Short-stay urgent hospital admissions of children with convulsions: A mixed methods exploratory study to inform out of hospital care pathways
ConclusionsSSAs for convulsions are different to SSAs for other conditions and our findings could inform new efficient convulsion-specific pre and post hospital pathways designed to improve family experiences and reduce admissions and readmissions. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Cari Malcolm Source Type: research
Individual quality, insecure organizational attachment, and formalistic task completion: Social cognitive perspective
by Wenjun Wu, Huan Xiao, Dengke Yu
Formalistic tasks are widely utilized in modern companies due to their ability to increase productivity and contribute to the achievement of corporate goals at a lower cost. However, these tasks are often meet with resistance from individuals because they do not provide direct short-term rewards f or their efforts. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study examined the influence of individual quality and organizational attachment on the completion of formalistic tasks. To address this, the study conducted a questionnaire survey to collect data from 602 Chinese respondents and built ...
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Wenjun Wu Source Type: research
An economic evaluation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinical pathway in Saskatchewan, Canada: Data-driven techniques to identify cost-effectiveness among patient subgroups
ConclusionsBoth manual subgroup analysis and data-driven policy learning approach showed that the COPD care pathway consistently produced cost savings and better health outcomes among patients with comorbidities or among those relatively younger. The care pathway was not cost-effective in the entire sample. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: John Paul Kuwornu Source Type: research
Distribution of pathogens and risk factors for post-replantation wound infection in patients with traumatic major limb mutilation
by Chang Gao, Haiyan Wang, Jihui Ju, Keran Zhang, Ye Gao, Shiqi Guo, Di Yin, Ruixing Hou, Qiang Guo
PurposeEven though replantation of limb mutilation is increasing, postoperative wound infection can result in increasing the financial and psychological burden of patients. Here, we sought to explore the distribution of pathogens and identify risk factors for postoperative wound infection to help early identification and managements of high-risk patients. MethodsAdult inpatients with severed traumatic major limb mutilation who underwent replantation from Suzhou Ruixing Medical Group between November 09, 2014, and September 6...
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chang Gao Source Type: research
Assessing fall risk and equilibrium function in patients with age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma: An observational study
ConclusionSelf-efficacy was higher and fall risk was relatively lower among patients with mild-to-moderate visual impairment, with a tendency for sensory reweighting from visual to somatosensory in those with greater peripheral visual field impairment. Further studies are required to validate these findings. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Takahiro Tokunaga Source Type: research
Advance care planning as perceived by marginalized populations: Willing to engage and facing obstacles
ConclusionPatients from marginalized populations are willing to engage in ACP conversations despite a common belief otherwise. However, obstacles to meaningful ACP conversations with healthcare providers exist. Clinicians need to be aware of these obstacles andlisten to build trust and engage marginalized patients in mutually meaningful ACP conversations. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Shigeko (Seiko) Izumi Source Type: research
Investigating the mediating role of food involvement in the relationship between eating restrictions, nutritional knowledge, and dietary patterns in adults
This study aimed to describe DP, Eating Restrictions (ER), Food Involvement (FI), Nutrition Knowledge (NK), and anthropometric indices in Iranian adults and determine the mediating role of FI in the relationship between ER, NK, and DP. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using the structural equation modeling approach. The study was conducted on 2421 adults in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. The Eating Restrictions Questionnaire (ERQ), the Food Involvement Inventory (F II), the komPAN questionnaire, and a demographic characteristics and anthropometric indices questionnaire were used to collect data. We al...
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Kiyana Saadati Source Type: research
The right amygdala and migraine: Analyzing volume reduction and its relationship with symptom severity
This study aimed to explore the relationship between gray matter volume changes and various clinical parameters in patients with migraine, focusing on symptom severity, quality of life, and states of depression and anxiety. Using a case-control design, we examined 33 patients with migraine, with o r without aura, and 27 age-matched healthy subjects. We used magnetic resonance imaging to assess the volumes of 140 bilateral brain regions. Clinical evaluations included the Migraine Disability Assessment, the Migraine Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies De pression scale, Spielberger’...
