Phuong Le Dang,
Phuong Le Dang
Institution: iversity Medical Center at Ho Chi Minh City, 215 Hong Bang Street, Ward 11, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Email: phuong.dl@umc.edu.vn
Anh Minh Nguyen
Anh Minh Nguyen
Institution: iversity Medical Center at Ho Chi Minh City, 215 Hong Bang Street, Ward 11, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Email: anh.nm@umc.edu.vn
Introduction: Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Disckectomy has been found to offer symptomatic alleviation
comparable to open disckectomy while reducing blood loss, postoperative discomfort, complications, hospital
stay, and narcotic use. General anesthesia decreases intraoperative stress, but surge...
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Introduction: Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Disckectomy has been found to offer symptomatic alleviation
comparable to open disckectomy while reducing blood loss, postoperative discomfort, complications, hospital
stay, and narcotic use. General anesthesia decreases intraoperative stress, but surgeons may not be sure whether
they injure nerve roots. Free-run electromyography may protect nerve roots that are thought to be in danger from
surgery.
Methods: Patients with L4L5 or L5S1 lumbar disc herniation were treated with IELD. EMG was monitored via
needle electrodes in lateral vastus lateralis, anterior tibialis, abductor hallucis muscles. Surgeons were asked to
halt the surgery and adjust their manipulation right when abnormal EMG appeared on the screen. The severity of
signs and symptoms were noted pre- and post-operatively.
Results: In all 26 cases, the median of visual analogue scale (VAS) of low back pain was 4.5. That of radicular pain
was 7. Two patients had motor weakness at L4 or S1 muscles. One patient has sensory loss at L5 dermatome. The
level of disc herniation was 46% at L4L5 and 56% at L5S1. The complications included only superficial infection
in two patients that were effectively managed with antibiotics. During postoperative follow-up, all patients
recovered completely without any neurological deficit. f-EMG signal included uneventful (9 patients), burst/
spike (10 patients), A-train (3 patients, and C-train (4 patients)
Conclusion: Free-run EMG is a protective mean in IELD. All surgeons will profit from this technique in the early
stages of their learning curve. To examine the outcomes, further comparative research and prospective, ran-
domized, controlled trials should be undertaken.
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Pooja Kherwa,
Pooja Kherwa
Institution: Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology,
Email: info@res00.com
Poonam Bansal
Poonam Bansal
Institution: Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology,
Email: info@res00.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is the deadliest outbreak in our living memory. So, it is the need of hour
to prepare the world with strategies to prevent and control the impact of the pandemic. In this paper,
a novel semantic pattern detection approach in the COVID-19 literature using contextual clusteri...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is the deadliest outbreak in our living memory. So, it is the need of hour
to prepare the world with strategies to prevent and control the impact of the pandemic. In this paper,
a novel semantic pattern detection approach in the COVID-19 literature using contextual clustering
and intelligent topic modeling is presented. For contextual clustering, three level weights at term level,
document level, and corpus level are used with latent semantic analysis. For intelligent topic modeling,
semantic collocations using pointwise mutual information (PMI), and log frequency biased mutual
dependency (LBMD) are selected, and latent dirichlet allocation is applied. Contextual clustering
with latent semantic analysis presents semantic spaces with high correlation in terms at corpus level.
Through intelligent topic modeling, topics are improved in the form of lower perplexity and highly
coherent. This research helps in finding the knowledge gap in the area of COVID-19 research and
offered direction for future research.
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Mohammed Mikidadu
Mohammed Mikidadu
Institution: Department of Economics & Business Administration, Austin College,
Email: mmohammed@austincollege.edu
Objectives: The study investigated the relationship between electricity access and infant mortality at the sub-
national level in Ghana, controlling for correlates such as birth interval, children living with both parents,
women’s education, and income distribution.
Methods: The study employed ...
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Objectives: The study investigated the relationship between electricity access and infant mortality at the sub-
national level in Ghana, controlling for correlates such as birth interval, children living with both parents,
women’s education, and income distribution.
Methods: The study employed a pooled cross‐section regression approach using data from the Ghana
Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) for 10 administrative regions from 1993 to 2014. The GDHS is a
detailed data set that provides comprehensive information on households and their socio‐economic and demo-
graphic characteristics in Ghana.
