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Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ Open
November 2024
International Vaccine Institute, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Objective: To assess community awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in a disease-endemic district in Sri Lanka.
Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.
Setting: This study was conducted in selected 158 Grama Niladhari divisions covering all the 22 Divisional Secretariat areas of the Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka.
Alexithymia and illness perceptions in persons with multiple sclerosis and their partners.
Sci Rep
October 2024
Division of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK.
Illness perceptions (IPs) encompass opinions regarding the nature, severity and curability of a disease. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between alexithymia and IPs among persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) and their partners, as well as within the dyads composed of PwMS and partners. PwMS referred to the Multiple Sclerosis Center of the University Hospital "Policlinico-San Marco" from 11th August 2021 to 7th January 2022 and their partners completed a battery of questionnaires, including the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 and the Illness Perception Questionnaire Revised.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociations of quality of social support and accurate beliefs about curability among older adults with advanced cancer.
J Geriatr Oncol
November 2024
James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America. Electronic address:
Introduction: Supporting older adults with advanced cancer to better understand their disease and its prognosis is important for shared decision-making. Social support is a potentially modifiable factor that may influence disease understanding. In this study, we examined the associations of quantity and quality of social support with patients' beliefs about the curability of their advanced cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhat are they considering when they face a fetus with birth defects? A qualitative study on ethical attitudes of health professionals in China.
Glob Health Res Policy
July 2024
Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Background: Birth defects are the leading cause of mortality in newborn babies and children under five years old. In response, the Chinese government has implemented a three-tiered prevention strategy, which has brought ethical concerns about fetuses with birth defects. This study aims to explore the attitudes toward fetuses with birth defects among health professionals engaged in maternal and child health services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is limited knowledge about the stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sri Lanka. To ensure that leishmaniasis researchers focus on CL-associated stigma, we provide an evidence-based framework that can be used in future research.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review on CL-associated stigma using international evidence and carried out a multimethod qualitative study in the Anuradhapura district in Sri Lanka.
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