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Prevalence and factors of COVID-19 vaccine refusal among solid cancer patients in China: an application of the health belief model

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionIt is essential to protect cancer patients from contracting COVID-19 through vaccination. A majority of cancer patients are recommended by international health authorities to take up the vaccines.
Zhaomin Xie, Zhaomin Xie, Zhaomin Xie, Joseph Tak-Fai Lau, Joseph Tak-Fai Lau, Joseph Tak-Fai Lau, Joseph Tak-Fai Lau, Yuanke Liang, Qiaolei Ouyang, Junjia Chen, Si Lin, Kaitao Yao, Xuanyin Hu, Haoyu Lin, Yanqiu Yu, De Zeng, De Zeng   +16 more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression: A Case Cohort Analysis From ELSA‐Brasil

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) prevalence, incidence, and progression over four years in adults without prior cardiovascular disease. Methods A case‐cohort study within the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil) included 585 participants (86 patients with ...
Patrícia Fonseca Estrada, Marcos Rafael N. Cavalcante, Itamar de Souza Santos, Márcio S. Bittencourt, Vandrize Meneghini, Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra C. Goulart, Isabela M. Bensenor   +7 more
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The PSDA and treatment refusal by a depressed older patient committed to the state mental hospital [PDF]

, 1993
Since 1991, the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) has required all health care institutions that receive Federal funds to inform patients upon admission of their rights to make decisions about medical care and to execute advance directives ...
Ronald Heintz, Heintz, Ronald, Ganzini, Linda, Lee, Melinda A., Melinda A. Lee, Linda Ganzini   +5 more
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Factors influencing adherence to psychopharmacological medications in psychiatric patients: a structural equation modeling approach

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2017
Carlos De las Cuevas,1 Jose de Leon,2–4 Wenceslao Peñate,5 Moisés Betancort5 1Departamento de Medicina Interna, Dermatología y Psiquiatría, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain; 2Mental Health Research Center
De las Cuevas C, de Leon J, Peñate W, Betancort M   +3 more
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Do you agree with the doctor's decision to continue treatment?: A scenario-based study of hospital nurses in Italy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2015
INTRODUCTION: A lack of social consensus on the duty to comply with a patient's request to forgo treatment was reported in Italy, but little is known about the nurses' attitudes regarding this issue.
Francesca Ingravallo, Sara Sandroni, Laura D'Addio, Guido Miccinesi   +3 more
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HOW CAN NEW TECHNOLOGIES HELP REDUCE ABSENTEEISM IN PEDIATRIC CONSULTATION?

Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2020
Objective: To identify the most effective form of contact, as a possible intervention to reduce absenteeism in consultations of children with suspected or confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis.
Neliane da Silva Bueno, Andrea Maciel de Oliveira Rossoni, Elisângela Aparecida da Silva Lizzi, Tony Tanous Tahan, Tatiane Emi Hirose, Herberto José Chong Neto   +5 more
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Clinician and patient factors associated with long‐term glucocorticoid use in people with rheumatoid arthritis on advanced therapies

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background Despite guideline recommendations, long‐term glucocorticoid (GC) use is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We conducted a clinician survey nested within a large registry to identify patient and clinician factors associated with GC use. Methods Clinicians contributing patients to the CorEvitas Rheumatoid Arthritis registry were surveyed ...
Michael D. George, George Reed, Matthew D. Kearney, Peter F. Cronholm, Kevin Kane, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Dimitrios A. Pappas, Joel M. Kremer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adesão à antibioticoterapia profilática em crianças com anemia falciforme: um estudo prospectivo Compliance with antibiotic prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anemia: a prospective study

Jornal de Pediatria, 2008
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a adesão a antibiótico profilático em crianças com anemia falciforme. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo de 108 crianças (idade entre 3 meses e 4,5 anos, 45% masculino) seguidas por 15 meses no Hemocentro de Belo Horizonte. Avaliou-se a adesão
Enio Latini Bitarães, Benigna Maria de Oliveira, Marcos Borato Viana   +2 more
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Is an Apple an Orange? A Large Language Model Benchmark for Candidate Term Extraction and Subclass Decisions Against Upper Ontologies in Engineering and Materials Science

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Building machine‐readable vocabularies for materials science is slow, expert‐driven work. This study benchmarks 13 large language models on two of its first steps: finding candidate terms in engineering articles and deciding where they belong in a class hierarchy.
Thomas Bjarsch, Maximilian Holland, Klaus Drechsler, Johannes Schilp   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Unravels the Potential Molecular Link Between Night Shift Work‐Related Circadian Disruption and Elevated Blood Pressure in Human and Mouse Models

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This diagram illustrates that night shift work disrupts circadian clock genes (like CLOCK, BMAL1) in both humans and mice. This disruption leads to mitochondrial dysfunction (imbalanced fusion/fission proteins) and increased oxidative stress, which is identified as the primary mechanism ultimately causing elevated blood pressure.
Zhaoqiang Jiang, Yifan Dou, Yingnan Lei, Shuang Liu, Jialin Zhou, Jiaping Li, Huadong Xu, Lingfang Feng, Yongxin Li, Chuyan Zhang, Tao Li, Jianfei Wang, Xing Zhang, Xinran Wang, Luyao Liu, Jingjing Zhang, Jianlin Lou   +16 more
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