- Exploring readiness for implementing goal-oriented care in primary care using normalization process theory. [Journal Article]Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2023 Feb 08; 24:e12.PH
- To use normalization process theory (NPT) to build a strategy for the implementation of goal-oriented care (GOC) in primary care in Flanders, Belgium.
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- Status of Herpes Zoster and Herpes Zoster Vaccines in 2023: A position paper. [Review]Rev Esp Quimioter. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]RE
- Herpes zoster infection (HZ) is an important public health problem due to its high incidence and frequent complications, especially post-herpetic neuropathy . The incidence of HZ increases with age and is more frequent in immunocompromised patients. It is estimated that at least 60,000 people develop HZ each year in Spain. The usual forms of HZ are so clinically characteristic that they do not us…
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- Learning lessons from dementia workforce education to develop general hospital dementia change agents for the future: A constructivist grounded theory study. [Journal Article]Dementia (London). 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]D
- In recognition of the often poor experience of people living with dementia in general hospitals and the lack of dementia curricular content for health and social care professionals, the Scottish Government commissioned a dementia workforce development programme (Dementia Champions) for qualified health and social care professionals in 2011. This constructivist grounded theory study aimed to const…
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- Significant Improvement in Blood Pressure Levels Among Older Adults With Hypertension in Rural South Africa. [Journal Article]Hypertension. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]H
- CONCLUSIONS: The hypertension prevalence and incidence are plateauing in this aging cohort. There was a statistically and clinically significant decline in mean blood pressure and a substantial increase in individuals with controlled hypertension on medication. The prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors did not decrease over time, suggesting that the blood pressure decrease is likely due to increased medication access and adherence, promoted by local health systems.
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- Trajectories of neurodevelopment and opportunities for intervention across the lifespan in congenital heart disease. [Review]Child Neuropsychol. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]CN
- Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk for neurodevelopmental challenges across the lifespan. These are associated with neurological changes and potential acquired brain injury, which occur across a developmental trajectory and which are influenced by an array of medical, sociodemographic, environmental, and personal factors. These alterations to brain development lead…
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- The Predictive Validity of Item Effect Variables in the Satisfaction With Life Scale for Psychological and Physical Health. [Journal Article]Assessment. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]A
- Although the Satisfaction with Life Scale strives to capture a single dimension, describing respondents' satisfaction with life as a whole, individual items might also capture unique aspects of life satisfaction leading to some form of multidimensionality. Such systematic item-specific variance can be viewed as a content-laden secondary trait. Information on the nomological net and predictive val…
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- Loneliness-a clinical primer. [Journal Article]Br Med Bull. 2023 Feb 07 [Online ahead of print]BM
- CONCLUSIONS: due to increased individualization and incidence of infectious diseases, loneliness is likely to become even more prevalent.more research is needed to further elucidate the health impacts of loneliness as well as to find evidence-based interventions to prevent and mitigate loneliness that could then be implemented by policy-makers and clinicians.
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- Association between maternal psychological distress and children's neurodevelopment in offspring aged 4 years in Japan: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. [Journal Article]J Paediatr Child Health. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]JP
- CONCLUSIONS: Maternal psychological distress is associated with risks of children's developmental delay.
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- A health systems intervention to strengthen the integration of tuberculosis and COVID-19 detection: Outcomes of a quasi-experimental study in a high burden tuberculosis district in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. [Journal Article]Trop Med Int Health. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]TM
- CONCLUSIONS: These results add to the knowledge base regarding the effectiveness of interventions to strengthen TB case detection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings support the feasibility of a shift to online learning approaches in low-resource settings with appropriate support and suggest that even low-intensity interventions are capable of activating nurses to integrate existing disease control priorities during pandemic conditions.
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- Escherichia coli-derived outer-membrane vesicles induce immune activation and progression of cirrhosis in mice and humans. [Journal Article]Liver Int. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]LI
- CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, OMVs induce inflammation, fibrosis and suppression of albumin production, affecting the pathogenesis of cirrhosis. We believe that our study paves the way for the future prevention and treatment of cirrhosis.
