Despite the significance of patients' adherence to prescription drug treatments, it is estimated that > 30% of the drugs that are prescribed to older persons are not self-administered in accordance with the instructions. This research examines which factors affect the adherence to prescription drugs of older Israelis and tests whether the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) can explain their adher...

Little is known about the long term prognosis of refractory epilepsy patients who do not undergo epilepsy surgery. We performed a telephone survey and chart review of patients who underwent presurgical evaluation in our Unit but did not have surgery, from 1998 until 2004. We contacted 84 patients; mean follow-up was 6.7 years. Four patients (4.7%) had died, presumably of SUDEP. Ten patients (13...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of personal contact on the attitudes of individuals towards persons with cleft lip and palate (CLP) and the possible cultural differences in these attitudes for Chinese respondents living in Hong Kong. DESIGN Chinese parent, teacher, and employer groups were administered a cleft lip and palate attitudinal questionnaire and the ...

Comprehension of a Canadian police right to silence caution and a right to legal counsel caution was examined. Each caution was first presented verbally in its entirety, followed by its sentence-by-sentence presentation in written format. Participants (N = 56) were asked to indicate, after each presentation, their understanding of the caution. When delivered in verbal format, 4 and 7% of partic...

Abstract The aim of this article is to present the legal solutions adopted in criminal proceedings during COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on implementation right defence, focusing, particular, relation between accused defence counsel. During pandemic, online trials hearings became widespread communication with courts via email developed. Issues confidentiality his/her counsel, as well access...

QUESTION One of my patients, who has been taking warfarin for some time for treatment and prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis, became pregnant due to failed contraception. I am unsure how to counsel her. Is there evidence that warfarin use during pregnancy is associated with fetal risk? ANSWER If possible, warfarin therapy should be avoided during pregnancy. If warfarin therapy is essential, ...

Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has caused changes in the everyday life of Ukrainians, as well functioning state bodies and institutions. This led to relevant amendments additions a number legal acts, including criminal procedure legislation. The rules governing pre-trial investigation court proceedings under martial law have also been amended. However, analysis Criminal Procedure Code ...

BACKGROUND To examine demographic and behavioral associations with self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among persons with HIV infection or AIDS. METHODS Analysis of interviews with persons > or = 18 years of age reported through routine disease surveillance with HIV infection or AIDS to nine state and local health departments from January 1995 through December 1996. Scales we...

Background and Objectives: To evaluate the utility of the constructs functioning and disability (F&D) and dependency for case-mix and subtyping of patients with schizophrenia by psychosocial, clinical, use of services and attention received from informal carers. Methods: A randomly selected total of 205 people with schizophrenia, and their careers were evaluated through PANSS, DAS-sv, Objective...

CONTEXT The increase in sedentary lifestyle may contribute to the rise in obesity nationally. Although guidelines suggest that physicians counsel all patients about exercise, physicians counsel only a minority of their patients. Whether patient factors influence physician counseling is not well established. OBJECTIVES To examine and to identify factors associated with exercise counseling by U...