Month: January 2022

Qual Life Res. 2022 Jan 31. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-03058-y. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: This study analysed the longitudinal associations of physical fitness and affect with depression, anxiety and life satisfaction at 2- and 5-year follow-up. METHODS: In 312 adult women with fibromyalgia, physical fitness was measured by performance-based tests and affect, depression, anxiety and …

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Med Educ. 2022 Jan 30. doi: 10.1111/medu.14735. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Research has acknowledged the value of patients as essential stakeholders in medical education, yet educators have not adequately incorporated patients’ perspectives into medical students’ developing professionalism. Our purpose was to explore patients’ perceptions of professional behaviour in medical students as a first …

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Neurourol Urodyn. 2022 Jan 30. doi: 10.1002/nau.24883. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Female athletes may be at higher risk of developing pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). However, despite the great number of epidemiologic studies, the interventions have not been standardized. AIM: The present scoping review aimed to map and summarize the literature to identify the …

What is known from the existing literature about the available interventions for pelvic floor dysfunction among female athletes? A scoping review Read More »

Risk Anal. 2022 Jan 29. doi: 10.1111/risa.13886. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT A novel stated-preference “macro-risk” approach introduced to estimate the life-prolonging benefits of proposed environmental, health, and safety regulations may answer questions unasked or wrongly answered by conventional revealed-preference (e.g., “wage premiums” for high occupational risks) and stated-preference methods (e.g., willingness to pay for …

Information effects on lay tradeoffs between national regulatory costs and benefits Read More »

Respir Med. 2022 Jan 15;193:106739. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106739. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine feasibility of treating refractory chronic cough (RCC) with progressive doses of capsaicin paired with cough suppression. METHODS: In this sham-controlled, parallel RCT, 14 adults with RCC were randomly assigned to either behavioral cough suppression …

Cough desensitization treatment: A randomized, sham-controlled pilot trial for patients with refractory chronic cough Read More »

J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jan 13:S0022-3468(22)00033-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.12.048. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Neurodevelopmental delay (NDD) affects congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) infants. Initial assessment by experienced developmental pediatricians, supported by Bayley-3 tests, is a viable pathway for NDD identification and surveillance. We risk stratified CDH infants to observe differences in incidence and type of …

Risk stratification helps identify congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) infants in need of formal neurodevelopmental assessment: Observations from a structured, interdisciplinary long-term follow-up clinic Read More »

Am J Ind Med. 2022 Jan 28. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23327. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Little is known about the work-related injury and illness risk of out-of-province workers. This study examines whether there are differences in work-related injury and illness claim rates between within-province and out-of-province workers in British Columbia (BC), Canada. METHODS: Workers’ compensation …

Differences in workers’ compensation claim rates for within-province and out-of-province workers in British Columbia, Canada, 2010-2017 Read More »

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Jan 26. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002918. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Understanding the correlates of disengagement from HIV care and treatment failure during second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) could inform interventions to improve clinical outcomes among people living with HIV (PLHIV). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of PLHIV aged …

Disengagement from HIV care and failure of second-line therapy in Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study, 2005-2017 Read More »

Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2022 Jan 28. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.13624. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Protective face mask (PFM) has been widely used for safety purposes and, after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, its use is growing steadily, not only among healthcare personnel but also the general population. While PFM is important to preserve the …

The effect of the protective face mask on cardiorespiratory response during aerobic exercise Read More »

Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Jan 28. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04152. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Limited evidence exists for long-term effects of PM2.5 constituents on mortality. Hence, we aimed to assess associations between all-cause mortality and long-term exposure to PM2.5 constituents in China. We designed a nationwide cohort study of 30524 adults from 162 prefectural areas across …

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