Publications by authors named "D CHARLES"
When farmers leave their land, what version of nature takes over?
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe relationship between nursing home (NH) stays before death and hospice use is understudied. A retrospective cohort study of Connecticut Medicaid decedents with common hospice diagnoses who died between 2017 and 2020. Medicaid/Medicare claims identified NH stays, hospice use, short length of stay (LOS) (≤7 days), demographics, and diagnoses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOccupational Burnout: Florida Public Health Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Occup Environ Med
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- * A survey of 891 Florida Department of Health workers revealed that about half felt burned out, which correlated with job dissatisfaction and intentions to leave their jobs.
- * Key recommendations for improving worker support include better staffing, increased salaries, more flexibility, enhanced training, and stronger leadership.
Background: Low-intensity shockwave therapy (LiSWT) is an emerging non-invasive and restorative therapy for erectile dysfunction (ED) with demonstrated efficacy and few adverse events. Although LiSWT has been shown to improve erectile function amongst men with ED, few studies have examined its long-term durability. We present the long-term results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessing erectile function after LiSWT.
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- Ideal partner preferences shape key insights in human mating research, but recent studies face issues such as inconsistent analysis methods and varying findings across different populations.
- A large-scale study involving 10,358 participants from 43 countries revealed significant effects of preference matching, particularly when analyzing traits collectively, with some traits showing minimal impact on partner evaluations.
- The research also highlighted gender differences, where both men and women misjudged the importance of traits like attractiveness and earning potential in their stated preferences compared to actual revealed preferences.