A study of the association of thyroid-stimulating hormone levels with microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at a tertiary care center by Somnath B, Pooja Shashidharan, Manish Pangi

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Spatial accessibility and equity of primary healthcare in Zhejiang, China by Rixiang Xu, Caiming Xu, Lang Wu, Xuefeng Xie, Tingyu Mu

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Socioeconomic inequalities in outcomes, experiences and treatment among adults consulting primary care for a musculoskeletal pain condition: a prospective cohort study by Dahai Yu, Kelvin P Jordan, Jonathan C Hill, Emma Parry, Simon Wathall, James Bailey, Lindsey Brown, George M Peat, Stephen Dent, Clare Thompson, Ruth Haines, John Haines, Jane Southam, Sue Maddison, Kanta Sandhu

“…Objectives To estimate the direction and magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in outcome, experience and care among adults consulting for a musculoskeletal pain condition.Design Multicentre, prospective observational cohort with repeated measures at three waves (baseline, 3 months and 6 months after index consultation).Setting 30 general practices in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, England.Participants 1875 consecutive, eligible, consenting patients, aged 18 years and over, presenting with a relevant SNOMED CT-coded musculoskeletal pain condition between September 2021 and July 2022.Interventions Standard care.Primary and secondary outcome measures Primary outcome was patient-reported pain and function using the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ score, 0–56). …”
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Long-term functioning status of COVID-19 survivors: a prospective observational evaluation of a cohort of patients surviving hospitalisation by Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Felipe Fregni, Marta Imamura, Vinicius Delgado Ramos, Lucas Ramos De Pretto, Simon K H A A Van Cauwenbergh, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Denise Matheus, Flavia Kuhn, Ana Alice Amaral de Oliveira, Gabriella Souza Naves, Aline Rossetti Mirisola, Fernando de Quadros Ribeiro, Andre Tadeu Sugawara, Mauricio Cantarino, Rafael Andrade Santos Antunes Cavalca, Vanessa Pagano, Melina Valentim Marques, Elizabeth Mendes da Silva, Alessandra Pereira Gomes

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GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CLINICAL OUTCOME OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME INTO EFFORT ANGINA OF III FUNCTIONAL CLASS AT THE HOSPITAL LEVEL (PART II) by Marzhanat G. Alieva

“…The aim of the research is to study the prognostic value of indices of nonspecific subclinical inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, cardiospecific changes in the immunity system and markers of hypoxic myocardial damage in the clinical outcome of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) into effort angina of the III functional class (FC). Materials and methods. The present work includes the results of examination of 85 patients who entered the infarction department of the Republican Clinical Hospital of the Center for Specialized Emergency Medical Care in Makhachkala. …”
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Lingering symptoms in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 – a prospective survey study of symptom expression and effects on mental health in Germany by Jörn Rohde, René Bundschuh, Yvonne Kaußner, Anne Simmenroth

“…Over two-thirds (70.0%) visited a physician during the course of the study because of COVID-19, 73.8% of whom visited their general practitioner. Conclusion PC in outpatient care appears to be a complex and multifaceted condition that not only presents with physical symptoms, but also has a significant impact on mental health and daily life. …”
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Linking Prioritized Occupational Performance in Patients Undergoing Spasticity-Correcting Upper Limb Surgery to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Hea... by Therese Ramström, Johanna Wangdell, Carina Reinholdt, Lina Bunketorp-Käll

“…Background. Spasticity is generally caused by damage to the spinal cord or the areas of the brain that controls movements, which poses significant limitations in occupational tasks. …”
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The disinfectant effects of portable ultraviolet light devices and their application to dentures by Kae Harada, Reiya Horinouchi, Mamoru Murakami, Masakazu Isii, Yuji Kamashita, Naohiro Shimotahira, Fumio Suehiro, Yasuhiro Nishi, Hiroshi Murata, Masahiro Nishimura

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Oxidative imbalance as a co-player in jaw functional limitations and biopsychosocial profile in patients with temporomandibular disorder—myofascial pain with referral by Joanna Kuć, Krzysztof Dariusz Szarejko, Mateusz Maciejczyk, Violetta Dymicka-Piekarska, Małgorzata Żendzian-Piotrowska, Anna Zalewska, Anna Zalewska

