2026 May-2 - 173 articles
Background: Infertility affects millions of people causing grave societal and health consequences (poor physical and mental wellbeing). Aims: To translate and validate the COMPI scale in Serbian and examine associations of infertility-related stress,...
Background/Objectives: The hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection continues to represent a considerable public health issue in Eastern Europe, particularly in Bulgaria, where incidence rates exceed the EU average. This study sought to investigate the epid...
Introduction: Chronic non-specific neck pain (CNSNP) is a prevalent condition where active myofascial trigger points (A-MTrPs) are commonly detected in cervical muscles and may be associated with altered electromyographic activity (EMGact). However,...
Background/Objectives: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare progressive neuromuscular disorder associated with increasing care demands. Despite the critical role of caregivers, their physical activity (PA) levels and health-related quality of...
Background: Virtual reality (VR) simulations provide immersive, interactive learning environments that can support clinical skill development in medical education. However, evidence for its application in Korean medical education remains limited. Thi...
Background: Public perception of environmental (natural background) radiation represents an important challenge for public health communication, as risk perception is often influenced more by information quality and institutional trust than by object...
Background: Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is characterized by recurrent craving episodes frequently associated with emotional dysregulation and altered reward processing. This study aimed to evaluate whether emotional states associated with craving ep...
Background/Objectives: Occupational stress is a prevalent issue in healthcare settings, particularly among nurses, and is often associated with increased levels of burnout and reduced well-being. This study aims to examine the relationship between oc...
Background/Objectives: Mental health problems are common among university students and are more consistently associated with dissatisfaction with academic performance than with low grades alone. This study examined the prevalence and determinants of...
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a central outcome measure in population health research, yet empirical investigations directly linking nutrition label utilization to HRQoL remain limited, particularly in East Asian contexts. Thi...
Background/Objectives: Evidence suggests that AAIs may be useful to support the mental health of individuals with psychiatric diagnoses, but there is limited research on the efficacy of AAIs for patients hospitalized for the treatment of acute mental...
Background: Equine-assisted programs have been shown to promote psychosocial outcomes, but quantitative evidence of motor benefits in correctional settings is scarce. Aim: The present study examined the effects of a one-week equine-assisted riding pr...
Background: Anemia is a pervasive public health issue that is both a risk factor and a consequence of infection. This study aims to determine the prevalence and correlates of anemia in adults receiving vancomycin (VAN). Methods: A retrospective cross...
Background: Oncology nurses are highly vulnerable to impaired mental health and reduced quality of life due to the emotionally demanding nature of their work. Although mental health is a well-established determinant of quality of life, the mechanisms...
Background: The consumption of ultra-processed foods among adolescents is high due to their widespread availability and accessibility and has been linked to an increased cardiometabolic risk. In the Autonomous City of Melilla, it has been observed th...
Background: The negative impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on child development is documented. The parent–child relationship protects against ACEs and improves healthy child development, playing a crucial role in preventing and mit...
Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a major cause of mortality, and survival depends heavily on rapid defibrillation. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) can significantly improve outcomes when used before emergency medical services (E...
Background: Rural and remote health systems are diverse; while many of these settings face persistent workforce shortages and access gaps, not all are underserved. Nurses play a critical role in improving access, continuity, and quality of care in th...
Periodontitis (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are chronic inflammatory disorders that impose substantial individual and societal burdens worldwide. PD is characterized by progressive destruction of the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone, leadi...
Background: Stroke is a major global health issue. It is among the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide. Early stroke detection and treatment are significant in enhancing long-term outcomes. Awareness of neuroimaging is also essential...
Background/Objectives: Urinary incontinence (UI) is common among women and is often underreported and undertreated, partly due to limited health literacy and persistent misconceptions regarding its causes and management. Instruments that reliably ass...
Background: Caring for older adults with multimorbidity represents one of the most challenging aspects of contemporary nursing practice. While research has examined clinical outcomes and care models, limited attention has been given to how nurses dev...
Background: Family-centered care (FCC) is a foundational principle in pediatric healthcare, yet its implementation in culturally specific contexts remains poorly understood. In Saudi Arabia, Islamic values, collective family structures, and gendered...
Background: Breast cancer (BC) survivors frequently experience depression, which is associated with poorer quality of life (QoL), increased healthcare utilization, and worse prognosis. Although traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is commonly used as a...
