INTRODUCTION Excessive alcohol consumption kills approximately 75,000 people annually in the United States. Although alcohol screening among primary care patients is recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, it is rarely performed. It is unclear whether low screening rates are due to limited access to health care, missed screening opportunities during patient visits, or both. ME...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) symptoms in health checkup examinees and in patients with otitis media with effusion (OME) of undetermined etiology and the significance of age, body mass index (BMI), and pepsinogen (PG) concentration in middle ear effusions (MEEs). STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Health checkup and private clinics. SUB...

Introduction:Early identification of women, who are at risk of malnutrition, is effective for the prevention and management of complications. Maternal body mass index (BMI) in the first prenatal checkup can be an indicator of the nutritional status of pregnant women. This study aimed to review the BMI status of pregnant women during the first prenatal checkup at healthcare facilities in rural a...

Spirometry in health checkup may contribute to early diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Although post-bronchodilator airflow limitation is essential for definite diagnosis of COPD and post-bronchodilator normalization of airflow is suggestive of asthma, this test has not been prevailed in health checkup. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalen...

Evaluation of child sexual abuse often necessitates interviewing children about genital touch, yet little scientific research exists on how best to obtain children's reports of genital contact. To examine this issue, 72 five- and seven-year-old girls experienced a standardized medical checkup. For half of the children, the checkup included a vaginal and anal examination (genital condition); for...

background: intestinal parasitic infections (ipis) cause serious public health problem in the world, especially those located in tropical and subtropical areas. this study was conducted with the aim of obtaining frequency of intestinal parasites in referred people to the nahavand city laboratories, hamadan province, western iran. m aterials and methods: a comparative cross-sectional study was c...

Introduction: The few studies that have investigated patterns of routine checkup (hereafter checkups) among Saudis found overall low rates use. Those focused mainly on understanding the influence individual characteristics use checkup. Aims: main purpose this study was to consider a wider array factors beyond characteristics, including system-based factors, beliefs, attitudes, and satisfaction,...

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Health Interview Survey •The percentages of adolescents aged 10-17 who did not have a usual place for preventive care, did not receive a well-child checkup in the past 12 months, or did not have a dental visit in the past 12 months decreased from 2008 to 2014. •In 2014, 2% of adolescents aged 10-17 did not have a usual place for preventive care, 21% did not r...