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Healthcare, Volume 13, Issue 22

November-2 2025 - 173 articles

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Articles (173)

  • Article
  • Open Access
348 Views
20 Pages

19 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Safety information in hospital laboratories is often fragmented or difficult to retrieve under time pressure. We developed an Essential Safety Sheet (ESS) to present critical, task-level safety information immediately and evalu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
468 Views
15 Pages

Confronting Patients’ Refusal to Undergo Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study of Ethical Attitudes and Intended Behaviour Among Lithuanian Physicians

  • Asta Čekanauskaitė,
  • Karolina Lukošienė,
  • Jelizaveta Krotova,
  • Džiugilė Kersnauskaitė,
  • Benedikt Bachmetjev,
  • Artur Airapetian and
  • Marija Jakubauskienė

19 November 2025

Introduction: Refusal to undergo treatment, including one of its manifestations, discharge against medical advice, must be informed, just as consent is, which is considered a core ethical principle in contemporary medical ethics. The aim of this stud...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,130 Views
15 Pages

19 November 2025

Background: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common and disabling adverse effect of cancer treatment, affecting up to 65% of patients. It reduces quality of life, increases fall risk, and often leads to chemotherapy dose reducti...

  • Study Protocol
  • Open Access
485 Views
12 Pages

Digital Educational Intervention to Improve Adherence and Self-Care in Chronic Patients: A Prospective Study Protocol (PROSELF)

  • Angelo Cianciulli,
  • Giovanni Boccia,
  • Roberta Manente,
  • Antonietta Pacifico,
  • Giuseppina Speziga and
  • Emanuela Santoro

19 November 2025

Background: Chronic non-communicable diseases—chiefly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)—remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
889 Views
17 Pages

Components and Effectiveness of Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs: A Scoping Review

  • Panagiota Giannios,
  • Fanie Chainey,
  • Catherine Degré,
  • Stéphanie Borduas Pagé and
  • Alexandre Hudon

19 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation plays a critical role in the recovery of adults with serious mental illness (SMI), offering structured, supportive care to improve functioning and community integration. Despite its clinical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
427 Views
18 Pages

Assessment of Oral Hygiene Practices, Adjunctive Cleaning Methods, and Their Impact on Plaque and Gingival Indices Among Young Adults in Urban and Rural Settings in Romania

  • Ioana Elena Lile,
  • Șerban Talpoș-Niculescu,
  • Diana Marian,
  • Otilia Stana,
  • Andra-Alexandra Stăncioiu,
  • Alexandru Cătălin Motofelea and
  • George-Dumitru Constantin

19 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Young adults increasingly prefer natural dentifrices; however, the short-term clinical effects and behavioural correlates of these products remain insufficiently documented. This study aimed to evaluate the associations between...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
506 Views
15 Pages

19 November 2025

Purpose: This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) technology in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) patients, focusing on cardiopulmonary function, quality of life, adherence, and satisfaction. Methods: Conducted fol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
695 Views
17 Pages

19 November 2025

Background: As part of Vision 2030, the Saudi Health Sector Transformation Program (SHSTP) introduced hospital clustering and digital health to strengthen patient-centered care. However, limited empirical evidence exists on its real-world impact. SHS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
287 Views
14 Pages

19 November 2025

Introduction: Building a life in an asylum country poses specific challenges for women, who often face compounded barriers in healthcare, language acquisition, economic independence, childcare, education, cultural adaptation, and legal processes. Thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
432 Views
19 Pages

Burnout Syndrome Among Primary Care Physicians in Romania: A National Overview

  • Nina Ciuciuc,
  • Eugenia-Maria Lupan-Mureșan,
  • Alexandra-Ioana Roșioară,
  • Monica Popa,
  • Dana Manuela Sîrbu,
  • Daniela Curșeu,
  • Codruța Alina Popescu and
  • Bogdana-Adriana Năsui

19 November 2025

Background/Objectives: This study provides the first national-level assessment of burnout among family physicians (FPs) and emergency physicians (EPs) in Romania. Burnout syndrome is a growing concern in medical settings, particularly among primary c...

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