Risk factors and protective factors associated with incident or increase of frailty among community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. by Zeyun Feng, Marjolein Lugtenberg, Carmen Franse, Xinye Fang, Shanlian Hu, Chunlin Jin, Hein Raat

“…Significant sociodemographic factors included older age, ethnic background, neighborhood, and access to private insurance or Medicare; significant physical factors included obesity and activities of daily living (ADL) functional status; significant biological factors included serum uric acid; significant lifestyle factors included a higher Diet Quality Index International (DQI) score, higher fruit/vegetable consumption and higher tertile of all measures of habitual dietary resveratrol exposure; significant psychological factors included depressive symptoms.…”
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LIPID PROFILE AND HEMORHEOLOGY DYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE IN THE PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD by V. A. Lazarenko, E. A. Bobrovskaya, L. N. Belikov

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Usage of an App-Based Addiction Prevention Program for German Vocational Students: Secondary Analysis of Data From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Diana Guertler, Anne Möhring, Dominic Bläsing, Christian Meyer, Hannah Schmidt, Florian Rehbein, Merten Neumann, Arne Dreißigacker, Anja Bischof, Gallus Bischof, Svenja Sürig, Lisa Hohls, Susanne Wurm, Stefan Borgwardt, Severin Haug, Hans-Jürgen Rumpf

“…In terms of health equity, additional efforts should be made to increase intervention usage among males, those with lower levels of education, and those with higher levels of addictive behaviors.…”
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Time trends in access to smoking cessation support for people with depression or severe mental illness: a cohort study in English primary care by Milena Falcaro, Kate R Walters, David Osborn, Scott Weich, Joseph Hayes, Lisa Couperthwaite

“…This was consistently higher in those with SMI than the other cohorts of patients, although the gap greatly reduced in more recent years. …”
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The relationship between attachment quality, empathy skills, and moral judgement in adolescents by Tsameret Ricon, Shani Leopold Katz

“…These findings are essential for school counsellors as they stress the importance of designing interventions with adolescents in order to prevent high-risk behaviours.…”
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Readiness of Teachers of General Education Institutions to Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by A. A. Birkun, L. P. Frolova

“…RELEVANCE The problem of sudden cardiac arrest and sudden death among the students of educational institutions is highly relevant for the Russian Federation. In order to plan interventions aimed at improving effectiveness of management and reducing mortality from cardiac arrest in educational institutions, a clear understanding of level of readiness and motivation of teachers to provide help to a cardiac arrest victim is necessary.  …”
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Restricted economic activity due to health conditions and risk of depression: results from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging by Il Yun, Jae-Hyun Kim, Jong Youn Moon, Jong Youn Moon

“…These results suggest that in order to improve mental health in the middle-aged people, public health interventions are needed to sustain economic activity.…”
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Child Abuse and Intention to Dropout Among Secondary School Students in Rubanda District. by Ninsiima, Patience

“…Female students, in particular, reported higher rates of abuse and a greater likelihood of dropping out, underscoring the need for gender-specific interventions. …”
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Psychosocial Mediators between Socioeconomic Status and Dietary Restrictions among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis in Japan by Hidehiro Sugisawa, Toshio Shinoda, Yumiko Shimizu, Tamaki Kumagai, Hiroaki Sugisaki

“…It becomes possible to design interventions targeting modifiable psychosocial factors including self-efficacy, control expectancy, and social support in order to reduce SES inequalities in DRs.…”
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Intellectual ability and cortical homotopy development in children and adolescents by Li-Zhen Chen, Xi-Nian Zuo

“…Our findings indicate a significant decrease in HFA with age, particularly in higher-order association networks. In addition, adolescents demonstrate stronger, predominantly negative correlations between HFA and intelligence, in contrast to younger children. …”
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Total factor productivity growth decomposition and its determinants in Ethiopian manufacturing sector by Yismaw Ayelign Mengistu, Lakhwinder Singh

