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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38507287/health-related-quality-of-life-among-patients-with-esophageal-gastric-and-colorectal-cancer-at-kenyatta-national-hospital
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amsalu Degu, Peter N Karimi, Sylvia A Opanga, David G Nyamu
BACKGROUND: Despite the advancement of modern treatment approaches, several studies indicated a diminished health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. However, there is insufficient data about the HRQoL of gastrointestinal cancer patients in Kenya. AIMS: The study aimed to investigate HRQoL and its determinants in gastrointestinal cancer patients at Kenyatta National Hospital. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was employed among 160 esophageal, 103 gastric, and 96 colorectal cancer patients...
March 2024: Cancer reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38504460/development-validation-and-feasibility-of-a-patient-satisfaction-questionnaire-for-evaluating-the-quality-performance-of-a-diagnostic-small-fibre-neuropathy-service-a-qualitative-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Margot Geerts, Janneke G J Hoeijmakers, Brigitte A B Essers, Ingemar S J Merkies, Catharina G Faber, Mariëlle E J B Goossens
INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Small fibre neuropathy (SFN) is a peripheral neuropathy, leading to neuropathic pain and autonomic dysfunction. An evidence-based standardized patient diagnostic SFN service has been implemented in the Netherlands for improving patient-centred SFN care. However, the quality of care of this diagnostic SFN service has never been assessed from a patient perspective. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an SFN-Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (SFN-PSQ) to measure the quality performance of a standardized diagnostic SFN service...
April 2024: Health Expectations: An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38502170/head-protection-device-for-individuals-at-risk-for-head-injury-due-to-ground-level-falls-single-trauma-center-user-experience-investigation
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MULTICENTER STUDY
Susan Haag, John Kepros
BACKGROUND: Falls represent a large percentage of hospitalized patients with trauma as they may result in head injuries. Brain injury from ground-level falls (GLFs) in patients is common and has substantial mortality. As fall prevention initiatives have been inconclusive, we changed our strategy to injury prevention. We identified a head protection device (HPD) with impact-resistant technology, which meets head impact criteria sustained in a GLF. HPDs such as helmets are ubiquitous in preventing head injuries in sports and industrial activities; yet, they have not been studied for daily activities...
March 19, 2024: JMIR Human Factors
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38501642/functional-and-radiological-outcome-following-extended-posterior-circumferential-decompression-in-the-tuberculosis-of-dorsal-spine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
U Farook, D Rajarajan, S Ramkumar, S Balaji, R Nandakumar
Spinal Tuberculosis ranks as one of the most common extrapulmonary varieties of tuberculosis. The study outlines the Extended Posterior Circumferential Decompression (EPCD) procedure for managing tuberculous spondylitis, a prevalent extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis. EPCD involves 360-degree dural decompression, anterior column debridement, and reconstruction following posterior instrumentation. This technique addresses both the infection and associated complications, particularly beneficial in cases with or without paraplegia...
January 2024: Georgian Medical News
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496879/meta-analysis-investigating-the-impact-of-the-lepr-rs1137101-a-g-polymorphism-on-obesity-risk-in-asian-and-caucasian-ethnicities
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dilara Akhter Supti, Farzana Akter, Md Imranur Rahman, Md Adnan Munim, Mahafujul Islam Quadery Tonmoy, Rabia Jahan Tarin, Sumaiya Afroz, Hasan Al Reza, Roksana Yeasmin, Mohammad Rahanur Alam, Md Shahadat Hossain
Obesity is a chronic condition which is identified by the buildup of excess body fat caused by a combination of various factors, including genetic predisposition and lifestyle choices. rs1137101 (A > G) polymorphism in the CHR1 domain of LEPR protein linked to different diseases including obesity. Nevertheless, the connection between this polymorphism and the likelihood of developing obesity has not been determined definitively. Therefore, a meta-analysis was conducted to assess the relationship between rs1137101 and the risk of obesity...
