Lee, Eng Sing Lee, Poay Sian Sabrina Chew, Evelyn Ai Ling Muthulingam, Gayathri Koh, Hui Li Tan, Shu Yun Ding, Yew Yoong
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JMIR Research Protocols
Background Multimorbidity, the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in an individual, is a growing public health challenge. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, physical distancing remains an indispensable measure to limit the spread of the virus. This pertains especially to those belonging to high-risk groups, namely older adults with multimorbidit...
Simmons, Rebecca Grace Myers, Kyl Gero, Alexandra Sanders, Jessica N Quade, Caitlin Mullholand, Madeline Turok, David K
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Background Access to high-quality, comprehensive contraceptive care is an inherent component of reproductive human rights. However, hindrances to specific aspects of contraceptive provision, including availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality, continue to perpetuate unmet needs. The state of Utah has recently passed a series of contra...
Vlietstra, Lara Waters, Debra L Jones, Lynnette M Meredith-Jones, Kim
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Background Sarcopenia is the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function and may exist in early middle age. Previous research in this area has focused on resistance training in older individuals; however, there is a lack of intervention trials in middle-aged adults with low relative appendicular lean soft tissue mass who may be at risk fo...
Arigo, Danielle Brown, Megan M Pasko, Kristen Ainsworth, Matthew Cole Travers, Laura Gupta, Adarsh Downs, Danielle Symons Smyth, Joshua M
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Background Midlife women are at an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated mortality. Those who have additional risk conditions such as obesity or hypertension report specific barriers to engaging in cardioprotective behaviors such as physical activity (PA). Considerable effort has been devoted to understanding PA determinants...
Finlay-Jones, Amy Louise Davis, Jacqueline Ann O'Donovan, Amanda Kottampally, Keerthi Ashley, Rebecca Anne Silva, Desiree Ohan, Jeneva Lee Prescott, Susan L Downs, Jenny
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Background Promoting psychological well-being and preventing distress among pregnant women is an important public health goal. In addition to adversely impacting the mother’s health and well-being, psychological distress in pregnancy increases the risk of poor pregnancy outcomes, compromises infant socioemotional development and bonding, and height...
Sezgin, Emre Noritz, Garey Hoffman, Jeffrey Huang, Yungui
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Background Communication and comprehension of medical information are known barriers in health communication and equity, especially for non–English-speaking caregivers of children with special health care needs. Objective The objective of this proposal was to develop an interoperable and scalable medical translation app for non–English-speaking car...
Gomides, Ana Ferreira, Gilda Kakehasi, Adriana Lacerda, Marcus Marques, Cláudia Mota, Licia Paiva, Eduardo Pileggi, Gecilmara Provenza, José Reis-Neto, Edgard
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COVID-19, caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, has brought extensive challenges to the scientific community in recent months. Several studies have been undertaken in an attempt to minimize the impact of the disease worldwide. Although new knowledge has been quickly disseminated, including viral mechanisms, pathophysiology, and clinical findings, there i...
Lekhal, Ratib Drugli, May Britt Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne Buøen, Elisabet Solheim
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Universal, high-quality childcare offers a unique opportunity to prevent developmental trajectories leading to mental health problems. Yet, growing evidence has shown that the process quality of Norwegian childcare centers varies considerably, and that research-based models for quality building are significantly lacking. To examine whether a model ...
Artanian, Veronica Rac, Valeria E Ross, Heather J Seto, Emily
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Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), optimized to maximum tolerated doses, has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Timely use and optimization of GDMT can improve HF symptoms, reduce the burden of hospitalization, and increase survival rates, whereas GDMT deferral may worsen the progression of HF, decr...
Ellingsen, Maren Mikkelsen Johannesen, Sunniva Launes Martinsen, Egil Wilhelm Dahl, Sandra Rinne Hallgren, Mats
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Novel treatments for substance use disorders are needed. Acute bouts of exercise can improve mood states and craving in nonclinical populations. Exercise effects in those with polysubstance dependence are understudied; controlled trials are needed. This protocol describes a clinical study examining the short-term psychological effects of 2 types of...