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Household costs in the United States for accommodating functional impairments associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: results from a caregiver survey by Bryan Innis, John Jarvis, Taylor Renteria, Ivana Audhya

“…Conclusions Households incur substantial costs to accommodate the functional impairments experienced by individuals with DMD.…”
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Mapping variants in thyroid hormone transporter MCT8 to disease severity by genomic, phenotypic, functional, structural and deep learning integration by Stefan Groeneweg, Ferdy S. van Geest, Mariano Martín, Mafalda Dias, Jonathan Frazer, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Rosalie B. T. M. Sterenborg, Hao Wang, Anna Dolcetta-Capuzzo, Linda J. de Rooij, Alexander Teumer, Ayhan Abaci, Erica L. T. van den Akker, Gautam P. Ambegaonkar, Christine M. Armour, Iiuliu Bacos, Priyanka Bakhtiani, Diana Barca, Andrew J. Bauer, Sjoerd A. A. van den Berg, Amanda van den Berge, Enrico Bertini, Ingrid M. van Beynum, Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, Doris Brunner, Marco Cappa, Gerarda Cappuccio, Barbara Castellotti, Claudia Castiglioni, Krishna Chatterjee, Alexander Chesover, Peter Christian, Jet Coenen-van der Spek, Irenaeus F. M. de Coo, Regis Coutant, Dana Craiu, Patricia Crock, Christian DeGoede, Korcan Demir, Cheyenne Dewey, Alice Dica, Paul Dimitri, Marjolein H. G. Dremmen, Rachana Dubey, Anina Enderli, Jan Fairchild, Jonathan Gallichan, Luigi Garibaldi, Belinda George, Evelien F. Gevers, Erin Greenup, Annette Hackenberg, Zita Halász, Bianka Heinrich, Anna C. Hurst, Tony Huynh, Amber R. Isaza, Anna Klosowska, Marieke M. van der Knoop, Daniel Konrad, David A. Koolen, Heiko Krude, Abhishek Kulkarni, Alexander Laemmle, Stephen H. LaFranchi, Amy Lawson-Yuen, Jan Lebl, Selmar Leeuwenburgh, Michaela Linder-Lucht, Anna López Martí, Cláudia F. Lorea, Charles M. Lourenço, Roelineke J. Lunsing, Greta Lyons, Jana Krenek Malikova, Edna E. Mancilla, Kenneth L. McCormick, Anne McGowan, Veronica Mericq, Felipe Monti Lora, Carla Moran, Katalin E. Muller, Lindsey E. Nicol, Isabelle Oliver-Petit, Laura Paone, Praveen G. Paul, Michel Polak, Francesco Porta, Fabiano O. Poswar, Christina Reinauer, Klara Rozenkova, Rowen Seckold, Tuba Seven Menevse, Peter Simm, Anna Simon, Yogen Singh, Marco Spada, Milou A. M. Stals, Merel T. Stegenga, Athanasia Stoupa, Gopinath M. Subramanian, Lilla Szeifert, Davide Tonduti, Serap Turan, Joel Vanderniet, Adri van der Walt, Jean-Louis Wémeau, Anne-Marie van Wermeskerken, Jolanta Wierzba, Marie-Claire Y. de Wit, Nicole I. Wolf, Michael Wurm, Federica Zibordi, Amnon Zung, Nitash Zwaveling-Soonawala, Fernando Rivadeneira, Marcel E. Meima, Debora S. Marks, Juan P. Nicola, Chi-Hua Chen, Marco Medici, W. Edward Visser

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Relationship Between Internet Use and Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: 5-Year Longitudinal Study by Bowen Chen, Chun Yang, Shanshan Ren, Penggao Li, Jin Zhao

