Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…But more care is not necessarily better care, and fee-for-service leads to higher patient bills, higher system costs, and largely inefficient and unnecessary treatment schemes.[17] Tummalapalli, et al. found that capitated models had lower visit frequency and fewer interventional actions with no difference in outcomes compared to fee-for-service models. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…But more care is not necessarily better care, and fee-for-service leads to higher patient bills, higher system costs, and largely inefficient and unnecessary treatment schemes.[17] Tummalapalli, et al. found that capitated models had lower visit frequency and fewer interventional actions with no difference in outcomes compared to fee-for-service models. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…A second group of 251 men also had the simple tests and urodynamics. Their results were used to measure the performance of the models. …”
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Subclinical depression and anxiety as an additional risk factor for cardiovascular events in low- and moderate-risk patients: data from 10-year follow-up by M. D. Smirnova, O. N. Svirida, T. V. Fofanova, Z. N. Blankova, E. B. Yarovaya, F. T. Ageev, S. A. Boytsov

“…In individuals with HADS-D score >6 and/or HADS-A score >7, the probability of CVEs increased — OR 4,9 (1,4-17,9). …”
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Comparison between Two Low Doses of Amitriptyline in the Management of Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative Study by Atef Mohamed Sayed Mahmoud, Safaa Gaber Ragab, Maged Labib Boules, Joseph Makram Botros

“…NPDI decreased by 71.9% ± 13.4% in the 10 mg group compared to 47.3% ± 17.3% in the 5 mg group, representing a statistically significant difference (95% confidence interval: 27.3–12.6). Additionally, the 10 mg group showed greater mean reductions in pain score and HADS scores (both the anxiety and depression subscales), as well as improvement in sleep disturbance compared to the 5 mg group. …”
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Application of prehabilitation program in elderly patients undergoing esophageal cancer surgery by Kun Zhou, Fengjuan Cai, Xiao Shao, Xiao Shao, Caifeng Luo, Zihao Liu

“…The nutritional status, hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), six-minute walking distance (6MWD), and quality of life (SF-36) were compared between the two groups at different time points before and after the intervention. …”
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Acupuncture versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety among cancer survivors with insomnia: An exploratory analysis of a randomized clinical trial by Eunbin Kwag, Xiaotong Li, Sheila Garland, Karolina Bryl, Lauren Taylor, Qing S. Li, Lindsay Amann, Jun J. Mao, Kelly M. McConnell

“…Anxiety was assessed at baseline, week 8, and week 20 using HADS-A. A linear mixed-effects model was used to examine mean change in HADS-A scores. …”
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Acupuncture treatment for Hashimoto's thyroiditis: An exploratory randomized controlled trial by Shanze Wang, Chao Yang, Weimei Zeng, Hongfang Tian, Shihao Du, Jiping Zhao

“…There was no statistical difference in HADS between the two groups. Conclusions: Hand Yangming Meridian Penetrating Acupuncture may be safe and feasible for HT hypothyroidism to improve symptoms and reduce TGab levels. …”
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Psychometric study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale with health professionals by Priscila Pereira da Silva Lopes, Rafaela Schaefer, Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer

“…METHODS A psychometric study carried out with health professionals from primary health care services in a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2023. The quality of the HADS instrument was assessed by internal structural validity, using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and internal consistency, using Cronbach’s Alpha and McDonald’s Omega coefficients RESULTS 217 health professionals took part in the study, of both sexes and from different professional categories, such as doctors, nurses, nursing technicians and assistants, dentists and oral health assistants, and community health workers. …”
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Association between acoustic speech features and non-severe levels of anxiety and depression symptoms across lifespan. by Luciana Albuquerque, Ana Rita S Valente, António Teixeira, Daniela Figueiredo, Pedro Sa-Couto, Catarina Oliveira

“…<h4>Results</h4>The number of participants with presence of anxiety or depression symptoms is low (>7: 26.8% and 10.7%, respectively) and non-severe (HADS-A: 5.4 ± 2.9 and HADS-D: 4.2 ± 2.7, respectively). …”
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Anxiety, Depression and Cancer‐Related Post‐Traumatic Stress in Patients Undergoing Total Laryngectomy by Mai Yokoi, Naoki Nishio, Hiroyuki Kimura, Tatsuya Tokura, Shinichi Kishi, Hidenori Tsuzuki, Nobuaki Mukoyama, Sayaka Yokoi, Akihisa Wada, Mayu Shigeyama, Yasushi Fujimoto, Masashi Ikeda, Michihiko Sone

