La consommation de tabac est une des premières causes de mortalité évitable au niveau mondial. La dépendance au tabac s'observe dès l'adolescence. En complément des actions visant à prévenir l'entrée des jeunes dans le tabagisme, il est donc nécessaire de développer des stratégies spécifiques pour les adolescents déjà fumeurs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: At least 17% of the population suffers from osteoarthritis (OA) in Hungary, according to the European Health Interview Survey. In Hungary, until now there was no OA-specific questionnaire available for the lower limb, in order to monitor the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This gap gave the relevance of this research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To update a systematic review published in 2012 that identified predictors of cigarette smoking cessation among adolescents.
Methods: The PubMed and Web of Science databases were searched for relevant articles published between September 2010 and January 2018, using the following keywords: smoking OR tobacco OR cessation; quit OR stop; longitudinal OR prospective OR cohort. Our search identified 3,399 articles.
The objective of the study was to demonstrate the non-inferiority of low-frequency spa therapy combined with rehabilitation (Spa-rehab) versus standard spa therapy at 6 months for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (KOA). A prospective, randomized, monocenter, non-inferiority trial with recruitment of community-based symptomatic KOA patients was performed. Standard spa therapy comprised standardized spa treatment, 6 days a week for 3 weeks, and Spa-rehab therapy comprised spa sessions, 3 days a week for 3 weeks, followed by a dedicated rehabilitation program, 3 days a week for 3 weeks.
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