Source: PLoS One - April 1, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Shota Kosuge Source Type: research
Comparative effectiveness of cervical vs thoracic spinal-thrust manipulation for care of cervicogenic headache: A randomized controlled trial
by Gopal Nambi, Mshari Alghadier, Mudathir Mohamedahmed Eltayeb, Osama R. Aldhafian, Ayman K. Saleh, Nesreen Alsanousi, Alaa Jameel A. Albarakati, Mohamed A. Omar, Mohamed Nagah Ahmed Ibrahim, Abdehamid A. Attallah, Mohammed Abdelgwad Ismail, Mohamed Elfeshawy
BackgroundThere is ample evidence supporting the use of different manipulative therapy techniques for Cervicogenic Headache (CgH). However, no technique can be singled as the best available treatment for patients with CgH. Therefore, the objective of the study is to find and compare the clinical effects of cervical spine over thoracic spine manipulation and conventio...
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Gopal Nambi Source Type: research
< i > Toxoplasma < /i > type II effector GRA15 has limited influence < i > in vivo < /i >
by Emily F. Merritt, Joshua A. Kochanowsky, Perrine Herv é, Alison A. Watson, Anita A. KoshyToxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite that establishes a long-term infection in the brain of many warm-blooded hosts, including humans and rodents. Like all obligate intracellular microbes,Toxoplasma uses many effector proteins to manipulate the host cell to ensure parasite survival. While some of these effector proteins are universal to allToxoplasma strains, some are polymorphic betweenToxoplasma strains. One such polymorphic effector is GRA15. Thegra15 allele carried by type II strains activates host NF- κB signaling, ...
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Emily F. Merritt Source Type: research
The psychological burden of NMOSD – a mixed method study of patients and caregivers
by Darcy C. Esiason, Nicole Ciesinski, Chelsi N. Nurse, Wendy Erler, Tom Hattrich, Ankita Deshpande, C. Virginia O ’Hayer
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system with common symptoms of rapid onset of eye pain, loss of vision, neck/back pain, paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction and heat sensitivity. The rare, unpredictable, and debilitating nature of NMOSD constitutes a unique psychological burden for patients and their caregivers, the specific nature and extent of which is not yet known. This mixed methods study, informed by both quantitative and qua...
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Darcy C. Esiason Source Type: research
Attitudes and purchase intentions of polish university students towards food made from insects —A modelling approach
by Anna T. Mikulec, Anna M. Platta, Monika Radzymi ńska, Millena Ruszkowska, Karolina Mikulec, Grzegorz Suwała, Stanisław Kowalski, Przemysław Łukasz Kowalczewski, Marcin Nowicki
The marketing of insect-derived protein has led to the development of respective legal regulations on such insects-based foods in the European Union. Despite the interest in the area of insect-based food, European researchers have paid relatively little attention to consumer attitudes and behavior s towards such products or the factors that may affect them. Attempts undertaken so far in this respect are insufficient; therefore, there is a ne...
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Anna T. Mikulec Source Type: research
Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial: Effect of an everyday cognition training program on cognitive function, emotional state, frailty and functioning in older adults without cognitive impairment
DiscussionThe present study aims to improve conventional clinical practice on cognitive function training by proposing a specific assessment and intervention of everyday cognition based on the importance of actual cognitive functioning during the resolution of complex tasks of daily life, giving priority to the improvement of autonomy. Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov; ID: NCT05688163. Registered on: January 18, 2023. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Susana S áez-Gutiérrez Source Type: research
The epidemiology of gestational diabetes, gestation hypertension, and anemia in North Palestine from 2018 to 2020: A retrospective study
This study aimed to examine the risk factors linked with abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) levels, gestational diabetes (GD), and gestational hypertension (GH) among pregnant women. The results was compared between women residing in cities or villages areas and those in refugee camps. MethodsMedical records (N = 7889) for pregnant women at primary healthcare centers in the North West Bank were reviewed for sociodemographic and medical data along with the reported fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin, and blood pressure in the first and second trimesters from July 2018 to July 2020. However, only 6640 were included in the analysis as 124...
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Basma Damiri Source Type: research
Nation-wide survey of oral care practice in Japanese intensive care units: A descriptive study
This study included all Japanese intensive care units meeting the authorities’ standard set criteria, with a minimum of 0.5 nurses per patient at a ll times and admission of adult patients requiring mechanical ventilation. An online survey was used to collect data. Survey responses were obtained from one representative nurse per intensive care unit. Frequency analysis was performed, and the percentage of each response was calculated. A total of 609 hospitals and 717 intensive care units nationwide participated; among these, responses were collected from 247 intensive care units (34.4%). Of these, 215 (87.0%) and 32 (13.0...
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tomoki Kuribara Source Type: research