“…Although no significant difference was found in the HADS‐anxiety score between the two groups (p = 0.15), patients with PTS exhibited a significantly worse HADS‐depression score than those without PTS one year after surgery (p = 0.03). …”
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Music-Assisted Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Patients with Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer Undergoing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy by Juwei Zhong, Fengyun Zhao

“…These patients were divided into the conventional care group (n = 65) and the music relaxation group (n = 59) on the basis of different nursing methods. Negative emotions (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]), sleep quality (Self-Rating Scale of Sleep [SRSS]), and quality of life (Quality-of-Life Questionnaire-Chinese Cancer Chemotherapy Patients) were compared between the two groups before and after treatment. …”
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VALIDATION OF THE MACNEW QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH ISHEMIC HEART DISEASE by N. V. Pogosova, A. A. Kursakov, I. H. Boycharov, S. Höfer, N. Oldridge

“…Discriminant validity of the Russian version of MacNew was also confirmed differentiating patients with different SF-36 health transition and patients with and without anxiety and depression (HADS questionnaire).Conclusions. …”
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Evaluación de pasturas de Brachiaria decumbens solas o asociadas con Centrosema acutifolium con ganado de doble propósito: II. Evaluación de la productividad animal by Ramírez Náder Luis Miguel

“…Four fields of 4 ha. each one were used; two of them had B. decumbens alone and the other two B. decumbens plus C. acutifolium CIAT 5568. …”
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A study by V.M. Abbasov, Hany M. Abd El-Lateef, L.I. Aliyeva, E.E. Qasimov, I.T. Ismayilov, Mai M. Khalaf

“…The standard enthalpy, ΔHads.°, entropy, ΔSads.° and free energy changes of adsorption were evaluated; the calculated values of ΔHads.° and ΔGads° were negative while those for ΔSads.° were positive. …”
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Effect of herbal medicine (Jodeungsan) on migraine: A double-blind randomized clinical trial by Seyoung Kim, Jihye Seo, Cheol-hyun Kim, Hyun-Kyung Sung, Ho-Yeon Go, Woo Sang Jung, Seungwon Kwon, Minjung Kwak, Sangkwan Lee

“…Results: In all, 61 of the 64 patients took the investigational drugs for four weeks. The number of HADs did not significantly differ between the JDS and placebo groups at the end of the study. …”
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Congenital Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis by Saber Hammami, Khaled Harrathi, Khaled Lajmi, Samir Hadded, Chebil Ben Meriem, Mohamed Néji Guédiche

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Health-related quality of life, psychological status, and cardiovascular risk factors in intellectual workers by A. V. Kontsevaya, A. M. Kalinina, S. V. Belonosova, Yu. M. Pozdnyakov, T. S. Romanenko, M. G. Omelyanenko, R. A. Eganyan

“…This could be partly explained by different workplace settings and social circumstances.Conclusion. …”
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A Comparative Study of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Asymmetry Index in Stroke Patients with or without Poststroke Depression Using 99mTc-ECD Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomogra... by Pradeep Kumar Maurya, Abdul Qavi, Satyawati Deswal, Ajai Kumar Singh, Dinkar Kulshreshtha, Anup Kumar Thacker

“…The correlation between AIs over the different brain regions was also established in patients of PSD+ and PSD–. …”
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Comparison of clinical manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with moderate or high disease activity depending on the presence or absence of symptoms of neuropathic pai... by E. Yu. Polishchuk, E. S. Filatova, A. E. Karateev, V. N. Amirdzhanova, V. A. Nesterenko

“…We compared groups 1 and 2 for RA activity (DAS28, CDAI, SDAI), pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (VAS, 0–100 mm), functional impairment (HAQ), patient global assessment (PGA, VAS), number of painful and swollen joints, quality of life (EQ-5D), signs of anxiety and depression (HADS), CRP level.Results and discussion. The RA activity in patients of the 1st and 2nd groups did not differ statistically significantly. …”
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