Grace Brannon,
Grace Brannon
Institution: enure-Track, Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Arlington,
Email: grace.brannon@uta.edu
Sophia Mitchell,
Sophia Mitchell
Institution: Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Arlington,
Email: sxm0652@mavs.uta.edu
Yue Liao
Yue Liao
Institution: Tenure-Track, Department of Kinesiology, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas at Arlington, 5
Email: yue.liao@uta.edu
Objective: Mobile and wearable sensor technology is increasingly common and accessible. The aim of this study was to
explore individuals' perceptions and acceptability of mobile and wearable sensors, as well as concerns.
Methods: Purposive sampling was used to recruit non-patient adults (n = 22) a...
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Objective: Mobile and wearable sensor technology is increasingly common and accessible. The aim of this study was to
explore individuals' perceptions and acceptability of mobile and wearable sensors, as well as concerns.
Methods: Purposive sampling was used to recruit non-patient adults (n = 22) and cancer survivors (n = 17) for face-to-
face and virtual small-group interviews. Reflexive thematic analysis of the data focused on privacy concerns.
Results: Participants reported that privacy was generally not a concern for sensor adoptions for physical activity health
interventions except for health insurer access.
Conclusion: The patient perspectives as reported in the findings illustrate the need for transparency between potential
adopters and users of mobile and wearable devices and health care practitioners, as well as secure privacy policies for
health insurers.
Innovation: Older adults often are perceived as unwilling to adopt mHealth technologies for many reasons, including
privacy concerns. This study examined an important patient population, cancer survivors, who are often overlooked
yet may benefit from targeted health interventions using mHealth technologies, and compared their responses with
a non-patient population for prevention purposes. Our findings suggest that one's lived health experiences (cancer sur-
vivorship) are more influential than one's age in adopting mHealth technologies
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Lucy Walker,
Lucy Walker
Institution: Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Email: lucy.walker@mmu.ac.uk
Sarah Grogan,
Sarah Grogan
Institution: Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Email: s.grogan@mmu.ac.uk
Keira Sholtens,
Keira Sholtens
Institution: entre for Health Psychology, The Science Centre, Staffordshire University,
Email: lucy.walker@mmu.ac.uk
Brian Mcmillan,
Brian Mcmillan
Institution: Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester,
Email: bran.mcmillan@manchester.ac.uk
Christopher Armitage,
Christopher Armitage
Institution: Division of Psychology and Mental Health, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Aca- demic Health Science Centre, NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Rese
Email: christopher.armitage@manchester.ac.uk
Mark Conner,
Mark Conner
Institution: School of Psychology, University of Leeds,
Email: m.t.conner@leeds.ac.uk
Tracy Epton,
Tracy Epton
Institution: Division of Psychology and Mental Health, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester,
Email: travy.epton@manchester.ac.uk
Maria Cordero
Maria Cordero
Institution: Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Email: m.cordero@mmu.ac.uk
Objectives Appearance-related interventions to promote healthy behaviour have been found effective to communicate health risks. The current study aimed to explore women smokers' experiences of age-progression software showing the effects of smoking on the face. Methods A qualitative design was imple...
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Objectives Appearance-related interventions to promote healthy behaviour have been found effective to communicate health risks. The current study aimed to explore women smokers' experiences of age-progression software showing the effects of smoking on the face. Methods A qualitative design was implemented, utilizing both individual interviews and focus groups within a critical realist framework. Fifteen, 19–52 year-old women smokers were administered an age-progression intervention. All participants responded to the intervention, engaged in semi-structured interviews, and were invited back to attend one of three focus groups. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results Four main themes were identified: Health versus Appearance, Shock Reaction, Perceived Susceptibility, and Intention to Quit. Participants found the intervention useful, voicing need for a comprehensive approach that includes both appearance and health. Despite increases in appearance-based apps which could diminish impact, women's accounts of shock induced by the aged smoking-morphed images were similar to previous work conducted more than ten years previously. Conclusions The study provides novel insights in how women smokers currently perceive, and react to, an age-progression intervention for smoking cessation. Innovation Findings emphasise the implementation of this intervention type accompanied by health information in a range of patient settings.
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Amadea Turk,
Amadea Turk
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Stephanie Tierney,
Stephanie Tierney
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Geoff Wong,
Geoff Wong
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Helen Chaterjee,
Helen Chaterjee
Institution: Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL Biosciences
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Kamal Mahtani
Kamal Mahtani
Institution: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,
Email: amadea.turk@phc.ox.ac.uk
Volunteering - the giving of time and support, without expectation of payment, for the good of others, a community or organization – may bring about benefits to health and wellbeing. Formal volunteering may be considered as part of a social prescription to which link workers may refer patients. Th...