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- Telemedicine medical abortion service in Georgia: an evaluation of a strategy with reduced number of in-Clinic visits. [Journal Article]Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]EJ
- CONCLUSIONS: The adapted telemedicine medical abortion service was feasible and satisfactory to participants and has the potential to make medical abortion more patient-centered where waiting periods are mandated.
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- Baseline characteristics of the North American prodromal Synucleinopathy cohort. [Journal Article]Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]AC
- CONCLUSIONS: These RBD participants, assessed with extensive history, demographic, cognitive, motor, sensory, and autonomic function demonstrated a lack of sex differences and high frequency of concomitant neurological abnormalities. These participants will be valuable for future longitudinal study and neuroprotective clinical trials.
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- The Effectiveness of Peer Support in Personal and Clinical Recovery-Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [Review]Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Feb 08 [Online ahead of print]PS
- CONCLUSIONS: The effect on personal recovery from mental illness was most evident in peer support added to hospital services. High-quality RCTs with comparable cocreated interventions and clear descriptions of mechanisms of change are needed to further investigate peer support efficacy.
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- Sexual and reproductive health services for autistic young people in the United States: A conceptual model of utilization. [Journal Article]Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2023 Feb 07 [Online ahead of print]PS
- CONCLUSIONS: The model shows the many feasible ways to support equitable access to services for autistic people.
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- Exacerbation of financial burden of insulin and overall glucose-lowing medications among uninsured population with diabetes. [Journal Article]J Diabetes. 2023 Feb 07 [Online ahead of print]JD
- CONCLUSIONS: For insured people, the rising financial burden of insulin was borne mainly by insurance. The uninsured population is bearing a heavy burden due to the high price of insulin. Policymakers should take action to reduce the insulin price and improve the transparency of the insulin pricing process.
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- COTPA implementation status: An observational study in South Indian city. [Journal Article]Indian J Med Res. 2022 Sep; 156(3):508-515.IJ
- CONCLUSIONS: The overall compliance with COTPA was found to be very low in urban Puducherry. In order to ensure proper implementation of the laws, effective enforcement with periodic monitoring of various sections of COTPA are needed.
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- Annual Research Review: Prenatal opioid exposure - a two-generation approach to conceptualizing neurodevelopmental outcomes. [Review]J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 07 [Online ahead of print]JC
- Opioid use during pregnancy impacts the health and well-being of two generations: the pregnant person and the child. The factors that increase risk for opioid use in the adult, as well as those that perpetuate risk for the caregiver and child, oftentimes replicate across generations and may be more likely to affect child neurodevelopment than the opioid exposure itself. In this article, we review…
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- Pain, Sleep Disturbance and Smoking Among Patients with Covid-19 Presenting to the Emergency Department. [Journal Article]Florence Nightingale J Nurs. 2023 Feb; 31(1):48-55.FN
- CONCLUSIONS: According to the results of the present study, pain, smoking, and sleep disorders in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were affected by socio-demographic characteristics.
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- Intercultural and Ethical Sensitivity Levels of Healthcare Professionals and Related Factors. [Journal Article]Florence Nightingale J Nurs. 2023 Feb; 31(1):11-17.FN
- CONCLUSIONS: In line with the findings obtained, it was concluded that the individual characteristics of healthcare professionals were effective on the scale scores.
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- Images in Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology: Angiosarcoma of the Spleen and Liver. [Case Reports]J Immunother Precis Oncol. 2023 Feb; 6(1):56-58.JI
- Primary splenic or hepatic angiosarcomas are ultra-rare and aggressive malignancies associated with poor prognosis. The mainstay treatments are surgical resection and chemotherapy. We report a case of angiosarcoma in a 50-year-old woman who presented with bruising, fatigue, ecchymosis, and hepatosplenomegaly. She was treated with the multi-kinase inhibitor sunitinib for 4 weeks before developing …
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- Incidence and Risk Factors for Early Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia, 2013-2019: A Retrospective Cohort Study. [Journal Article]Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Feb; 10(2):ofad017.OF
- CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of syphilis remains high among MSM, particularly in subgroups with associated risk factors for syphilis infections. These data highlight the need for biomedical and behavioral interventions to be targeted to subgroups of MSM at the highest risk of syphilis infection.
