Titre : Tomodensitométrie multidétecteurs

Tomodensitométrie multidétecteurs : Questions médicales fréquentes

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Perception
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Comparing Patients' Perceptions of Dry Eye Disease Between Spanish- and English-Speaking Patients in the United States.

It is well-known that patients' perceptions of their disease can impact management strategies and disease outcomes. Limited knowledge exists on such perceptions in dry eye disease (DED) and the role o... This cross-sectional study included 146 patients with DED who underwent ophthalmic evaluation and completed questionnaires assessing their perceptions of DED on a 10-point scale during their routine a... There were 48 Spanish speakers and 98 English speakers. Overall, high scores of DED perceptions were identified in 47.9% for satisfaction with the level of understanding of DED, 72.6% for ease of foll... Spanish-speaking subjects reported lower satisfaction with their understanding of DED than English speakers. Clinicians should provide health services and educational materials in the patient's prefer...

Association between participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and perception of limited availability and choice of healthy foods.

Nutrition security encompasses stable and equitable access, availability, affordability, and utilization of healthy foods.... To evaluate the relationship of two newly created dichotomous measures that represent aspects of nutrition security (i.e., perceived limited availability and healthfulness choice) with Supplemental Nu... Logistic regression models were run for each outcome separately with adjustment for age, income-to-poverty ratio, gender, education, race, and food security.... Adults using social services (e.g., food pantries) were enrolled (N = 402) in this cross-sectional analysis. SNAP participants (61.7%) were not different from non-SNAP participants in perceiving limit... Both SNAP and non-SNAP participants with low socioeconomic status report limited availability of healthy foods in their environment and a limited ability to choose healthy foods....

Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of student nurses regarding community activities in primary care: A cross-sectional study.

To ascertain student nurses' degree of knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding the implementation of community activities (CA) in primary care.... Questionnaire-based cross-sectional study.... The study was conducted with 152 students seeking a nursing degree at the University of Santiago de Compostela (North Spain) in the 2022/2023 academic year.... We distributed a self-administered online questionnaire on CA, which are actions undertaken in collaboration with the local community and targeted at groups of people with common needs, in order to im... Only 15.1% of the sample was able to identify CA correctly. However, 93.4% considered these an effective approach for the control of chronic diseases. Special mention should be made of the positive at... Nurses play a key role in preventing chronic diseases, and it is therefore necessary to ensure that they are trained in the implementation of CA aimed at reducing the incidence of such diseases. Futur...

Black men's health-related quality of life: A qualitative study to understand community-identified perception and needs.

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional indicator of overall health associated with premature mortality. Black men score low on measures of HRQoL, but it is unclear how Black men ... A community advisory board (CAB) was established, and the need for an effort to promote HRQoL promotion among Black men was assessed and supported. A focus group protocol was developed in conjunction ... Three themes emerged: (a) a holistic conceptualization of health that includes spiritual functioning among Black men; (b) a state of HRQoL among Black men predominately marked by mental health concern... Findings from this study can help inform the development of strategies to improve HRQoL and reduce health disparities among Black men. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)....

Dog owners' perceptions and veterinary-related decisions pertaining to changes in their dog's behavior that could indicate pain.

Assess dog owners' concern levels and veterinary care decisions pertaining to behaviors that might signify pain before and after receiving brief pain-related educational information. Additionally, eva... 367 survey respondents who resided in the US and were the primary caretaker of at least 1 dog.... An electronic survey was created in Qualtrics and distributed via Prolific. Data were analyzed.... When assessing differences between participants' concern levels before and after educational pain-related information, significant differences were found for 2 of the 3 scenarios. Significant differen... Owners' interpretations of and subsequent actions (or inactions) to behaviors that might suggest pain carry great implications for companion animals' overall well-being. Following exposure to brief ed...

Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals' Perceptions Regarding Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy and Cardiovascular Health: A Qualitative Study.

Transgender and nonbinary individuals face substantial cardiovascular health uncertainties. The use of gender-affirming hormone therapy can be used to achieve one's gender-affirming goals. As self-rat... In this qualitative study, English-speaking transgender and nonbinary adults using gender-affirming hormone therapy for 3 months or more were recruited from across Canada using purposive and snowball ... Twenty-one participants were interviewed (8 transgender women, 9 transgender men, and 3 nonbinary individuals; median [range] age, 27 [20-69] years; 80% White participants). Three main themes were ide... Gender-affirming hormone therapy in transgender and nonbinary individuals is perceived to improve cardiovascular health. Given the positive associations between care aligned with patient priorities, s...

Examining illness perceptions over time: an exploratory prospective analysis of causal attributions in individuals with depressive symptoms.

According to the Common-Sense Model of Illness Representations, illness beliefs, such as causal attributions, can influence the way people assess and cope with their illness and vice versa. To date, c... In a population-based prospective sample, people with at least mild depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 Score ≥ 5) were interviewed via telephone at T0 and twelve months later (T1). Causal attributions were as... A total of 471 individuals (age M = 53.9, 53.6% female) with a mean PHQ-9 Score of 8.4 were included in the analyses. Causal attributions related to participants' social environment, workplace, and pa... Our study reveals that people with treatment experience tend to report treatment-congruent causal attributions, such as childhood and family environment, as well as predisposition, more frequently. Un...

Public Perceptions and Discussions of the US Food and Drug Administration's JUUL Ban Policy on Twitter: Observational Study.

On June 23, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration announced a JUUL ban policy, to ban all vaping and electronic cigarette products sold by Juul Labs.... This study aims to understand public perceptions and discussions of this policy using Twitter (subsequently rebranded as X) data.... Using the Twitter streaming application programming interface, 17,007 tweets potentially related to the JUUL ban policy were collected between June 22, 2022, and July 25, 2022. Based on 2600 hand-code... Among 10,480 tweets related to the JUUL ban policy, there were similar proportions of propolicy and antipolicy tweets (n=2777, 26.5% vs n=2666, 25.44%). Major propolicy topics included "JUUL causes yo... Our study showed that the public showed different responses to the JUUL ban policy, which varies depending on the demographic characteristics of Twitter users. Our findings could provide valuable info...