Publications by authors named "K J Pfeifer"
Background: The physical demands of nurses during their work and education are high. In addition, shortage in nursing staff increases the individual workload. However, an appropriate tool to measure perceived physical exertion in nursing students is missing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a medical condition that affects the lungs and causes scarring due to the deposition of excess fibrotic tissue. This is often preceded by various causes and can lead to long-term health consequences. The treatment of PF using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to correct lung damage and decrease inflammation is a current focus of research.
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- The use of advanced diabetes technology, like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, is rapidly increasing among diabetes patients, especially those needing insulin.
- * As these devices become more common in preoperative and surgical settings, they can complicate diabetes management for healthcare providers unfamiliar with them.
- * This consensus statement provides guidance and education for perioperative clinicians to help them understand and effectively manage patients using these diabetes technologies.
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- * A study categorized patients into three groups to understand their reasons for refusing to engage with DiGA: those who declined participation, those who wouldn't accept a prescription, and those who didn't provide feedback on usage.
- * Findings revealed that 62% of patients who refused participation reported non-subjective sleep issues, while reasons for declining prescriptions included loss of interest and health deterioration; some patients in the qualitative group had still used the application despite opting out of the study.
Objective: Although previous studies have illuminated associations between body mass and physical activity (PA), there have been scant insights regarding the physical, cognitive, and motivational determinants of PA in relationship to body mass. This study aimed to model courses of competencies for health-enhancing PA across the spectrum of BMI.
Methods: We used cross-sectional data of 3670 individuals (mean [SD]: BMI, 25.