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Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on pain perception and metacognitive beliefs in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Social Determinants of Health, 2022
Background: The most common, costly, and debilitating functional gastrointestinal disorder is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on metacognitive beliefs and pain problems in ...
Hadi Farzadi, Alireza Heidarei, Fardin Moradimanesh, Farah Naderi   +3 more
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Gender differences in the relationship between informal caregiving and subjective health: the mediating role of health promoting behaviors

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background In most of developed societies, the prevalence of informal care is on the rise due to rapid population ageing. This study investigates longitudinal associations between informal caregiving and health among caregivers and potential gender ...
Aeri Kim, Kyungmi Woo
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Maternal mortality trends in Spain during the 2000-2018 period: the role of maternal origin

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The available literature indicates that there are significant differences in maternal mortality according to maternal origin in high income countries.
Santiago García-Tizón Larroca, Juan Arévalo-Serrano, Maria Ruiz Minaya, Pilar Paya Martinez, Ricardo Perez Fernandez Pacheco, Santiago Lizarraga Bonelli, Juan De Leon Luis   +6 more
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Prevention is political: political party affiliation predicts perceived risk and prevention behaviors for COVID-19

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Many US politicians have provided mixed messages about the risks posed by SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and whether and to what extent prevention practices should be put in place to prevent transmission. This politicization of the virus and pandemic may
Marc T. Kiviniemi, Heather Orom, Jennifer L. Hay, Erika A. Waters   +3 more
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Patient and physician preferences for non-invasive diagnostic cardiovascular imaging technologies: a discrete choice experiment

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2022
Purpose Diagnostic imaging techniques have to be selected for their accuracy, efficiency, cost-efficiency, and impact on outcome. But beyond that, the choice of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging tests for diagnosing coronary artery disease also has to ...
Thomas Bertrand, Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Kady Fischer, Matthias G. Friedrich   +3 more
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Early Detection of Severe Functional Impairment Among Adolescents With Major Depression Using Logistic Classifier

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Machine learning is about finding patterns and making predictions from raw data. In this study, we aimed to achieve two goals by utilizing the modern logistic regression model as a statistical tool and classifier.
I.-Ming Chiu, Wenhua Lu, Fangming Tian, Daniel Hart   +3 more
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Rrelationship of health literacy and regular physical activity self-efficacy with body mass index in adolescent girls aged 15-18 years [PDF]

Savād-i Salāmat, 2020
Background and Objective: Health literacy exerts a positive effect on the improvement of self-management behaviors. Along with lifestyle, it is among the social factors affecting health.
Masoumeh Motamedi, Nooshin Peyman, Monavar Afzalaghaee   +2 more
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Inflammatory Activities in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With Co-morbid Angiopathies and Exploring Beneficial Interventions: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Diabetes is a long-term condition that can be treated and controlled but do not yet have a cure; it could be induced by inflammation and the goal of managing it is to prevent additional co-morbidities and reduce glycemic fluctuations.
Martin C. Nwadiugwu
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Measurement and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure among elderly households in China using longitudinal data from the CHARLS

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) among the Chinese elderly warrants attention. However, the incidence, intensity and determinants of CHE have not been fully investigated.
Shiai Liu, Peter C. Coyte, Mingqi Fu, Qilin Zhang   +3 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the resources and activities of basic occupational health services in Poland

Medycyna Pracy, 2022
Background In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were a number of factors affecting employees, employers, and consequently, both directly and indirectly, the occupational health service (OHS).
Andrzej Marcinkiewicz
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