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- Cumulative Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Viremia Is Associated With Increased Risk of Multimorbidity Among US Women With HIV, 1997-2019. [Journal Article]Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Feb; 10(2):ofac702.OF
- CONCLUSIONS: Among ART-treated WWH, greater cumulative viremia increased the risk of multimorbidity and of developing each NACM, and hence this may be a prognostically useful biomarker for NACM risk assessment in this population.
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- Effect of obesity on dolutegravir exposure in Black Southern African adults living with HIV. [Journal Article]South Afr J HIV Med. 2022; 23(1):1452.SA
- CONCLUSIONS: Dolutegravir exposure was marginally lower in participants with obesity, but this is not clinically significant. Our findings suggest that there is no need to dose adjust dolutegravir in people with obesity.
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- Effect of a ward-based outreach team and adherence game on retention and viral load suppression. [Journal Article]South Afr J HIV Med. 2022; 23(1):1446.SA
- CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that an adherence game intervention could help keep PLWH in care.
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- Advances in methods to analyse cardiolipin and their clinical applications. [Journal Article]Trends Analyt Chem. 2022 Dec; 157:116808.TA
- Cardiolipin (CL) is a mitochondria-exclusive phospholipid, primarily localised within the inner mitochondrial membrane, that plays an essential role in mitochondrial architecture and function. Aberrant CL content, structure, and localisation have all been linked to impaired mitochondrial activity and are observed in the pathophysiology of cancer and neurological, cardiovascular, and metabolic dis…
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- COVID-19 severity and in-hospital mortality in an area with high HIV prevalence. [Journal Article]South Afr J HIV Med. 2023; 24(1):1412.SA
- CONCLUSIONS: PLWH were not at increased risk of mortality and those with detectable HIVVL had less severe respiratory disease than those with suppressed HIVVL.
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- Late-onset efavirenz toxicity: A descriptive study from Pretoria, South Africa. [Journal Article]South Afr J HIV Med. 2023; 24(1):1439.SA
- CONCLUSIONS: Late-onset efavirenz toxicity typically presented with ataxia and encephalopathy, but psychosis can be the presenting feature. The outcome after withdrawal was good, but the mortality of 10.0% is concerning. Recent changes in guidelines favour dolutegravir, but many patients remain on efavirenz, and awareness of the condition is vital.
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- Chinese American Caregivers' Attitudes Toward Tube Feeding for Persons with Dementia - USA, 2021-2022. [Journal Article]China CDC Wkly. 2022 Nov 25; 4(47):1051-1054.CC
- Little is known about Chinese American dementia caregivers' attitudes toward tube feeding.
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- The financial burden of out-of-pocket healthcare expenses on caregivers of children with atopic dermatitis in the United States. [Journal Article]Skin Health Dis. 2023 Feb; 3(1):e191.SH
- CONCLUSIONS: Children with AD have unique and increased OOP expenses that are associated with significant disease burden. Strategies are needed to reduce OOP costs and improve clinical outcomes in children with AD.
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- Patients with vitiligo have a distinct affective temperament profile: A cross-sectional study using Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Paris, and San Diego Auto-Questionnaire. [Journal Article]Skin Health Dis. 2023 Feb; 3(1):e157.SH
- CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that patients with vitiligo have a distinct premorbid temperament profile. Having low hyperthymic and high anxious temperament traits seem to predispose patients to be less resilient to psychological stressors. A better understanding of the affective traits of vitiligo patients would be vital in personalising and adapting the management of this chronic skin disease.
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