Results: The results show that in regions with low incidence of infant mortality, a 10% improvement in elec-
tricity access reduces infant death by 11.8 per 1,000 live births, whereas in high mortality regions, improve-
ment in electricity access has no impact on infant death. Birth interval reduces the risk of infant death in
low mortality regions but not in high mortality regions. Children living with both parents have a high proba-
bility of survivorship in high mortality regions. Women’s median years of education lowers the likelihood of
infant death in high mortality regions but increases the likelihood in low mortality regions. Wealth distribution
is inconsequential for infant death in low mortality regions, but in high mortality regions, both the wealthiest
and the poorest experienced significant decline in infant death.
Conclusions: The findings underscore the fruitfulness of investigating the effects of electricity access and other
correlates on infant mortality at the subnational level. The study recommends that the provision of reliable
access to electricity is needed to improve infant mortality rates. However, policies that seek to improve access
to reliable electricity should be implemented together with health infrastructure development policies, espe-
cially in the regions with high infant mortality rates, for electricity access to have the desired effect
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Grace Brannon,
Grace Brannon
Institution: enure-Track, Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Arlington,
Email: grace.brannon@uta.edu
Sophia Mitchell,
Sophia Mitchell
Institution: Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Arlington,
Email: sxm0652@mavs.uta.edu
Yue Liao
Yue Liao
Institution: Tenure-Track, Department of Kinesiology, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas at Arlington, 5
Email: yue.liao@uta.edu
Objective: Mobile and wearable sensor technology is increasingly common and accessible. The aim of this study was to
explore individuals' perceptions and acceptability of mobile and wearable sensors, as well as concerns.
Methods: Purposive sampling was used to recruit non-patient adults (n = 22) a...
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Objective: Mobile and wearable sensor technology is increasingly common and accessible. The aim of this study was to
explore individuals' perceptions and acceptability of mobile and wearable sensors, as well as concerns.
Methods: Purposive sampling was used to recruit non-patient adults (n = 22) and cancer survivors (n = 17) for face-to-
face and virtual small-group interviews. Reflexive thematic analysis of the data focused on privacy concerns.
Results: Participants reported that privacy was generally not a concern for sensor adoptions for physical activity health
interventions except for health insurer access.
Conclusion: The patient perspectives as reported in the findings illustrate the need for transparency between potential
adopters and users of mobile and wearable devices and health care practitioners, as well as secure privacy policies for
health insurers.
Innovation: Older adults often are perceived as unwilling to adopt mHealth technologies for many reasons, including
privacy concerns. This study examined an important patient population, cancer survivors, who are often overlooked
yet may benefit from targeted health interventions using mHealth technologies, and compared their responses with
a non-patient population for prevention purposes. Our findings suggest that one's lived health experiences (cancer sur-
vivorship) are more influential than one's age in adopting mHealth technologies
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Lucy Walker,
Lucy Walker
Institution: Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Email: lucy.walker@mmu.ac.uk
Sarah Grogan,
Sarah Grogan
Institution: Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Email: s.grogan@mmu.ac.uk
Keira Sholtens,
Keira Sholtens
Institution: entre for Health Psychology, The Science Centre, Staffordshire University,
Email: lucy.walker@mmu.ac.uk
Brian Mcmillan,
Brian Mcmillan
Institution: Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester,
Email: bran.mcmillan@manchester.ac.uk
Christopher Armitage,
Christopher Armitage
Institution: Division of Psychology and Mental Health, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Aca- demic Health Science Centre, NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Rese
Email: christopher.armitage@manchester.ac.uk
Mark Conner,
Mark Conner
Institution: School of Psychology, University of Leeds,
Email: m.t.conner@leeds.ac.uk
Tracy Epton,
Tracy Epton
Institution: Division of Psychology and Mental Health, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester,
Email: travy.epton@manchester.ac.uk
Maria Cordero
Maria Cordero
Institution: Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Email: m.cordero@mmu.ac.uk
Objectives Appearance-related interventions to promote healthy behaviour have been found effective to communicate health risks. The current study aimed to explore women smokers' experiences of age-progression software showing the effects of smoking on the face. Methods A qualitative design was imple...
