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Front Public Health
January 2025
Department of Health Management, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
The Aim Of This Study: to analyze lifestyle changes among older adults during and after COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania, with a particular focus on eating habits, physical activity, social engagement and harmful habits.
Methods: The representative sample of Lithuanian population over 65 years old (1,503 individuals) was involved in the questionnaire survey, performed in January 2024.
Results: Most of the eating habits and the body weight of the older adults did not change during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
University of Eastern Finland, School of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Yliopistonranta 1, Kuopio, 70210, Finland.
Background: Mental disorders are a major public health challenge, and their prevalence is globally increasing. They substantially affect work ability, quality of life, and the number of years of disability. A new model for referring psychiatric patients to occupational health services (OHS) aims to improve the continuity of care and to promote the early return to work (RTW) of workers with diagnosed mental health conditions.
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January 2025
Medical Sociology Unit, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Background: Evidence suggests a deterioration of health-related quality of life (HRQL) after breast cancer diagnosis and therapy. This study examines sociodemographic and health-related factors that could be associated with the HRQL of working women with breast cancer during the first five years after primary surgery. Second, it explores potential vulnerable groups with respect to HRQL using decision tree analyses.
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December 2024
Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia.
Objective: Globally, funding 'good causes' is a legitimation tactic for gambling operations. This research aimed to determine if an Australian system allowing tax concessions to not-for-profits (NFPs) meets its primary intention of funding community purpose.
Methods: Not-for-profit (NFP) venues operating electronic gaming machines (EGMs) in the state of Victoria must submit records to the gambling regulator showing contribution to community purposes.
Emerg Med J
January 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Mirebalais, Haiti.
Background: Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) for cardiac arrest is a cornerstone of emergency care and yet remains poorly studied in low- and middle-income countries. We characterised the clinical epidemiology and outcomes of cardiac arrest and ACLS in an ED in central Haiti, a lower middle-income country with a nascent emergency care system.
Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study of adult and paediatric patients who suffered cardiac arrest in an academic hospital ED in central Haiti from January 2019 to August 2020.
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