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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491570/discord-in-the-voter-model-for-complex-networks
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Antoine Vendeville, Shi Zhou, Benjamin Guedj
Online social networks have become primary means of communication. As they often exhibit undesirable effects such as hostility, polarization, or echo chambers, it is crucial to develop analytical tools that help us better understand them. In this paper we are interested in the evolution of discord in social networks. Formally, we introduce a method to calculate the probability of discord between any two agents in the multistate voter model with and without zealots. Our work applies to any directed, weighted graph with any finite number of possible opinions, allows for various update rates across agents, and does not imply any approximation...
February 2024: Physical Review. E
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491521/quality-of-life-among-residents-of-gaza-palestine-the-predictive-role-of-mental-distress-fear-of-covid-19-and-social-support
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Suhayla Said Jalala, Guido Veronese, Marwan Diab, Yasser Abu Jamei, Rawya Hamam, Ashraf Kagee
BACKGROUND: Living under siege and deteriorated health, social, educational, and economic conditions and isolation with scarce opportunities to fulfil basic needs and aspirations affect the civil population's mental health and perceived quality of life. In this cross-sectional investigation, we explored the consequences of mental distress, fear of COVID-19, and social support for QoL in the Gaza strip. METHODS: Nine hundred seventy nine (32.9% males; 67.1% females; mean age was 35...
March 15, 2024: BMC Psychology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491464/long-term-patient-centered-frailty-based-outcomes-of-older-critical-illness-survivors-from-the-emergency-department-a-post-hoc-analysis-of-the-life-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takashi Hongo, Tetsuya Yumoto, Mototaka Inaba, Shunsuke Taito, Takashi Yorifuji, Atsunori Nakao, Hiromichi Naito
BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates frailty before intensive care unit (ICU) admission leads to poor outcomes. However, it is unclear whether quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) for survivors of critical illness admitted to the ICU via the emergency department remain consistent or deteriorate in the long-term compared to baseline. This study aimed to evaluate long-term QOL/ADL outcomes in these patients, categorized by the presence or absence of frailty according to Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) score, as well as explore factors that influence these outcomes...
March 15, 2024: BMC Geriatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490973/biopsychosocial-determinants-of-sexual-health-in-older-age-the-role-of-health-related-relationship-and-psychosexual-factors
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Priscila A Vasconcelos, Constança Paúl, Pedro J Nobre
BACKGROUND: Given the unprecedented aging of the population and the increased focus on overall well-being in older age, investigating the determining factors of sexual well-being in older adults becomes essential as it offers insights into promoting healthy aging and overall quality of life. AIM: By applying the biopsychosocial model of sexuality in older age, we aimed to identify the role of biomedical and psychosocial factors in predicting sexual well-being in partnered older adults (≥55 years old)...
March 15, 2024: Journal of Sexual Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490968/top-50-most-cited-articles-about-female-sexual-dysfunction-a-bibliometric-analysis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Susan Gong, Samuel Yim, Abdo Kabarriti
INTRODUCTION: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) consists of low libido, sexual arousal problems, anorgasmia, and dyspareunia. Sexual function is an important aspect of life for many women and is closely correlated with overall well-being. FSD is often underrepresented in the academic space when compared with male sexual disorders, such as erectile dysfunction. As FSD spans many fields (eg, urology, gynecology, psychology), bibliometric analyses are an important resource to highlight landmark articles...
March 15, 2024: Sexual Medicine Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490961/stop-stunting-a-misguided-campaign-by-well-meaning-nutritionists
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michael Hermanussen, Christiane Scheffler
OBJECTIVE: "Stop stunting" is the central focus of the national Indonesian campaign to improve child health. We provide an autoethnographic statement on the currently practiced strategy that commits 23 ministries and an estimated $3.9 billion per year to coordinating nutrition interventions that are supposed to address the underlying causes of stunting. METHODS: We visited six community health posts (posyandus) in West Timor and in Java and participated in routine child health examinations...
March 15, 2024: American Journal of Human Biology: the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490917/expiratory-airflow-limitation-in-adults-born-extremely-preterm-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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REVIEW
Henriette Lahn-Johannessen Lillebøe, Merete Salveson Engeset, Hege H Clemm, Thomas Halvorsen, Ola Drange Røksund, Thomas Potrebny, Maria Vollsæter
Extreme preterm (EP) birth, denoting delivery before the onset of the third trimester, interrupts intrauterine development and causes significant early-life pulmonary trauma, thereby posing a lifelong risk to respiratory health. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate adult lung function following EP birth (gestational age <28 weeks); comparing forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1 ), forced vital capacity (FVC), and FEV1 /FVC to reference values. Subgroup differences were explored based on timing of birth relative to surfactant use (1991) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) status...
February 16, 2024: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490905/an-ongoing-problem-rhesus-hemolytic-disease-of-the-newborn-a-decade-of-experience-in-a-single-centre
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cansu Yilmaz Yegit, Beril Yasa, Elmas Zeynep Ince, Tugba Sarac Sivrikoz, Asuman Coban
BACKGROUND: The objectives were to evaluate the descriptive features of newborns with a diagnosis of Rhesus (Rh) hemolytic disease, to determine the morbidity and mortality rates, to evaluate the treatment methods and the factors affecting treatment requirements and clinical outcomes during a ten-year period at a tertiary center. METHODS: Newborn infants who had a positive direct Coombs test and/or had a history of intrauterine transfusion (IUT) due to Rh hemolytic disease were included...
