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Does Discussing Patient-reported Outcome Measures Increase Pain Self-efficacy at an Orthopaedic Visit? A Prospective, Sequential, Comparative Series.
Clin Orthop Relat Res
November 2024
VOICES Health Policy Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, USA.
Background: Pain self-efficacy, or the ability to carry out desired activities in the presence of pain, can affect a patient's ability to function before and after orthopaedic surgery. Previous studies suggest that shared decision-making practices such as discussing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can activate patients and improve their pain self-efficacy. However, the ability of PROMs to influence pain self-efficacy in patients who have undergone orthopaedic surgery has yet to be investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFeeding modalities, HIV transmission and its predictors among HIV-exposed infants visited Gamo and Gofa zones public health facilities, Southern Ethiopia: a retrospective follow up study.
BMC Pediatr
June 2024
School of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
Article Synopsis
- Despite high coverage of HIV prevention in Eastern Africa, 50% of new infections in children aged 0-14 still occur in the region.
- The study assessed the feeding methods, HIV transmission rates, and risk factors for HIV exposed infants in Southern Ethiopia from 2013 to 2019.
- Findings revealed that the risk of HIV transmission was significantly higher among infants delivered in hospitals, those who did not exclusively breastfeed, and those who discontinued prophylaxis treatment.
Development of a decision support tool to compare diagnostic strategies for establishing the herd status for infectious diseases: An example with Salmonella Dublin infection in dairies.
Prev Vet Med
July 2024
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.
The diagnosis of infectious diseases at herd level can be challenging as different stakeholders can have conflicting priorities. The current study proposes a "proof of concept" of an approach that considers a reasonable number of criteria to rank plausible diagnostic strategies using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods. The example of Salmonella Dublin diagnostic in Québec dairy herds is presented according to two epidemiological contexts: (i) in herds with no history of S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical implications for the association of psoriasis and multiple sclerosis: an observational study.
Neurol Sci
November 2024
Dermatology Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at how many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) also have psoriasis (PsO), a skin condition, and tried to understand how the two might be connected.
- Out of 316 MS patients who were asked, about 5.85% had psoriasis confirmed by a skin doctor, and most of those with PsO had a more serious form of MS.
- The results suggest that doctors should work together to find the best treatments for patients who have both MS and psoriasis.
The Evaluation of Diabetic Patients' Awareness of Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Complications in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia.
Cureus
January 2024
Ophthalmology Department (Vitroretinal Sugery), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, SAU.
Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia. Globally, 382 million people have diabetes mellitus, and 90% of these patients suffer from type 2 diabetes. Saudi Arabia has the second-highest prevalence of diabetes among all Middle Eastern countries.
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