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Leaders play a crucial role in employees’ health and job satisfaction. When employees show early warning signs that their physical or mental health is at risk, leaders’ responsibility gains even more importance. Recent health-specific lea...

(1) Background: Ageing is associated with complex and dynamic changes leading to multimorbidity and, therefore, polypharmacy. The main objectives were to study an older community-dwelling cohort, to detect inappropriate prescriptions (IP) applying th...

Relational Agents’ (RAs) ability to maintain socio-emotional relationships with users can be an asset to COVID-19 patients. The goal of this research was to identify principles for designing an RA that can act as a health professional for a COV...

Mobile health (mHealth) technologies offer an opportunity to enable the care and support of community-dwelling older adults, however, research examining the use of mHealth in delivering quality of life (QoL) improvements in the older population is li...

The international trend of positioning the preschool as a pre-academic learning environment is challenging for preschool teachers, as it necessitates a balance between emotionally supportive interaction and goal-oriented learning instruction. However...

Background: In the last decade the prevalence of mental and psychosomatic disorders has increased in children, adolescents as well as in adults [...]

Existential threats, including threats to the self, society, and the planet, are present throughout the lifespan and form a core element of the human experience. To consolidate knowledge and constructs about how people can adequately respond to exist...

Smartwatches generate continuous personal health data, yet their value for self-care depends on users’ ability to engage with these data meaningfully. Using a cross-sectional survey of 838 adult smartwatch users in Taiwan, this study examined d...

Jordan is a relatively small country with a rapidly growing population and a challenged economy. Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women worldwide and also in Jordan. Though the age-standardized rate (ASR) of breast cancer incidence is...

Non-controlled hemorrhage with accompanying trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) remains the most common cause of preventable death after multiple injury. Rapid identification followed by aggressive treatment is the key for improved outcomes. Treatment...

The ongoing marketisation of education is a great loss for visual arts education since explorative learning processes are marginalised in favour of more goal-oriented learning. The empirical material analysed in this research derives from the visual...

Care-home residents are among the most sedentary and least active of the population. We aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and preliminary effects of an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour (SB) co-created with care home re...

The concentration of the majority of hemostatic proteins differs considerably in early life, especially in neonates compared to adulthood. Knowledge of the concept of developmental hemostasis is an essential prerequisite for the proper interpretation...

Overweight and obesity are among the most widespread health problems worldwide. The primary cause of obesity is an inability to control overeating. Therefore, today, obesity needs to be treated more as an eating disorder, i.e., a mental disorder, and...

Cancer prehabilitation aims to improve outcomes by helping patients physically and mentally prepare for treatment. This qualitative study aimed to investigate barriers and facilitators to engaging in prostate cancer prehabilitation and create recomme...

Background/Objectives: In Palliative Care (PC), the communication is an essential aspect of care becoming particularly significant at the end-of-life. In neurodegenerative diseases, communication involves additional complexity due to prolonged diseas...

The present research study focuses on exploring the effects of horticultural activities on the health outcomes of residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs). The study utilizes evidence-based nursing and a systematic literature review. A search f...

Access to human–animal interactions (HAI) have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Service animals that were trained and accustomed to daily access to public places had to adjust to staying at home. Therapy animals and their handlers who previo...

Perianal fistulizing Crohn’s disease (pfCD) represents one of the most challenging manifestations of CD, often associated with severe phenotypes, refractory luminal inflammation, and a substantial reduction in quality of life. Its pathogenesis...

Healthcare 4.0 addresses modernization and digital transformation challenges, such as home-based care and precision treatments, by leveraging advanced technologies to enhance accessibility and efficiency. Semantic technologies, particularly knowledge...

Imatinib is a targeted cancer therapy that has significantly improved the care of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). However, it has been shown that the recommended dosages of imatinib are associat...

Objectives. To integrate clinical and economic evidence on the main non-pharmacological interventions aimed to reduce the burden of caregivers of people with dementia, with specific attention to stated preference measures (SPM), Willingness-to-Pay (W...

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) states that Norway faces several major health challenges. Sick leave is at 6% and costs employers approximately EUR 1.75 billion annually. The NIPH proposes, with the support of the Public Health Act an...

Physical energy-based therapies are non-invasive adjunctive interventions that deliver mechanical, electromagnetic, light, or radiofrequency/thermal energy to tissues with the aim of reducing symptoms and improving tolerance of active rehabilitation....

Within the demographic shifts associated with an aging society, the provision of informal unpaid care for relatives may affect the goal orientation and well-being of an increasing proportion of employees in the workforce. A significant gap in the man...