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Volunteering - the giving of time and support, without expectation of payment, for the good of others, a community or organization – may bring about benefits to health and wellbeing. Formal volunteering may be considered as part of a social prescription to which link workers may refer patients. This paper explores the role that volunteering may play as part of social prescribing by considering the impact it can have on health and wellbeing and highlighting factors that link workers may need to consider when connecting patients to volunteering opportunities. We conducted interviews with 22 museum volunteers to explore how volunteering affected their physical and emotional wellbeing, and consider the potential consequences of these experiences for social prescribing. We analysed the interviews using thematic analysis to develop a descriptive model of how volunteering may influence health and wellbeing through encouraging self-growth. Our analysis highlights that volunteering can provide “enabling environments” and opportunities for “stretch” and can contribute to people's health and wellbeing by improving their “sense of self”, “connection to others”, and “sense of community”. Our findings have implications for the use of volunteering as part of social prescribing and for volunteering organizations accepting social prescribing referrals to volunteering. These include the need to recognise the diverse needs of people receiving social prescribing and the need to tailor volunteering offers to these needs, as well as the need for link workers to be aware of the environments and support available to individuals at the volunteering organizations they are being referred to.
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Yvonne Kuipers,
Yvonne Kuipers
Institution: Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Healthcare,
Email: y.kuipers@napier.ac.uk
Elise van Beeck
Elise van Beeck
Institution: Edinburgh Napier University, School of Health and Social Care,
Email: y.kuipers@napier.ac.uk
Background Pregnant women have preferences about how they intend to manage labour pain. Unmet intentions can result in negative emotions and/or birth experiences.
Objective To examine the antenatal level of intention for intrapartum pain relief and the factors that might predict this intention.
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Background Pregnant women have preferences about how they intend to manage labour pain. Unmet intentions can result in negative emotions and/or birth experiences.
Objective To examine the antenatal level of intention for intrapartum pain relief and the factors that might predict this intention.
Design A cross-sectional online survey-based study. Setting and participants 414 healthy pregnant women in the Netherlands, predominantly receiving antenatal care from the community-based midwife who were recruited via maternity healthcare professionals and social media platforms.
Methods The attitude towards intrapartum pain relief was measured with the Labour Pain Relief Attitude Questionnaire for pregnant women. Personality traits with the HEXACO-60 questionnaire, general psychological health with the Mental Health Inventory-5 and labour and birth anxiety with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale. Multiple linear regression was performed with the intention for pain relief as the dependant variable.
Results The obstetrician as birth companion (p<.001), the perception that because of the impact of pregnancy on the woman’s body, using pain relief during labour is self-evident (p<.001),
feeling convinced that pain relief contributes to self-confidence during labour (p=.023), and fear
of the forthcoming birth (p=.003) predicted women were more likely to use pain relief. The
midwife as birth companion (p=.047) and considering the partner in requesting pain relief
(p=.045) predicted women were less likely to use pain relief.
Conclusion: Understanding the reasons predicting women’s intention of pain management during
labour, provides insight in low-risk women’s supportive needs prior to labour and are worth
paying attention to during the antenatal period.
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Helena Rosen,
Helena Rosen
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Eva Perrson,
Eva Perrson
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Rebecca Perrson,
Rebecca Perrson
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Eva Drevenhorn
Eva Drevenhorn
Institution: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,
Email: helena.rosen@med.lu.se
Background among the 1–1.5 billion persons with hypertension globally only, 20–30% have controlled blood pressure (BP). The most important problem identified is non-adherence to treatment, i.e., failure to change lifestyle and to take prescribed medication. Knowledge about the reasons for this i...
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Background among the 1–1.5 billion persons with hypertension globally only, 20–30% have controlled blood pressure (BP). The most important problem identified is non-adherence to treatment, i.e., failure to change lifestyle and to take prescribed medication. Knowledge about the reasons for this is limited. Objectives The aim of the study was to explore people's experiences of having hypertension. Design Inductive design based on qualitative interviews. Settings The south of Sweden. Participants Twelve adults diagnosed with hypertension and treated in primary care were interviewed. Methods The transcribed interviews were analysed using content analysis, which rendered three categories. Results The individuals adapted to their diagnosis in different ways. Collaboration with the staff gave security, but the persons still perceived anxiety and uncertainty. Conclusions To meet the needs of people with hypertension, strategies such as person-centred counselling and care, using digital interventions, following national guidelines and starting nurse-led clinics, may be of help. These strategies can give a foundation for increased self-efficacy, which is crucial for persons to be able to change lifestyle and adhere to prescribed medication in order to achieve BP control.
