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Healthcare, Volume 8, Issue 3

September 2020 - 167 articles

Cover Story: Sarcopenic obesity is strongly associated with decreased activities of daily living in community-dwelling older adults. We hypothesized that sarcopenic obesity also has a negative impact on activities of daily living in patients after stroke. A cross-sectional study was conducted to clarify the relationship between sarcopenic obesity, simple obesity and sarcopenia without obesity and activities of daily living capability in patients with stroke in convalescent rehabilitation wards. We found that approximately 30% of patients were classified to have sarcopenic obesity, and it was independently associated with lower ability to perform activities of daily living. Based on the findings, we ascertain that body composition of the patients after stroke should be assessed routinely as a part of daily rehabilitation assessment in rehabilitation settings. View this paper.
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Articles (167)

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
11,390 Views
10 Pages

2 September 2020

Introduction: Thoracic kyphosis commonly occurs in subacromial impingement syndrome. This pilot study investigated the effect of thoracic joint mobilization and extension exercise on improving thoracic alignment and shoulder function. Methods: In tot...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,211 Views
7 Pages

COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of an Italian Tertiary Care Pediatric Center

  • Daniele Donà,
  • Carlo Giaquinto,
  • Eugenio Baraldi,
  • Alessandra Biffi,
  • Piergiorgio Gamba,
  • Anna Maria Saieva,
  • Luca Antoniello,
  • Paola Costenaro,
  • Susanna Masiero and
  • Laura Sainati
  • + 2 authors

1 September 2020

Since February 2020, Italy has been faced with the dramatic spread of novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. This impetuous pandemic infection forced many hospitals to reorganize their healthcare systems. Predicting a rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,618 Views
11 Pages

1 September 2020

Arrhythmia may be caused by reduced pulmonary function, and pulse palpation is a useful screening method for the early detection of cardiac arrhythmia. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between reduced pulmonary function and ab...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,814 Views
26 Pages

1 September 2020

Background: Across the globe, managing chronic diseases has been recognized as a challenge for patients and healthcare providers. The state of the art in managing chronic conditions requires not only responding to the clinical needs of the patient, b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,116 Views
12 Pages

Burnout Syndrome in Paediatric Oncology Nurses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Emilia Inmaculada De la Fuente-Solana,
  • Laura Pradas-Hernández,
  • Alicia Ramiro-Salmerón,
  • Nora Suleiman-Martos,
  • José Luis Gómez-Urquiza,
  • Luis Albendín-García and
  • Guillermo Arturo Cañadas-De la Fuente

Purpose: To determine levels of burnout among paediatric oncology nurses, and the risk factors that may influence its development. Method: A literature review with meta-analysis was conducted, via a search in the PubMed, CINHAL, Scopus, ProQuest (Hea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,430 Views
14 Pages

Needs of Older People Attending Day Care Centres in Poland

  • Justyna Mazurek,
  • Dorota Szcześniak,
  • Elżbieta Trypka,
  • Katarzyna Małgorzata Lion,
  • Renata Wallner and
  • Joanna Rymaszewska

Introduction: Day care centres (DCC) aim to support older adults living in their own homes by providing a variety of activities to promote the independence of those people and reduce the caregiver’s burden. In Poland, there are no standards for...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,547 Views
22 Pages

Health Information Technology and Doctor Shopping: A Systematic Review

  • Clemens Scott Kruse,
  • Brady Kindred,
  • Shaneel Brar,
  • Guillermo Gutierrez and
  • Kaleigh Cormier

Doctor shopping is the practice of visiting multiple physicians to obtain multiple prescriptions. Health information technology (HIT) allows healthcare providers and patients to leverage records or shared information to improve effective care. Our re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,641 Views
18 Pages

Sentiment Analysis Methods for HPV Vaccines Related Tweets Based on Transfer Learning

  • Li Zhang,
  • Haimeng Fan,
  • Chengxia Peng,
  • Guozheng Rao and
  • Qing Cong

The widespread use of social media provides a large amount of data for public sentiment analysis. Based on social media data, researchers can study public opinions on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines on social media using machine learning-based ap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,869 Views
9 Pages

The First 100 Days: Establishment and Effectiveness of Campus Protection Measures at a College during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Tsan-Chang Chang,
  • Mei-Ying Lin,
  • Jui-Chi Huang,
  • Cheng-Tung Yen,
  • Ching-Hui Li,
  • Woan-Ching Jan,
  • Huei-Ying Huang,
  • Chien-Liang Liu and
  • Yu-Jen Chen

To prevent transmission of the coronavirus, we established the campus protection measures for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CPMCV-19) and analyzed the effectiveness and cost in practice. This project was set in Taiwan. We organized an anti-epi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,067 Views
8 Pages

Embitterment is a construct that is vast and complex and may be seen in a variety of conditions and circumstances. The following paper reviews the construct of embitterment and tries to explain the concept from a psychological perspective. It also lo...

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