The coexistence of cancer and severe aortic stenosis (AS) is increasing as a result of population aging and substantial improvements in cancer survival. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has transformed the management of AS; however, pat...

Life-sustaining treatments (LSTs) and end-of-life (EOL) care’s goal for prolonging one’s life are defined as aggressive EOL care among critically ill patients. They have limited effects and add unnecessary financial burden to advanced can...

Background: The Active Recovery Triad (ART) model provides a framework for recovery-oriented care in the long-term mental health setting. The aim of this study is to gain insight into factors influencing the implementation process of the ART model. M...

This article analyzes the work methods based on care design, identification of needs, care organization, planning, delivery, evaluation, continuity, safety, and complexity of care, and discharge preparation. It describes the diagnosis of the situatio...

Background: Advance care planning is a strategy to define goals and preferences for future care and treatment aligned to patient values. The IMplementing Pediatric Advance Care Planning Toolkit (IMPACT) provides a holistic, family-oriented approach t...

Background: The German S3- guideline on local therapy of leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers is in the process of being updated. Major goals are to improve the guidelines’ applicability and to take steps towards a living guideline according to curren...

This article makes a literature review of applications developed in the health industry which are focused on patient care from home and implement a service-oriented (SOA) design in architecture. Throughout this work, the applicability of the concept...

Green Care practices have received increasing scholarly attention in the last decade. Yet most studies are concerned with the aspect of human well-being, with less attention given to other caring dimensions and their relation to sustainability. This...

The context within which health care and public health systems operate is framed by health policies. There is growing consensus about the need for increased health policy leadership and a health professional workforce prepared to assume these leaders...

Background/Objectives: Contemporary cardiovascular critical care is increasingly shaped by advanced technologies, prognostic uncertainty, and time-sensitive decisions regarding mechanical circulatory support, treatment limitation, device management,...

Many international organizations are struggling today to coordinate limited economic and human resources in support of governments’ efforts to advance public health around the world. The United Nations and the World Health Organization, along with ot...

Chronic lower-extremity wounds represent a significant and growing challenge in podiatric practice, particularly among patients with advanced vascular disease, diabetes, malignancy, and medical frailty. Despite substantial advances in wound care tech...

Background: Women with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) have fewer children and stay childless more often. The decision-making process around family planning choices remains incompletely understood. Methods: We examined family status in women who at...

Background: This study examined how patients and caregivers perceive and experience AI-based care technologies through text mining analysis. The goal was to identify major themes, sentiments, and value-oriented interpretations embedded in their narra...

In many countries, health literacy research, practice, and policy have been moving away from a focus only on medical care and health-care settings to a much broader conceptualization. In this broader perspective, health literacy can be obtained and u...

Patient-centered care enhances diabetes self-management; however, the primary care nurse’s role in promoting diabetes self-management within a patient-centered care model is unexplored. This study investigated the perceptions of Omani patients...

This paper deals with energy efficiency examined through an integrated model that links energy with environment, technology, and urbanisation as related areas. Our main goal is to discover how efficiently developed countries use primary energy and el...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often require frequent hospitalization due to worsening symptoms. Preventing prolonged hospital stays and readmission becomes a challenge for healthcare professionals treating patients with C...

The primary moral commitment of medical care has traditionally been based on a belief in the intrinsic value and significance of human life and a desire to protect the most vulnerable from harm. In this respect, the care of newborn infants who are at...

Background and Objectives: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides temporary respiratory or circulatory support when conventional therapies fail. Some patients do not recover and are not candidates for transplant or durable mechanical sup...

Background/Objectives: The management of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients has undergone a major paradigm shift in past years, especially regarding the role of a careful postoperative disease assessment both in deciding for or against the...

Family-centred service (FCS) acknowledges the importance of family engagement in therapeutic processes and focuses on the needs of all family members. This way of thinking and practicing is becoming increasingly recognized as an optimal care delivery...

Background: Palliative psychiatry as a new subfield of practice focuses on the care of patients with severe, chronic mental diseases. The aim is to improve the quality of life of those affected and alleviate their suffering. The cybernetic approach c...

Background/Objectives: Urine drug testing (UDT) is a core component of nursing interventions within the treatment of substance use disorder (SUD). Beyond the detection of psychoactive substance use and medication adherence, UDT also provides opportun...

Background: The growing body of knowledge on the human genome and its variants points towards the significance of genetic factors in oral health and disease. Since the dental curricula have historically prioritized clinically oriented subjects, this...