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Public Health
December 2024
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 11, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Background: As Ukraine enters its third year of war with Russia, healthcare workers (HWs) continue to face significant challenges. This study aimed to evaluate Ukrainian HWs' involvement in and trust in labor unions, assess their perceptions of social and legal security in the workplace, and identify the support they need.
Methods: An anonymous online survey of HWs included both closed-ended and open-ended questions.
Heart Lung
December 2024
School of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Electronic address:
Background: Intention is an important factor in encouraging patients to receive cardiac rehabilitation. Illness perceptions of patients and individuals around them, such as family caregivers, may influence intention. However, no study has explored how family caregivers' illness perceptions enhance older coronary heart disease (CHD) patients' phase II cardiac rehabilitation intentions.
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December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Electronic address:
Objectives: To assess trends in surgical site infection (SSI) incidence in cardiosurgery following a quality improvement initiative in infection prevention and control (IP&C).
Methods: This is a historical cohort study encompassing a 10-year surveillance period (2014-2023) in a cardiosurgical department in a multi-organ transplant center. The study encompassed three periods: a baseline period (Phase_1: January 2014-December 2018); an implementation phase covering quality improvement initiatives targeting various aspects of IP&C including organizational factors, pre-operative, intra-operative, post-operative measures, and post-hospitalization care (Phase_2: January 2019-June 2021); a post-implementation phase (Phase_3: July 2021-September 2023).
Medicine (Baltimore)
December 2024
Department of Nursing, Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing College, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China.
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide, with its high mortality and recurrence rates significantly impacting patients' quality of life and prognosis. Cardiac rehabilitation, as a comprehensive intervention strategy, plays a crucial role in improving outcomes for AMI patients. The aims to comprehensively analyze and evaluate the theoretical foundations and practical models of cardiac rehabilitation following AMI, providing healthcare professionals with up-to-date research advances and practical guidance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFYale J Biol Med
December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Patients with prior SARS-CoV-2 infections can develop chronic symptoms; this clinical presentation has been called post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, post-COVID condition, and long COVID. It can develop in both outpatient cases and in hospital cases; the frequency depends on the severity of infection and comorbidity. Many of these patients have exercise limitation when tested using cardiopulmonary exercise tests.
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