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Plantar heel pain in middle-aged and older adults: population prevalence, associations with health status and lifestyle factors, and frequency of healthcare use

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background The objectives of this study were to estimate the population prevalence and distribution of plantar heel pain in mid-to-older age groups, examine associations with selected health status and lifestyle factors, and report the frequency of ...
Martin J. Thomas, Rebecca Whittle, Hylton B. Menz, Trishna Rathod-Mistry, Michelle Marshall, Edward Roddy   +5 more
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When investigating depression and anxiety in undergraduate medical students timing of assessment is an important factor - a multicentre cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education, 2020
Background Symptoms of depression and anxiety experienced by undergraduate medical students have become a prominent concern. Evidence about students’ depression and anxiety including prevalence, trajectory during medical education, gender differences and
Pia Thiemann, James Brimicombe, John Benson, Thelma Quince   +3 more
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Dietary fat intake and quality in long-term care residents in two cohorts assessed 10 years apart

BMC Nutrition, 2022
Purpose To describe and compare detailed dietary fat intake, fat quality and associative factors between two measuring points 10 years apart of residents living in long-term care facilities, and to reflect how fat composition and fat quality corresponds ...
K. Jyväkorpi Satu, H. Suominen Merja, E. Strandberg Timo, Karoliina Salminen, T. Niskanen Riikka, Hanna-Maria Roitto, K. T. Saarela Riitta, H. Pitkälä Kaisu   +7 more
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Children and adolescents coping with home isolation and social distancing during Covid-19 in Qatar: a cross sectional study with qualitative items

BMC Psychology, 2023
Background Covid-19 related studies report psychological impacts during home isolation and social distancing. Despite that, children and adolescents were able to adopt coping strategies that assisted in lowering severe levels of psychological disorders ...
Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Suhad Daher-Nashif, Alyaa Nasser Al-Maadeed, Hamda Abdulla Qotba, Hanan Al Mujalli, Sadriya Mohd Al-Kohji   +5 more
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Antibiotic use and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based case-control study

BMC Medicine, 2019
Background Antibiotic-induced disturbances of the human microbiota have been implicated in the development of chronic autoimmune conditions. This study aimed to assess whether antibiotic use is associated with the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA ...
Alyshah Abdul Sultan, Christian Mallen, Sara Muller, Samantha Hider, Ian Scott, Toby Helliwell, Lindsay J. Hall   +6 more
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Developing best practices for PPE Portraits across 25 sites: a systematic assessment of implementation and spread of adaptations using FRAME

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Adaptation, a form of modification that aims to improve an intervention’s acceptability and sustainability in each context, is essential to successful implementation in some settings.
Juliana Baratta, Alexis Amano, Paige K Parsons, Stacie Vilendrer, Shira G. Winter, Mae-Richelle Verano, Cynthia Perez, Lucy Kalanithi, Steven M Asch, Mary Beth Heffernan, Cati Brown-Johnson   +10 more
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The ORIGINS of Primary Health Care and SELECTIVE Primary Health Care

American Journal of Public Health, 2004
I present a historical study of the role played by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in the emergence and diffusion of the concept of primary health care during the late 1970s and early 1980s. I have analyzed these organizations’ political context, their leaders, the methodologies and technologies associated with the primary health care ...
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Primary Health Care

, 2007
General practitioners and other primary care professionals have a leading role in contemporary health care, which Trisha Greenhalgh explores in this highly praised new text. She provides perceptive and engaging insights into primary health care, focussing on: • its intellectual roots • its impact on the individual, the family and the community • the ...
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Can patients with low health literacy be identified from routine primary care health records? A cross-sectional and prospective analysis

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background People with low health literacy (HL) are at increased risk of poor health outcomes, and receive less benefit from healthcare services. However, healthcare practitioners can effectively adapt healthcare information if they are aware of their ...
Paul Campbell, Martyn Lewis, Ying Chen, Rosie J. Lacey, Gillian Rowlands, Joanne Protheroe   +5 more
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Satisfaction and preference for home delivery pharmaceutical services among patients attending primary care settings in Qatar during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
Objectives During the COVID-19 epidemic, due to the high risk associated with travel and group gatherings, the Ministry of Public Health in Qatar introduced home delivery of pharmaceutical services.
Ahmed Al Nuaimi, Muhammad Tanveer Alam, Shajitha Thekke Veettil, Jeyaram Illiayaraja Krishnan, Reena Ghazi Alsalmi, Jinsy Jacob, Aly Tamer Mousa, Samah Auni Mesbah Sakallah, Shafqat Mahmood   +8 more
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