Background/Objectives: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare. Its integration into community health nursing—a discipline centered on population-level prevention, health promotion, and primary care in community settings...
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Background/Objectives: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a prevalent condition requiring ongoing patient counseling and engagement, yet little is known about how physicians communicate with patients about CKD in routine clinical practice. We conducted...
Background/Objectives: Given that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) are separate constructs that can co-occur following adversity, we examined how prior adversity and current functioning difficulties may relate to...
With the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the role of data engineering has become increasingly critical due to the growing demands for high-quality, large-scale, and well-structured datasets required to tr...
Background: Healthcare systems globally continue to experience persistent workforce and system-level challenges as increased workloads, lasting wellbeing impacts, and retention issues remain following the pandemic. To inform strategies and interventi...
Background: Cancer is a chronic disease with significant health impacts and is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Cancer patients often require frequent hospital visits to manage their condition effectively. Therefore, understanding the factors...
Background/Objectives: Food and nutritional insecurity (FNI) is a major social determinant of health that disproportionately affects older adults, with significant implications for their health, nutrition, and well-being. In this context, this scopin...
Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is consistently associated with a high prevalence of sleep disturbances across the lifespan, with reported rates ranging from 60% to 86% depending on age and clinical characteristics. Although this issue has...
Background: Depression has become a prevalent and serious public health problem worldwide, attracting widespread attention from governments and international organizations and being included in key health policy issues. There is a close interaction b...
Background: Generative AI (GenAI) mental health chatbots are increasingly being developed to help address persistent barriers to mental healthcare. Unlike earlier rule-based and retrieval-based systems, GenAI chatbots generate open-ended outputs that...
Background/Objectives: With the increasing need for interprofessional team-based care, a practical framework is necessary to evaluate the caring competencies of healthcare providers. This study aimed to develop a refined, concise version of the Techn...
Background/Objectives: In the school setting, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has emerged as a time-efficient strategy to improve children’s physical fitness; however, different implementation modalities have not been compared. The aim...
Background: Burnout is a relevant occupational health concern in Emergency Medical Services (EMSs), with potential implications for workforce well-being, occupational health, and the sustainability of prehospital care. Although burnout has been widel...
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are among the most widely prescribed psychotropic drugs in modern healthcare, primarily used as anxiolytics, hypnotics, anticonvulsants, and muscle relaxants. However, rising global consumption and prolonged use raise significa...
Background/Objectives: Despite legal progress and achievements regarding trans* rights in Portugal over recent decades, trans* individuals still face high levels of violence and discrimination, especially within family and intimate relationships. Thi...
Background: Patient navigation has been recognized as a promising strategy to address fragmented cancer care; however, evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains limited, particularly regarding how navigation-related needs are ass...
Background: This study fills a gap in the literature by examining how perceptions of health news are associated with interpersonal trust in physicians and institutional distrust in the healthcare systems, particularly in the Türkiye context. Whi...
Introduction: Wounds increase the risk of hospitalization in home health (HH) settings by up to 52%. They also consume a notable portion of HH budgets due to frequent nursing visits for wound assessment and care. To address these challenges, a U.S.-b...
Background: Insomnia symptoms associated with late chronotypes are prevalent among young adults, and frequently lead to sleep deprivation, morning-awakening difficulties, and excessive daytime sleepiness. These conditions are associated with psycholo...
Background: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly considered as adjuncts for differential diagnostic reasoning, yet their sensitivity to gender-attributed cues in the persona prompt—particularly for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) an...
Background: Parents of children undergoing liver transplantation face substantial caregiving demands that may adversely affect their mental health across multiple domains. Systematic evaluation of psychosocial outcomes in this population remains limi...
Background: Arterial hypertension is one of the most prevalent chronic non-communicable diseases and a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. Its burden remains particularly high in rural and resource-limited settings, whe...
Background/Objectives: Work–family conflict is a relevant psychosocial factor in nursing and may influence turnover intention. This study analyzed the association between work–family conflict and turnover intention among nursing professio...
Background/Objectives: Sacral giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) is a rare, mostly benign but locally aggressive neoplasm that carries significant diagnostic and treatment challenges due to its anatomic complexity, proximity to sacral nerve roots as wel...
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the association between comorbidity and hospital admission, hospital length of stay (LOS), and in-hospital mortality among adult trauma patients across the injury severity spectrum in South Korea, and to asses...
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