Effectiveness of physical activity counselling provided for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare in North Karelia, Finland: a register-based evaluation study by Tiina Laatikainen, Tuula Marketta Martiskainen, Marja-Leena Lamidi, Mika Venojärvi, Heikki Tikkanen

“…Altogether 546 patients were referred to the PA educator of whom 521 participated the counselling. …”
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Is There Uniformity in the Diagnosis of Learning Disability Globally? by Ashima Nehra, Ruchita Hazrati, Rhythm Makkar, Rajesh Hassija, Sanyam Bhardwaj, Apoorva Panshikar

“…Learning disabilities (LDs) are a group of neurodevelopmental deficits that negatively affect the acquisition, organization, retention, comprehension, or application of age appropriate knowledge. …”
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Exploring the adoption of diaphragm and lung ultrasound (DLUS) by physiotherapists, physical therapists, and respiratory therapists: an updated scoping review by Simon Hayward, Camella Cardinael, Chloe Tait, Michael Reid, Andrew McCarthy

“…A charting form was developed and piloted to extract: title, authors, year of publication, country of origin, professional group involved (population), lung or diaphragm ultrasound (concept), evaluation method, educational, clinical or research setting (context), subject/disease/patient group, sample size, study design and professional group performing DLUS. …”
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Yishenyangsui granule for degenerative cervical myelopathy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with long-term follow-up by He Yin, Xin Chen, Zhiwei Liu, Zhiwei Liu, Bo Xu, Zhefeng Jin, Yan Liu, Baoyu Qi, Bin Tang, Ping Wang, Fanping Xu, Xu Wei, Jie Yu, Liguo Zhu, Liguo Zhu

“…Long-term follow-up outcomes revealed no statistical differences between groups regarding surgical treatment data or patient-reported condition (P > 0.05). …”
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) by Daisy Gaunt, Chris Salisbury, Mei-See Man, Katherine Chaplin, Polly Duncan, Mairead Murphy

“…Objective To develop and validate a new scale to assess treatment burden (the effort of looking after one’s health) for patients with multimorbidity.Design Mixed-methods.Setting UK primary care.Participants Content of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) was based on a literature review and views from a patient and public involvement group. …”
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Workplace violence against physicians in Turkey’s emergency departments: a cross-sectional survey by Başak Bayram, Murat Çetin, Neşe Çolak Oray, İsmail Özgür Can

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Comparison of treatment outcome of conventional drillings, osteotomes, and Densah bur used in dental implant placement in the posterior maxilla by Nikhil R. Gharge, Harish Saluja, Anuj Dhadhich, Seemit Vinod Shah

“…Results: In this study, 19 patients were in the conventional group, 22 in the Densah Bur group, and 19 in the osteotome group. …”
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Impact of a Novel Insulin Management Service on Non-insulin Pharmaceutical Expenses by John E. Schneider, Anjani Parikh, Ivana Stojanovic

“…**Methods:** Two hundred seventeen insulin-reliant patients were enrolled in the d-Nav® Insulin Guidance Service through a participating insurance group. …”
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A randomized controlled trial on the effect of smartphone-based mental health application among outpatients with depressive and anxiety symptoms: A pilot study in Malaysia by Sharon Tan, Mohammad Ayob Bin Ismail, Tuti Iryani Mohd Daud, Rozita Hod, Norfazilah Ahmad

“…Methods: Psychiatric outpatients that fulfill the selection criteria were recruited and randomized into two groups, the intervention group (n = 24) and the control group (n = 24). …”
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Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures – A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial by Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Pui Yan Wong, Chaoran Liu, Chun Sing Chui, Wing Hong Liu, Ning Tang, James Griffith, Ning Zhang, Wing Hoi Cheung

“…Secondary outcome assessments were clinical and functional outcomes with quadriceps muscle strength, balancing ability, handgrip strength, Time Up and Go (TUG) test, quality of life outcomes, pain, falls, and mortality. Results: 237 patients were screened for eligibility by the inclusion and exclusion criteria. 62 patients were recruited and randomly assigned to placebo group (n = 32, mean age: 83.6 ± 7.0 years, women: 71.9 %) or LMHFV group (n = 30, mean age: 81.5 ± 5.7 years, women: 73.3 %). …”
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Design and validation of a new Healthcare Systems Usability Scale (HSUS) for clinical decision support systems: a mixed-methods approach by Peter J Watkinson, Abir Ghorayeb, Julie L Darbyshire, Marta W Wronikowska

