Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510191

Burnout of Nurses due to Workload and Long Working Hours during Shifts: Review Article

Benard Gisilanbe Vetbuje

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: 2023/11/17

This review is conducted to further understand the burnout experiences of nurses across different shifts and the implication of long working hours and workload. It has been understood that night shifts presents less workload for nurses while day shifts has more work engagement and loads. This clearly shows more nurses experience burnout during day shifts than night shifts. Some nurses may still experience high levels of burnout due to workload during night shifts when there is an emergency case ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510190

Profile of Users of the Largest Public Health System in the World

Gabriela Torino dos Reis, Giovanna Akemi Yoshioka, Luiza Malosti Matias, Cristiana Maria de Araújo Soares Gomes and Natália Abou Hala Nunes

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: 2023/11/03

Brazil is the only country in the world with over 100 million inhabitants that has a public, universal, and free system for the entire population. It is estimated that those who have health insurance and/or better financial conditions do not use the SUS (Unified Health System), but everyone uses it, whether directly or indirectly, when acquiring medications from popular pharmacies, using vaccines, or when food is monitored through health surveillance systems. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510312

Antimalarial Health Seekers' Preferences and Perceptions: Insights from Ghana

Dennis Wilmot, Kwame Kumi Asare and Yeboah Kwaku Opoku

Article Type: Original Research | First Published: 2023/11/27

In malaria-endemic regions like Ghana, success in combatting the disease hinges on information accessibility and individual decision-making. The emergence of commercial herbal remedies for malaria treatment, along with the channels through which people acquire this knowledge, holds significant weight. Individuals play an active role in choosing between herbal and conventional antimalarial drugs, such as artemisinin combination therapy....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510311

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey on Protective Behavioral Practices against Coronavirus Disease 2019 among Health Workers in Sierra Leone, 2020

Kadijatu N. Kamara, Adel Hussein Elduma and Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru

Article Type: Original Research | First Published: 2023/10/31

All 465 (100%) HCWs responded. Fifty-nine percent (95% CI 54-64%) scored "good practice", 55% reported consistently washing their hands, and 57% wore masks most of the time. Of the 265 who wore a mask most of the time, only 74 (28%) wore the mask correctly, and 106 (40%) did not wear a mask during their interview. Working in Freetown (PR = 0.6; 95% CI, 0.4-0.7) and having a high perception that COVID-19 can be severe (PR = 0.6; 95% CI, 0.4-0.8) were associated with poor COVID-19 preventive pract...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3243.1510128

The Effect of Estrogen on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Structure and Function: A Systematic Review

Adesola Ojo Ojoawo, PhD, Olusesan Olufemi Adedeji, MSc, Kayode Kunuji, Taofik Olusegun Afolabi, MSc and Adedayo Ayotunde Awotipe, MSc

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: 2023/11/01

Fifty-four consenting patients with NSLBP were purposely recruited and were randomized to MLT and MPT group equally. Subjects in MLT and MPT received manual lumbar traction and prone traction respectively, 10 minutes, twice weekly for six weeks, while PI, Dis ROM and HRQoL were examined at baseline, 2nd, 4th, and 6th weeks of treatment. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Alpha level was ≤ 0.05....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510158

The Effect of Psyco-Education Applied in Primiparal Pregnancy on Birth Fear, Prenatal Attachment and Anxiety

Tuğba SARI and Nermin GÜRHAN

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2023/11/02

Fear of childbirth during pregnancy is considered normal up to a certain level. It is important when it is experienced in a discomfortingly and affects daily life. Psychological problems such as fear of childbirth and related anxiety cause deterioration of prenatal attachment. Therefore, psychological interventions in the antenatal period are gaining more and more importance in order to protect the mental health of women....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710055

RNA m6A Modifications and Cancer

Afrasiyab, Sadaf Ayaz, Peilin Zheng and Shoujun Huang

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: 2023/11/02

Epitranscriptomic modifications of RNA, particularly N6-methyladenosine (m6A), have emerged as pivotal players in cancer biology. RNA m6A modifications dynamically regulate gene expression, influencing various aspects of RNA processing, stability, and translation. In the context of cancer, dysregulation of RNA m6A modification has been implicated in tumorigenesis, metastasis, therapy resistance, and the tumor micro environment. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510152

Normal Weight Obesity and Normal Weight Central Obesity is Associated with Geriatric Syndromes in Hospitalized Older Adults

Stephany Beatriz do Nascimento, Roana Carolina Bezerra dos Santos, Letícia Sabino Santos, Taynara de Sousa Rego Mendes, Jarson Pedro da Costa Pereira, Maria Conceição Chaves de Lemos and Cláudia Porto Sabino Pinho

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: 2023/11/02

Current evidence shows that it is possible to find excessive body fat and central obesity in the normal range of Body mass index. These obesity phenotypes are recognized as Normal Weight Obesity (NWO) and Normal Weight Central Obesity (NWCO). Our study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of NWO and NWCO and its associated factors in hospitalized older adults....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710146

Microsurgery for Grade III Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Related to the Eloquent Peri-Rolandic Territory: Case Series

Ahmed Muthana, Zahraa A Alsubaihawi, Ali Adnan Dolachee, Mustafa E Almurayati, Oday Atallah, Mustafa Ismail and Samer S Hoz

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/10/11

A total of 8 Patients are included in this study. The size of the AVM was between 35 mm and 54 mm. Sensory-located AVM was found in 5 cases, and the remaining 3 cases have motor-located AVMs. Total removal of AVM was achieved in 7 cases. 6 patients developed new neurological deficits after surgeries which were resolved in subsequent weeks and the mRS score at follow-up was 1 in all patients....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710145

Bilateral Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain Stimulation in Progressive Dystonia in Mohr-Tranebjaerg Syndrome: Case Report and Review

Lorena Broseghini Barcelos, MD, MSc, Murilo Martinez Marinho, MD, MSc, Tamine Capato, PT, PhD, Leonardo Furtado Freitas, MD, Vanderci Borges, MD, PhD and Henrique Ballalai Ferraz, MD, PhD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/10/11

Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome (MTS), also known as deafness-dystonia-optic neuronopathy syndrome is an X-linked recessive, progressive, and neurodegenerative disorder resulting from mutations in the nuclear-encoded deafness dystonia peptide 1 (DDP1)/translocase of mitochondrial inner membrane 8A ( TIMM8A ) gene. This genetic disorder was first described in 1996, when the deafness dystonia peptide (DDP) gene was identified in a family with deafness, dystonia, and cognitive decline....