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Impact of dental caries and periodontal disease on oral health ‐related quality of life among the Karnataka State Reserve Police Personnel in Belagavi, India
Conclusions:The study revealed that dental caries and periodontal disease had a significant impact on OHRQoL among reserve police personnel and the OHRQoL was poor particularly among the lower ranked personnel.  (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Varkey N S, Anil V Ankola, Roopali M. Sankeshwari, Sagar Jalihal, Anu Sara Varghese, Prajakta J Chavan, Mehul Ajit Shah Source Type: research

Institutional delivery knowledge, attitude, and practice among mothers of childbearing age with one or more children, Ethiopia
ConclusionIncreasing knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers towards institutional delivery plays a key role in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. However, the prevailing level of KAP towards institutional delivery is not satisfactory.Increasing utilization of institutional delivery by increasing awareness of each community through health information dissemination on importance of institutional delivery is needed. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kaleab tesfaye tegegne, TADELE KASSAHUN WUDU , BACHA GUTA ABDISA , ELENI TESFAYE TEGEGNE , MEKIBIB KASSA TESSEMA Source Type: research

Development of indicators to measure quality of life for pregnant women (QOL-PW)
Conclusions. The indicators of quality of life for pregnant women that are developed can represent most of the conditions of preg ‐ nant women, and if they have been validated, they are expected to be applied easily. Indicators of quality of life for pregnant women have provided a sufficient but straight forward way of calculating and cutting off points to categorize the quality of life status of pregnant women. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nunik Puspitasari Source Type: research

Relationship between health literacy skills and walking behavior to prevent osteoporosis among health volunteers
Conclusion: To improve the adoption of walking behavior to prevent osteoporosis, we should pay special attention to effective health literacy skills in the health volunteers. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohiadin Amjadian, Rahman Panahi, Rahman Panahi, Khadije jahangasht ghoozlu, Parisa Amiri, Leila Dehghankar Source Type: research

Does Moral Sensitivity contribute in Patient Satisfaction? A cross-sectional Survey in Educational Hospitals in Tehran, Iran
Conclusion: For improving patient satisfaction, adopting appropriate strategies like performing the periodic evaluation of this phenomenon, and providing some codified training in this regard are required to increase the level of moral sensitivity of physicians and provide high-quality care. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Majid Taheri, Mahmoud Abbasi, Mohammad Tavakol, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Mehri Mohammadi, Ali Arash Anoushirvani, Mehran Akbari, Seidamir Pasha Tabaeian Source Type: research

Critical Pathways for continuous quality improvement: a multicentric analysis on the management of patients with lung cancer in Italian best performing hospitals
Conclusions: Notwithstanding the availability of CPs, their adoption in routine clinical practice still lacks consistency, suggesting the necessity to resort to digital solutions, to increment the level of regional commitment and workforce commitment and to reinforce quality standards monitoring. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - May 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Antonio Giulio de Belvis, Maria Chiara Catalani, Alisha Morsella, Giorgio Sessa, Amelia Palinuro, Gabriele Giubbini, Florence Watteble, Carmen Angioletti Source Type: research

An An epidemiological profile of women suffering from urinary incontinence residing at one of the cities of western India: A mixed method approach study
Conclusion: Prevalence of UI was found to be 30% in study participants. Sociodemographic factors like age, marital status, and socio-economic class were found to have statistically significant effects on existing UI at the time of interview. ICIQ categories of UI were found to be influenced statistically by age, occupation, literacy, socio-economic class parity and obstetric factors like place of delivery and facilitator of delivery. Most participants (93%) had never consulted a doctor for various reasons/myths like it shall resolve on its own, Belief that it is a normal age-related phenomenon, shyness to discuss issues wi...
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karan Sharma, Parth Khandhedia, Dr Viral Dave Source Type: research

Smear grading at initial treatment association with treatment outcomes among new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A retrospective study
Conclusion:Death, treatment failure, lost to follow up and transferred out is more common in patients who have higher MSS. Therefore, improvement the health system and patient-diagnosis and screening programs is necessary to on-time diagnosis and facilitate the treatment process. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi, Seyed Abbas Hosseinali-pour, Mohammad Aligol, Mahdi Mohammadi, Marjan Soleymani-Monfared Source Type: research

Vaccine hesitancy among Ukrainian refugees
ConclusionsThe efforts made to ensure complete care and promote vaccination among refugees, offering them a complete evaluation of the vaccination status and the possibility of being vaccinated for free, seem to be insufficient to convince most refugees to get vaccinated. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gianmarco Troiano, Giuseppe Torchia, Alessandra Nardi Source Type: research

Effect of sexual enrichment program on the sexual satisfaction of pregnant women in Iran: A randomized clinical trial
Conclusion: A sexual enrichment program can be effective in improving the sexual satisfaction of pregnant mothers.Keywords:Sexual satisfaction, Pregnant women, Sexual enrichment program, Clinical trial (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fatemeh Hadizadeh -Talasaz, Fatemeh Bervanloo- Golmohamadi, Zahra Motaghi , Afsaneh keramat, Ali mohammad Nazari Source Type: research

What do young people know about HIV? Results of a cross sectional study on 18-24-year-old students
This study aims to identify unmet needs on HIV knowledge among freshman students. A cross sectional study was carried out at the University of Cagliari, which is an Italian public state university. Data were collected by means of an anonymous questionnaire; the final sample included 801 students. Results offer a detailed pict ure of students’ knowledge and perceptions of HIV. Several topics deserve to be better understood by students, but the main gaps relate to the pre-exposure prophylaxis and the decreased likelihood of sexually transmitting HIV due to early treatments.  Students ’ vision of the quality of life ...
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Claudia Sardu, Alessandra Mereu , Arianna Liori , Luca Fadda, Massimiliano Puddu , Luchino Chessa , Paolo Contu Source Type: research

Russian subject-level index of multidimensional deprivation and its association with all-cause and infant mortality
DiscussionOur study showed that generally the most deprived regions were industrial with poor ecological conditions such as Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Omsk Oblasts, and Sakha and located in Ural and the Western Siberia.  (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anastasia Zelenina Source Type: research

Health literacy in Mediterranean general population
CONCLUSIONSGiven the importance of adequate HL on health choices and on individual and public wellbeing, it is essential to expand the knowledge of the individual, through public and private information campaigns and with an increasing involvement of family physicians, who are fundamental in training and informing their patients. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vincenza La Fauci, Giuseppe Trimarchi, Concetta Ceccio, Francesco Mazzitelli, Valeria Alessi Source Type: research

Role of the 1st booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the protection against the infection: A fundamental public health tool
Conclusions. Our data are perfectly in line with what has been declared by the conducted studies in terms of efficacy. However, it is important to highlight that people with only the primary cycle are at high risk to contract the COVID-19 infection. Therefore, it is necessary to not consider people vaccinated with the primary cycle completely risk-free and to stress the importance to perform the 1st booster dose. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sebastiano Calimeri, Daniela Lo Giudice, Agata Buda, Antonio Lagan à, Alessio Facciolà, Angela Di Pietro, Giuseppa Visalli Source Type: research

Childhood immunization coverage during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Province of Siracusa, Italy
Conclusions:This study found that vaccination coverage of routine childhood immunisations was negatively affected during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Province of Siracusa. It is of huge importance to put in place some catch-up programs to ensure vaccinations at the earliest of individuals who missed immunization during the pandemic. (Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: fabio contarino, erminio di pietro, francesca bella, concetta randazzo, maria lia contrino Source Type: research