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The role of sex, age, and BMI in treatment decisions for knee osteoarthritis: conservative management versus total knee replacement by Fabiola Ojeda, Laura Tío, Francisco Castro-Domínguez, Simone Tassani, Jerome Noailly, Jordi Monfort

“…TKR patients demonstrated significantly worse scores in WOMAC, HADS, and PCS compared to the conservative management group, though DPA levels remained similar between both groups. …”
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Cohort profile: Health in Central Denmark (HICD) cohort - a register-based questionnaire survey on diabetes and related complications in the Central Denmark Region by Annelli Sandbæk, Else-Marie Dalsgaard, Kasper Norman, Lasse Bjerg, Anders Aasted Isaksen

“…The aim is to establish an extensive resource for (1) gaining knowledge on patient-related topics and experiences that are not measured objectively at clinical health examinations and (2) long-term follow-up studies of inequality in diabetes and diabetes-related complications.Participants A total of 1.3 million inhabitants reside in the Central Denmark Region. …”
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Post-therapeutic support and rehabilitation for breast cancer women in complete remission in a thermal resort: study protocol for the PACThe Real-Life conditions observational tria... by Mélanie Godiveau, Judith Passildas, Emilie Thivat, Mélanie Casile, Céleste Pinard, Alexia Giro, Marie-Ange Mouret-Reynier, Ioana Molnar, Catherine Abrial, Claude-Eugène Bouvier, Yves-Jean Bignon, Xavier Durando

“…The outcome will be measured with the self-questionnaire SF-36 [3] at five timepoints (inclusion visit, end of thermal resort, 6 months post-cure, 12 months post-cure and 18 months post-cure). The duration of patient participation in the study will therefore be 18 months. …”
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Effectiveness of nurse-led multi-component intervention program (NLMIP) on improving antiretroviral therapy adherence, CD4 count, psychological distress, and quality of life of peo... by Gulati Sonia, Pandurangan Hariprasath, Gupta P. Kumar

“…The research design is a randomized controlled trial (pre-test-post-test, control group design/repeated measure design). Participants will be randomized into experimental and control groups. …”
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Broadening the diversity of consumers engaged in guidelines: a scoping review by Sophie Hill, Tari Turner, Anneliese Synnot, Kelvin Hill, Allison Jauré, Bronwen Merner, Peta Bates, Alexandra Liacos

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Effectiveness of a scenario-based simulation course on improving the clinical communication skills of dietetic students by Mei-Yuan Liu, Li-Ling Liao, Yu-Ting Huang, Yi-Chen Lee, I-Ju Lai

“…One hundred nineteen third-year dietetic students from two universities were enrolled through convenience sampling, with 59 students in the experimental group and 60 in the control group. The experimental group participated in the course intervention, whereas the control group received no clinical communication skills training. …”
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Function and Morphology of the Meibomian Glands Using a LipiView Interferometer in Rotating Shift Medical Staff by Jing Zhang, Zhengzheng Wu, Liangnan Sun, Xin-hua Liu

“…Sixty-two eyes of 31 patients in the MS group and 59 eyes of 31 patients in the control group were consecutively enrolled. …”
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Characterisation of internal tremors and vibration symptoms by Harlan M Krumholz, Mitsuaki Sawano, Richa Sharma, Tianna Zhou, Dorothy Massey, Anna D Baker, Diana Berrent Güthe, Nick Güthe, Suzanne Pincus Shidlovsky, Liza Fisher, Connor B Grady, Cesar Caraballo

“…Objectives To describe the experiences of patients who have postacute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection with internal vibrations and tremors as a prominent component, we leveraged the efforts by Survivor Corps, a grassroots COVID-19 patient advocacy group, to gather information from individuals belonging to its Facebook group with a history of COVID-19 suffering from vibrations and tremors.Setting and design A narrative analysis was performed on 140 emails and 450 social media comments from 140 individuals collected as a response to a call to >180 000 individuals participating in Survivor Corps between 15 July and 27 July 2021. …”
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Exploring the impact and mechanisms of behavioral activation on sleep disorders in colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial by Anlong Li, Runze Huang, Han Ge, Dajie Liu, Shaochun Liu, Yingxue Jia, Jiaying Chai, Xinyi Zheng, Lijun Liu, Chen Gan, Jian Xu, Ling Cheng, Mingjun Zhang, Huaidong Cheng

“…Methods The study included 101 CRC patients with sleep disturbances, who were randomly assigned to either the BA group (n = 53) or the usual care (UC) group (n = 48). …”
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