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This study utilizes data from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing to develop and validate a psychometrically robust, multidimensional research tool consisting of five distinct frailty factors—Mobility/Severe Pain, Planning/Self Care, Depression, Moderate Pain/Movement/Arthritis, and Cardio-Metabolic—to facilitate accurate longitudinal assessment of frailty in aging populations.
While the 2023 policy removing user fees for maternal and neonatal care in Kinshasa, DRC, significantly increased service utilization, its effectiveness in improving health outcomes was constrained by systemic challenges such as staff shortages, supply stock-outs, and overcrowding, highlighting the need for parallel investments in health system capacity.
This mixed-method FRESHAIR study reveals that healthcare professionals in Kyrgyzstan hold negative perceptions and misbeliefs about chronic lung disease, leading to resource-constrained, experience-based care that varies by profession and setting, thereby highlighting the urgent need for targeted training and improved facility support.
This study demonstrates that combining electrocochleography and electrode impedance measurements significantly improves the objective monitoring of residual hearing after cochlear implantation compared to using either biomarker alone, confirming their complementary value in assessing cochlear health.
Despite Iran's high overall vaccination rates, this study reveals that Afghan immigrant and refugee children under 15 have significantly lower coverage for polio and measles vaccines compared to Iranian children, highlighting an urgent need for targeted interventions to address barriers faced by undocumented populations.
This study demonstrates that the antioxidant compound Ebselen significantly ameliorates hyperglycemia, weight loss, and oxidative stress in diabetic rats exposed to Fenton reagent and Bonny light crude oil, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic agent for pollutant-exacerbated diabetes.
This study demonstrates that the Turkish adaptation of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT-TR) is a valid and reliable instrument for identifying patients with palliative care needs in Türkiye, showing high internal consistency and strong agreement with physician clinical assessments.
This nationwide propensity-matched cohort study in South Korea found that early-life severe or recurrent infections, quantified by frequent hospitalizations and cumulative exposure to antibacterial and antimycotic agents, are associated with an increased risk of subsequent neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, whereas antiviral exposure showed no such positive association.
This retrospective study at Military Hospital 175 in Vietnam identifies impaired consciousness, shock, metabolic derangement, coagulopathy, organ dysfunction, and a low CSF-to-blood glucose ratio as key clinical and laboratory factors associated with in-hospital mortality among patients with meningococcal infection.
This study constructs and validates a scientifically sound evaluation index system for discipline competitiveness in county-level public hospitals based on Resource-Based Theory, utilizing the Delphi method to establish a framework of 2 first-level, 6 second-level, and 36 third-level indicators that can effectively guide clinical discipline construction.