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Healthcare (Basel)
February 2025
College of Nursing, Dongguk University WISE, Gyeongju 38066, Republic of Korea.
: Effective diabetes self-management requires useful knowledge and health-related literacy based on a positive attitude toward seeking health information on the Internet. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship of e-health literacy (eHL) with diabetes knowledge and attitudes toward internet health information in middle-aged patients with diabetes and to identify factors influencing patient eHL. : This descriptive correlational study included 185 middle-aged patients with diabetes being followed-up with in the outpatient endocrinology department at a South Korean university hospital between 14 January and 29 February 2024.
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April 2024
Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Background: Considering the high prevalence of benign thyroid disorders, the availability of an instrument measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in this population is very important.
Objectives: The current study aims to translate and validate the Persian version of the ThyPRO-39.
Methods: In accordance with standard methodology, a double forward, reconciliation, and backward translation of the questionnaire was conducted.
Support Care Cancer
March 2025
Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Purpose: To examine socioeconomic disparities in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and healthcare use during the last year of life of patients with advanced cancer.
Methods: Data was used from a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter, observational study of patients with advanced cancer in forty Dutch hospitals (eQuiPe). Adult patients with stage IV cancer completed 3-monthly questionnaires until death.
BMC Public Health
March 2025
Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Curie-Sklodowskiej 9 Street, Zabrze, 41-800, Poland.
Introduction: With age, patients with a congenital heart defect are under higher risk of cardiovascular diseases and more complex selfcare requirements.
Aim Of The Study: The analysis of the mediation role of health-oriented behaviours in the relation between mental resilience and the cardiovascular risk in young adults with congenital heart defects.
Materials And Methods: This is an observational study with a cross-sectional design.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci
December 2024
Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Aim: This study aims to validate an OHE questionnaire in Tamil to ensure linguistic and cultural accuracy for Tamil-speaking populations.
Methodology: The study involved English-Tamil fluent adults, using a 15-item OHE questionnaire translated through expert forward and backward translations. An expert panel ensured conceptual equivalence, and a pilot study with 30 participants refined the translation.
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