Publications by authors named "I C BRILL"
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- - The study highlights the rising burden of HPV-related cancers in Indonesia, emphasizing the need for effective cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women, particularly in Bali.
- - Researchers conducted a pre- and post-education program with 200 HIV+ women, revealing that 54% had abnormal Pap results and a high prevalence of high-risk HPV types, while education significantly improved knowledge about HPV and cervical cancer.
- - The findings indicate that a large percentage of women at risk could have benefited from the 9-valent HPV vaccine, suggesting that timely vaccination and education could help prevent cervical cancer in this vulnerable group.
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- The study investigates how race/ethnicity and HIV status affect hypertension outcomes, focusing on awareness, treatment, and control among women.
- The research involved cisgender women living with HIV and matched women without HIV, evaluating data from the Women's Interagency HIV Study between 2013 and 2019.
- Results indicate that while non-Hispanic black women quickly recognized their hypertension, they took longer to manage it, whereas women with HIV were quicker to receive treatment compared to those without HIV.
BACKGROUND: Smoking cessation reduces mortality and morbidity. However, the extent and rapidity at which cessation reduces contemporary death rates from smoking-related illnesses remain uncertain. METHODS: We pooled current or former versus never cigarette smoker hazard ratios from four national cohorts with linkage to death registries in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and Canada among adults 20 to 79 years of age from 1974 to 2018.
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- The study investigates the prevalence and management of hypertension among women living with HIV, focusing on differences across race/ethnicity.
- About 56% of the 712 women studied had hypertension, with a notable 83% awareness of their condition, and 63% of those treated effectively controlled their blood pressure.
- Results showed that non-Hispanic Black women had the highest hypertension prevalence, while Hispanic women had the lowest, and women with HIV were more likely to be on antihypertensive medication compared to those without HIV.
Background: Quality of life questionnaires are often used in the assessment of rehabilitation of hearing-impaired patients with a cochlear implant. However, a prospective study with a systematic retrospective evaluation of the preoperative quality of life after surgery has not yet been conducted and may reveal a change in internal standards, such as a response shift, due to the implantation and hearing rehabilitation.
Methods: The Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire (NCIQ) was used for assessing hearing related quality of life.