interests of the family as the basic unit of society.…”
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Extension and Community Resilience: Improving Community Disaster Preparedness Using Online Resources by Emily Ott, Paul Monaghan, Timothy Fogarty

“… As Extension agents work to improve the quality of life in their communities, they must increase the capacity to respond to disasters, especially in high risk areas (which includes most of coastal Florida). …”
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Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Rectum Coexistent with Giant Rectal Villous Adenoma Presenting as McKittrick-Wheelock Syndrome by Sammy G. Nakhla, Traci T. Murakami, Srinath Sundararajan

“…Palliative chemotherapy resulted in complete resolution of symptoms and improved quality of life.…”
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De l’importance des structures collectives territorialisées pour consolider la viabilité des circuits alimentaires de proximité by Julien Noël, Christine Margetic, Florence Lanzi, Thomas Dogot, Kevin Maréchal

“…These contribute to strengthening, more or less intensively, four main sustainability dimensions: an improving to the social well-being and quality of life of theirs producers; a smaller contribution to their economic well-being; a participation in local development; and a measured added value on the environment.…”
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South African audiologists need business skills to survive: toward a responsive curriculum by Ben Sebothoma, Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Nomfundo Moroe

“…The high prevalence of hearing and vestibular disorders linked to various causes including the quadruple burden of disease that South Africa suffers from indicates that there is a clear need for more audiologists to be employed in various sectors in order to improve access to hearing healthcare and enhance early identification and intervention to reap the economic and quality of life benefits of preventive care. We argue for urgent curriculum reform that is responsive to the context by equipping South African audiology students with the skills to be able to successfully confront the current economic crisis.…”
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New Insights into the Pathophysiology of Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jordan A Guenette

“…Despite this viewpoint, there is emerging clinical and physiological evidence of peripheral airway dysfunction, diminished quality of life and reduced physical activity levels, and increased mortality, hospitalizations, dyspnea and exercise intolerance in patients with mild COPD compared with healthy controls. …”
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L’expertise paysagère à l’épreuve de l’espace agricole périurbain by Saloua Toumi, Roland Vidal

“…Agriculture is an important actor on the food world market, but it is also called upon as a common landscape good supposed to offer a certain quality of life surrounding. Must these two expectations give place to separated territories or is it possible to conciliate productivity and landscape quality on the same territory project ? …”
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Psoriatic arthritis: An up to date overview by Simon Hackett, Laura Coates

“…Therapies have shown that robust treatment in patients, achieving tight disease control, improves outcomes and overall quality of life. This review provides a broad overview of the epidemiology, classification, and treatment of PsA.…”
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Marfan Syndrome and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by N. Inayet, J. O. Hayat, A. Kaul, M. Tome, A. Child, A. Poullis

“…These patients score lower on quality of life scores as well despite hypermobility being a common feature of both conditions. …”
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Real-world evaluation of physiotherapist-led exercise prehabilitation and rehabilitation during autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma: a single-centre experience by Orla McCourt, Joanne Land, Neil Rabin, Kwee Yong, Abi Fisher, Jonathan Sive, Charalampia Kyriakou, Michael K Luong, Alasdair Longden

“…Background There is emerging evidence for the role of exercise in optimising function, quality of life (QoL) and reducing hospital length-of-stay if commenced prior to undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). …”
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The Effect of Whole-Body Vibration on Upper Extremity Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study by Marianna Kelaiditi, Alexandra Lepoura, Anna Christakou, Nikolaos Chrysagis, Vasiliki Sakellari

“…While hemiplegic participants achieved greater functional gains than those with quadriplegia regardless of intervention, quality-of-life improvements were minor and limited to emotional well-being and pain reduction in the intervention group. …”
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Clinical Study of Mobile Application- (App-) Based Family-Centered Care (FCC) Model Combined with Comprehensive Iron Removal Treatment in Children with Severe Beta Thalassemia by Yuke Chen, Xiuping Huang, Qingmei Lu, Jian Lu, Xiaoxiao Huang, Yanni Luo, Fengxing Huang

“…The application effect of the mobile app-based FCC model combined with the comprehensive iron removal treatment program in children with severe beta thalassemia is significant, which can significantly improve the quality of life, family function, self-care ability, and medication compliance of children, and has high clinical application value.…”
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Clinical Features Associated with Frozen Shoulder Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease by Ya-Ting Chang, Wen-Neng Chang, Nai-Wen Tsai, Kuei-Yueh Cheng, Chih-Cheng Huang, Chia-Te Kung, Yu-Jih Su, Wei-Che Lin, Ben-Chung Cheng, Chih-Min Su, Yi-Fang Chiang, Cheng-Hsien Lu