March 30, 2024: Heliyon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496342/chronic-abdominal-discomfort-syndrome-cads-defining-and-discussing-a-novel-diagnosis
#26
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mayank Gupta, Anand S Patil, Ahish Chitneni, Michael E Schatman, Hemant Kalia, Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed, Amol Soin, Ganesan Baranidharan, Peter Staats, Leonardo Kapural, Phani Ashok Attaluri, Paul Verrills, Sudhir Diwan, Danielle Levin, Nimisha Halder, Alaa A Abd-Elsayed
In this article, we propose a new diagnostic paradigm known as Chronic Abdominal Discomfort Syndrome (CADS). Patient's presentation centers around chronic abdominal pain not explained by acute pathology with or without accompanying dyspepsia, bloating, nausea and vomiting among other symptoms. The pathophysiology is noted to be neurogenic, possibly stemming from visceral sympathetic nerves or abdominal wall afferent nerves. Diagnosis is supported by signs or symptoms traversing clinical, diagnostic and functional criteria...
2024: Journal of Pain Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38496166/a-systematic-review-of-gender-disparity-in-the-authorship-of-clinical-trials-and-clinical-practice-guidelines-in-various-medicine-subspecialties
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REVIEW
Abhi C Lohana, Zubair Rahaman, Yaqub N Mohammed, Syeda D Samreen, Amit Gulati, Fnu Shivani, Sakshi Khurana, Danesh Kumar, Sanjay Kirshan Kumar
Authorship in clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines is considered prestigious and is associated with broader peer recognition. This systematic review investigated female representation among studies reporting authorship trends in clinical trials or clinical practice guidelines in different medicine subspecialties. Our search strategy yielded 836 articles, of which 30 met the inclusion criteria. Our findings indicate that females are severely underrepresented in authorship of clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines...
February 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38495302/commonsense-knowledge-in-cognitive-robotics-a-systematic-literature-review
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Jan-Philipp Töberg, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, Michael Beetz, Philipp Cimiano
One of the big challenges in robotics is the generalization necessary for performing unknown tasks in unknown environments on unknown objects. For us humans, this challenge is simplified by the commonsense knowledge we can access. For cognitive robotics, representing and acquiring commonsense knowledge is a relevant problem, so we perform a systematic literature review to investigate the current state of commonsense knowledge exploitation in cognitive robotics. For this review, we combine a keyword search on six search engines with a snowballing search on six related reviews, resulting in 2,048 distinct publications...
2024: Frontiers in Robotics and AI
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490667/an-environmental-scan-and-appraisal-of-patient-online-resources-for-managing-rheumatoid-arthritis-flares
#29
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shakeel Subdar, Alison M Hoens, Krista White, Nicole M S Hartfeld, Kiran Dhiman, Keeva Duffey, Claire E Heath, Gisele Lamoureux, Christine Graveline, Eileen Davidson, Glen Hazlewood, Diane Lacaille, Elena Lopatina, Megan R W Barber, Karen L Then, Trafford Crump, Saania Zafar, Sarah L Manske, Alexandra Charlton, Kelly Osinski, Aurore Fifi-Mah, Dianne Mosher, Claire E H Barber
OBJECTIVE: To conduct an environmental scan and appraisal of online patient resources to support rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare self-management. METHODS: We used the Google search engine (last search March 2023) using terms: rheumatoid arthritis and flare management. Additional searches targeted major arthritis organizations, regional, national, and international resources. Appraisal of the resources was conducted by two research team members and one patient partner to assess the understandability and actionability of the resource using the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT)...
March 15, 2024: Journal of Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38488250/face-down-positioning-or-posturing-after-pars-plana-vitrectomy-for-macula-involving-rhegmatogenous-retinal-detachments
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REVIEW
Timothy Hm Fung, Tsz Wing Yim, Noemi Lois, David M Wright, Su-Hsun Liu, Tom Williamson
BACKGROUND: A macula-involving rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is one of the most common ophthalmic surgical emergencies and causes significant visual morbidity. Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with gas tamponade is often performed to repair primary macula-involving RRDs with a high rate of anatomical retinal reattachment. It has been advocated by some ophthalmologists that face-down positioning after PPV and gas tamponade helps reduce postoperative retinal displacement. Retinal displacement can cause metamorphopsia and binocular diplopia...
