The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) assesses an individual's appreciation of their bodies' capabilities. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the French FAS across three separate samples. Three online samples were recruited: (1) 383 young women (study 1), (2) 285 young women (study 2), and (3) 210 adult men and 265 women (study 3). Samples (1) and (2) completed a French translation of the FAS twice in a three-week interval. Sample 2 completed only the FAS twice, whereas Sample 1 additionally completed other validated measures at baseline including validated measures of body appreciation, body satisfaction, body esteem, weight and shape concern, and physical appearance comparison at baseline. In study 1, exploratory factor analysis supported a unidimensional structure, and good test-retest reliability and convergent and divergent validity were found. In study 2, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) replicated this structure. In study 3, the structure was confirmed again through CFA in both women and men. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity of its scores were sustained in both genders and gender invariance was supported. These results provide strong support for the French version of the FAS as a reliable and valid tool for use in French populations.
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Semin Arthritis Rheum
December 2024
Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit. Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital and Health Research Institute Fundación Jiménez Díaz (IIS-FJD, UAM), Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address:
Purpose: The primary objective of this prospective, longitudinal, observational, single-centre study was to evaluate the association between ultrasound-assessed lesions of dactylitis and the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in patients with psoriasis (PsO) and hand arthralgia.
Methods: We included adult patients diagnosed with PsO with hand arthralgia, with or without other musculoskeletal complaints. They were clinically assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 months by a rheumatologist blinded to the ultrasound findings.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
December 2024
Departments of Epidemiology and Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Background: Most infants born to women living with HIV (WLH) are HIV-exposed but uninfected exposed infants have poorer growth than HIV-unexposed uninfected children. Few large studies have compared children who are exposed (CHEU) and unexposed (CHUU) in the era of dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral treatment (ART).
Setting: Longitudinal study of mother-infant CHEU and CHUU pairs in Nairobi and Western Kenya.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
December 2024
Division of Nephrology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Health System, Bronx, NY.
Background: The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index is a summary measure of routinely obtained clinical variables that predicts numerous health outcomes. Since there are currently no tools to predict acute kidney injury (AKI) in persons with HIV (PWH), we investigated the association of preadmission VACS Index with hospital AKI in PWH.
Methods: We conducted an observational study of PWH hospitalized in a New York City health system between 2010-2019.
Coron Artery Dis
October 2024
Departamento de Biología Molecular y Genómica, Instituto de Nutrigenética y Nutrigenómica Traslacional.
Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the most prevalent cardiovascular diseases where serum lipoprotein oxidation plays a significant role. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) n-6 : n-3 unbalance ratio consumption, affects lipoprotein oxidation, and inflammation processes. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between n-6 : n-3 PUFA ratio intake with oxidized lipoproteins in individuals with CAD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHum Reprod
December 2024
Assisted Reproduction Center, Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Study Question: Are live birth rates (LBRs) per woman following flexible progestin-primed ovarian stimulation (fPPOS) treatment non-inferior to LBRs per woman following the conventional GnRH-antagonist protocol in expected suboptimal responders undergoing freeze-all cycles in assisted reproduction treatment?
Summary Answer: In women expected to have a suboptimal response, the 12-month likelihood of live birth with the fPPOS treatment did not achieve the non-inferiority criteria when compared to the standard GnRH antagonist protocol for IVF/ICSI treatment with a freeze-all strategy.
What Is Known Already: The standard PPOS protocol is effective for ovarian stimulation, where medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is conventionally administered in the early follicular phase for ovulatory suppression. Recent retrospective cohort studies on donor cycles have shown the potential to prevent premature ovulation and maintain oocyte yields by delaying the administration of MPA until the midcycle (referred to as fPPOS), similar to GnRH antagonist injections.
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