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To examine the biopsychosocial correlates of overall and individual self-management behaviors in persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), including demographics, co-occurring medical diagnoses, cognition, personality traits, and psychosocial and physical functioning as variables.

Prospective cross-sectional cohort study.

Community-based comprehensive MS center.

Adults with MS (n = 112) who completed a brief neuropsychological battery that included a self-report survey and performance-based measures of cognitive function.

Not applicable.

The MS Self-Management Scale-Revised total score was the primary outcome and its five subscales (Healthcare Provider Relationship/Communication, Treatment Adherence/Barriers, Social/Family Support, MS Knowledge and Information, and Health Maintenance Behaviors) were secondary outcomes.

DMT usage (β = 0.39), social support (β = 0.31), subjective prospective memory (β = -0.25), emotional well-being (β = 0.20), and histories of diabetes (β = -0.18) and high cholesterol (β = 0.15) were significantly associated with overall self-management in a multivariable model. Correlates of individual self-management behaviors are also described.

The findings provide insights into the biopsychosocial characteristics contributing to PwMS' overall and individual self-management behaviors. The next steps will be to evaluate these factors in a clinical intervention.
The findings provide insights into the biopsychosocial characteristics contributing to PwMS' overall and individual self-management behaviors. The next steps will be to evaluate these factors in a clinical intervention.
To evaluate the structural validity of the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory - Participation subscale (M2PI) in a sample of Veterans and to assess whether the tool functioned similarly for male and female Veterans DESIGN Rasch analysis of M2PI records from the National Veterans TBI Health Registry database from 2012-2018.

National VA Polytrauma System of Care outpatient settings.

Veterans with a clinically confirmed history of TBI (N = 6,065; 94% male).

Not applicable.

M2PI, a five-point Likert-type scale with eight items. For this analysis, the two employment items were treated individually for a total of nine items.

The employment items misfit the Rasch Measurement model (paid employment MnSq=1.40; other employment MnSq=1.34) and were removed from subsequent iterations. The final model had eigenvalue 1.87 on the 1
contrast, suggesting unidimensionality of the remaining 7 items. see more Item order from least to most participation restriction was transportation, self-care, residence management, finanoyment is a poor indicator of participation restrictions among Veterans with TBI, the M2PI is unidimensional. Because of subtle differences in scale function between male and female Veterans, M2PI should be part of a more thorough clinical interview about participation strengths and restrictions.
To examine the association of the volume and intensity of daily walking at baseline with the risk of knee replacement (KR) over five years in adults with advanced structural knee osteoarthritis.

Prospective, longitudinal, and multi-center observational study.

Osteoarthritis Initiative study with follow-up from 2008 to 2015.

Community-dwelling adults with or at risk of knee OA were recruited from four sites in the United States. We included participants with advanced structural disease, without KR and had valid daily walking data (quantified using Actigraph GT1M), at baseline.

Not applicable.

KR. Walking volume was measured as steps/day and intensity as minutes/day spent not walking (0 steps/min), and walking at very-light (1-49 steps/min), light (50-100 steps/min), or moderate (>100 steps/min) intensities. To examine the relationship of walking volume and intensity with the risk of KR, we calculated hazard ratios (aHR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) adjusting for covariates.

Of 516 adults with advanced structural disease ([mean±sd] age 67.7±8.6 years, BMI 29.3±4.7 kg/m
, 52% female), 88 (17%) received a KR over five years. Walking an additional 1,000 steps/day was not associated with the risk of KR (adjusted HR 0.95, 95% CI [0.84, 1.04]). Statistically replacing 10 minutes/day of very-light and light walking with 10 minutes/day of moderate walking reduced the risk of KR incidence by 35% and 37%, respectively (adjusted HR 0.65, 95% CI [0.45 to 0.94] for very light, and adjusted HR 0.63, 95%CI [0.40 to 1.00] for light).

Daily walking volume and intensity did not increase KR risk over five years, and may be protective in some cases in adults with advanced structural knee OA.
Daily walking volume and intensity did not increase KR risk over five years, and may be protective in some cases in adults with advanced structural knee OA.
To compare traditional (1-month supervised) versus hybrid cardiac rehabilitation (CR; usual care) with an additional 3 months offered remotely based on the continuous care model (CCM; intervention), in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients.

randomized controlled trial, with blinded outcome assessment.

A major heart center in a middle-income country.

Of 107 eligible patients that were referred to CR during the period of study, 88 (82.2%) were enrolled (target sample size). Participants were randomly assigned 11 (concealed; 44 per parallel arm). There was 92.0% retention.

After CR, participants were given an app and communicated biweekly with the nurse from months 1-4 to control risk factors.

Quality of life (QoL; SF-36; primary outcome), functional capacity (treadmill test), depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21) were evaluated pre-CR, after one month, and three months after CR (end of intervention), as well as re-hospitalization.

