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Nawris Alhassan, Susmin Karki, Jagdish Lal
Narcolepsy is a chronic neurologic sleep disorder associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, and a higher prevalence of cardiovascular and psychiatric comorbidities. While these factors may predispose individuals to adverse events, observational studies evaluating mortality in narcolepsy have yielded…
Sudjit Liblub, Karen McLaughlin, Kirsty Pringle, Allison Cummins
This study used a non-randomized quasi-experimental pre-post design to evaluate the feasibility of a novel peer support intervention combined with a mindfulness application. The study was conducted at an antenatal clinic within a public hospital in New South Wales, Australia. As this was a feasibility study, no formal…
Xiaolong Wang, Jian Yang, Yanjun Liang, Zheyi Dong + 1 more
Purpose Sarcopenia and chronic systemic inflammation frequently co-occur in chronic kidney disease (CKD), collectively driving poor prognosis. Yet current clinical practice lacks an integrated metric to quantify their combined prognostic impact. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel Sarcopenia-Inflammation…
Paul S. Myles, Trisha N. Peel, Steve Webb, Sophie K. Wallace + 11 more
Background Platform trials are an extremely powerful, cost-effective innovation in clinical trial design and evidence-to-practice translation. As questions are answered progressively, additional new interventions, within the same or new domains, are substituted into the platform. This design is ideal for evaluation of…
Graziele Souza de Menezes Amorim Coelho, Ariana Ester Fernandes, Renata Bressan Pepe, Patrícia Aparecida Cruz + 4 more
This open-label, parallel-group, superiority randomized clinical trial (1:1 ratio) was conducted at a tertiary public hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. This study was approved by the University of São Paulo Ethics Committee, registered in the Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry, and conducted in accordance with the…
Mary A. Bitta, Symon M. Kariuki, Daniel M. Mwanga, Mercy Atieno + 9 more
This study employed a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial (SW-CRT) design to evaluate the implementation of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) in Kilifi County, Kenya. Clusters were defined based on geographical proximity to minimize the risk of contamination due to healthcare…
Kolade Oluwagbemigun, Dan Ziegler, Alexander Strom, Margit Heier + 11 more
Limited data exist on the relationship of resting heart rate (RHR) and heart rate variability (HRV) indices with cardiovascular (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in individuals with and without (pre)diabetes. We investigated overall and glucose tolerance status-specific association of RHR and a large…
Tong Feng, Pengcheng Zheng, Yue Cao, Ding Han + 1 more
Background Asthma in older adults (≥65 years) represents a growing yet understudied public health burden. Comprehensive spatiotemporal trends and future projections of asthma mortality in this population remain incompletely characterized. This study aimed to characterize the temporal, demographic, and geographic…
Emily Johnson, Ashley Hyde, Ben Vandermeer, Serena Isley + 15 more
Individuals living with chronic illness commonly experience co-occurring physical, psychological, and existential symptoms that cluster and reinforce one another, contributing to functional decline and distress. Yet, frailty and existential distress have rarely been examined alongside psychological and physical…
Michael Kwan Leung Yu, Rory Sheehan, Nicholas Magill, Adam White + 6 more
We extracted sociodemographic characteristics (sex, ethnicity, home postcode, place of death, region of England, date of birth, and date of death) for each person with intellectual disability whose death underwent a LeDeR review. For the regression analysis, the outcome variable (age at death) was calculated from each…
Shuting Yin, Wei Wei, Chenyang Zhao, Ling Yu
Adolescence is a peak period for the onset of mental disorders, yet the majority of young people fail to meet recommended physical activity levels. This convergence of rising psychological distress and declining physical activity has positioned schools, settings that reach nearly all adolescents, as a central platform…
Taha Alam, Sohaima Kamal, Dhvanit Rajdeep, F. N. U. Areesha + 10 more
2.1### Study Setting and Population This retrospective population-based nationwide study used mortality data in the form of death certificates assembled by the CDC Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database. We analyzed mortality trends associated with IHD and arrhythmias targeting the US…
Josep Montserrat-Capdevila, Pilar Vaqué Castilla, Albert Romero Gracia, Jennyfer Jiménez-Díaz + 18 more
Highlights What are the main findings?1. Among 2644 patients with spirometry-confirmed COPD and available baseline neutrophil-to-monocyte plus lymphocyte ratio (NMLR), 1085 deaths occurred during 19,231 person-years of follow-up. 2. Elevated baseline NMLR was independently associated with increased long-term all-cause…
Yoshimi Fukuoka, Diane Dagyong Kim, Jingwen Zhang, Thomas J Hoffmann + 2 more
Background Heart disease remains a leading cause of death for women in the United States. Despite this burden, awareness that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women declined from 65% in 2009 to 44% in 2019, with the largest declines observed among Hispanic, Black, and younger women. Thus, innovative…
Lisa Bogler, Sebastian Vollmer, Zavaniarivo Rampanjato, Harizaka Emmanuel Andriamasy + 8 more
Background Mobile payment services could improve access to obstetric care by easing saving, raising revenue, and pooling resources. Between 2019 and 2022, a mobile money-based savings tool for obstetric care was implemented in the Analamanga region of Madagascar following a randomized controlled trial design. We…
Eric Chow, Ethan Lee, Marie Hershberger, Kari Jenssen + 14 more
Background Survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but that risk may be reduced by healthy lifestyle behaviors. Objective Using a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) design, this study aims to test different approaches to improve physical activity (PA)…
G. Christe, B. Darlow, J. Hartvigsen, J. Stanic + 8 more
Background Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability and healthcare utilization worldwide, yet management in primary care often remains inconsistent with clinical guidelines, with underuse of high-value care and persistent use of low-value interventions. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the…
Stephanie Schrempft, Shelby Vereecke, Mayssam Nehme, Kim L. Schmidt + 5 more
This is a longitudinal comparative cohort study and is reported as per the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guideline ([pmed.1004833.s001]). The study objectives and primary analytical approach were specified a priori. Specific model parameterisations (including the…
Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler, Pankti K Raval, Jigarkumar S Modi + 5 more
Background: Infectious complications remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with malignant neoplasms despite advances in cancer treatment and supportive care. However, nationwide evidence on long-term trends and demographic and geographic disparities in infection-related mortality remains…
Claire Tatton, Joelle Kirby, Jessica M. Armitage, Sophie Robinson + 8 more
Objective This review examined the design features of digital public health interventions for mental health, sexual health and substance use that may affect equitable reach, engagement, and effectiveness for underserved young people. Materials and methods We searched MEDLINE, Embase and PsycINFO for relevant systematic…
Loulou Kobeissi, Sarah Ibrahim, Zahi Abdul Sater, Tania Bosqui + 10 more
Background Use and access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are often inadequate and limited among adolescent girls and young refugee women in humanitarian settings. This is attributed to an array of factors including: limited health literacy, lack of knowledge on where and how to access services…
Yongheng Zhao, Tae-Jin Son, Minhye Shin
Background Population aging has increased demand for scalable strategies supporting balance-oriented rehabilitation, fall-risk management, and functional independence in older adults. Pilates and technology-assisted exercise, including AR/VR, exergaming, motion-sensing exercise, telerehabilitation, and…
Patricia Cerda, Kelly Núñez, Miguel Paredes, María Paz Santana + 2 more
Title: Summary Background Cancer registries in Latin America continue to face challenges related to coverage, under-registration, and data quality. We evaluated childhood cancer epidemiology in Chile from 2007 to 2023, assessed the quality of the National Childhood Cancer Registry (RENCI) according to International…