March 7, 2024: Pediatrics and Neonatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490881/familial-and-social-implications-of-breast-and-gynaecological-cancer-in-kerala-india
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lorane Scaria, Saju Madavanakadu Devassy, Lynette Joubert
BACKGROUND: Due to the paucity of reliable data to determine the components of family-based comprehensive care for cancer in India, we explored the familial implications of gynaecological and breast cancer diagnosis and treatment through a mixed-method study. METHODS: The mixed method study included 130 women aged above 18 with a confirmed diagnosis of gynaecological or breast cancer recruited from three selected tertiary hospitals in Kerala, India. Information on quality of life (36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36)), psychological distress (distress thermometer), and the familial, interpersonal, social, and community impacts of cancer (semi-structured interview guide) were elicited...
March 14, 2024: Current Problems in Cancer
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490365/congenital-anosmia-and-facial-emotion-recognition
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
James Drummond, Adarsh Makdani, Ralph Pawling, Susannah C Walker
Major functions of the olfactory system include guiding ingestion and avoidance of environmental hazards. People with anosmia report reliance on others, for example to check the edibility of food, as their primary coping strategy. Facial expressions are a major source of non-verbal social information that can be used to guide approach and avoidance behaviour. Thus, it is of interest to explore whether a life-long absence of the sense of smell heightens sensitivity to others' facial emotions, particularly those depicting threat...
March 13, 2024: Physiology & Behavior
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490344/first-validation-of-the-childhood-lupus-low-disease-activity-state-clldas-definition-in-a-real-life-longitudinal-csle-cohort
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sandy C Bergkamp, Thipa Kanagasabapathy, Mariken P Gruppen, Taco W Kuijpers, Amara Nassar-Sheikh Rashid, J Merlijn van den Berg, Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema
OBJECTIVES: To validate the childhood lupus low disease activity state (cLLDAS) definition in cSLE by describing differences in time to reach first adult LLDAS (aLLDAS) versus cLLDAS. Secondly, to analyse positive and negative predictors for maintaining cLLDAS for at least 50% of follow-up time (cLLDAS-50) and for the occurrence of damage. METHODS: Prospective longitudinal data from a cSLE cohort were analysed. Used definitions were: aLLDAS according to Franklyn, cLLDAS by cSLE treat-to-target (T2T) Task Force, disease activity score by SLEDAI -2 K and damage by SLICC damage index...
March 13, 2024: Clinical Immunology: the Official Journal of the Clinical Immunology Society
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490254/temporary-extracorporeal-life-support-single-center-experience-with-a-new-concept
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gaik Nersesian, Daniel Lewin, Sascha Ott, Felix Schoenrath, Yuriy Hrytsyna, Christoph Starck, Frank Spillmann, Benjamin O'Brien, Volkmar Falk, Evgenij Potapov, Pia Lanmueller
OBJECTIVES: The combination of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (va-ECMO) with a micro-axial flow pump (ECMELLA) is increasingly used for cardiogenic shock (CS) therapy. We report our experience with a novel single-artery access ECMELLA setup with either femoral (2.0) or jugular venous cannulation (2.1), respectively. METHODS: Data from 67 consecutive CS patients treated with ECMELLA 2.0 (n = 56) and 2.1 (n = 11) from 12/2020 and 12/2022 in a tertiary cardiac center were retrospectively analyzed...
March 15, 2024: Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490235/social-connection-and-end-of-life-outcomes-among-older-people-in-19-countries-a-population-based-longitudinal-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lara Pivodic, Lieve Van den Block, Fedja Pivodic
BACKGROUND: Social connection is a key determinant of health, but its role in shaping end-of-life outcomes is poorly understood. We examined changes in structure, function, and quality components of social connection in older people's last years of life, and the extent to which social connection predicts end-of-life outcomes (ie, symptoms, health-care utilisation, and place of death). METHODS: This study used longitudinal data of representative samples from across 18 European countries and Israel in the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), the largest European cohort study of people aged 50 years or older...
March 12, 2024: The Lancet. Healthy longevity
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490136/the-impact-of-raising-a-child-with-a-developmental-or-physical-health-condition-in-ethiopia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anne de Leeuw, Wietske A Ester, Mersha Kinfe, Fikirte Girma, Rehana Abdurahman, Tigist Zerihun, Atsede Teklehaimanot, Charlotte Hanlon, Hans W Hoek, Rosa A Hoekstra
OBJECTIVE: Raising a child with a developmental disability or physical health condition can have a major impact on the lives of their families, especially in low-income countries. We explored the impact on such families in Ethiopia. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 241 child-caregiver dyads were recruited from two public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Of these, 139 children were diagnosed with a developmental disability (e.g. autism, intellectual disability) and 102 children with a physical health condition (e...
