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Homebound Status Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Disabilities in ADLs and Its Associations With Clinical, Functional, and Environmental Factors
(Elsevier, 2016-06-29)
[Abstract] Background. Homebound status is associated with poor health, comorbidity, and mortality and represents a major challenge for health systems. However, its prevalence among people with disabilities in the basic ...
Encountering Parents Who Are Hesitant or Reluctant to Vaccinate Their Children: A Meta-Ethnography
(MDPI, 2021-07)
[Abstract] Health professionals play an important role in addressing parents who are hesitant or reluctant to immunise their children. Despite the importance of this topic, gaps remain in the literature about these ...
The Health Consequences of Neocolonialism for Latin American Immigrant Women Working as Caregivers in Spain: A Multisite Qualitative Analysis
(MDPI, 2020)
[Abstract] In Spain, most jobs available for Latin American immigrant women are in intimate labour (caregiving and domestic work). This work is usually performed under informal employment conditions. The objective of this ...
Protein Haploinsufficiency Drivers Identify MYBPC3 Variants That Cause Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
(Elsevier, 2021-06-05)
[Abstract] Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac disease. Variants in MYBPC3, the gene encoding cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyBP-C), are the leading cause of HCM. However, the ...
Towards a Sustainable Campus: Working Together to Achieve the Green Campus Flag on the UDC Peripheral Campus of Ferrol
(Emerald, 2020-11-24)
[Abstract] Purpose. This paper aims to present and describe the main actions carried out in six different faculties and common areas such as cultural and research centres and administrative buildings in the Ferrol campus ...
Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Type 1 is associated with a high risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and end-stage heart failure
(Oxford Academic, 2023-08-28)
[Abstract] Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is caused by variants in EMD (EDMD1) and LMNA (EDMD2). Cardiac conduction defects and atrial arrhythmia are common to both, but LMNA variants also cause end-stage heart ...
Pregnancy after perinatal loss: A meta-ethnography from a women’s perspective
(Elsevier, 2023-06-14)
[Abstract] Objective: This study uses a meta-ethnography to synthesize qualitative research on the experiences of women during pregnancies after one or more perinatal losses. Design: This interpretive meta-ethnography ...
Rare variants in genes of the cholesterol pathway are present in 60% of patients with acute myocardial infarction
(MDPI, 2022-12-17)
[Abstract] Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a pandemic in which conventional risk factors are inadequate to detect who is at risk early in the asymptomatic stage. Although gene variants in genes related to cholesterol, ...
Systemic treatment of immune-mediated keratoconjunctivitis sicca with allogeneic stem cells improves the schirmer tear test score in a canine spontaneous model of disease
(MDPI, 2021-12-20)
[Abstract] Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) is characterized by ocular discomfort, conjunctival hyperaemia, and corneal scarring, causing reduced aqueous tear production that can be measured using the standard Schirmer ...
COVID-19 vaccination and community management: a qualitative study
(Slack, 2023-06-01)
[Abstract] Background: Nurses play key roles as vaccination agents and frontline workers who deal with prejudice and misinformation. This study examined the attitudes and perceptions of nursing students regarding corona-virus ...