“… BackgroundCognitive decline poses one of the greatest global challenges for health and social care, particularly in China, where the burden on the older adult population is most pronounced. …”
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Predictors of uveitic macular edema and functional prognostic outcomes: real-life data from the international AIDA Network uveitis registry by Jurgen Sota, Germán Mejía-Salgado, Silvana Guerriero, Gaafar Ragab, Gaafar Ragab, Stefania Costi, Maria Pia Paroli, Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola, Giuseppe Lopalco, Luciana Breda, Henrique Ayres Mayrink Giardini, Alex Fonollosa, Maria Sole Chimenti, Antonio Vitale, Carla Gaggiano, Blanca Aguilar-Barrera, Laura Daniela Rodríguez-Camelo, Guillermo Arturo Guaracha-Basañez, Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy, Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy, Rosanna Dammacco, Valeria Albano, Eduardo Martín-Nares, Santiago Espinosa-Lugo, Mahmoud Ghanema, Maria Morrone, Saverio La Bella, Rafael Alves Cordeiro, Francesco Carubbi, Alessandro Conforti, Piero Ruscitti, Ibrahim AlMaglouth, Rosaria Talarico, Stefano Gentileschi, Petros P. Sfikakis, Valeria Caggiano, Matteo Piga, Adele Civino, Francesca Ricci, Maissa Thabet, Marcello Govoni, Abdurrahman Tufan, Francesca Crisafulli, Jessica Sbalchiero, Sulaiman M. Al-Mayouf, Angela Mauro, Angela Mauro, Soad Hashad, Soad Hashad, Francesca Minoia, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Samar Tharwat, Samar Tharwat, Maria Cristina Maggio, Abdelhfeez Moshrif, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Daniela Opris-Belinski, Gülen Hatemi, Gülen Hatemi, Haner Direskeneli, Fatma Alibaz-Öner, Lampros Fotis, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Giovanni Conti, Piercarlo Sarzi Puttini, Ombretta Viapiana, Annarita Giardina, Patrizia Barone, Kalpana Babu, Rana Hussein Amin, Perla Ayumi Kawakami-Campos, Vishali Gupta, Annamaria Iagnocco, Ali Şahin, Antonella Insalaco, Andrés González-García, Ezgi Deniz Batu, Ester Carreño, Emanuela Del Giudice, Cecilia Beatrice Chighizola, Cecilia Beatrice Chighizola, Fabrizio Conti, Alberto Balistreri, Bruno Frediani, Luca Cantarini, Alejandra de-la-Torre, Claudia Fabiani

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Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Association with Mental Health Status in Elderly Patients: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study by M Yogesh, Anjali Dave, Jimmy Kagathara, Rohankumar Gandhi, Dhruv Lakkad

“…Background: Sarcopenia, characterized by loss of muscle mass and function, is a significant health concern in aging populations. …”
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Quality of life of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy by Edianne Sílvia Lustosa Cesar, Inez Sampaio Nery, Államy Danilo Moura e Silva, Juliana Teixeira Nunes, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes

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Quality of life of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy by Edianne Sílvia Lustosa Cesar, Inez Sampaio Nery, Államy Danilo Moura e Silva, Juliana Teixeira Nunes, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes

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Investigation of quality of life in the treatment of locally advanced and recurrent oropharyngeal cancer: State-of the-art by D. V. Sikorsky, S. O. Podvyaznikov

“…The general questionnaires allow the comparison of patients with a population of healthy people. …”
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The prevalence of post-abortion syndrome in patients presenting at Kalafong hospital's family medicine clinic after having a termination of pregnancy by M. van Rooyen, S. Smith

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Point-of-Care (POC) Urinary L-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (u-LFABP) Use in Critically Ill, Very Preterm Neonates by Henny Adriani Puspitasari, Eka Laksmi Hidayati, Retno Palupi-Baroto, Diashati Ramadhani Mardiasmo, Rosalina Dewi Roeslani

“…This study was conducted at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, from November to December 2020. …”
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Oral State and Salivary Cortisol in Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Aleksandra Kapel-Reguła, Justyna Chojdak-Łukasiewicz, Anna Rybińska, Irena Duś-Ilnicka, Małgorzata Radwan-Oczko

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> MS patients require ongoing dental care and preventive measures to manage both general and oral health symptoms effectively.…”
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