Using Protection Motivation Theory to develop a survey of over-the-counter decision-making by older adults

AC Reddy, MA Chui - Research in social and administrative pharmacy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Older adults (aged 65+) are responsible for 30% of the over-the-
counter (OTC) medication use in the US. Each year, over 175,000 older adults are …

Identifying radiation-induced survivorship syndromes affecting bowel health in a cohort of gynecological cancer survivors

G Steineck, V Skokic, F Sjöberg, C Bull, E Alevronta… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background During radiotherapy unwanted radiation to normal tissue surrounding the tumor
triggers survivorship diseases; we lack a nosology for radiation-induced survivorship …

[HTML][HTML] Symptom clusters in breast cancer survivors with and without type 2 diabetes over the cancer trajectory

S Storey, X Luo, J Ren, K Huang, D Von Ah - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to investigate symptoms and symptom clusters in breast cancer
survivors (BCS) with and without type 2 diabetes across three crucial periods during the …

Soil and management‐related factors contributing to maize yield gaps in western Kenya

S Munialo, AS Dahlin, C Onyango M… - Food and Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The solution to reducing existing yield gaps on smallholder farms lies in understanding
factors limiting yield in areas with agricultural intensification potential. This study applied an …

Artificial intelligence for understanding concussion: Retrospective cluster analysis on the balance and vestibular diagnostic data of concussion patients

RMS Visscher, N Feddermann-Demont, F Romano… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Objectives We propose a bottom-up, machine-learning approach, for the objective vestibular
and balance diagnostic data of concussion patients, to provide insight into the differences in …

Correlation of the oxidative stress indices and Cd exposure using a mathematical model in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida

Z Dongxing, N Yucui, J Congmin, L Liyan, P Xiaoli… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
With the increase in heavy metal pollution, it is of great significance to evaluate the
ecological security and early warning of cadmium (Cd) contaminated soil. In this paper, a …

Exploring symptom clusters in mild cognitive impairment and dementia with the NIH Toolbox

CE Tyner, AJ Boulton, J Slotkin, ML Cohen… - Journal of the …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Objective: Symptom clustering research provides a unique opportunity for understanding
complex medical conditions. The objective of this study was to apply a variable-centered …

Screening indices for cadmium-contaminated soil using earthworm as bioindicator

Y Ning, C Jin, H Zhou, E Wang, X Huang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Artificial soil simulation tests were conducted to study the response of oxidative stress in
different parts of Eisenia fetida under cadmium Cd) stress. Factor analysis and analytic …

An Oversampling-enhanced Multi-class Imbalanced Classification Framework for Patient Health Status Prediction Using Patient-reported Outcomes

Y Yan, Z Chen, C Xu, X Shen, J Shiao, J Einck… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) directly collected from cancer patients being treated with
radiation therapy play a vital role in assisting clinicians in counseling patients regarding …

Late radiation-induced bowel syndromes, tobacco smoking, age at treatment and time since treatment–gynecological cancer survivors

G Steineck, F Sjöberg, V Skokic, C Bull… - Acta …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: It is unknown whether smoking; age at time of radiotherapy or time since
radiotherapy influence the intensity of late radiation-induced bowel syndromes. Material and …