Aims: To determine the prevalence of Pap-smear screening, to assess the knowledge regarding cervical cancer and Pap-smear test and to identify the predictors of practice of Pap-smear screening among married women in urban of Mandalay, Myanmar. Study Design: Cross-sectional study....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28156
Aims: A realistic sample size calculation is an essential step in planning a clinical trial. It includes the consideration of the expectable drop out profile during individual patient observation periods to ensure a sufficient sample size for statistical analysis. Aim of this met...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28190
Clara Marcuello, Carmen Montañez, Borja Muñoz, Ester Montenegro, Isabel Calvo, Consuelo Auñón, Amparo Sabaté, Laura del Valle, Manuel Fuentes Ferrer, Carla Assaf-Balut, Isabelle Runkle, Miguel Angel Rubio & Alfonso Luis Calle-Pascual·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Objective: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and self – care behaviors in a large sample of diabetic patients (DPts) and to examine which patients’ characteristics influence on them. Methods: This cross - sectional study included 1,039 DPts (561/478, Men/Women, 156...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28245
Introduction: Healthy nutrition during adolescence and adulthood, compared with childhood, is considered important since the basal metabolic rate decreases with age and there is often a reduction of physical activities. Furthermore, educational achievement is dependent on a healt...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27875
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate mental health problems and family coping strategies among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Methods: The sample consisted of 449 subjects. The age ranged from 21 to 60 years with mean age 41.5 years. Participants completed Hopkins Sympto...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27747
Background: The injection of adrenaline containing local dental anaesthesia may be associated with variable adverse effects on the cardio- respiratory system that are clinically undetectable. Methods: The present study was conducted on 60 male patients who received adrenaline con...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28226
Aims: Colorectal cancer (CRC) occupies an important position in the morbidity and mortality constitution of malignancies. In recent years, mounting literature has reported about the upregulating expression of microRNA-21 in blood and stool of CRC patients, which suggested that mi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27261
Heart rate variation (HR) being identified as depending on subjects’ stress state when submitted to short term mental stress, this study aimed at analyzing whether or not it could be possible to find a mathematical relationship between the average heart rate variation and the int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27593
Aim: Clinical training is expensive. This survey of foundation doctors across four UK foundation deaneries (Severn, Wales, South Thames and Scotland) identifies that highly variable sums of money were spent by foundation doctors applying for specialty training. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28382
Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] is an independent cardiovascular risk factor and its pathogenic mechanism is not completely clear. Lp(a) has been detected in atherosclerotic plaques and macrophages are one of the major cell types involved in atherogenesis. In order to characterize intern...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27433