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Objectives Appearance-related interventions to promote healthy behaviour have been found effective to communicate health risks. The current study aimed to explore women smokers' experiences of age-progression software showing the effects of smoking on the face. Methods A qualitative design was implemented, utilizing both individual interviews and focus groups within a critical realist framework. Fifteen, 19–52 year-old women smokers were administered an age-progression intervention. All participants responded to the intervention, engaged in semi-structured interviews, and were invited back to attend one of three focus groups. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results Four main themes were identified: Health versus Appearance, Shock Reaction, Perceived Susceptibility, and Intention to Quit. Participants found the intervention useful, voicing need for a comprehensive approach that includes both appearance and health. Despite increases in appearance-based apps which could diminish impact, women's accounts of shock induced by the aged smoking-morphed images were similar to previous work conducted more than ten years previously. Conclusions The study provides novel insights in how women smokers currently perceive, and react to, an age-progression intervention for smoking cessation. Innovation Findings emphasise the implementation of this intervention type accompanied by health information in a range of patient settings.
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Amadea Turk,
Amadea Turk
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Stephanie Tierney,
Stephanie Tierney
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Geoff Wong,
Geoff Wong
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Helen Chaterjee,
Helen Chaterjee
Institution: Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL Biosciences
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Kamal Mahtani
Kamal Mahtani
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Volunteering - the giving of time and support, without expectation of payment, for the good of others, a community or organization – may bring about benefits to health and wellbeing. Formal volunteering may be considered as part of a social prescription to which link workers may refer patients. Th...
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Volunteering - the giving of time and support, without expectation of payment, for the good of others, a community or organization – may bring about benefits to health and wellbeing. Formal volunteering may be considered as part of a social prescription to which link workers may refer patients. This paper explores the role that volunteering may play as part of social prescribing by considering the impact it can have on health and wellbeing and highlighting factors that link workers may need to consider when connecting patients to volunteering opportunities. We conducted interviews with 22 museum volunteers to explore how volunteering affected their physical and emotional wellbeing, and consider the potential consequences of these experiences for social prescribing. We analysed the interviews using thematic analysis to develop a descriptive model of how volunteering may influence health and wellbeing through encouraging self-growth. Our analysis highlights that volunteering can provide “enabling environments” and opportunities for “stretch” and can contribute to people's health and wellbeing by improving their “sense of self”, “connection to others”, and “sense of community”. Our findings have implications for the use of volunteering as part of social prescribing and for volunteering organizations accepting social prescribing referrals to volunteering. These include the need to recognise the diverse needs of people receiving social prescribing and the need to tailor volunteering offers to these needs, as well as the need for link workers to be aware of the environments and support available to individuals at the volunteering organizations they are being referred to.
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Yvonne Kuipers,
Yvonne Kuipers
Institution: Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Healthcare,
Email: y.kuipers@napier.ac.uk
Elise van Beeck
Elise van Beeck
Institution: Edinburgh Napier University, School of Health and Social Care,
Email: y.kuipers@napier.ac.uk
Background Pregnant women have preferences about how they intend to manage labour pain. Unmet intentions can result in negative emotions and/or birth experiences.
Objective To examine the antenatal level of intention for intrapartum pain relief and the factors that might predict this intention.
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Background Pregnant women have preferences about how they intend to manage labour pain. Unmet intentions can result in negative emotions and/or birth experiences.
Objective To examine the antenatal level of intention for intrapartum pain relief and the factors that might predict this intention.
Design A cross-sectional online survey-based study. Setting and participants 414 healthy pregnant women in the Netherlands, predominantly receiving antenatal care from the community-based midwife who were recruited via maternity healthcare professionals and social media platforms.
Methods The attitude towards intrapartum pain relief was measured with the Labour Pain Relief Attitude Questionnaire for pregnant women. Personality traits with the HEXACO-60 questionnaire, general psychological health with the Mental Health Inventory-5 and labour and birth anxiety with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale. Multiple linear regression was performed with the intention for pain relief as the dependant variable.
Results The obstetrician as birth companion (p<.001), the perception that because of the impact of pregnancy on the woman’s body, using pain relief during labour is self-evident (p<.001),
feeling convinced that pain relief contributes to self-confidence during labour (p=.023), and fear
of the forthcoming birth (p=.003) predicted women were more likely to use pain relief. The
midwife as birth companion (p=.047) and considering the partner in requesting pain relief
(p=.045) predicted women were less likely to use pain relief.
