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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
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Development of a tool to estimate sugar and caloric contents in alcoholic beverages for a diabetes self-management program in Thailand

Heliyon, 2023
Diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) is recommended as a standard of care for patients with diabetes worldwide. Alcohol consumption is one aspect mentioned within the DSMES program in Thailand where alcohol consumption is the highest ...
Thin Nyein Nyein Aung, Kanittha Thaikla, Nutchar Wiwatkunupakarn, Chanchanok Aramrat, Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Orawan Quansri, Iliatha Papachristou Nadal, Sanjay Kinra, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon   +9 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pedobarography as a clinical tool in the management of diabetic feet in New Zealand: a feasibility study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2017
Background The peripheral complications of diabetes mellitus remain a significant risk to lower-limb morbidity. In New Zealand, risk of diabetes, comorbidity and lower-limb amputation are highly-differential between demographic groups, particularly ...
Jason K. Gurney, Uwe G. Kersting, Dieter Rosenbaum, Ajith Dissanayake, Steve York, Roger Grech, Anthony Ng, Bobbie Milne, James Stanley, Diana Sarfati   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Android based application for monitoring patients health and medicine intake [PDF]

, 2017
The number of individuals who suffer from chronic disease continues to increase worldwide (WHO, 2015). Health awareness together with the improvement in living conditions and treatment has increased the life expectancy of people suffers from chronic ...
Mohamed, Rozlini, Mohd Halil, Norhafizah, Mohd Yusof, Munirah, Othman, Muhaini   +3 more
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccine Hesitancy Affecting Pneumococcal Vaccine Refusal in Older Adults with Morbidities

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Introduction: Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, with Streptococcus pneumoniae being the most common cause. Older adults are particularly at risk. However, vaccination rates in Thailand remain low.
Woothikrai Chitaree, Nida Buawangpong, Thanachat Yotruangsri, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Task shifting of frontline community health workers for cardiovascular risk reduction: design and rationale of a cluster randomised controlled trial (DISHA study) in India

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Effective task-shifting interventions targeted at reducing the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemic in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are urgently needed. Methods DISHA is a cluster randomised controlled trial conducted across
Panniyammakal Jeemon, Gitanjali Narayanan, Dimple Kondal, Kashvi Kahol, Ashok Bharadwaj, Anil Purty, Prakash Negi, Sulaiman Ladhani, Jyoti Sanghvi, Kuldeep Singh, Deksha Kapoor, Nidhi Sobti, Dorothy Lall, Sathyaprakash Manimunda, Supriya Dwivedi, Gurudyal Toteja, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, On behalf of DISHA study investigators   +17 more
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Strong structuration analysis of patterns of adherence to hypertension medication

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022
Achieving blood pressure control is among the highest priorities for reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases globally. Control is poor in the Philippines, especially in socioeconomically marginalised communities.
Maureen Seguin, Jhaki Mendoza, Gideon Lasco, Lia M. Palileo-Villanueva, Benjamin Palafox, Alicia Renedo, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova   +7 more
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Coping with chronic illness and disability through creative needlecraft [PDF]

, 1997
Chronic illness and impairment commonly restrict the individual's access to work and leisure activities. Furthermore, if increasingly dependent upon family care, the individual may experience loss of valued roles and self- esteem.
Reynolds, F
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