“…Preventing frozen shoulder syndrome in the high-risk PD group is an important safety issue and highly relevant for their quality of life.…”
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Provocative tests of anal sphincter function correlate with symptoms and subtypes of faecal incontinence by John McLaughlin, Dipesh H Vasant, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Abhiram Sharma, Matthew Davenport, Edward Kiff, Karen Telford, Alexander O'Connor, Donghua Liao, Niels Klarskov

“…FI severity was assessed with the Vaizey score and quality-of-life with the Manchester Health Questionnaire.Results 40 patients (39 women, median age: 62 (range: 38–85)) were recruited with 27 (67.5%) reporting urge FI, 8 (20%) mixed and 5 (12.5%) passive incontinence. …”
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Emerging Pharmacological Interventions for Chronic Venous Insufficiency: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Efficacy, Safety, and Therapeutic Advances by Camila Botelho Miguel, Ranielly de Souza Andrade, Laise Mazurek, Melissa Carvalho Martins-de-Abreu, Jamil Miguel-Neto, Aurélio de Melo Barbosa, Glicélia Pereira Silva, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Siomar de Castro Soares, Javier Emilio Lazo-Chica, Wellington Francisco Rodrigues

“…Improvements in edema and quality of life were less consistent. Substantial heterogeneity was observed (I² = 100%, <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Treatment of uterine fibroid: focus on endometrial receptivity. A pilot randomized prospective study by Yulia E. Dobrokhotova, Irina A. Lapina, Valeriia M. Gomzikova, Yury А. Sorokin, Eleonora T. Khatagova, Ayshan R. Allakhverdieva, Mariya A. Olkhovskaya

“…Uterine fibroid (UF) is one of the most relevant conditions in modern gynecology, adversely impacting the quality of life of patients with a symptomatic course. …”
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Patients with Multiple Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs) Show Increased Illness Severity: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Care FGID Specialty Clinic by Sabrina Berens, Felicitas Engel, Annika Gauss, Jonas Tesarz, Wolfgang Herzog, Beate Niesler, Esther Stroe-Kunold, Rainer Schaefert

“…They were characterized primarily according to their GI symptom severity (IBS-SSS) and secondarily to their physical as well as psychosocial symptom burden, quality of life, health care utilization, and work-related impairment. …”
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How Much Do We Know about the Biopsychosocial Predictors of Glycaemic Control? Age and Clinical Factors Predict Glycaemic Control, but Psychological Factors Do Not by Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah, Hatta Sidi, Arun Ravindran, Paula Junggar Gosse, Emily Samantha Kaunismaa, Roslyn Laurie Mainland, Norlaila Mustafa, Nurul Hazwani Hatta, Puteri Arnawati, Amelia Yasmin Zulkifli, Luke Sy-Cherng Woon

“…This study is aimed at determining the prevalence of poor glycaemic control as well as its association with biopsychosocial factors such as personality traits, psychiatric factors, and quality of life (QOL) among Malaysian patients with diabetes. …”
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a web-based routine assessment with integrated recommendations for action for depression and anxiety (RehaCAT+): protocol for a cluster rand... by Reinhold Kilian, Harald Baumeister, Yannik Terhorst, Johannes Knauer, Paula Philippi, Selina Kallinger, Sandro Eiler, Tamara Waldmann, Morten Moshagen, Martina Bader

“…Secondary outcomes are depression at discharge (T1) and 6 months follow-up (T2) as well as anxiety, satisfaction with participation in social roles and activities, pain impairment, fatigue, sleep, health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, physical functioning, alcohol, personality and health economic-specific general quality of life and socioeconomic cost and benefits at T1-3. …”
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Impact of functional re-education and environmental adaptation in cancer patients with respiratory pathology: Study protocol. by Eduardo Jose Fernandez-Rodriguez, Maria Isabel Rihuete-Galve, Alberto Garcia-Martin, Celia Sanchez-Gomez, Fausto Jose Barbero-Iglesias, Roberto Mendez-Sanchez, Ana Silvia Puente-Gonzalez, Susana Saez-Gutierrez, Emilio Fonseca-Sanchez, Juan Jesus Cruz-Hernandez

“…As the number of treatment lines has grown, so too have the side effects, which can severely impact patients' functionality and quality of life. One of the most concerning effects is dyspnoea, a serious health issue that imposes substantial limitations on individuals. …”
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