Diabetes mellitus educational intervention in patients at risk from a medical office. Nuevitas, 2020-2023 by Maigret Calderón Cruz, Julio Michel Arias Manganelly, Olenis Alicia Aldana Ramos, Lieter Ailed Vidal Rodríguez, Pedro Figueredo Guerra, Aned Hernández Clavijo

“…<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe an educational intervention on type 2 diabetes mellitus results in patients with risk factors.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: intervention study, with a before and after design, which included 120 patients over 18 years of age with diabetes mellitus risk factors, belonging to Medical Office No. 6, in Nuevitas, Camagüey province. …”
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Effectiveness of teaching motivational interview technique to third professional year medical students to improve counseling skills – An interventional study by Govindaraju S. L. Manojna, B. Devi Madhavi

“…Background: Effective patient–provider communication was recognized as essential to providing high-quality medical care. …”
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Ibuprofen-Induced Hypokalemia and Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis: A Patient’s Perceptions of Over-the-Counter Medications and Their Adverse Effects by Mark D. Salter

“…Of particular interest in this case are the patient’s perception of over-the-counter (OTC) medication use, her own OTC use prior to admission, and her knowledge of adverse reactions or side effects of these medications prior to taking them.…”
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Medical versus surgical methods of early abortion: protocol for a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids by Rachel Thompson, Kyla Z Donnelly

“…Introduction Currently, we lack understanding of the content, quality and impact of patient decision aids to support decision-making between medical and surgical methods of early abortion. …”
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Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Dengue Fever among Patients in Central India: A Cross-Sectional Study by Siddhi Rathod, Ranjit Ambad, Hemant Juneja, Sarita Ugemuge, Gulshan Bandre

“…This study analyzes general patients’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on dengue disease at a tertiary-care hospital in central India. …”
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The effect of an information brochure on patients undergoing cardiac catheterization on their anxiety, knowledge and fear: A randomized controlled study. by Maria Malliarou, Vasiliki Pappa, Iokasti Papathanasiou, Ilias Andreanidis, Athanasios Nikolentzos, Ioannis Apostolakis, Pavlos Sarafis

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Factors influencing medication adherence among hypertensive patients in primary care settings in Central Vietnam: A cross-sectional study. by Ho Anh Hien, Nguyen Minh Tam, Huynh Van Minh, Tran Binh Thang, Le Phuoc Hoang, Stefan Heytens, Dirk Devroey, Hoang Anh Tien

“…We collected data on the demographics, medical history, lifestyle, hypertension knowledge, along with the patient beliefs and perceptions about hypertension. …”
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Proportion of Ophthalmic Self-Medication and Associated Factors among Adult Ophthalmic Patients Attending Borumeda Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia by Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Zemed Guchma Woldetsadik, Haile Woretaw Alemu

“…The policymakers and regulatory body better to scale-up health insurance coverage, nearby accessible eye care services, improve knowledge of patients regarding the effect of ophthalmic self-medication, and proper disposal of leftover eye medication from the house. …”
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Characterization and Etiopathogenic Approach of Pediatric Renal Biopsy Patients in a Colombian Medical Center from 2007-2017 by Mayerly Prada Rico, Carmen Inés Rodríguez Cuellar, Monica Fernandez Hernandez, Luz Stella González Chaparro, Olga Lucía Prado Agredo, Ricardo Gastelbondo Amaya

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The impact of pre-hospital emergency medical services on the outcomes of patients with burn: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ahmed Alanazy, Abdullah Alruwaili

“…Enhancing EMS providers' knowledge and skills in pre-hospital burn management could substantially improve patient outcomes and reduce the burden on healthcare systems. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of a nurse-led vestibular rehabilitation program enriched with yoga on knowledge levels and vertigo symptoms in patients with vertigo by Gayathri Selvaraj, Santhanasamy Punitha, Ganesan Dayanidy, Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani

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Impact of Periodontitis on Glycemic Control and Metabolic Status in Diabetes Patients: Current Knowledge on Early Disease Markers and Therapeutic Perspectives by Simona Santonocito, Alessandro Polizzi, Enrico Marchetti, Domenico Dalessandri, Marco Migliorati, Saturnino Marco Lupi, Marco Cicciù, Gaetano Isola

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Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding acute coronary syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Mohammad Amerzadeh, Mahdie Bahrami, Mojtaba Senmar, Zahra Hosseinkhani, Zahra Shafiei Kisomi

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Impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on knowledge of self-management among asthmatic patients: a prospective cohort study by Ahmad Khan, Saima Mushtaq, Amjad Khan, Nafees Ahmad, Shahzadi Sidra Saleem, Rubina Aman, Shahzadi Sadia Saleem, Ayesha Bibi, Saifullah Mehsud, Ivan R Green, Sheikh Abdur Rashid, Kifayat Ullah Shah

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Adherence with Preventive Medication in Childhood Asthma by Scott Burgess, Peter Sly, Sunalene Devadason

“…Electronic monitoring devices are likely to be more frequently used to remind patients to take medication, as a strategy to motivate patients to maintain adherence, and a tool to evaluate adherence in subjects with poor disease control. …”
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Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Urine Albumin to Creatinine Ratio in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients and Medication Care by Dong-Dong Wang, Cun Zhang, Yang Yang, Su-Mei He, Ping Zhu, Xiao Chen

“…Conclusions. To our knowledge, the present study explored the effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors on UACR in T2DM patients, meanwhile, recommended appropriate medication care scheme for the first time.…”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Motivations, Expectations, and Systemic Factors Regarding Antimicrobial Use Amongst Community Members Seeking Care at the Primary Healthcare Level: A Scoping... by Nishana Ramdas, Johanna C. Meyer, Natalie Schellack, Brian Godman, Eunice Turawa, Stephen M. Campbell

“…Four key themes were identified: (1) the ’patient’ theme, highlighting beliefs, knowledge, and expectations, which was the most prominent (40.5%); (2) the ’provider’ theme, emphasizing challenges related to clinical decision-making, knowledge gaps, and adherence to guidelines; (3) the ’healthcare systems’ theme, highlighting resource limitations, lack of infrastructure, and policy constraints; and (4) the ‘intervention/uptake’ theme, emphasizing strategies to improve future antibiotic use and enhance access to and quality of healthcare. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Chronic Type 2 Diabetes Patients in China Toward Continuous Glucose Monitoring: An Online Questionnaire Survey by Liu B, Wu X, Zou X, Sun F, Yu J

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Do final-year medical students in Scotland have the knowledge and confidence to deliver the physical activity guidelines? A cross-sectional online survey to evaluate changes over a... by Gemma C Ryde, Isabelle Schlegel

“…Objectives This study assessed knowledge of physical activity (PA) guidelines and confidence to deliver PA advice, across current final-year medical students in Scotland. …”
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Sex-related differences in heart failure patients: physiological mechanisms of cardiovascular ageing and evidence-based sex-specific medical therapies by Andra Maria Ciutac, Tiberiu Pana, Dana Dawson, Phyo Kyaw Myint

“…Despite numerous studies confirming significant differences in HF outcomes according to sex, there are no current guidelines that consider patients’ sex in medical therapy of HF. Moreover, females are significantly under-represented in research trials, as well as under-treated in clinical practice, which hinders our understanding of HF in this demographic. …”
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