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Dental Caries among Adult Population of a Municipality: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: Oral disease as a public health problem poses a serious burden globally. The most common oral disease affecting adults is dental caries followed by periodontal disease leading to tooth loss. Early detection of dental caries can help reduce
Anju Khapung, Shrijana Shrestha
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Patient empowerment in Flemish hospital wards : a cross-sectional study

, 2021
Objective: Measuring empowerment of patients on Flemish hospital wards by the short form of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13) and exploring the association between patient empowerment and patient-centred care, health literacy, patient- and context ...
Beeckman, Dimitri, Eeckloo, Kristof, Malfait, Simon, Theys, Sofie, Van Hecke, Ann, Verhaeghe, Sofie   +5 more
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High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in community-dwelling postmenopausal Polish women

Menopause Review, 2014
Introduction: Inadequate vitamin D level is associated with altered bone turnover and bone loss, which increases the fracture risk. Aim: To assess the seasonal prevalence of inadequate (insufficient or deficient) serum vitamin D levels in community ...
Artur Stolarczyk, Andrea Horvath, Monika Szczechura, Magda Kamińska, Piotr Dziechciarz   +4 more
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Medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional, multinational web-based study [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: Intercountry comparability between studies on medication use in pregnancy is difficult due to dissimilarities in study design and methodology. his study aimed to examine patterns and factors associated with medications use in pregnancy from a
Bjornsdottir, I., Drozd, M., Gjergja Juraski, R., Hameen-Anttila, K., Juch, H., Kennedy, D., Lupattelli, A., Mardby, A. C., Moretti, M. E., Nordeng, H., Odalovic, M., Panchaud, A., Passier, A., Rieutord, A., Rudolf, G., Spigset, O., Twigg, M. J., Zagorodnikova, K.   +17 more
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Dental prosthetic status and prosthetic needs of institutionalized elderly population in Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Journal of Oral Research and Review, 2017
Aim: To assess the data regarding dental prosthetic status and prosthetic needs of institutionalized elderly living in geriatric homes of Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Vijaya Hegde, R Pandya Sajankumar
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Testing for sexually transmitted infections in general practice: cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Primary care is an important provider of sexual health care in England. We sought to explore the extent of testing for chlamydia and HIV in general practice and its relation to associated measures of sexual health in two contrasting ...
AK Sullivan, CA McGarrigle, Catherine H Mercer, CH Mercer, Chief Medical Officer Letter, Department of Health, Department of Health, G Hughes, Gary M Brook, Health Protection Agency, Helen Maguire, JA Cassell, Jackie A Cassell, JM Pimenta, KA Fenton, Katharine E Sadler, Lorna J Sutcliffe, M Amir Islam, N Low, National Chlamydia Screening Programme Office HPA, Nicola Low, O Kufeji, Patrick J Horner, Shuja Shafi, The UK Collaborative Group for HIV and STI Surveillance, VJ Johnston, W Slater   +26 more
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A questionnaire to identify patellofemoral pain in the community: an exploration of measurement properties [PDF]

, 2016
Background Community-based studies of patellofemoral pain (PFP) need a questionnaire tool that discriminates between those with and those without the condition.
C Brushøj, C Jinks, C Mølgaard, CH Lee, Chris Sutton, DW Elson, Elaine Hough, H De Vet, J Kottner, J Selfe, J Selfe, J Selfe, James Selfe, JJ Stefanik, Jonathan James, JR Landis, KM Crossley, KM Crossley, KM Crossley, L Wood, M Boling, M Callaghan, M Callaghan, M Dey, MD Devereaux, Michael Callaghan, MJ Thomas, MR Utting, MS Rathleff, N Collins, Neil Cook, Paola Dey, Rukhtam Saqib, Ruth Sephton, SM Cowan   +34 more
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Age as a determinant of nutritional status: A cross sectional study [PDF]

, 2005
Background Undenutrition is known to be prevalent and largely unrecognised in older patients; however, aberrations in indicators of nutritional status may simply reflect effects of age and/or functional disability.
Forster, S., Gariballa, S.
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The changing landscape of vestibular schwannoma diagnosis and management: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2020
ObjectivesTo assess the current state of the diagnosis and management of vestibular schwannoma (VS) as well as treatment trends, and to evaluate the role of treatment setting and various specialists in treatment plan.MethodsPatients diagnosed with VS ...
Abouzari, Mehdi, Djalilian, Hamid R, Goshtasbi, Khodayar, Lin, Harrison W, Moshtaghi, Omid, Sahyouni, Ronald, Sajjadi, Autefeh   +6 more
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cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Research on health services for immigrants has mostly been concerned with access barriers but rarely with appropriateness and responsiveness of care.
Borde, Theda, Bozorgmehr, Kayvan, Breckenkamp, Juergen, Brenne, Silke, David, Matthias, Kaufner, Lutz, Razum, Oliver, Reiss, Katharina   +7 more
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