“…Thus, strategically designed, coordinated with the firms themselves, and focused interventions are required in order to raise the real sales and value added using the existing state-of-the art technology and input combination, along with advancing the technical know-how, improving labor quality, updating, and renovating the capital input.…”
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Parietal alpha and theta power predict cognitive training gains in middle-aged adults by Luka Juras, Ivana Hromatko, Andrea Vranic

“…Mixed-effects model analyses revealed that higher relative parietal alpha power positively predicted training performance, while theta power negatively predicted performance. …”
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Basic stimulus processing alterations from top-down cognitive control in depression drive independent temporal components of multi-echo naturalistic fMRI data by Tengfei Feng, Arnim Johannes Gaebler, Micha Keller, Jana Zweerings, Huanjie Li, Fengyu Cong, Klaus Mathiak

“…Notably, these deficits in MDD localized primarily to higher-order processing areas, such as the dorsal prefrontal cortex and insula, rather than primary sensory cortices. …”
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The level of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with chronic pain syndrome (on the example of juvenile idiopathic arthritis) by A. V. Santimov, V. G. CHasnyk, S. V. Grechanyi

“…Comparison of various clinical groups showed significantly higher levels of severity of anxiety and depression in the case of chronic pain syndrome regardless of the presence of active or inactive phase of JIA, which confirms the necessity of using evidence-based psychological interventions such as relaxation techniques and cognitive behavioral therapy in all patients with JIA suffering from pain.…”
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Teleneuropsychology: Reliability and Acceptance in Memory Assessment by Mariana Varandas, Filipa Ribeiro

“…Introduction: The use of telehealth in psychological interventions has experienced a significant increase in recent years. …”
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Levels, severity, and determinants of stunting in children 0-59 months in Afghanistan: Secondary analysis of Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2022-23. by William Joe, Atma Prakash, Said M Yaqoob Azimi, Melanie Galvin, Zivai Murira, Gustavo Nicolas Paez Salamanca, Vani Sethi

“…Determinants of severe stunting mirrored those of stunting, with the additional risk for 24-59 months age group and higher birth order. Socioeconomic status, maternal education, child age, birth order, dietary practices, and geographical location were key determinants of stunting. …”
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Texture Analysis in Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography: A Systematic Review by Yih-Kuen Jan, Isabella Yu-Ju Hung, W. Catherine Cheung

“…<b>Results:</b> A total of 38 studies using second-order and higher-order texture analysis met the criteria. …”
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Assessment of psychosocial aspects in adults in post-COVID-19 condition: the EURONET-SOMA recommendations on core outcome domains for clinical and research use by Stefan Salzmann, Lars de Vroege, Petra Engelmann, Per Fink, Susanne Fischer, Stephan Frisch, Lise Kirstine Gormsen, Katharina Hüfner, Willem J. Kop, Ferenc Köteles, Nadine Lehnen, Bernd Löwe, Christoph Pieh, Victor Pitron, Charlotte Ulrikka Rask, Markku Sainio, Rainer Schaefert, Meike Shedden-Mora, Anne Toussaint, Roland von Känel, Ursula Werneke, Winfried Rief, on behalf of the EURONET-SOMA Group

“…Results We identified three higher-order dimensions with each encompassing several domains: The first higher-order dimension, “outcomes”, encompasses (1) the classification/ diagnostics of post-COVID-19 condition, (2) somatic symptoms (including fatigue), (3) the psychopathological status and mental comorbidities, (4) the physical status and somatic comorbidities, (5) neurocognitive symptoms, and (6) illness consequences. …”
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How much does government’s short-term response matter for explaining cross-country variation in COVID-19 infection outcomes? A regression-based relative importance analysis of 84 c... by Gordon G Liu, Junjian Yi, Hanmo Yang, Xiaoyun Peng

“…As such, from a scientific perspective, it is important that country-specific conditions are taken into account when evaluating the impact of NPIs in order to conduct more cost-effective policy interventions.…”
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Psychosocial Profile in Portuguese Adolescents with Chronic Disease Attending an Outpatient Department in a Hospital Setting by Teresa Santos, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Adilson Marques, Celeste Simões, Isabel Leal, Maria do Céu Machado

“…Such suggestions might help healthcare professionals to better plan interventions in order to increase their effectiveness.…”
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