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Sophia Bjorkander,
Sophia Bjorkander
Institution: Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset,
Email: indre.ljungar@ki.se
Ernberg Malin,
Ernberg Malin
Institution: Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, and the Scandinavian Centre for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON),
Email: indre.ljungar@ki.se
Inders Bileviciute-Ljungar
Inders Bileviciute-Ljungar
Institution: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Danderyds University Hospital and Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet (KIDS),
Email: indre.ljungar@ki.se
Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal and joint pain, stiffness, fatigue, and sleep and mood disorders. However, the involvement of the immune system in the pathways of fibromyalgia is unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the role of the immune system in comparison wi...
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Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal and joint pain, stiffness, fatigue, and sleep and mood disorders. However, the involvement of the immune system in the pathways of fibromyalgia is unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the role of the immune system in comparison with healthy controls and in association with clinical symptoms. Thirteen women with fibromyalgia and 14 controls were included. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated and analysed by flow cytometry, and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukins were measured. Among clinical symptoms, the fibromyalgia group showed decreased cold pain threshold. Immunologically, they had a higher percentage of monocytes, a lower percentage of CD19+ B-cells, and lower secretion of IFN-γ after stimulation. Decreased capacity to secrete IFN-γ was significantly correlated with decreased cold pain threshold in the fibromyalgia group. These results confirm the presence of immune aberrations in fibromyalgia, at least partially responsible for the associated pain.
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Ilfam Zulfahmi,
Ilfam Zulfahmi
Institution: Department of Fisheries Resources Utilization, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala
Email: Ilham.Zulfahmi@unsyiah.ac.id
Rizki Nanda,
Rizki Nanda
Institution: Department of Fisheries Resources Utilization, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala
Email: Ilham.Zulfahmi@unsyiah.ac.id
Firman Nur,
Firman Nur
Institution: Graduate School of Mathematics and Applied Science, Universitas Syiah Kuala,
Email: Ilham.Zulfahmi@unsyiah.ac.id
Aldi Waliol Perdana
Aldi Waliol Perdana
Institution: Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Universitas Syiah Kuala,
Email: Ilham.Zulfahmi@unsyiah.ac.id
Studies related to the comparison of ectoparasites that infect snakehead from different habitats and their relationship to biometric conditions have not been widely studied. Thus, present study aimed to investigate the prevalence, intensity, dominance, and predilection of ectoparasites on snakehead ...
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Studies related to the comparison of ectoparasites that infect snakehead from different habitats and their relationship to biometric conditions have not been widely studied. Thus, present study aimed to investigate the prevalence, intensity, dominance, and predilection of ectoparasites on snakehead collected from ditches, paddy fields, and swamps and correlate them with biometric conditions. In total of 90 snakehead fish were collected from ditches, paddy fields, and swamps. The observation of ectoparasites was performed on the gills, fins, and skin. The parameters measured in this study were ectoparasite profiles and biometric condition of fish. Specifically, the parameters of the ectoparasite profile included prevalence, intensity, dominance, and predilection. Meanwhile, the parameters of the biometric conditions were the length-weight relationship, the distribution of length and weight classes, and condition factors. Five species of ectoparasites that have been identified as Tetrahymena sp., Epistylis sp., Trichodina sp., Dactylogyrus sp., and Gyrodactylus sp. Tetrahymena sp. infection in snakehead was reported for the first time. The ditch habitat had the highest prevalence and intensity, which were 76.7% and 15.4 ectoparasites/fish, respectively. Tetrahymena sp. and Epistylis sp. were detected in sneakhead from all habitats, Trichodina sp. was detected at ditch and paddy field habitats, whereas, Gyrodactylus sp. and Dactylogyrus sp. were only found in swamp habitats. The gill was the predilection organ that most vulnerable to ectoparasite infection. Infected Snakehead tend to have lower average weight and length than healthy snakehead. Snakehead with a weight range of 115.2-145.2 g and a length range of 258.5-268.5 mm tend to be more vulnerable to ectoparasite infection compared to other sizes.Keywords:Tetrahymena sp.PrevalenceIntensityPredilectionLength-weight relationship
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