Month: December 2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Dec 31. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-24955-w. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Farmers are regarded as a high-risk population for pesticide exposure because of the frequency of their occupational exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides. The purposes of this study were 1) to compare urinary OP metabolites, nerve conduction, and neurobehavioral (NB) performance …

Effects of urinary of organophosphate metabolites on nerve conduction and neurobehavioral performance among farmers in northern Thailand Read More »

JMIR Ment Health. 2022 Dec 30;9(12):e36806. doi: 10.2196/36806. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Blended cognitive behavioral therapy (bCBT)-the combination of digital elements and face-to-face psychotherapy-has been proposed to alleviate challenges that patients and therapists face in conventional cognitive behavioral therapy. There is growing evidence that adding digital elements to face-to-face psychotherapy can contribute to better treatment outcomes. However, …

Patient and Therapist Expectations for a Blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Depression: Qualitative Exploratory Study Read More »

Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2023 Jan 2. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2022-0087. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Adolescents and young adults require age-appropriate healthcare services delivered by clinicians with expertise in adolescent medicine. However, resident family physicians report a low perceived self-efficacy and under-preparedness to deliver adolescent medical care. We conducted a scoping review to map …

Adolescent medicine training in postgraduate family medicine education: a scoping review Read More »

Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Dec 13;9:1071409. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1071409. eCollection 2022. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Elderly individuals in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have a higher prevalence of sarcopenia than those in the community. Exercise is the gold standard for preventing and treating sarcopenia. Regarding exercise, multicomponent exercises, including progressive resistance training (PRT), are beneficial. However, developing routine, structured …

Using exergame-based exercise to prevent and postpone the loss of muscle mass, muscle strength, cognition, and functional performance among elders in rural long-term care facilities: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial Read More »

Ann Agric Environ Med. 2022 Dec 27;29(4):483-488. doi: 10.26444/aaem/152745. Epub 2022 Sep 23. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Wood dust is regarded as one of the human carcinogen based on an increased risk of nasal and sinonasal cancer. This study was conducted in two sawmills to measure and determine the time-weighted average (TWA) exposure level to …

Evaluation of occupational exposure to wood dust among sawmill workers within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, South Africa Read More »

Trials. 2022 Dec 29;23(1):1064. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-07019-9. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) in the postoperative treatment of patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair compared with sham and no treatment group. METHODS: This study is a protocol for a three-armed, single-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized …

Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation to reduce opioid consumption in patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair: protocol for a randomized controlled trial Read More »

Med J (Ft Sam Houst Tex). 2023 Jan-Mar;(Per 23-1/2/3):64-69. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Over the course of the US’ Global War on Terrorism, its military has utilized both conventional and special operations forces (SOF). These entities have sustained and treated battlefield casualties in the prehospital, Role 1 setting, while also making efforts to mitigate risks to the …

A Comparison of Injury Patterns and Interventions among US Military Special Operations Versus Conventional Forces Combatants Read More »

Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2022 Dec 29. doi: 10.1111/sms.14299. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of intermittent high-intensity exercise training ([IHIE], including high-intensity interval training [HIIT] and recreational team sports [RTS]) on systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in adults with pre- to established arterial hypertension. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, …

Intermittent high-intensity exercise for pre- to established hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis Read More »

Neth Heart J. 2022 Dec 29. doi: 10.1007/s12471-022-01745-0. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Chest pain is a common and challenging symptom for telephone triage in urgent primary care. Existing chest-pain-specific risk scores originally developed for diagnostic purposes may outperform current telephone triage protocols. METHODS: This study involved a retrospective, observational cohort of consecutive patients …

Evaluation of the Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score compared to current telephone triage for chest pain in out-of-hours primary care Read More »

Dev Psychopathol. 2022 Dec 29:1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0954579422001195. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Sensory-based subtypes among autistic children have been well documented, but little is known about longitudinal sensory subtypes beyond autistic populations. This prospective study aimed to identify subtypes based on trajectories of parent-reported sensory features measured at 6-19 months, 3-4, and 6-7 years of …

Early developmental profiles of sensory features and links to school-age adaptive and maladaptive outcomes: A birth cohort investigation Read More »