Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Patients With Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia by Christie Teigland, Zulkarnain Pulungan, David Bruhn, Steve Hwang

“…**Results:** Of 2 684 704 Fee-for-Service patients with Alzheimer dementia, 769 141 met all inclusion criteria; among these, 281 042 (36.5%) had agitation. …”
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Evaluation of Prevalence and Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression Using the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale: A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study by Gaye Kahveci, Bekir Kahveci, Hamza Aslanhan, Pakize Gamze Erten Bucaktepe

“…Results: The PPD prevalence was 15.1% (n=47).  In the PPD group, the difference was highly significant in terms of abortion, antenatal depression, inadequate care for the baby and health problem in the newborn [0.6±0.9 vs. 0.2±0.6, 13 (37.1%) vs. 27 (10.5%), 9 (56.3%) vs. 38 (12.9%), 12 (36.4%) vs. 35 (12.6%), respectively] (p<0.001). …”
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Associated adverse outcomes with tumor treating fields when combined to temozolomide versus temozolomide alone for the treatment of glioblastoma: a meta-analysis of randomized tria... by Yuanyuan Chen, Yan Chen, Hong Zhen, Danhua Lou

“…Results of this analysis showed that TTF in combination with temozolomide was not associated with significantly higher adverse outcomes related to blood and lymphatic system disorders (RR:0.87, 95% CI 0.30–2.48; P = 0.79), gastrointestinal disorders (RR: 0.83, 95% CI 0.14–4.72; P = 0.83), general deterioration and malaise (RR: 1.43, 95% CI 0.90–2.25; P = 0.13), infections and infestations (RR: 1.21, 95% CI 0.33–4.45; P = 0.78), injury/poison and procedural complications (RR: 1.78, 95% CI 0.88–3.61; P = 0.11), metabolic and nutritional disorders (RR: 0.61, 95% CI 0.34–1.08; P = 0.09), central nervous system disorders (RR: 1.14, 95% CI 0.89–1.46; P = 0.31), musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders (RR: 0.99, 95% CI 0.48–2.07; P = 0.99), respiratory/thoracic/mediastinal disorders (RR: 0.85, 95% CI 0.44–1.62; P = 0.62), and psychiatric disorders (RR: 1.27, 95% CI 0.42–3.79; P = 0.67). …”
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Breaking the myth: the association between the increasing incidence of labour induction and the rate of caesarean delivery in Finland - a nationwide Medical Birth Register study by Mika Gissler, Seppo Heinonen, Heidi Kruit, Leena Rahkonen

“…The rate of caesarean delivery following labour induction slightly decreased (15.41% vs 15.35%; p&lt;0.001). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, induction of labour was associated with a reduced risk for caesarean delivery (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.74). …”
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Scrolling and Stress: Exploring Internet Usage for Social Media and Psychological Distress in Young Adults by P C Pradeep Kumar, M Kishor, Archana Anthony Raj, M. Murugappan, Dhanabal S. Palaniswamy

“…Excessive Internet users (P < 0.001) spend an average of 3.57 h on social media, while nonexcessive users spend 2.51 h. …”
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中老年HIV/AIDS患者合并慢性非传染性疾病情况与生命质量的关联研究 by 张瑶, 张弛, 刘聪, 钟海丹, 杜佩珊, 李全敏, 李凌华, 顾菁

“…结果366名研究对象纳入分析，合并心血管疾病29人（7.9%），高血压45人（12.3%），高血糖122人（33.3%），高脂血症151人（41.3%），癌症7人（1.9%），慢性肾脏疾病17人（4.6%），慢性肝脏疾病38人（10.4%），肌肉骨骼疾病21人（5.7%），合并至少一类慢性病253人（69.1%）。…”
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Dietary intake of tomato and lycopene, blood levels of lycopene, and risk of total and specific cancers in adults: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospectiv... by Arghavan Balali, Kimia Fathzadeh, Gholamreza Askari, Omid Sadeghi, Omid Sadeghi

“…Moreover, we found a linear inverse association between dietary lycopene intake and prostate cancer risk (Pooled RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.97–1.00, I2 = 0, p = 0.045). Regarding cancer mortality, negative relationships were found with total tomato intake (Pooled RR: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.85–0.93, I2 = 65.7%, p &lt; 0.001), lycopene intake (Pooled RR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.81–0.86, I2 = 86.5%, p &lt; 0.001) and lycopene levels (Pooled RR 0.76, 95% CI: 0.60–0.98, I2 = 70.9%, p = 0.031). …”
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Perceptions of Singaporeans towards informed consent: a cross-sectional survey by Mehek Gupta, Sudharsan Madhavan, Felicia Siok Ying Teo, Jee Keem Low, Vishal G. Shelat

“…On multivariate analysis, age (61–74 years: odds ratio [OR] 11.1, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.2–56.1, P = 0.004; age >75 years: OR 22.2, 95% CI 1.8–279.1, P = 0.017) was a predictor of not wanting to know any risks. …”
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Item-level and Composite-level Interrater Reliability of Functional Movement Screen™ Scores Following Condensed Training in Novice Raters by Brent A Harper, Stephen M Glass