Conclusion: Understanding the reasons predicting women’s intention of pain management during
labour, provides insight in low-risk women’s supportive needs prior to labour and are worth
paying attention to during the antenatal period.
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Helena Rosen,
Helena Rosen
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Eva Perrson,
Eva Perrson
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Rebecca Perrson,
Rebecca Perrson
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Eva Drevenhorn
Eva Drevenhorn
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Background among the 1–1.5 billion persons with hypertension globally only, 20–30% have controlled blood pressure (BP). The most important problem identified is non-adherence to treatment, i.e., failure to change lifestyle and to take prescribed medication. Knowledge about the reasons for this i...
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Background among the 1–1.5 billion persons with hypertension globally only, 20–30% have controlled blood pressure (BP). The most important problem identified is non-adherence to treatment, i.e., failure to change lifestyle and to take prescribed medication. Knowledge about the reasons for this is limited. Objectives The aim of the study was to explore people's experiences of having hypertension. Design Inductive design based on qualitative interviews. Settings The south of Sweden. Participants Twelve adults diagnosed with hypertension and treated in primary care were interviewed. Methods The transcribed interviews were analysed using content analysis, which rendered three categories. Results The individuals adapted to their diagnosis in different ways. Collaboration with the staff gave security, but the persons still perceived anxiety and uncertainty. Conclusions To meet the needs of people with hypertension, strategies such as person-centred counselling and care, using digital interventions, following national guidelines and starting nurse-led clinics, may be of help. These strategies can give a foundation for increased self-efficacy, which is crucial for persons to be able to change lifestyle and adhere to prescribed medication in order to achieve BP control.
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Sophia Bjorkander,
Sophia Bjorkander
Institution: Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset,
Email: indre.ljungar@ki.se
Ernberg Malin,
Ernberg Malin
Institution: Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and the Scandinavian Centre for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON),
Email: indre.ljungar@ki.se
Inders Bileviciute-Ljungar
Inders Bileviciute-Ljungar
Institution: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Danderyds University Hospital and Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet (KIDS),
Email: indre.ljungar@ki.se
Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal and joint pain, stiffness, fatigue, and sleep and mood disorders. However, the involvement of the immune system in the pathways of fibromyalgia is unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the role of the immune system in comparison wi...
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Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal and joint pain, stiffness, fatigue, and sleep and mood disorders. However, the involvement of the immune system in the pathways of fibromyalgia is unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the role of the immune system in comparison with healthy controls and in association with clinical symptoms. Thirteen women with fibromyalgia and 14 controls were included. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated and analysed by flow cytometry, and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukins were measured. Among clinical symptoms, the fibromyalgia group showed decreased cold pain threshold. Immunologically, they had a higher percentage of monocytes, a lower percentage of CD19+ B-cells, and lower secretion of IFN-γ after stimulation. Decreased capacity to secrete IFN-γ was significantly correlated with decreased cold pain threshold in the fibromyalgia group. These results confirm the presence of immune aberrations in fibromyalgia, at least partially responsible for the associated pain.
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The background of this research was due to the lack of people’s awareness to their environment. A report by Indonesian Central Statistics Agency in 2018 stated that the Indonesian Environmental Ignorance Behavior Index (IPKLH) in 2018 is 0.72. The number indicates a high level of ignorance on wast...
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The background of this research was due to the lack of people’s awareness to their environment. A report by Indonesian Central Statistics Agency in 2018 stated that the Indonesian Environmental Ignorance Behavior Index (IPKLH) in 2018 is 0.72. The number indicates a high level of ignorance on waste management. That being said, the character of environmental care in society is still low. Therefore, the researcher was moved to study the influence of knowledge issues and demographic factors on environmental care for elementary school students. A quantitative survey was utilized as a research methodology. In this study, 119 people were included as a sample. Of the questionnaire instrument for the character of environmental care, the researcher had adjusted to the life of elementary school students. The questionnaire instrument was then analyzed using SPSS version 22.0 with simple regression technique and multiple regression. The result showed that the significant value obtained by all variables is 0.001 or P < 0.05. That being said, Ha wa accepted, and Ho was rejected, or it displays that there was an influence between each of them. The percentage obtained respectely is 4.4% and 9.4%
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