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Open AccessNurses’ job preferences on the internet plus nursing service program: a discrete choice experiment
The Internet Plus Nursing Service (IPNS) is being instigated in all provincial-level regions throughout China, in which registered nurses (with more than five years of experience from qualified medical institu...
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Open AccessExploring barriers to dementia screening and management services by general practitioners in China: a qualitative study using the COM-B model
Dementia has become a global public health problem, and general practitioners (GPs) play a key role in diagnosing and managing dementia. However, in Chinese primary care settings, dementia is underdiagnosed an...
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Thyroid Function Before and After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Obesity
Effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) on thyroid function of patients with obesity remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in thyroid function before and after LSG in patie...
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Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Obesity and its Management in Migrants and Rural Residents in China: a Cross-sectional Pilot Study
The incidence of overweight and obesity in rural-to-urban migrants and rural residents is increasing rapidly. This study aims to explore the perceptions and attitudes toward obesity and its management among ru...
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Importance of Maintaining Zinc and Copper Supplement Dosage Ratio After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
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Open AccessHair Loss After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Hair loss is a common complication after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). There is a lack of published systematic review in the scientific literature on this topic. The aim of this study was to perform a...
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Open AccessPsychological symptoms in Chinese nurses may be associated with predisposition to chronic disease: a cross-sectional study of suboptimal health status
Suboptimal health status (SHS) is a reversible state between ideal health and illness and it can be effectively reversed by risk prediction, disease prevention, and personalized medicine under the global backg...
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Open AccessKnowledge and Attitudes Towards Obesity and Bariatric Surgery in Chinese Nurses
Obesity has become a global epidemic. Surgical treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders in China is increasing rapidly, but it is still a new discipline even to health professionals. As an important member...
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Excessive daytime sleepiness in general hospital nurses: prevalence, correlates, and its association with adverse events
To investigate the prevalence and correlates of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in a population of hospital nurses in South China as well as the influence of EDS on the occurrence of adverse events.
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Open AccessFactors Influence the Acceptance of Surgical Treatment in Chinese Bariatric Surgery Candidates
The prevalence of obesity and obesity-related disorders is rapidly increasing among the Chinese populations. Bariatric surgery is becoming more and more popular in China, yet little cases were performed compar...