“…Results for Krippendorff’s α were similar, with unacceptable interrater reliability for Hurdle Step (Day 1 -0.01, Day 2 1.00), Inline Lunge (Day 1 0.31, Day 2 0.39), and Rotary Stability (Day 1 -0.02, Day 2 -0.01). …”
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The Role of Phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PEMT) Gene rs12449964 Polymorphism in the Development of Acute Pancreatitis and its Complications by T. A. Samgina, Yu. E. Azarova, Yu. V. Kanishchev, V. A. Lazarenko, P. M. Nazarenko, A. V. Polonikov

“…The average age of patients and healthy individuals was 48.9 ± 13.1 and 47.89 ± 12.1 years, respectively. Genomic DNA was isolated by a standard phenol-chloroform extraction method. …”
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The effect of magnesium supplementation on serum concentration of lipid profile: an updated systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis on randomized controlled trials by Mitra Hariri, Masoudreza Sohrabi, Ali Gholami

“…The pooled estimates showed no significant differences in serum levels of TC, TG, and LDL-C between the magnesium group and comparison group (weighted mean difference (WMD) = 0.34 mg/dl, 95% confidence interval (CI): -1.75 to 2.43, P = 0.749, I 2  = 99.1%; WMD=-2.06 mg/dl, 95% CI: -6.35 to 2.23, P = 0.346, I 2  = 99.1; WMD = 1.71 mg/dl, 95% CI: -0.81 to 4.24, P = 0.183, I 2  = 99.4, respectively). …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Falls and Fractures Following Prescription of Opioids Among Privately Insured Patients with Osteoarthritis by Stuart Silverman, Patricia Schepman, J. Bradford Rice, Craig G. Beck, William Pajerowski, Alan G. White, Sheena Thakkar, Rebecca L. Robinson, Birol Emir

“…Significant (_P_<.05) risk factors associated with at least 1 fall or fracture during the follow-up period included alcohol use (odds ratio [OR], 3.41), history of falling (OR, 2.19), non-tramadol opioid use (OR, 1.31), age (OR, 1.03), benzodiazepine use (OR, 1.21), and at least 1 osteoporosis diagnosis (OR, 2.06). …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Ulcerative Colitis in Mosul city, Iraq by Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…In addition, out of 45 female patients were used oral contraceptive pills, 30 (66.7%) of them were in severe cases of UC and followed by 14 (31.1%) were in moderate cases. Majority of patients previously were sensitive to spices 160 (80.0%) and followed by fish and eggs 21 (10.5) 16 (8.0%) respectively. …”
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Urban-rural difference in adverse outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus comorbidity by FANG Zijian, LI Qingchun，XIE Li，SONG Xu，DAI Ruoqi，WU Yifei，JIA Qingjun，CHENG Qinglin

“…Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis identified first diagnosed in county-level hospitals or above (HR=2.107, 95%CI: 1.181-3.758) and drug resistance (HR=3.303, 95%CI: 1.653-6.600) as the risk factors for adverse outcomes of PTB in urban patients with PTB-DM, while the treatment/observed management throughout the process (HR=0.470, 95%CI: 0.274-0.803) and fixed-dose combinations throughout the process (HR=0.331, 95%CI: 0.151-0.729) as the protective factors for adverse outcomes in rural patients with PTB-DM. …”
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Mortality Prediction in the Emergency Service Intensive Care Patients with Possible COVID-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Mehmed Ulu, M. Kaya, Y. Tunc, H. Yildirim, A. Halici, A. Coskun

“…Cutoff points were determined for APACHE II score at 19 (AUC 0,96, PLR 14, 16, NLR 0,12), SOFA score at 9 (AUC 0,96, PLR 20,23, NLR 0,11) and PSI score at 81 points (AUC 0,91, PLR 7,01, NLR 0,23). …”
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Risk of cancer in patients with bile acid diarrhoea: a Danish nationwide matched cohort study by Tine Jess, Nynne Nyboe Andersen, Gry Poulsen, Signe Wildt, Lars Kristian Munck, Aske Thorn Iversen, Christian Borup

“…The overall cancer risk was increased by an HR of 1.32 (95% CI 1.12 to 1.54). The risk of site-specific cancer was increased in 3 of 10 cancer groups: haematological, HR 2.41 (1.36 to 4.02); skin, HR 1.33 (1.01 to 1.71); and male genital cancers, HR 1.85 (1.11 to 2.92). …”
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Epidemiology of Pandemic COVID-19 and Its Association with Some Chronic Diseases in Sulaimani City, Iraq by Shaxawan Azeez Maulood, Muhammed Babakir Mina, Salar Ibrahim Ali

“…It is a cross-sectional study, the data were collected by a convenience sampling method in the hospital, which started from 2nd October to 31th of December 2020. The current study included all the patients who admitted to the hospital, which involved 371 patients. …”
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Treatments for partial remission of major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Marlies E Brouwer, Gert J Geurtsen, Damiaan A J P Denys, Joost Gülpen, Eva A M van Dis, Claudi L Bockting

“…Psychotherapy was associated with superior remission rates at post-treatment (OR 2.57; 95% CI 1.71 to 3.87) and follow-up 6 months or longer (OR 1.75; 95% CI 1.21 to 2.53), although not with improved relapse rates at post-treatment (OR 0.17; 95% CI 0.01 to 4.83) or follow-up 6 months or longer (OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.21 to 1.03). …”
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