Mesa-Gresa, Patricia; Avesani, Carla Maria; Clyne, Naomi; Garcia-Testal, Alicia; Kouidi, Evangelia; Van Craenenbroeck, Amaryllis H; 128244; Lindholm, Bengt; Lozano-Quilis, Jose-Antonio; Marin, Alexandra-Elena; Garcia-Maset, Rafael;
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BACKGROUND: Malnutrition, sedentary lifestyle, cognitive dysfunction and poor psychological well-being are often reported in patients on haemodialysis (HD). AIMS: We aimed to explore needs, barriers and facilitators-as perceived by patients, their carers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) for increasing the adherence to the diet, to physical acti...
Wong, Stephanie MY; Li, Yandy Y; Hui, Christy LM; Wong, Corine SM; Wong, TY; Cheung, Charlton; Suen, YN; Lam, Bess YH; Lui, Simon SY; Chan, KT;
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UNLABELLED: Restrictive COVID-19 measures can have significant mental health impacts, particularly on young people. How such measures may influence day-to-day momentary affect, nonetheless, remains to be explored. Experience sampling data were collected from 165 young people (aged 15-24) as part of a larger epidemiological youth mental health study...
Marston, Mark T; Berben, Lut; Dobbels, Fabienne; Russell, Cynthia L; de Geest, Sabina; 5386;
After heart transplantation (HTx), non-adherence to immunosuppressants (IS) is associated with poor outcomes; however, intentional non-adherence (INA) is poorly understood regarding its international variability in prevalence, contributing factors and impact on outcomes. We investigated (1) the prevalence and international variability of INA, (2) p...
Kim, Sangkwon Hwang, Youngjin Lee, Chaeyoung Kwak, Soobin Kim, Junseok
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International journal of environmental research and public health
In this article, we present a Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) to estimate the total cost required to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by financial incentives. One of the greatest difficulties in controlling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is that most infected people are not identified and can transmit the virus to other people. Therefo...
Perich, Tania; Andriessen, Karl; 84047;
Technology-based platforms are widely used to deliver mental health support. The aim of this study was to explore factors associated with the use of technology-based mental health platforms by students who may be vulnerable to develop a mental health condition in an Australian psychology student sample. Participants were 1146 students (18-30 years)...
Kuypers, Dirk; 46355; Weekers, Laurent; Blogg, Martin; Anaokar, Swapneel; Repetur, Carola del Pilar; De Meyer, Vicky; Kanaan, Nada;
UNLABELLED: Prolonged-release tacrolimus (PRT) may offer improved outcomes after kidney transplantation compared with immediate-release tacrolimus (IRT). However, data on outcomes beyond 5-y posttransplantation are lacking. METHODS: A retrospective, noninterventional chart review study examined long-term graft survival in adult kidney transplant pa...
Liao, Chia-Te; 153869; Toh, Han Siong; Yang, Chun-Ting; Hsu, Chien-Yi; Lee, Mei-Chuan; Chang, Wei-Ting; Chen, Zhih-Cherng; Chang, Hung-Yu; Strong, Carol;
With the promising cardiovascular benefits in the STEP and SPRINT trials, the 2022 Taiwan's hypertension guidelines redefined the hypertension threshold as 130/80 mmHg and a universal blood-pressure target of
Maggiolo, Franco Rizzardini, Giuliano Molina, Jean-Michel Pulido, Federico De Wit, Stephane Vandekerckhove, Linos Berenguer, Juan D'Antoni, Michelle L Blair, Christiana Chuck, Susan K
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HIV medicine
Bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF) is an effective treatment for HIV-1 infection; however, clinical trial data in older people living with HIV (PLWH) are lacking. The primary 24-week and secondary 48-week analyses of study GS-US-380-4449 (NCT03405935), which assessed the efficacy and safety of switching to B/F/TAF in older PL...
Vynckier, Pieter Ferrannini, Giulia Kotseva, Kornelia Gevaert, Sofie De Bacquer, Dirk De Smedt, Delphine
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European journal of cardiovascular nursing
Lifestyle management is essential in the secondary care of coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. Little evidence is available about gender differences in lifestyle counselling and lifestyle compliance. This study aimed to provide an overview on potential gender differences in lifestyle advice provided by a healthcare professional and patients' lif...
Kostalova, Barbora; Mala-Ladova, Katerina; Sulkova, Sylvie Dusilova; Denhaerynck, Kris; De Geest, Sabina; 5386; Maly, Josef;
Background and objective: Non-adherence to tacrolimus commonly manifests as low drug concentrations and/or high intra-patient variability (IPV) of concentrations across multiple measurements. We aimed to compare several methods of tacrolimus IPV calculation and evaluate how well each reflects blood concentration variation due to medication non-adhe...