Maddock, Jay E. Suess, Courtney
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Inquiry: A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing
Purpose COVID-19 is largely spread through close contact with infected people in indoor spaces. Avoiding these spaces is one of the most effective ways to slow the spread. This study assessed who had engaged in risky travel and leisure behaviors before the availability of vaccines. Design National cross-sectional on-line survey collected in Novembe...
Ceballos, Diana M. Herrick, Robert F. Carreón, Tania Nguyen, Vy T. Chu, MyDzung T. Sadowski, John P. Blumenthal, Helaine Morata, Thais C.
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Inquiry: A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and several university programs have collaborated on a large effort to expand and improve occupational safety and health content in Wikipedia using a platform developed by Wiki Education. This article describes the initiative, student contributions, and evaluations of this effort by ...
Ghafoori, Eraj Mata, Fernanda Borg, Kim Smith, Liam Ralston, Debora
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Older workers who are confident about the changes accompanying retirement report higher well-being. We have developed an index to measure retirement confidence – the Retirement Confidence Index (RCI). A six-stage approach was used to develop the index items, including (i) a literature review to catalogue retirement confidence components; (ii) a con...
Kandemir, Baran Tutaş Günaydın, Nesrin Göktaş, Eren Tanyıldız, Burak
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Split cornea transplantation can reduce the shortage of donor corneas. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of split graft storage time on the outcomes of split corneal transplantation through Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) surgeries. Split corneal transplantation was p...
Zavala-Calahorrano, Alicia M. Plummer, David Day, Gary
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This research aims to better understand performance under pressure as experienced by health and emergency staff in the workplace. Three basic questions underpin the work: (1) how do health and emergency workers experience and make sense of the ‘pressures’ entailed in their jobs? (2) What impacts do these pressures have on their working lives and wo...
Kim, Young Mi Kim, Jin Dong Jung, Hana
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This study aimed to investigate factors affecting blood glucose control among middle-aged and older diabetic patients taking medications or receiving insulin therapy. In 2015–2017 data obtained from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 1257 patients with diabetes were divided into a controlled group and an uncontro...
Abubakar, Muhammad Atif, Muhammad
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Purpose The study aimed to determine the impact of pharmacist-led interventions on diabetes management at a community pharmacy in Pakistan. Methods A one-month follow-up, randomized controlled trial (RCT) was carried out between December 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. Sampling population consisted of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2...
Huang, Pi-Hua Chi, Mei-Ju Kuo, Chien-Lin Wu, Shu-Fang Vivienne Chuang, Yeu-Hui
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Background Loneliness is a common problem among older populations, and very few studies have examined loneliness among older adults in Taiwan. Aim This study aimed to understand the prevalence of loneliness and factors associated with it among older adults in Taiwan. Methods Data from the Taiwan Longitudinal Study of Aging collected in 2015 were an...
Ndubuisi, Nweke Ebele
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Noncommunicable disease (NCD) causes about 35 million deaths and accounts for 60% of all deaths, of which 80% is in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). NCDs will account for 80% of the global burden of disease by 2020 and account for 7 out of every 10 deaths in LMIC. NCD is no longer an emerging problem in developing countries, it’s assuming a...
Wood, Jamie L. Lee, Grace Y. Stinnett, Sandra S. Southwell, Brian G.
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Medical misinformation (MM) is a problem for both medical practitioners and patients in the 21st century. Medical practitioners have anecdotally reported encounters with patient-held misinformation, but to date we lack evidence that quantifies this phenomenon. We surveyed licensed practitioners in the state of North Carolina to better understand ho...
