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Kertzman BAJ, Amelung FJ, Bolkenstein HE, Consten ECJ, Draaisma WA. Does surgery improve quality of life in patients with ongoing- or recurrent diverticulitis; a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scand J Gastroenterol 2024:1-11. [PMID: 38613245 DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2024.2337833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND Recurrences or persistent symptoms after an initial episode of diverticulitis are common, yet surgical treatment is rarely performed. Current guidelines lack clear recommendations on whether or not to operate, even though recent studies suggest an improved quality of life following surgery. The aim of this study is therefore to compare quality of life in patients with recurrent or ongoing diverticulitis treated conservatively versus surgically, giving a more definitive answer to the question of whether or not to operate on these patients. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted in EMBASE, MEDLINE and Cochrane. Only comparative studies reporting on quality of life were included. Statistical analysis included calculation of weighted mean differences and pooled odds ratios. RESULTS Five studies were included; two RCT's and three retrospective observational studies. Compared to conservative treatment, the SF-36 scores were higher in the surgically treated group at each follow-up moment but only the difference in SF-36 physical scores at six months follow-up was statistically significant (MD 6.02, 95%CI 2.62-9.42). GIQLI scores were also higher in the surgical group with a MD of 14.01 (95%CI 8.15-19.87) at six months follow-up and 7.42 (95%CI 1.23-12.85) at last available follow-up. Also, at last available follow-up, significantly fewer recurrences occurred in the surgery group (OR 0.10, 95%CI 0.05-0.23, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Although surgery for recurrent diverticulitis is not without risk, it might improve long-term quality of life in patients suffering from recurrent- or ongoing diverticulitis when compared to conservative treatment. Therefore, it should be considered in this patient group.
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- B A J Kertzman
- Department of Surgery, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
- Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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Alghariri LA, Alanzi RS, Albalwi RO, Garot LF, Alqbali HS, Mohamed MS. Assessment of Saudi Society's Awareness of the Hazards of Scented Candles and Air Fresheners. Pak J Biol Sci 2023; 26:510-515. [PMID: 38110556 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2023.510.515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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<b>Background and Objective:</b> Air fresheners and scented candles are dangerous for human health and the environment. They are associated with allergies and irritation for a weak respiratory system. This study was conducted to determine the extent of community awareness of the toxicity associated with scented candles and air fresheners. <b>Materials and Methods:</b> This study uses a questionnaire from March, 2023 to June, 2023. The study questionnaire, which was completed by 1667 participants, assesses the degree of knowledge, habits and diseases connected to scents and candles. Descriptive statistics, including percentages, were used. <b>Results:</b> It was discovered that, on average, 568 (34.1%) people are unaware that candles contain chemicals. As 1497 (89.8%) are prepared to replace them with natural and safer candles, while 163 (9.8%) consulted a doctor after exposure to candles because of respiratory allergies; 1093 (65.5%) do not care to check the ingredients before buying a candle and 854 (51.2%) are unaware that candles might cause long-term damage. <b>Conclusion:</b> A significant portion of participants were unaware of the dangers of scented candles and air fresheners. There is no link between respiratory allergies and the substances present in these candles, but it has been proven that most participants are ready to change and use natural alternatives.
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Pérez-Rivas FJ, Jiménez-González J, Bayón Cabeza M, Belmonte Cortés S, de Diego Díaz-Plaza M, Domínguez-Bidagor J, García-García D, Gómez Puente J, Gómez-Gascón T. Design and Content Validation using Expert Opinions of an Instrument Assessing the Lifestyle of Adults: The 'PONTE A 100' Questionnaire. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:2038. [PMID: 37510479 PMCID: PMC10379326 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11142038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Lifestyle, a major determinant of health status, comprises a number of habits and behaviours that form a part of daily life. People with healthy lifestyles have a better quality of life, suffer less disease, and have a longer life expectancy. This work reports the design and content validation of a questionnaire-the 'PONTE A 100' questionnaire-assessing the lifestyle of adults. This collects information across five dimensions-'Eating Habits', 'Physical Activity', 'Smoking and use of Alcohol and other Drugs', 'Emotional Wellbeing', and 'Safety and Non-intentional Injuries'-via the answering of a total 33 items. Psychometric validation of the instrument's content was obtained via expert opinions. This was performed by two rounds of assessment and involved 34 experts representing different health science disciplines (mean experience, 27.4 ± 9.4 years). At the end of each round, adjustments were made according to their recommendations. Agreement between the experts was examined using the Aiken V test. A final V value of 0.95 (95% CI, 0.90-1.00) was obtained for the questionnaire as a whole, highlighting the validity of its content. The questionnaire would therefore appear to be an appropriate instrument for assessing the lifestyle of adults.