March 15, 2024: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38487649/efficacy-of-biologics-in-the-treatment-of-primary-sclerosing-cholangitis-associated-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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REVIEW
David Huynh, Denis Rubtsov, Myat Myat Khaing
This is the first systematic review and meta-analysis that aims to address the scarcity of research on the use of biological therapy in primary sclerosing cholangitis-inflammatory bowel disease (PSC-IBD) and the historical inadequacy of therapeutic options. Its purpose is to investigate this matter comprehensively and furnish guidance for clinical practice. Utilizing Embase, PubMed, Medline, and clinicaltrials.gov studies investigating the roles of biologics and antibiotics in PSC-IBD were identified. The systematic literature review encompassed articles published from inception through September 2023...
March 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38487586/improving-emergency-department-care-for-adults-presenting-with-mental-illness-a-systematic-review-of-strategies-and-their-impact-on-outcomes-experience-and-performance
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REVIEW
Elizabeth E Austin, Colleen Cheek, Lieke Richardson, Luke Testa, Amanda Dominello, Janet C Long, Ann Carrigan, Louise A Ellis, Alicia Norman, Margaret Murphy, Kylie Smith, Donna Gillies, Robyn Clay-Williams
BACKGROUND: Care delivery for the increasing number of people presenting at hospital emergency departments (EDs) with mental illness is a challenging issue. This review aimed to synthesise the research evidence associated with strategies used to improve ED care delivery outcomes, experience, and performance for adults presenting with mental illness. METHOD: We systematically reviewed the evidence regarding the effects of ED-based interventions for mental illness on patient outcomes, patient experience, and system performance, using a comprehensive search strategy designed to identify published empirical studies...
2024: Frontiers in Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38487576/utility-of-the-3di-short-version-in-the-identification-and-diagnosis-of-autism-in-children-at-the-kenyan-coast
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Patricia Kipkemoi, Symon M Kariuki, Joseph Gona, Felicita Wangeci Mwangi, Martha Kombe, Collins Kipkoech, Paul Murimi, William Mandy, Richard Warrington, David Skuse, Charles R J C Newton, Amina Abubakar
INTRODUCTION: The precise epidemiological burden of autism is unknown because of the limited capacity to identify and diagnose the disorder in resource-constrained settings, related in part to a lack of appropriate standardised assessment tools and health care experts. We assessed the reliability, validity, and diagnostic accuracy of the Developmental Diagnostic Dimensional Interview (3Di) in a rural setting on the Kenyan coast. METHODS: Using a large community survey of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), we administered the 3Di to 2,110 children aged between 6 years and 9 years who screened positive or negative for any NDD and selected 242 who had specific symptoms suggestive of autism based on parental report and the screening tools for review by a child and adolescent psychiatrist...
2024: Frontiers in Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38486331/academic-grit-scale-for-chinese-middle-and-upper-grade-primary-school-students-testing-its-factor-structure-and-measurement-invariance
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rongmao Lin, Yanping Chen, Yilin Shen, Ting Hu, Ying Huang, Yishan Yang, Xueting Yu, Jinliang Ding
The Academic Grit Scale (AGS) is a novel measure of academic-specific grit. However, its factor structure and measurement invariance have yet to be thoroughly supported. The present study tested the factor structure and measurement invariance of the AGS with a large sample of early adolescents (aged 9-14 years) from China (N = 1,894). The bifactor model showed that the AGS was predominately accounted for by the general factor rather than the domain-specific factors; the parallel model from the AGS's one-factor model showed good fit indices; thus, the AGS should be described as a univocal solution and reported as the total score...
March 14, 2024: BMC Psychology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38485140/mass-drug-administration-for-neglected-tropical-disease-control-and-elimination-a-systematic-review-of-ethical-reasons
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Juliette Hoefle-Bénard, Sabine Salloch
BACKGROUND: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of debilitating diseases and conditions afflicting more than one billion people in impoverished communities. Control of these diseases is crucial to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 and the pledge to 'leave no one behind'. Relying on large-scale delivery of wide-spectrum drugs to individuals in at-risk communities irrespective of their health status, mass drug administration is a core strategy for tackling half of the NTDs targeted by the latest WHO roadmap (2021-2030)...