March 14, 2024: Research in Developmental Disabilities
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489961/charting-public-views-on-the-meaning-of-illness-severity
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mille Sofie Stenmarck, David Gt Whitehurst, Rachel Baker, Mathias Barra
BACKGROUND: Illness severity is a central principle in multiple priority-setting frameworks, yet there is a paucity of research on public views regarding the meaning of illness severity. This study builds on the findings of a Q methodology study with members of the public that identified four general viewpoints on the meaning of illness severity. Here, we investigate the support for those viewpoints among the Norwegian population. METHODS: Following piloting, the online survey was distributed to a broadly representative sample of the population (March to April 2023)...
March 11, 2024: Social Science & Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489955/quality-of-life-among-patients-with-restless-legs-syndrome-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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REVIEW
Anders Broström, Zainab Alimoradi, Elzana Odzakovic, Viktor Kaldo, Susanna Jernelöv, Jonas Lind, Martin Ulander, Amir Pakpour
OBJECTIVE: The primary aim was to estimate the pooled mean score of quality of life (QoL) (total, mental and physical health components) among patients with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). Secondary aims were to assess: (I) QoL differences for RLS vs. control groups, (II) heterogeneity and possible sources; and (III) moderating variables. METHODS: Studies identified in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and ProQuest between January 2000 and December 2022 were included...
March 14, 2024: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience: Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489949/do-proprioceptive-neuromuscular-facilitation-techniques-improve-respiratory-parameters-and-swallowing-in-people-with-multiple-sclerosis-a-randomized-controlled-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Julide Kesebir, Rabia Gokcen Gozubatık Celik, Yonca Zenginler, Burcu Yüksel, Aysu Sen, Buket Akinci
AIM: This study aims to investigate the effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) techniques on respiratory parameters, swallowing, functional capacity, fatigue, and quality of life in people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS). METHOD: Thirty-four PwMS were included and randomized into the PNF Group (mean age: 43.23±10.55/years) or Control Group (mean age:38.47±8.18/years). In the PNF group, head-neck, upper extremity, trunk, and breathing techniques were applied three days/eight weeks...
March 11, 2024: Multiple Sclerosis and related Disorders
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489948/multiple-sclerosis-multidisciplinary-care-a-national-survey-and-lessons-for-the-global-community
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Liesbeth Van Hijfte, Melissa Cambron, Brigitte Capron, Bernard Dachy, Danny Decoo, Dominique Dive, Bénédicte Dubois, Souraya El Sankari, Frederic London, Gaetano Perrotta, Veronica Popescu, Vincent Van Pesch, Bart Van Wijmeersch, Barbara Willekens, Guy Laureys
Access to, standardization and reimbursement of multidisciplinary care for people with MS (PwMS) is lacking in many countries. Therefore, this study aims to describe the current multidisciplinary care for people with MS (PwMS) in Belgium and identify benefits, needs and future perspectives METHODS: A survey for PwMS questioned various aspects of MS and viewpoints on care. For MS nurses (MSN) and neurologists, employment, education, job-content, care organization and perspectives were inquired. Descriptive and univariate statistics were performed RESULTS: The PwMS survey comprised 916 respondents with a mean age of 46±12...
March 11, 2024: Multiple Sclerosis and related Disorders
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489938/the-assessment-of-burden-of-colorectal-cancer-abcrc-tool-a-validity-and-reliability-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Britt J M Thomassen, Merel L Kimman, Anne M J Somers, Rudolf W H M Ponds, Jan Willem T Dekker, Barbara L van Leiden, Geraldine R Vink, Jan Willem B de Groot, Jarno Melenhorst, Kim M M W Reynders, Christel M J Gielen, Tom H A Weerts, Martijn F Lutke Holzik, Sander M J van Kuijk, Stéphanie O Breukink, Annerika H M Gidding-Slok
INTRODUCTION: Follow-up care after treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC) is increasingly focused on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and functional outcomes. The Assessment of Burden of ColoRectal Cancer (ABCRC)-tool is developed to measure these outcomes and support patient-oriented care. The tool comprises items assessing burden of disease and lifestyle parameters. It consists of a generic module combined with one of the three CRC specific modules. The objective of this study is to assess the construct validity and reliability of the items of the ABCRC-tool...
February 24, 2024: European Journal of Surgical Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489867/growth-hormone-treatment-in-aged-patients-with-comorbidities-a-systematic-review
#40
REVIEW
Olivia Tausendfreund, Martin Bidlingmaier, Sebastian Martini, Katharina Müller, Michaela Rippl, Katharina Schilbach, Ralf Schmidmaier, Michael Drey
OBJECTIVE: Hormonal substitution with growth hormone in aged patients remains a debated research topic and is rarely initiated in clinical practice. This reluctance may originate from concerns about adverse effects and the uncritical use as an anti-aging agent. Nevertheless, beneficial effects for selected patients suffering from certain acute and chronic illnesses could justify its use at an advanced age. This systematic review analyzes randomized controlled studies of GH interventions in older patients with different comorbidities to assess both, beneficial and harmful effects...
March 9, 2024: Growth Hormone & IGF Research
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