Osteoporosis is a chronic systemic skeletal disease that can benefit from patient-led self-care behaviors. The purpose of this meta-synthesis is to summarize the knowledge about the experiences in self-care behaviors, according to Riegel's middle-range theory of self-care, of patients affected by osteoporosis. A systematic review of the literature and a meta-synthesis of the results were performed to identify qualitative and mixed-method studies through database research conducted on six databases until June 2023 that identified 27 articles. Three dimensions of self-care were recognized within the articles: 'maintenance' was the most reported, mostly associated with therapy adherence; 'monitoring', predominantly related to instrumental test; and, 'management', mainly related to the management of symptoms. A cross-cutting topic that emerges and has been shown to be relevant is that of the relationship with health professionals.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2025.108213 | DOI Listing |
J Am Coll Cardiol
March 2025
Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; American Heart Association Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Cigarette smoking is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular harm.
Objectives: The study sought to explore the detailed relationships between smoking intensity, pack-years, and time since cessation with inflammation, thrombosis, and subclinical atherosclerosis markers of cardiovascular harm.
Methods: We included 182,364 participants (mean age 58.
BMJ Open
March 2025
Department of Primary Care Federative, Nantes Universite, Nantes, France.
Objective: To assess whether patient experience is better for patients followed in a primary care team (PCT) than for patients with traditional follow-up in usual care.
Design: A cross-sectional survey based on a self-administered questionnaire.
Setting: Pays de la Loire geographical area (located on the French west coast).
J Natl Compr Canc Netw
March 2025
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Background: Oncology providers often lack the confidence to make clinical recommendations about medical cannabis (MC). This study aimed to develop and evaluate the feasibility of implementing an educational curriculum on the use of MC in patient care for oncology trainees.
Methods: A multidisciplinary team designed an educational curriculum for MC use in oncology.
J Med Internet Res
March 2025
Westmead Applied Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia.
Background: Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) allows for engaging interactions, however, its acceptability, barriers, and enablers to support patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are unknown.
Objective: This work stems from the Coordinating Health care with AI-supported Technology for patients with AF (CHAT-AF) trial and aims to explore patient perspectives on receiving support from a conversational AI support program.
Methods: Patients with AF recruited for a randomized controlled trial who received the intervention were approached for semistructured interviews using purposive sampling.
JMIR Ment Health
March 2025
Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Background: Secondary use of routinely collected health care data has great potential benefits in epidemiological studies primarily due to the large scale of preexisting data.
Objective: This study aimed to engage respondents with and without a history of self-harm, gain insight into their views on the use of their data for research, and determine whether there were any differences in opinions between the 2 groups.
Methods: We examined young people's views on the use of their routinely collected data for mental health research through a web-based survey, evaluating any differences between those with and without a history of self-harm.
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