March 13, 2024: BMJ Global Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38482107/feasibility-of-a-self-directed-upper-extremity-training-program-to-promote-actual-arm-use-for-individuals-living-in-the-community-with-chronic-stroke
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Grace J Kim, Amanda Gahlot, Camile Magsombol, Margaret Waskiewicz, Nettie Capasso, Stephen Van Lew, Hayejin Kim, Avinash Parnandi, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Yael Goverover
OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility of a self-directed training protocol to promote actual arm use in everyday life. The secondary aim was to explore the initial efficacy on upper extremity (UE) outcome measures. DESIGN: Feasibility study using multiple methods. SETTING: Home and outpatient research lab. PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen adults (6 women, 9 men, mean age=53.08 years) with chronic stroke living in the community...
March 2024: Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38481553/peripheral-pulse-harmonic-analysis-and-its-clinical-application-a-systematic-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kun-Yuan Hsiao, Jiunn-Horng Kang, Yeong-Shing Wu, Hen-Hong Chang, Cheng-Ta Yang
INTRODUCTION: Pulse harmonic analysis is a quantitative and objective methodology within traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) used to evaluate pulse characteristics. However, interpreting pulse wave data is challenging due to its inherent complexity. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review and comparison of existing human pulse wave harmonic analysis methods to elucidate their patterns and characteristics. METHODS: A systematic review of clinical research reports published from 1990 to 2021 was conducted, focusing on variations in harmonic characteristics across different medical conditions and physiological states...
March 2024: Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38481207/evidence-linking-covid-19-and-the-health-well-being-of-children-and-adolescents-an-umbrella-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chengchen Duan, Liu Liu, Tianyi Wang, Guanru Wang, Zhishen Jiang, Honglin Li, Gaowei Zhang, Li Ye, Chunjie Li, Yubin Cao
BACKGROUND: Experiences during childhood and adolescence have enduring impacts on physical and mental well-being, overall quality of life, and socioeconomic status throughout one's lifetime. This underscores the importance of prioritizing the health of children and adolescents to establish an impactful healthcare system that benefits both individuals and society. It is crucial for healthcare providers and policymakers to examine the relationship between COVID-19 and the health of children and adolescents, as this understanding will guide the creation of interventions and policies for the long-term management of the virus...
March 13, 2024: BMC Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38479515/disorder-specific-versus-transdiagnostic-cognitive-mechanisms-in-anxiety-and-depression-machine-learning-based-prediction-of-symptom-severity
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thalia Richter, Shahar Stahi, Gal Mirovsky, Hagit Hel-Or, Hadas Okon-Singer
INTRODUCTION: Psychiatric evaluation of anxiety and depression is currently based on self-reported symptoms and their classification into discrete disorders. Yet the substantial overlap between these disorders as well as their within-disorder heterogeneity may contribute to the mediocre success rates of treatments. The proposed research examines a new framework for diagnosis that is based on alterations in underlying cognitive mechanisms. In line with the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approach, the current study directly compares disorder-specific and transdiagnostic cognitive patterns in predicting the severity of anxiety and depression symptoms...
March 11, 2024: Journal of Affective Disorders
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38468403/health-related-quality-of-life-for-pediatric-patients-with-end-stage-kidney-disease-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-of-the-pediatric-quality-of-life-inventory-pedsql
#40
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kush Doshi, Rupesh Raina, Kar Hui Ng, Vera Koch, Girish C Bhatt, Arwa Nada, Brian Foresi, Sibee Sambandam Kamalakkannan, Mignon McCulloch, Sidharth Sethi, Maria Díaz-González de Ferris
INTRODUCTION: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) studies demonstrate the impact of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on the physical and psychosocial development of children. While several instruments are used to measure HRQoL, few have standardized domains specific to pediatric ESRD. This review examines current evidence on self and proxy-reported HRQoL among pediatric patients with ESRD, based on the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) questionnaires. METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on HRQoL using the PedsQL 4...
March 11, 2024: Hemodialysis International
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