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Dyslipidemia prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in Mexico: results of the Ensanut 2012

Salud Pública de México, 2020
Objective. To describe in a national sample 1) the preva­lence, awareness, treatment and control of dyslipidemias 2) the prevalence of dyslipidemias through previous national surveys. Materials and methods.
César Hernández-Alcaraz, Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas, Kenny Mendoza-Herrera, Andrea Pedroza-Tobías, Salvador Villalpando, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Juan Rivera-Dommarco, Mauricio Hernández-Ávila, Simón Barquera   +8 more
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The impulsive behavior short scale-8 (I-8): A comprehensive validation of the English-language adaptation.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The Impulsive Behavior Short Scale-8 (I-8) measures the psychological construct of impulsivity with four subscales comprising two items each (completion time < 1 min). The aim of the present study was threefold: (1) to assess the psychometric properties (
Katharina Groskurth, Désirée Nießen, Beatrice Rammstedt, Clemens M Lechner   +3 more
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Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in national surveys from England, the USA and Canada, and correlation with stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2013
Objective Comparison of recent national survey data on prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in England, the USA and Canada, and correlation of these parameters with each country stroke and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality ...
M. Joffres, E. Falaschetti, Cathleen Gillespie, C. Robitaille, Fleetwood Loustalot, N. Poulter, F. McAlister, H. Johansen, O. Baclic, N. Campbell   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Conserved binding mode but diverse interfaces of MreC‐PBP2 interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The crystal structure of abMreC reveals a conserved two β‐barrel architecture and provides structural insights into its role within the bacterial elongasome. The abMreC–abPBP2 complex model identifies the molecular basis of MreC‐mediated PBP2 recognition, contributing to the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis.
Hyunseok Jang, Hyo Been Jin, Chang Min Kim, So Yeon Lee, Hyun Ho Park   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

National surveys of patient experiences with addiction services in Norway: do employees use the results in quality initiatives and are results improving over time?

Frontiers in Health Services
IntroductionThe experiences of patients receiving health care constitute an important aspect of health-care quality assessments. One of the purposes of the national program of patient-experience surveys in Norway is to support institutional and ...
Mona Haugum, Mona Haugum, Hilde Hestad Iversen, Oyvind Bjertnaes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Autophagy and mitophagy in pancreatic β‐cell homeostasis and their involvement in diabetes pathophysiology

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the role of autophagy and mitophagy in maintaining pancreatic β‐cell function and homeostasis. We discuss how genetic defects affecting these pathways contribute to the development of type 1, type 2, monogenic, and gestational diabetes. We further explore their potential as therapeutic targets. Created in BioRender.
Yunkyeong Lee, Mingming Tong, Anna L. Gloyn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of rehabilitation care in Portuguese stroke units: findings from 2017–2018 and 2023 national cross‑sectional surveys

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Objective: To evaluate adherence to stroke rehabilitation guidelines in Portuguese stroke units from the physicians’ perspective and examine changes over 6 years.
Joana Teles Sarmento, Ana Alves, Paulo Castro-Chaves, Bárbara M. Cruz, Cristina Jácome   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health risk behaviours among adolescents in Argentina: trends between 2007, 2012 and 2018 national cross-sectional school surveys

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background The aim of this study was to assess trends of various health risk behaviours among adolescents across three different surveys in Argentina. Methods Data from 115,697 adolescents (mean age:14.6 years, SD=1.2) that participated in three cross ...
Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid
doaj   +1 more source

The Cross-National Social Survey Method

Kodo Keiryogaku (The Japanese Journal of Behaviormetrics), 1996
The purposes of this paper are to discuss 1)sampling design and selection procedures and 2)the task of the interviewer in carrying out household visits, which is an element of survey practice. This discussion is based on continuous cross-national studies conducted by the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, beginning with a survey of Japanese ...
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The Organization and Execution of Cross-National Survey Research Projects [PDF]

, 1977
Der vorliegende Beitrag (zuerst 1977 erschienen) diskutiert die Organisation und Implementation von fünf 'cross-national survey projects'. Auf die folgenden Aspekte der Studien wird näher eingegangen: Sie waren multinational insofern mehr als zwei Länder einbezogen waren; alle wurden Mitte der 60er Jahre initiiert und sind inzwischen abgeschlossen ...
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