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Self-management behavior and fasting plasma glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus over 60 years old: multiple effects of social support on quality of life

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Objective Elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are highly vulnerable due to severe complications. However, there is a contradiction in the relationship between social support and quality of life, which warrants further exploration of the ...
Xinye Qi, Jiao Xu, Guiying Chen, Huan Liu, Jingjing Liu, Jiahui Wang, Xin Zhang, Yanhua Hao, Qunhong Wu, Mingli Jiao   +9 more
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Risk analysis of the Unity 1.5T MR‐Linac adapt‐to‐shape workflow

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Purpose The adapt‐to‐shape (ATS) workflow on the Unity MR‐Linac (Elekta AB, Stockholm, Sweden) allows for full replanning including recontouring and reoptimization5. Additional complexity to this workflow is added when the adaptation involves the use of MIM Maestro (MIM Software, Cleveland, OH) software in conjunction with ...
Jiayi Liang, Eric Aliotta, Neelam Tyagi, Paola Godoy Scripes, Nicolas Côté, Ergys Subashi, Qijie Huang, Lian Sun, Ching‐Yun Chan, Angela Ng, Theresa Wunner, Victoria Brennan, Kaveh Zakeri, James Mechalakos   +13 more
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Mitochondrial DNA disorders in neuromuscular diseases in diverse populations

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neuromuscular features are common in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders. The genetic architecture of mtDNA disorders in diverse populations is poorly understood. We analysed mtDNA variants from whole‐exome sequencing data in neuromuscular patients from South Africa, Brazil, India, Turkey and Zambia. In 998 individuals, there were two definite
Fei Gao, Katherine R Schon, Jana Vandrovcova, Özlem Yayıcı Köken, Sharika Raga, Kireshnee Naidu, Maryke Schoonen, Nimita Rani, Pedro Tomaselli, Dipti Baskar, Musambo Kapapa, Ipek Polat, Lindsay A Wilson, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Uluç Yiş, Bevinahalli N Nandeesh, David Bearden, Michelle Kvalsund, Franclo Henning, Seena Vengalil, Atchayaram Nalini, Claudia F. R. Sobreira, Wilson Marques, Haluk Topoloğlu, Michael G Hanna, Sireesha Yareeda, Venugopalan Y Vishnu, Francois H van der Westhuizen, Izelle Smuts, Surita Meldau, Jo Wilmshurst, Büşranur Çavdarlı, Jeannine Heckmann, Patrick F Chinnery, Rita Horvath   +34 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handling rescue therapy in myasthenia gravis clinical trials: why it matters and why you should care

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Myasthenia gravis (MG) clinical trials typically allow rescue therapy during follow‐up in the event of marked worsening of MG symptoms. Failure to appropriately address rescue therapy in defining treatment effects and planning statistical analyses may yield biased estimates, increase false positive rates, or decrease statistical power – all of
Justin M. Leach, Inmaculada Aban, Gary Cutter, Michael Benatar   +3 more
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Management and Outcomes in Confirmed or Suspected Acute Symptomatic Seizure: Role of Structured Outpatient Care

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Post‐discharge management and outcomes of acute symptomatic seizures (ASyS) remain underexplored. We analyzed post‐discharge ASM management and outcomes in ASyS patients undergoing continuous EEG (cEEG), including the role of outpatient care through a post‐acute symptomatic seizure (PASS) clinic. Methods We performed a single‐center,
Vineet Punia, MarieElena Byrnes, Nicolas R. Thompson, Neishay Ayub, Clio Rubinos, Sahar Zafar, Adithya Sivaraju, Zhong Ying, Jessica R. Fesler, Stephen Hantus, Post‐Acute Symptomatic Seizure Investigation and Outcomes Network (PASSION) investigators   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Staged Approach to Educating Nurses in Health Policy

Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 2017
Nurse leaders and health-care experts agree that nurses have a responsibility to address the health problems facing the nation by participating in health policy development.
C. Ellenbecker, J. Fawcett, Emily J. Jones, Deborah Mahoney, Beth Rowlands, Ashley Waddell   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Overlap Between the Child Welfare and Youth Justice Systems in Manitoba, Canada

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Manitoba has one of the highest rates of children taken into care of child welfare services (Child and Family Services; CFS) in the world, and also one of the highest youth incarceration rates in Canada.
Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Lorna Turnbull, Wendy Au, Leonard MacWilliam, Oke Ekuma, Jeff Valdivia, Scott McCulloch, Janelle Boram Lee   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Problematizations in Health Policy

, 2016
This article directs attention to the significance, for health promotion advocates, of reflecting on how “problems” are constituted, or brought into existence, as particular sorts of problems, within policies and policy proposals.
C. Bacchi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy: Health Policy and Practice in the Midst of an Epidemic.

Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2016
Opioid abuse among pregnant women has reached epidemic proportions and has influenced maternal and child health policy at the federal, state, and local levels.
E. Krans, S. Patrick
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Estimating Budget Impact and Joint Replacement Avoidance by Implementing a Standardized Education and Exercise Therapy Program for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis in a Publicly Insured Health Care System

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The study objective was to estimate the budget impact of funding a standardized education and exercise therapy program, Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D) for people with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) waiting for total joint replacement (TJR) consultation in a universal publicly insured health care system in Canada.
Darren R. Mazzei, Jackie L. Whittaker, Peter Faris, Tracy Wasylak, Deborah A. Marshall   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source