Prevalence of comorbid asthma in Tunisian patients with COVID-19: clinical features and outcomes
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in around 1 million COVID-19 infection cases and over 29,000 deaths in Tunisia thus far.
Imen Ben Rebeh +13 more
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Modeling alcohol use disorder severity: An integrative structural equation modeling approach [PDF]
Background: Alcohol dependence is a complex psychological disorder whose phenomenology changes as the disorder progresses. Neuroscience has provided a variety of theories and evidence for the development, maintenance, and severity of addiction; however ...
Bacio, GA +3 more
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Introduction: Our knowledge has gaps regarding severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) replication levels and its association to severity of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Imran Saglik +22 more
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News Stories of Intimate Partner Violence: An Experimental Examination of Participant Sex, Perpetrator Sex, and Violence Severity on Seriousness, Sympathy, and Punishment Preferences [PDF]
This study experimentally examines the effects of participant sex, perpetrator sex, and severity of violence on perceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV) seriousness, sympathy toward the victim, and punishment preferences for the perpetrator ...
Carlyle, Kellie E. +4 more
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Cognitive function in people with and without freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease [PDF]
Freezing of gait (FOG) is common in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) which is extremely debilitating. One hypothesis for the cause of FOG episodes is impaired cognitive control, however, this is still in debate in the literature. We aimed to assess a
Carlson-Kuhta, Patricia +6 more
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Clarifying the Relationship Between Trichotillomania and Anxiety [PDF]
Although research has consistently linked unidimensional anxiety with Trichotillomania (TTM) severity, the relationships between TTM severity and anxiety dimensions (e.g., cognitive and somatic anxiety) are unknown.
Alexander, Jennifer R. +7 more
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Severity as a Priority Setting Criterion: Setting a Challenging Research Agenda [PDF]
Priority setting in health care is ubiquitous and health authorities are increasingly recognising the need for priority setting guidelines to ensure efficient, fair, and equitable resource allocation. While cost-effectiveness concerns
Barra, Mathias +6 more
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Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the characteristics of COVID-19 pneumonia patients, and also predict factors affecting the severity of the disease. Methods: This is a retrospective, single-center study.
Aysun Benli +11 more
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Men and women from the STRIDE clinical trial: An assessment of stimulant abstinence symptom severity at residential treatment entry [PDF]
Background and Objectives Gender‐specific factors associated with stimulant abstinence severity were examined in a stimulant abusing or dependent residential treatment sample (N = 302).
Burrow, Allison +6 more
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A proposed scoring system for assessing the severity of actinic keratosis on the head: actinic keratosis area and severity index [PDF]
Background: Actinic keratosis (AK) severity is currently evaluated by subjective assessment of patients. Objectives: To develop and perform an initial pilot validation of a new easy-to-use quantitative tool for assessing AK severity on the head ...
Arkachaisri +27 more
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