International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Risk of nontyphoidal Salmonella infection in patients with cholecystectomy: Results from a nationwide matched cohort study in Taiwan.
The current study was designed to investigate the association between cholecystectomy and the risk of non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infection. ⋯ Our study showed that cholecystectomy might be an independent risk factor for subsequent NTS infection.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Is Female Urge Associated with Incontinence, Somatosensory Amplification, Health Anxiety, and Depression?
Incontinence is a condition that can cause significant problems that can affect patients' quality of social, emotional, psychological and sexual life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of anxiety, health anxiety, depression and somatosensory amplification in patients with urge incontinence. ⋯ Anxiety, health anxiety and somatosensory amplification are more common in patients who report urge incontinence. For these reasons, we believe that psychiatric evaluation should be included in the diagnosis and treatment process of patients presenting with urgency and incontinence symptoms.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
How Machine Learning Facilitates Decision Making in Emergency Departments: Modelling Diagnostic Test Orders.
Since emergency departments (EDs) are responsible for providing initial care for patients who may need urgent medical care, they are highly sensitive to increased patient delays. A key factor that increases patient delays is ordering diagnostic tests. Therefore, understanding the factors increasing diagnostic test orders and proposing efficient models may facilitate decision making in EDs. ⋯ The significant factors identified here can predict increases in use of laboratory and imaging services. This could enable these services to be prepared in advance to reduce ED patient delays, thereby reducing ED overcrowding. The proposed model may also be efficiently used for decision making.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Adherence towards COVID-19 prevention measures and associated factors in Hossana town, South Ethiopia, 2021.
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease is a pandemic threat for humanity's healthcare system, social, economic, and psychological well-being for both developed and developing nations. In the case of developing nations such as the resource of Ethiopia, however, the key obstacle is to buy the vaccine and administer it to their people. In the study area, however, the degree of adherence to the COVID-19 preventive measure was not well-established. The aim of this study is to determine adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures in Hossana town. ⋯ This study found that approximately half of the participants had poor adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures. Factors associated with COVID-19 preventive measures were age, educational status, marital status, family size, and heard about complication of COVID-19 were associated with preventive measures.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Falls in Older Persons with Type 2 Diabetes in the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR) Study.
Older persons with diabetes are at an increased risk of falls leading to fractures, head injuries and disability. ⋯ The presence of osteoporosis and dizziness was associated with an increased risk of falls among older diabetics. These findings will need to be confirmed in future prospective follow-up of this cohort.