The analysis of variance interaction effects for the physdering it more comprehensive, was effective in improving outcomes.
Expanding access to medical abortion through pharmacies is a potential strategy to promote safe abortion care. To compare the effectiveness and safety of medical abortion offered in pharmacy settings with clinic-based medical abortion.

We searched multiple databases and the gray literature through November 2020. link2 No language restrictions were applied. We included randomized and nonrandomized comparative studies. We applied standard risk of bias tools to each included study and used GRADE methodology to assess certainty of evidence. The primary outcomes were completion of abortion without additional intervention, need for blood transfusion, and presence of uterine or systemic infection within 30 days of medical abortion.

Our search yielded 2030 studies. One prospective cohort study from Nepal met inclusion criteria. This study collected data on 605 women obtaining medical abortion rom either a clinic or pharmacy, and was judged to have low risk of bias for our primary outcome. link3 For women who received medicove access to safe abortion. Comparative studies examining each model of care and outcomes on safety, effectiveness, and patient experience are needed.Culicoides biting midges are insects involved in the transmission of filarial nematodes, protozoans, and viruses. Greater knowledge of Culicoides blood meal sources could improve our understanding of parasite transmission cycles. Our study used molecular tools to evaluate the blood meal sources of Culicoides biting midges from sylvatic environments. This study was conducted in Jamari National Forest, Rondônia, Brazil. Culicoides were captured using HP light traps positioned at ground level (1.5 m above ground) and in canopy (15 m above ground). To identify blood meal sources, females were subjected to DNA extraction and PCR targeting the cytb gene fragment, and the obtained sequences were analyzed and compared with sequences from GenBank. DNA extraction and PCR were performed on 455 Culicoides females, and blood meal sources were identified in 186 females. Thirty Culicoides specimens were collected from the Potosi trail and 156 were collected from the Santa Maria trail. A total of 22 species were captured; all 22 species were collected in canopy (100%) but only three species were collected at ground level (13.6%). The cytb fragment was amplified in 162 of 186 samples. Sample sequencing identified cytb DNA from nine blood-meal sources Pauxi sp., Psophia viridis, Ramphastos tucanus tucanus, Choloepus didactylus, Choloepus hoffmanni, Tamandua tetradactyla, Ateles chamek, Homo sapiens and Pithecia irrorata. We observed that several different blood meal sources were utilized by a high diversity of Culicoides species. The abundance of Culicoides in the canopy may be related to the fact that the majority of blood meal hosts feed in treetops. We observed that C. (Hoffmania) sp. and C. coutinhoi tend to be more generalist, feeding on a range of mammals and piciform, gruiform and galliform birds. This data improves our knowledge of the feeding profile of biting midges from forest environments and should serve as a future basis for defining zoonotic transmission cycles.Lead (Pb) exposure damages synaptic structural plasticity that results in cognitive impairment. Resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic compound, is one of the most potent agonists of silencing information regulator 1 (SIRT1) discovered to date. However, the effects of SIRT1 on synaptic functional plasticity in early life Pb exposure are not well studied. Herein, the purpose of this study is to investigate the expression of synaptic markers and SIRT1 in rats exposed to Pb and to evaluate the regulatory effect of resveratrol during this process. The Pb exposed male SD pups were treated with resveratrol (50 mg/kg/d) or EDTA (150 mg/kg/d) followed by hippocampal and blood sampling for analysis at postnatal day 21 (PND21). In the Morrris water maze test, resveratrol treatement protected the rats against Pb-induced impairment of learning and memory (P less then 0.05). Resveratrol also enhanced the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF, P less then 0.001 vs 0.2% Pb group), and reversed the effects of Pb exposure on SIRT1(P less then 0.001 vs 0.2% Pb group). The DG, CA1 and CA3 regions of the hippocampus showed a considerable increase in the expression of pre- and postsynaptic proteins (P less then 0.001 vs 0.2% Pb group). In conclusion, our study demonstrated that resveratrol, through the activation of SIRT1, played a protective role against Pb-induced defects in synaptic plasticity, and suggested a new potential adjuvant treatment for Pb poisoning.This study examined the effects of carbamazepine (CBZ) or levetiracetam (LEV) and sub-therapeutic doses of the combination of the two conventional antiepileptics on some of the markers of motor coordination. Twenty-four male Wistar rats (140 ± 5 g) were randomized into 4 groups (n = 6). Group I rats received physiological saline (0.2 ml), group II were administered CBZ (25.0 mg/kg), group III received LEV (50 mg/kg), while group IV rats were given sub-therapeutic doses of CBZ (12.5 mg/kg) and LEV (25 mg/kg) intraperitoneally for 28 days. Thereafter the animals were subjected to behavioral and biochemical investigations, while the frontal lobe and cerebellar tissue were preserved for histological investigation. Data were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics, and the results presented as mean ± SEM, analyzed using one-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Student- Newman Keuls post hoc analysis where appropriate. p LEV in the rats.
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