Latent Class Analysis of Medication Adherence and Its Influencing Factors Among Rural Hypertensive Patients in Shanxi Province, China. [PDF]
Sun W, Liang R, Liu J, Li S, Wang J.
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Objective Ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) serve as indicators of access, quality, and performance of the health system. This study aimed to determine rheumatoid arthritis (RA)‐specific ACSCs for use in the evaluation of care system access and quality.
Kara Irwin +7 more
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Power Reshapes the Mental Representation of Social Hierarchy. [PDF]
Xi Y, Hao F, Cheng X, Ding X, Fan Z.
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Objective The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that multijoint osteoarthritis would modify the relation between time and frailty progression, in which more affected joints would lead to larger declines over six years compared to those without osteoarthritis using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Carson Halliwell +2 more
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Differential Associations of Healthy Lifestyle Latent Classes with Glycemic Transitions in Prediabetes: An Observational Study Based on CHARLS. [PDF]
Ma M +5 more
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Facial Cosmetic Therapy Use Among Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: An Australian Cohort Study
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with numerous facial manifestations for which patients may engage in cosmetic therapies. It is unclear how patients with SSc use these therapies. This study sought to characterize patient engagement and experiences with cosmetic therapies for SSc‐related and non‐SSc–related facial changes.
Zachary Warren +11 more
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Objective Our objective was to describe the social networks of Black individuals with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions and understand the clustering of health‐related behaviors to inform future community‐based, peer‐led interventions. Methods We used an adapted Personal Network Survey for Clinical Research (PERSNET) to map the personal social ...
Taussia Boadi +27 more
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Impacts of fire severity and exotic invasion of <i>Pinus radiata</i> on post-fire regeneration of relict <i>Nothofagus alessandrii</i> forests in central Chile. [PDF]
Leal-Medina C +4 more
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Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by cardiovascular risk excess not fully explained by traditional factors. Whether the severity of microvascular damage correlates with structural subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) abnormalities and carotid ...
Eugenio Capparelli +13 more
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Latent profiles of social networks and their association with digital health readiness among rural older adults with hypertension. [PDF]
Xu E +6 more
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