2026 January-1 - 136 articles
Background/Objectives: Home care plays a crucial role in contemporary healthcare systems, particularly in the long-term care of people with chronic and progressive illnesses. Family caregivers often experience substantial physical, emotional, and org...
Background/Objectives: To investigate whether healthcare workers present different characteristics of musculoskeletal symptoms depending on the level of complexity in which these professionals work in the Brazilian Unified Health System. Methods: Hea...
Objectives: Intensive care units (ICUs) are characterised by high care complexity and nursing workload, which directly affects patient safety and staff sustainability. Latvia faces a chronic shortage of nurses, particularly in intensive care, yet sys...
Background: The rising prevalence and enduring impact of mental health problems in youth have intensified the call for population-level prevention. Low positive and high negative affect in childhood are vulnerability factors for mental health problem...
Background: Developing and implementing diverse interventions is imperative for addressing schizophrenia in the context of deinstitutionalization policies. This study evaluates the effectiveness of an agro-healing horticultural therapy as a psychosoc...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate changes in corneal thickness and anterior and posterior corneal curvature after one year of scleral lens wear in keratoconus eyes and to determine their impact on visual performance. Methods: Sixty-fi...
Background/Objectives: Mindfulness is a meditative practice that increases levels of awareness and attention. Introducing this practice into the curricula of nursing students could improve the relationship with patients and promote students’ we...
Background/Objectives: The transition to higher education is a critical phase of human development that makes adolescents and young adults particularly vulnerable to mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and stress. This study aimed to...
Background/Objectives: Telerehabilitation is intended for remote treatment, but studies on group training after stroke performed in the patient’s home have not yet been conducted. The purpose of this study was to evaluate adherence rates, safet...
Background/Objectives: In the context of evolving healthcare systems, effective communication represents a fundamental skill for ensuring quality care and addressing the psychosocial needs of oncology patients. In line with the new challenges of nurs...
Background/Objective: This study aims to examine changes in hedonic hunger and problematic eating behaviors over a 24-week follow-up period after sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and to compare differences between the two surgical proc...
Background/Objectives: Wearable fitness trackers (WFTs) are growing in popularity as tools to motivate physical activity and support healthier lifestyles. Evidence suggests that they can have both positive and negative effects on user behaviour and w...
Background/Objectives: Irregular maritime migration is a global health challenge as it combines exposure to extreme physical risks with profound psychosocial vulnerability. Understanding the role of maritime rescue professionals is essential for desi...
Background/Objectives: This retrospective observational study aimed to analyze blood component utilization patterns and investigate associations between patient demographics, clinical parameters, and transfusion requirements at a major tertiary care...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively resistant (XDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) strains among children, along with the associated...
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently focused much attention on physical activity recommendations. Regular physical activity offers broad health benefits, reducing the risk of some chronic diseases and improving bone structure...
Objectives: Exposure to appearance-focused social media often leads to body image disturbance among young women. One promising intervention to lessen this negative impact is mindfulness meditation. This study aimed to determine whether a brief mindfu...
A large and growing empirical literature documents that privatization, deregulation, financialization, and under-regulation of harmful industries are associated with adverse health outcomes in the United States. However, this evidence remains fragmen...
Background: Fertile women represent a socially and medically significant patient group, yet little research has examined their rehospitalization behavior and financial burden in clinical settings. This study develops predictive and explainable artifi...
Background: Left lateral tilt is traditionally recommended during cesarean delivery to reduce aortocaval compression and maintain maternal hemodynamic stability; however, with the widespread adoption of prophylactic vasopressor strategies recommended...
Background/Objectives: Depression is a serious mental illness worldwide, with a continuously increasing prevalence. As evidence supporting forest therapy as a non-pharmacological intervention has accumulated, the need for collaboration between the me...
Background/Objectives: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a common iatrogenic or medically induced condition among patients who receive intravenous infusion of iodinated contrast media that can cause renal insufficiency, raise the cost of care, an...
Background/Objectives: Persistent inequities in healthcare experiences and outcomes among marginalized racial/ethnic groups and sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations have been well documented. However, disparities in perceptions of discriminat...
Background: Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease and their cardiometabolic risk factors require management, which includes lifestyle interventions. Rural and remote residents are disproportionately affected by...
Background/Objectives: This study aims to explore both the psychosocial outcomes of hearing aid use and the factors that differentiate users from non-users among older adults with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in Romania. Methods: We conducted a...