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- Francisco Javier Pérez-Rivas
- Grupo de Investigación UCM "Salud Pública-Estilos de Vida, Metodología Enfermera y Cuidados en el Entorno Comunitario", Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Red de Investigación en Cronicidad, Atención Primaria y Promoción de la Salud-RICAPPS-(RICORS), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre (Imas12), 28041 Madrid, Spain
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- Programa de Doctorado 'Cuidados en Salud', Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Procesos y Calidad, Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Consejería de Sanidad, Comunidad de Madrid, 28035 Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Nutrición y Estilos de Vida, Subdirección de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Comunidad de Madrid, 28002 Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Nutrición y Estilos de Vida, Subdirección de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Consejería de Sanidad, Comunidad de Madrid, 28002 Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Técnica Promoción de Salud, Subdirección General Prevención y Promoción de Salud, Dirección General de Salud Pública, Comunidad de Madrid, 28002 Madrid, Spain
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- Programa de Doctorado 'Cuidados en Salud', Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Salud Eloy Gonzalo, Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Consejería de Sanidad, 28010 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación UCM "Salud Pública-Estilos de Vida, Metodología Enfermera y Cuidados en el Entorno Comunitario", Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Red de Investigación en Cronicidad, Atención Primaria y Promoción de la Salud-RICAPPS-(RICORS), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre (Imas12), 28041 Madrid, Spain
- Fundación para la Investigación e Innovación Biosanitaria de Atención Primaria (FIIBAP), 28003 Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Jamaludeen N, Beyer C, Billing U, Vogel K, Brunner-Weinzierl M, Spiliopoulou M. Potential of Point-of-Care and At-Home Assessment of Immune Status via Rapid Cytokine Detection and Questionnaire-Based Anamnesis. Sensors (Basel) 2021; 21:4960. [PMID: 34372196 PMCID: PMC8348245 DOI: 10.3390/s21154960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Monitoring the immune system's status has emerged as an urgent demand in critical health conditions. The circulating cytokine levels in the blood reflect a thorough insight into the immune system status. Indeed, measuring one cytokine may deliver more information equivalent to detecting multiple diseases at a time. However, if the reported cytokine levels are interpreted with considering lifestyle and any comorbid health conditions for the individual, this will promote a more precise assessment of the immune status. Therefore, this study addresses the most recent advanced assays that deliver rapid, accurate measuring of the cytokine levels in human blood, focusing on add-on potentials for point-of-care (PoC) or personal at-home usage, and investigates existing health questionnaires as supportive assessment tools that collect all necessary information for the concrete analysis of the measured cytokine levels. We introduced a ten-dimensional featuring of cytokine measurement assays. We found 15 rapid cytokine assays with assay time less than 1 h; some could operate on unprocessed blood samples, while others are mature commercial products available in the market. In addition, we retrieved several health questionnaires that addressed various health conditions such as chronic diseases and psychological issues. Then, we present a machine learning-based solution to determine what makes the immune system fit. To this end, we discuss how to employ topic modeling for deriving the definition of immune fitness automatically from literature. Finally, we propose a prototype model to assess the fitness of the immune system through leveraging the derived definition of the immune fitness, the cytokine measurements delivered by a rapid PoC immunoassay, and the complementary information collected by the health questionnaire about other health factors. In conclusion, we discovered various advanced rapid cytokine detection technologies that are promising candidates for point-of-care or at-home usage; if paired with a health status questionnaire, the assessment of the immune system status becomes solid and we demonstrated potentials for promoting the assessment tool with data mining techniques.
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- Noor Jamaludeen
- Knowledge Management & Discovery Lab, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; (C.B.); (M.S.)
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- Knowledge Management & Discovery Lab, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; (C.B.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Experimental Pediatrics, University Hospital, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (U.B.); (K.V.); (M.B.-W.)
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- Department of Experimental Pediatrics, University Hospital, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (U.B.); (K.V.); (M.B.-W.)
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- Department of Experimental Pediatrics, University Hospital, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (U.B.); (K.V.); (M.B.-W.)
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- Knowledge Management & Discovery Lab, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; (C.B.); (M.S.)
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INTRODUCTION Workers of pellet production facilities (WPPF) are exposed to high concentrations of wood dust and microbial pollutants. Such stimulation may lead to numerous allergic and toxic reactions, infections, and other non-specific syndromes. OBJECTIVE To check the influence of individual traits of workers and characteristic features / factors of their living and working environments on the probability of adverse outcomes' appearance. MATERIAL AND METHODS The questionnaire study assessing adverse health effects resulting from individual exposure was conducted among 28 workers of 10 Polish WPPF. The logistic regression (for dichotomous variables) was used to determine the appearance probability (given as odds ratio) of adverse symptoms or diseases. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS WPPF workers may have an increased risk of developing work-related adverse health outcomes. Both the individual traits and environmental exposure factors significantly influence the probability of their occurrence.
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- Rafał L Górny
- Central Institute for Labour Protection / National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Warsaw, Poland
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Cinquetti S, Dalmanzio M, Ros E, Gentili D, Ramigni M, Grossi A, Andrianou XD, La Torre LE, Rigoli R, Scotton PG, Taraschi A, Baldo V, Napoletano G, Russo F, Pezzotti P, Rezza G, Filia A. High rate of transmission in a pulmonary tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, north-eastern Italy, 2019. Euro Surveill 2019; 24:1900332. [PMID: 31213222 PMCID: PMC6582512 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.24.1900332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Italy is a low-incidence country for tuberculosis (TB). We describe a TB outbreak in a primary school in north-eastern Italy, involving 10 cases of active pulmonary disease and 42 cases of latent infection. The index case was detected in March 2019, while the primary case, an Italian-born schoolteacher, was likely infectious since January 2018. Administration of a pre-employment health questionnaire to school staff with sustained contact with children should be considered in low-incidence countries.
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- Sandro Cinquetti
- Public Health Office , Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Public Health Office , Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Public Health Office , Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Public Health Office , Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy,Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Epidemiology Office, Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy,Department of Infectious Diseases, National Health Institute (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, National Health Institute (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Rome, Italy,European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Treviso Hospital, Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Treviso Hospital, Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oderzo Hospital, Local Health Unit 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Prevention Department, Veneto Regional Health Authority, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, National Health Institute (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, National Health Institute (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, National Health Institute (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Rome, Italy
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