Narratives of women’s breast cancer experience and how this impacts on their working lives by Dowling, Dianne

“…Whilst some women struggled to retain their jobs, others changed career paths or retired early due to ill-health continuing long after diagnosis.…”
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Effects of parenting experiences and early maladaptive schemas on adjustment to atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli

“…Existing studies on this topic have considered factors such as: age of onset of the condition, demographic characteristics, disease severity and visibility, cognitive representations of illness and condition appraisals. Most of these studies however are limited in the explanations that they offer. …”
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"Eternity in an hour ...": exploring the role of mindfulness with patients receiving palliative care : an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Shannon, David

“…Due to the growing popularity of mindfulness, patients who require palliative care will increasingly have had some exposure to mindfulness before becoming seriously ill. This study sought to pre-empt this societal shift. …”
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Anti-social behaviour: local perception and reporting behaviour in a small urban location by Venables, Lucie Mary

“…Those with a disability or long term illness were significantly more likely to report anti-social behaviour. …”
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A Rule-based Mobile Application for Diagnosing Pet Disease: Design and Implementation by Ng Ling Li, Ng Ling Li, Hanayanti Hafit, Hanayanti Hafit, Ruhaya Ab. Aziz, Ruhaya Ab. Aziz, Nur Liesa Mohammad Azemi, Nur Liesa Mohammad Azemi, Siti Hawa Anurddin, Siti Hawa Anurddin

“…It will help pet owners identify potential illnesses before their animals develop chronic ones. …”
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Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia by Ali, Syed Masroor, Musa, Ramli, Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri

“…. • To interview, using questionnaires about mental illness, precipitating factors, high expressed emotion, and psychiatric services. …”
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Evidence based review on the effect of Islamic dietary law towards human development by Md Sawari, Siti Salwa, Ghazali, Mohd Al'Ikhsan, Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan, Mustapha, Nurul Izzah

“…This is to promote healthy lifestyle and prevent from illness caused by food consumption. Healthy lifestyle starts since the beginning of the time and dietary practices is connected with religious practices. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of depressive symptoms among disadvantaged adolescents: results from a population-based study in Bangladesh. by Nasreen, Hashima E, Alam, Mohammad Ariful, Edhborg, Maigun

“…Older age (15-19 years), poverty, and poor parental relation were found to be associated with depressive symptoms of both sexes; family history of depressive symptoms for boys; and reproductive illness and sexual abuse for girls. More than 80% of depressed adolescents sought no help. …”
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Socio-demographic characteristics and clinical profile of suicide attempters attending the Emergency Department at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman: a retrospective study by Al Khatri, Mahmood, Al Huseini, Salim, Almaqbali, Mandhar, Cucchi, Angie, Al-Saadi, Alkhatib, Al Farsi, Abdulmunim, Jose, Sachin, Al-Sibani, Nasser, Al-Adawi, Samir

“…Family conflict, suffering from chronic illness, and having social problems were the most common precipitating factors for the suicide attempt. …”
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Monitoring the lung during mechanical ventilation by Mat Nor, Mohd Basri

“…When integrated with the physical examination, these tools aid the management of respiratory disease, ultimately leading to safer and more effective care for all mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. Respiratory monitoring tools allow for titrating therapeutic interventions to the patient’s disease state, if used correctly can facilitate optimal respiratory support and aid in weaning to extubation. …”
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Religion and spirituality in specific clinical situations in medical practice: a cross-sectional comparative study between patients and doctors in a tertiary care hospital in Malay... by Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah

“…Three quarters of patients noticed an increase in faith due to illness and similar proportion wanted a religious counsellor to help them rather than a psychiatrist. …”
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Right of women to obtain divorce under Shariah and Islamic family law of Malaysia: some emerging issues by Abdul Hak, Nora

“…When the husband becomes a transgressor, for example, the husband incapable of maintaining the wife or he ill-treats the wife, Islam also grants women the right to dissolve a marriage through khulu' ,fasakh and ta'liq. …”
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Modeling the effect of dam construction and operation towards downstream water quality of Sg. Tawau and Batang Baleh by Zainudin, Zaki, Jamal, Parveen, Akbar, Iqrah

“…Results obtained depicted that the construction process would result in a slight degradation of the water quality for the Tawau dam elevating the BOD and TSS levels; whereas for the Batang Baleh dam, none such adverse effects were identified, however with frequent removal of organics and sediment build up behind the dam the ill effects of dam construction on the both the rivers can be avoided. …”
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Do patients’ understanding of diabetes and perception of control predict higher Hba1c and complications? by Chin, Sze Paw, Che Abdullah, Shahrin Tarmizi, How, Soon Hin, Satwi, Sapari, Abdul Kadir, Khalid

“…Patient understanding and perception of diabetes control is important if clinicians were to allow diabetes patients to play a central role in management of their illness. We conducted a survey to see what diabetic patients generally thought of their understanding of disease and glycemic control; if these perceptions were accurate and related to complications. …”
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Variability of plasma methadone concentration in opiate dependents receiving methadone: a personalised approach towards optimizing dose by Mohamad, Nasir, Ismail, Rusli, Mohamed Nazar, Nor Ilyani, Tan, Soo Choon, Sim, Hann Liang, Idrus, Ilya Irinaz, Abu Bakar, Nor Hidayah

“…Addiction is now recognized as a medical illness, under the purview of the medical professionals. …”
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Prevalence, distribution, and associated risk factors of molar incisor hypomineralisation among children in Kuantan Malaysia by Ardini, Yunita Dewi, Harun, Nor Asilah, Mohd Azni, Nur Diyana, Ismail, Nurul Naquiah

“…Objectives: The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence, distribution, and associations of molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) with perinatal complications (PC), childhood illness (CI), and prolonged antibiotic consumption (PAC) among children attending the Polyclinic, Kulliyyah of Dentistry, IIUM, from February 2013 until December 2013. …”
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Experimental investigation of ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room by Oladokun, Majeed, Ali, Maisarah, Osman, Samsul Bahrin, Samsuddin, Niza, Hamzah, Hairul Aini

“…Unlike other indoor environments, health care environment requires better performance of ventilation system to prevent an incidence of nosocomial and other hospital acquired illnesses. This study investigates, using in-situ experiments, the ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room. …”
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DNA methylation of disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (disc1) gene in schizophrenia using methylight taqman assay by Abd. Rahim, Nour El Huda, Rahim, Mohd Nabil Fikri, Ku Zaifah, Norsidah, Mohd Noor, Hanisah, Abdullah, Kartini, Talib, Norlelawati A.

“…There were no significant differences in the methylation level of DISC1 between the patients and control groups When patients were compared by age, duration of illness, age at diagnosis, body mass index, smoking status, PANSS score, and types of antipsychotic treatment, the DNA methylation level of DISC1, did not show any significant difference (p>0.05). …”
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Relationship of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) DNA methylation with schizophrenia by Abd. Rahim, Nour El Huda, Rahim, Mohd Nabil Fikri, Ku Zaifah, Norsidah, Mohd Noor, Hanisah, Abdullah, Kartini, A.Talib, Norlelawati

“…The reduction of methylation status with aging and duration of illness follows the typical degradation of methylation observed in aging.…”
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Exploring and Changing Cognitive Representations, Coping and Quality Of Life Outcomes in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Bucknor, Delaney Andreka

“…Demographic and clinical factors have been inconsistent and poorly predict QoL but one modifiable factor that has gained credence is ones illness representations. The Common-Sense Model (Leventhal, Meyer and Nerenz, 1980) postulates that these guide coping procedures that impact outcomes. …”
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