Antibiotic self-medication and home storage among university students in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Doan DA +4 more
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker +14 more
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Self-Medication as a Global Health Concern: Overview of Practices and Associated Factors-A Narrative Review. [PDF]
Aljinović-Vučić V.
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Purpose The study aimed to identify symptom‐based predictors of dry eye disease (DED) signs in the Sjögrens International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) cohort. Methods Retrospective analysis examining 16 ocular symptoms (most graded 0‐4) and artificial tear (AT) use (graded 0‐3) as predictors of DED signs [abnormal ocular surface staining ...
Pragnya R Donthineni +7 more
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The self-reinforcing cycle under dual constraints-a study of the behavioral logic of urban empty-nest older adults substituting self-medication for formal medical treatment. [PDF]
Wu J, Liu Y, Li S.
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Objective To explore whether higher body fat and lower lean mass are associated with greater pain and worse patient‐reported physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA). A secondary aim was to examine whether pain and patient‐reported physical function differ according to four body composition profiles: high body fat, low lean mass ...
Alexandra Ryan +10 more
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Surveying Self-Medication Practices and Attitudes Toward Antibiotic Use Among Adults in Primary Care. [PDF]
Alanzi TM +13 more
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Objective The aim of this study was to determine the differences in demographic, serologic, and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods This was a retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study.
Emily Lin +14 more
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A comparison of customized GPTs and GPT-4o for self-medication knowledge: A feasibility study using the Japanese registered salesperson examination. [PDF]
Okazaki S, Mine Y, Takeda S, Murayama T.
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Objective To evaluate how modifiable psychosocial factors and fatigue relate to physical functioning in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods In this cross‐sectional study of two demographically distinct cohorts (Approaches to Positive, Patient‐Centered Experiences of Aging with Lupus [APPEAL] and California Lupus Epidemiology Study
Mrinalini Dey +8 more
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