Chen, Dandan Song, Feng Cui, Nianqi Tang, Leiwen Zhang, Hui Shao, Jing Qiu, Ruolin Wang, Dan Wang, Xiyi Ye, Zhihong
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International Journal of General Medicine
Introduction With the effective treatments of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), thousands of patients have recovered from COVID-19 globally. The public perceptions and views are vital to facilitate recovered COVID-19 patients reintegrate into society. In China, the rural population accounts for nearly 70% of the total population. Therefore...
Abdul Ghani, Norazila Kamaruddin, Nur ‘Afini Fithriyaani Mokhtar, Nurul Innany
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The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences : MJMS
Background Dispensing separation (DS) is a critical policy change that will reduce medical costs, improve population health and increase the quality of healthcare in Malaysia. This study aims to determine the awareness and perception of the public regarding the DS methods. Methods This cross-sectional study uses a pre-validated, self-administered q...
Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen Kolahi, Ali-Asghar Ghamari, Seyyed-Hadi Hassanian-Moghaddam, Hossein
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background The COVID-19 pandemic is a rapidly growing outbreak, the future course of which is strongly determined by people’s adherence to social distancing measures. Objective The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge level, attitudes, and practices of the Iranian population in the context of COVID-19. Methods A nationwide study w...
Felicione, Nicholas J. Norton, Kaila J. Bansal-Travers, Maansi Rees, Vaughan W. Cummings, K. Michael O’Connor, Richard J.
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Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
INTRODUCTION Cigarette brand descriptors such as ‘light’ are banned in several countries and often replaced by alternative descriptors that continue to mislead smokers about the relative risk from those brands. The objective of this study was to evaluate perceptions from current brand descriptors when presented independently of cigarette packaging....
Spernovasilis, Nikolaos Ierodiakonou, Despo Spanias, Christos Mathioudaki, Anna Ioannou, Petros Petrakis, Emmanouil C. Kofteridis, Diamantis P.
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: Greece is among the European countries with the highest consumption of antibiotics, both in community and hospital settings, including last-line antibiotics, such as carbapenems. We sought to explore doctors’ perceptions, attitudes and practices towards the management of patients with multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections after...
Capezza, Nicole M D'Intino, Lauren A Flynn, Margaret A Arriaga, Ximena B
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Journal of interpersonal violence
It is commonly assumed that male abuse is more damaging than female abuse, just as it previously has been assumed that physical abuse is more harmful than psychological abuse. We sought to examine gender assumptions given that they may cause people to overlook the harm that men experience with a psychologically abusive partner. The current experime...
Levy, Kathryn Grant, Pei C Kerr, Christopher W Byrwa, David J Depner, Rachel M
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The American journal of hospice & palliative care
The ability to perceive care goals of the dying may be an indicator of future quality patient-centered care. Research conducted on end-of-life goals indicates discrepancies between patients and physicians. The aim of this study is to compare end-of-life care goals of hospice patients and medical student perceptions of patient care goals. Hospice pa...
Blanco-Metzler, Adriana Núñez-Rivas, Hilda Vega-Solano, Jaritza Montero-Campos, María A. Benavides-Aguilar, Karla Cubillo-Rodríguez, Nazareth
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This research aims to study the food practices and perceptions related to excessive consumption of salt/sodium when cooking and eating outside the home in a study population representing the wide intergenerational and sociocultural diversity of Costa Rica. Key communities from around the country, cultural experts, and key informants were selected. ...
Sharma, Raman Prakash, Ajay Chauhan, Rajeev Dhibar, Deba Prasad
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is one of the leading problems of health-care organizations, discerned by ED medical staff, but it has never been measured objectively. OBJECTIVE: A 2 months prospective cross-sectional study was conducted to compare ED overcrowding measurement tools with the perceptions of ED emergency physician a...
Abd-Alrazaq, Alaa A Alajlani, Mohannad Ali, Nashva Denecke, Kerstin Bewick, Bridgette M Househ, Mowafa
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Journal of Medical Internet Research
Background Chatbots have been used in the last decade to improve access to mental health care services. Perceptions and opinions of patients influence the adoption of chatbots for health care. Many studies have been conducted to assess the perceptions and opinions of patients about mental health chatbots. To the best of our knowledge, there has bee...
