COVID-19 vaccine compliance in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Objective: To compare the rate of the administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations between adolescents diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and non-ADHD subjects.

Method: A retrospective chart review was performed on all adolescents aged 12-17 years registered at a central district in Israel from January 1 2021 to October 31 2021.

Results: Of the 46,544 subjects included in the study, 8241 (17.

Cost-Effectiveness Threshold for Healthcare: Justification and Quantification.

Every public health expenditure, including the one that saves lives or extends life expectancy of particular persons (target population), bears a cost. Although cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is routinely performed in health policy, ethical justification of CEA is rarely discussed. Also, there is neither consensus value nor even consensus method for determining cost-effectiveness threshold (CET) for life-extending measures.

Visual acuity outcome in patients with subretinal hemorrhage - office procedure vs. surgical treatment.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and gas vs. pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) surgery as first-line treatment for subretinal hemorrhage.

Methods: Retrospective study of 107 adults treated for subretinal hemorrhage at a tertiary hospital during 2008-2019; 51 received injection of tPA and gas and 56 underwent PPV.

Development of a mobile training app to assist radiographers' diagnostic assessments.

The current study reduced the time lag between performing a diagnostic assessment and identifying a critical finding in CT and MRI exams through improving radiographers' abilities to identify those critical findings. Radiographers' diagnostic assessments in CT and MRI exams were used to develop a mobile training application with the aim to improve radiographers' awareness of critical findings. The current research used data analytics to examine radiographers' interpretation of imaging studies from a privately owned medical group in Israel.

A Model for Predicting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to Exposure to Chronic Political Violence: Big Five Personality Traits, Ego-Resiliency, and Coping.

Research on psychological effects of exposure to political violence has focused mainly on the effect of environmental factors whereas the effect of individual differences is understudied. The present study offers an integrative model of the contribution of personality traits, ego-resiliency, and coping styles to post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptomatology of civilians exposed to chronic political violence. Three-hundred and thirty-two Israeli citizens living in the south region of Israel were asked to report their experience with different types of political violence incidents, their coping strategies, and PTS symptoms.

Emotion work and feeling rules: Coping strategies of family caregivers of people with end stage dementia in Israel-A qualitative study.

Background: End stage dementia is an inevitable phase following a prolonged deterioration. Family caregivers for people with end stage dementia who live in their home can experience an emotional burden. Emotion work and "feeling-rules" refers to socially shared norms and self-management of feelings, as well as projecting emotions appropriate for the situation, aiming at achieving a positive environment as a resource for supporting others' wellbeing.

Social Support Moderates the Relationship Between Death Anxiety and Psychological Distress Among Israeli Nurses.

Based on the stress-buffering model, the current study sought to examine the moderating role of perceived social support in the association between death anxiety and psychological distress among nurses. Select variables found in previous studies to correlate with psychological distress served in the current study as covariates to control for their relationship with psychological distress among nurses. These include gender, years of professional experience, self-rated health, self-efficacy, and self-defined burnout.