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Assessing oral health-related quality of life and the application of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in arresting caries among older adults

Journal of Health Research
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of oral health problems on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and assess the effectiveness of the application of 38% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) solution in arresting dental surface caries ...
Palinee Detsomboonrat, Panatcha Weerapol, Sirinan Tangyusuk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adverse effects following COVID-19 vaccination in Iran

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Vaccination is a key intervention to prevent COVID-19. Many vaccines are administered globally, yet there is not much evidence regarding their safety and adverse effects. Iran also faces this challenge, especially as data regarding the Sputnik
Ebrahim Babaee, Ali Amirkafi, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi, Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Babak Eshrati, Zahra Rampisheh, Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi, Marzieh Nojomi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The 'Walking for Wellbeing in the West' randomised controlled trial of a pedometer-based walking programme in combination with physical activity consultation with 12 month follow-up: rationale and study design [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Scotland has a policy aimed at increasing physical activity levels in the population, but evidence on how to achieve this is still developing.
Ward Thompson, Catharine; id_orcid, Nimmo, Myra A., Myra A Nimmo, Fitzsimons, Claire F., , Scottish Government (Funder), Baker, Graham, Graham Baker, David Ogilvie, Fenwick, Elisabeth, Wright, A, Inchley, Jo, Fenwick, E, Annemarie Wright, Foster, Charlie, Inchley, J, Millington, C, Inchley, Joanna Catherine, Ogilvie, David, Mutrie, Nanette, Charlie E Foster, Ward Thompson, C, Lowry, R, Foster, Charles, Shaw, R, Ward, Thompson C, Foster, Charlie E, Millington, Catherine, Nimmo, Myra A, Fitzsimons, CF, Baker, G, Catharine Ward Thompson, Thompson, Catharine Ward, Wright, Annemarie, Lowry, Ruth G., Ward Thompson, Catharine, Rebecca Shaw, Claire F Fitzsimons, Foster, Charlie E., Ogilvie, D, Fitzsimons, Claire, CF, Fitzsimons, Catherine Millington, Inchley, Joanna, Fitzsimons, Claire F, Foster, CE, Fenwick, Elizabeth, Lowry, Ruth, CE, Foster, MA, Nimmo, Mutrie, N, Ruth Lowry, Shaw, Rebecca, Nimmo, MA, Elisabeth Fenwick, Joanna Inchley, Nanette Mutrie, Millington, Cath   +56 more
core   +1 more source

Rural–Urban Disparities in Monkeypox-Related Behaviors and Attitudes Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Journal of Health Research
Background: Monkeypox (Mpox) is a global health threat, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM). Despite the predominance of urban cases in Thailand, rural–urban disparities in Mpox-related attitudes and behaviors remain underinvestigated ...
Patcharaporn Krainara, Benjamas Klahan, Rungrot Jaiyong, Jitti Hanprasertpong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patients’ and Professionals’ Views on Managing Fibromyalgia

Pain Research and Management, 2013
BACKGROUND: Managing fibromyalgia is a challenge for both health care systems and the professionals caring for these patients, due, in part, to the fact that the etiology of this disease is unknown, its symptoms are not specific and there is no ...
Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Carmen Vives-Cases, Elena Ronda-Pérez, Diana Gil-González   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in Myanmar - a nationwide cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), malaria and tuberculosis dominate the disease pattern in Myanmar. Due to urbanization, westernized lifestyle and economic development, it is likely that NCDs such as cerebrovascular disease and ischemic heart ...
Marius B. Bjertness, Aung Soe Htet, Haakon E. Meyer, Maung Maung Than Htike, Ko Ko Zaw, Win Myint Oo, Tint Swe Latt, Lhamo Y. Sherpa, Espen Bjertness   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cluster-randomized study of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants (IPTi) in southern Tanzania: evaluation of impact on survival. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Intermittent Preventive Treatment for malaria control in infants (IPTi) consists of the administration of a treatment dose of an anti-malarial drug, usually sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, at scheduled intervals, regardless of the presence ...
Shirima, K, David M Schellenberg, Schellenberg, JR, Tanner, M., Kizito Shirima, Manzi, Fatuma, Schellenberg, D. M., Alonso Pedro, Schellenberg, David M, Fatuma Manzi, Hassan Mshinda, Mrisho, Mwifadhi, Pedro Alonso, Alonso, P., Manzi Fatuma, Maokola, W, Shirima Kizito, Mushi Adiel, Schellenberg David M, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Armstrong Schellenberg J. R.,, Tanner Marcel, Mshinda, H, Tanner, M, Alonso, P, Maokola, Werner, Schellenberg, DM, Mushi, Adiel, Maokola, W., Mrisho, M, Marcel Tanner, Mushi, A., Mshinda Hassan, Werner Maokola, Schellenberg, Joanna RM Armstrong, Schellenberg Joanna, Manzi, F, Joanna Schellenberg, Mshinda, Hassan, Tanner, Marcel, Alonso, Pedro, Maokola Werner, Adiel Mushi, Mrisho Mwifadhi, Manzi, F., Mrisho, M., Mshinda, H., Shirima, Kizito, Mushi, A, Shirima, K., Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong   +50 more
core   +1 more source

Health Literacy as Communicative Action—A Qualitative Study among Persons at Risk in the Context of Predictive and Preventive Medicine [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Predictive and preventive medicine play an increasingly important role in public debates on health, providing cutting-edge technologies with the potential to measure and predict individual risks of getting ill. This leads to an ever-expanding definitional space between being “healthy” and being “ill”, challenging the individual’s everyday life ...
Laura Harzheim, Mariya Lorke, Christiane Woopen, Saskia Jünger   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of Antimicrobial Catheters for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Acute Cerebral Infarction

Journal of Epidemiology, 2018
Background: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a common nosocomial infection. However, the effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in reducing CAUTI in cerebral infarction patients is unknown.
Keiji Muramatsu, Yoshihisa Fujino, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Makoto Otani, Kiyohide Fushimi, Shinya Matsuda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source