Simulation model to assess the validity of the clinical portfolio diet score used in the PortfolioDiet.app for dietary self-tracking: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial in hyperlipidemic adults.

Introduction: The Portfolio Diet combines cholesterol-lowering plant foods for the management of cardiovascular disease risk. However, the translation of this dietary approach into clinical practice necessitates a user-friendly method for patients to autonomously monitor their adherence.

Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate the clinical-Portfolio Diet Score (c-PDS) as a food-based metric to facilitate self-tracking of the Portfolio Diet.

Teaching Father-Infant Massage during Postpartum Hospitalization: A Randomized Crossover Trial.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate acceptability and impact of infant massage video instruction on fathers' behaviors in early postpartum.

Methods: A randomized crossover design was used. Participants were fathers of healthy term infants born at a Magnet hospital in Southern California.

Evaluation of the exposure to coal dust and prevalence of pneumoconiosis in underground mining in three Colombian departments.

Introduction: Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis is a chronic and irreversible disease representing a public health problem. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of pneumoconiosis and its associated factors among underground coal miners in the Colombian departments of Boyacá, Cundinamarca and Norte de Santander. Materials and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 476 miners to measure the prevalence of pneumoconiosis and its associated factors such as coal dust and silica levels, as well as the occupational conditions.

The care of the actively dying in an academic medical center: a survey of registered nurses' professional capability and comfort.

Background: Care of the dying is a significant component of nursing practice particularly in hospitals. Nurses who work in certain areas like oncology, intensive care unit (ICU) face the care of the dying, more so than other units.

Objectives: The survey was conducted to assess nurses' self-perception of their professional capability and comfort in the care of the actively dying.