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Sep 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-24-5282
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Persons with osteoarthritis often have signs of reduced muscle strength. Some studies suggest that this strength could be improved with exercise. However, does this form of therapy improve the disease status as assessed by improvements in cartilage viability, a hallmark of the disease? This brief de…
Jun 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-24-5141
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Efforts to mitigate or prevent painful disabling osteoarthritis have been pursued for more than a century with limited success. This current overview briefly summarizes how selected beliefs and behaviors, including coping and stress management approaches are potential mediators or moderators of oste…
Aug 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-23-4730
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background Osteoarthritis and depression are both key barriers to healthy aging and greatly heighten the risk for many negative health issues that seriously impact life quality. When combined what are the implications? Aim This mini review examines 2023 data pertaining to osteoarthritis and depressi…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-9383.jhhr-20-3573
Allison WilliamsCorresponding author
The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the use of Photovoice in caring research. The review assessed the existing literature using the Arksey and O’Malley scoping review methodology. Database searches of relevant literature published worldwide between 1997–2019 yielded 25 articles in the…
Aug 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2473-1005.jdoi-19-2908
Kunwarjeet SinghCorresponding author
The main purpose of the impression is to record and transfer the relationship between implants and to reproduce this relationship as accurately as possible. But, Unplanned placement of the implants may result in close approximation of the implants, thereby posing tough challenge to the restorative d…
May 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-18-2090
Fred Yao GbagboCorresponding author
Background: The Ghanaian culture expects women of reproductive age to reproduce. This makes pregnancy an acceptable occurrence in most tertiary institutions in Ghana. Although Ghanaian Universities allow pregnancy in school, challenges associated with pregnancies do not exempt pregnant students from…
Sep 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-16-1195
Joyce OmoaregbaCorresponding author
Consultant Psychiatrist at Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Uselu, PMB 1108, Benin City, Nigeria.
Background: Mental health service providers sometimes suffer burden resulting from their care of mentally ill individuals, and this burden could be modulated by the coping mechanisms they adopt. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between gender, coping strategy and compassi…
Dec 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-24-5317
Ndje Ndje MireilleCorresponding author
Adolescence in Cameroon, as in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, is often marked by early childbearing. Studies have shown a national prevalence of adolescent deliveries to be around 14.2% - 14.4%, a higher rate than the average for sub-Saharan Africa This presents a unique challenge for young mothe…
Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-21-3703
Marco NutiCorresponding author
Since a decade in Apulia, south-east of Italy, an increasing number of olive trees developed the quick decline syndrome (OQDS) leading to partial or total dessication of the canopy and subsequent death. Currently six million of olive trees show the symptoms of the decline, despite the mitigation mea…
Mar 2018
José María De la Roca-ChiapasCorresponding author
School is a competitive place where people have many duties and responsibilities. This requires coping abilities to manage academic stress efficiently. Objectives a) Determine the general level of stress among high school students; b) identify the students’ main sources of stress; c) identify the st…
Sep 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1177
Susan J WhitingCorresponding author
Loss of muscle mass and functionality leads to increased risk for falls and onset of frailty, especially residents of long term care (LTC) homes. Hand grip strength (HGS) is emerging as a promising tool to measure muscle strength and a proxy for functionality. Given its promise as a screening tool,…
Feb 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-15-672
Sunita PandaCorresponding author
The study was conducted in four selected hospitals in the Southern part of India with an aim to determine the support needs of women in early labour as perceived by women. A descriptive design was used to determine the support needs of women in early labour. Following ethical approval, sixty women b…