International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Lockdown, Social Media exposure regarding COVID-19 and the relation with self-assessment depression and anxiety. Is the medical staff different?
Locking the humanity in their homes, COVID-19 forced people to use the technology at hand to keep informed about the outbreak and to keep close to their loved ones. During this time, even if physical health is theoretically unaffected, keeping calm and sane can be challenging. The aim of this research was to evaluate whether exposure to COVID-19 information available in the digital space has a different impact on the mental condition of Romanian medical staff, compared with the general population, particularly searching for depression and anxiety symptoms. ⋯ The results of this research are opposite to most of the already published literature. Depression and anxiety could not be correlated with the context of lockdown and excessive COVID-19-related information.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Prevalence and associated factors of potentially inappropriate medications among Thai patients with heart failure.
Several medications may worsen heart failure (HF), and they are considered as potentially inappropriate medications for patients with heart failure (PIMHF). No studies reported the prevalence of PIMHF use and its associated factors in Thai HF patients. ⋯ PIMHF use according to the Thailand list of PIMHF was prevalent in Thai HF patients and associated with HFpEF, DM, RF, CPD, CTD and cancer.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Comparison of the feeding behavior of children attending half-day and full-day school.
This study compares the self-reported feeding behaviours of children attending half- and full-day school to investigate the effect of time spent at school. ⋯ The number of meals and dieting status relate to the amount of time students spend in school. Based on these findings, it is recommended that nutrition education be offered in schools and that school cafeteria menus reflect the advice of nutrition experts.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Frequent witnessing to interparental conflict and low parental availability for leisure-time is associated with dysfunctional voiding in primary school children.
Aspects of parenting are an under-investigated topic amongst children with voiding complaints. We aimed to investigate the association between voiding complaints amongst children and two specific parenting-related behaviours: 1) parental availability during the child's leisure time and 2) frequency of witnessing interparental conflict. ⋯ Exposing children to interparental conflicts and shorter togetherness with their leisure time is associated with voiding complaints.