Healthcare, Volume 12, Issue 22

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, paracetamol was widely recommended in different clinical settings, and sometimes advised over non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These recommendations sparked a strong debate, with reports sugges...

Background: Pandemic outbreaks have emerged as a significant global threat, with the potential to cause waves of infections that challenge public health systems and disrupt societal norms. Understanding the underlying behavior of disease transmission...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated substantial disruptions in healthcare utilization globally. In Japan, reduced healthcare utilization during the pandemic’s early phases had been documented previously. However, few studies have i...

Background/Objectives: Individuals with eating disorders frequently describe encountering a highly critical internal voice that fixates on their eating habits, body shape, and weight. While existing literature acknowledges the significant impact of t...

Background/Objectives: The potential and limitations of chatbots in medical education and clinical decision support, particularly in specialized fields like psychiatry, remain unknown. By using the Rasch model, our study aimed to evaluate the perform...

Background: Adolescence is a critical period for developing self-perception, emotional well-being, and health behaviors. Mental health disorders represent a substantial burden for adolescents worldwide. This study examines self-perceived health, mood...

Background: Europe’s aging population presents challenges such as a shrinking labor force, pressure on health services, and increased demand for long-term care. This study assesses the functional profile, depressive symptoms, and quality of lif...

Background: Occupational stress and workplace violence are highly prevalent risk factors among healthcare professionals and can affect not only the psychosocial well-being of workers but also that of patients and healthcare organizations. Objective:...

Background: Self-esteem is a psychological term that, since its emergence in 1890 with William James, has been widely studied. Furthermore, this construct has been examined in different areas of psychology, including the clinical field, where its rel...

Background/Objectives: Although increased nociceptive excitability and deficient endogenous pain modulation are considered key features of pronociception and central sensitization, their contribution to neuropathic pain (NP) characteristics in SCI is...