Background: Socioeconomic factors significantly influence health outcomes in older adults, yet their impact on specific aspects of mobility remains unclear. This study investigates the relationship between area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and mo...
Background/Objectives: Considering that current research highlights the role of well-being and play in children’s development and learning, and that the few publications reflecting research into relaxation methods suggest that these create cond...
Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common peripheral neuropathy with increasing prevalence and economic burden. This study aimed to analyze recent trends in CTS treatment patterns, healthcare utilization, and costs within the dualized heal...
Background/Objectives: Between 20 and 30% of the global population experiences Chronic Pain (CP). A comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach incorporating non-pharmacological interventions and active patient participation is recommended. This study...
Background: Healthcare quality is increasingly dependent on the patients’ perspective to ensure care aligns with patients’ needs and experiences, especially for those living with chronic conditions such as diabetes. The Swedish National D...
Background: Health literacy is increasingly recognized as an essential determinant of health, readiness, and safety in the military, especially as health systems become more digitalized. However, evidence on general and digital health literacy in the...
Introduction: For lung cancer, the total interval time to diagnosis (TITD) is very important. If not detected by the screening program, the actual guidelines emphasize the need for a short delay to assure the initiation of treatment before 2 months f...
Introduction: Parents of children presenting global developmental delay (GDD) need to be involved in their therapy to intensify treatment. Vojta therapy (VT) is an intensive physiotherapeutic treatment that can be administered at home. Whilst parenta...
Background and Objectives: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a wide range of motor and non-motor symptoms that significantly compromise daily functionality, psychophysical wellbeing, and quali...
Background: Rural healthcare providers encounter multifaceted barriers including geographic isolation, resource limitations, and provider shortages that impede optimal patient care delivery. The Barriers Experienced in Providing Healthcare Instrument...
Background: Despite growing concerns about the impact of excessive digital media use on adolescents’ health, few studies have examined how digital detox practices and physical activity interact to influence it, particularly from a gender perspe...
Background/Objectives: Older individuals are more vulnerable to stress and trauma. Although pressure injuries (PIs) are recognized as a significant complication, the specific impact of frailty on PI development in older Asian trauma patients remains...
Background: In the era of Health 4.0, Emergency Departments (EDs) face increasing crowding and complexity, necessitating smart management solutions to balance efficiency with equitable care. Effective scheduling is critical for optimizing patient thr...
Background and Objectives: Oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) are rapidly expanding nicotine products with limited evidence from the Middle East, particularly among young adults. This study assessed the awareness, perceptions, and use of ONPs among univers...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming anesthesiology practice across perioperative settings. This review explores the evolution and implementation of hybrid decision-making models that integrate AI capabilities with human clinical expe...
Objective: To provide a narrative overview of the scientific knowledge on Last Aid Courses and experiences from different countries. Background: The levels of death literacy, grief literacy, and knowledge about palliative care are low in many countri...
Background/Objectives: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) experienced by employees are the cause of significant issues and costs for companies. At PNU, understanding of the risk factors contributing to this pain is limited, impeding the d...
Background/Objectives: Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) represents a critical transition stage between normal aging and dementia, with executive dysfunction playing a key prognostic role. Traditional neuropsychological tests show limited ecological va...
Background: The aim of the study is (1) to assess safety of opioids in nursing mothers after cesarean delivery and in breastfed infants and (2) to evaluate the role of CYP2D6 genetics in maternal and infant clinical outcomes after cesarean delivery....
Background/Objectives: Veterinarians often experience poor mental health, including higher than typical rates of depression and anxiety. Self-dehumanization, which refers to the feeling of being less than human, may reflect an important yet neglected...
Background: Burnout among healthcare workers (HCWs) threatens workforce stability and patient care, particularly in rural hospitals where staff shortages, limited resources, and professional isolation amplify stress. Peer support interventions have d...
Background: Telemedicine can improve early symptom detection using medical devices and applications. It can also help identify barriers to patient adherence and enhance communication with healthcare professionals. This study aimed to evaluate the app...
Background: Malnutrition is associated with poorer clinical outcomes in esophagogastric cancers (EGCs). Enteral nutrition via feeding jejunostomy (FJ) is feasible and effective, although standardized criteria for its placement during staging laparosc...
The nexus of rapid demographic transition and underdeveloped geriatric infrastructure poses a critical, yet understudied challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). As global life expectancies rise, SSA’s older population is projected to triple by 2...
Background: The (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly disrupted daily routines and physical activity (PA), especially among university students, due to restrictions and limited access to sports facilities. As this group is particularly vulnerable to sedenta...
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