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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"prescription medication"”.
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Behavioral Intention Factors for Prescription Deliveries by Small Unmanned Aircraft in Rural Communities
… the U.S. population regularly use and depend on prescription medications; however, pharmacy availability and access to pharmacy services are often lacking, particularly in rural communities. In an effort to meet local healthcare needs, delivery by sUAS is proposed to ensure the nearly 60 million …
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Impulsivity: Psychometrics of impulsivity in adolescents and links to adolescent risk behaviors
… with two understudied adolescent risk behaviors, prescription medication misuse and reproductive coercion. The purpose of examining impulsivity with these risk behaviors was to test the performance of impulsivity measures in this sample of adolescents, as well as determine whether impulsivity is a …
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Factors associated with deliberate self-harm method among patients in a tertiary hospital in South Africa
… most common method of self-harm (80.3%, n=191). Prescription medication was the most common form of self-poison (57.6%, n=137) while a large number of patients used the non-prescription medication paracetamol (40.9%, n=54). In the bivariate regression analysis, male gender, stating that the …
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Garlic and African olive used as traditional Herbs for hypertension in the Western Cape
… of care for hypertension in South Africa is prescription medication, as well as a stepwise programme; this treatment approach is for the treatment of hypertension according to severity using diuretics, beta-blockers, vasodilators in a stepwise progressive manner. In South Africa,traditional …
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Garlic and African olive used as traditional Herbs for hypertension in the Western Cape
… of care for hypertension in South Africa is prescription medication, as well as a stepwise programme; this treatment approach is for the treatment of hypertension according to severity using diuretics, beta-blockers, vasodilators in a stepwise progressive manner. In South Africa,traditional …
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The impact of Canadian direct-to-consumer prescription medicine advertising on prescription volume
… using direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription medications in an attempt to stimulate sales. While published literature on the impact of DTCA is limited, one study conducted in the United States by Basara (1996) suggested that DTCA has a positive impact on new prescription volume …
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Uninsured Adult Working-Age Population in Tarrant County: Access, Cost of Care, and Health--Hispanic Immigrants
… visits, overnight in the hospital, and obtaining prescription medication. Findings confirm that lack of coverage, competing needs, and difficulties in the health care system are significant in access health care. Subsequent implications and policy recommendations suggests the inevitability of …
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The Influence of Warning Label Presentation in Memory Recognition of Aging Adults
… and consumers when taking over the counter or prescription medication. Typically, as adults age, they are increasingly responsible for remembering the hazards of taking medications. If inadequate information exists in memory in regards to side effects, dosage, and other warnings, the likelihood …
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Norms, attitudes, perceptions, and intentions for benzodiazepine prescription drug abuse among adolescents
… specifically regarding taking someone else’s prescription medication. More assessment is needed to validate and generalize the results of the present study.</p>
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The usefulness of administrative data in the research of migrant health
… healthcare services and access psychotropic prescription medication than the settled majority population in their new countries. In addition, mental ill-health prevalence and suicide rates were higher amongst the migrant population. The advantages and disadvantages of using administrative …
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Using the Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services Use to Examine Adult Uninsured Patient Health Services Use at a Community Health Center
<p>Prescription medications are essential to the treatment and management of chronic conditions (Smith et al., 2005). Lack of access can result in pain, worsening of the condition and increased risk of additional health problems. Health care expenditures in the United States were reportedly 1.7 …
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Addiction to Prescription Drugs: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Constructionist Study
… of the experience of becoming addicted to prescription medications. In addition, a constructionist analysis of the cultural, sociopolitical, and historical aspects of addiction are examined. The modern concept of addiction did not begin to come into being until the late nineteenth century. …
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Prevalence of Potential Drug-Supplement Interactions in a Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Population
… supplements are regulated differently than prescription drugs. As a result, there is often very little reliable data about safety, effectiveness, or the potential for interactions with drugs. Despite the lack of data, the use of dietary supplements is very common. As many as 69% of patients …
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Using music to manage pain: A content analysis of survey responses from unhoused adults with substance use disorder
… terms, pain management can be pharmacological (prescription medication), non-pharmacological (therapies, including music therapy), and through self-medication (alcohol, illegal drugs, and illegal substances). Pain-relieving substances – including opioids and alcohol – stimulate reward systems in …
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Healthcare technology, patient engagement and adherence : systems and business opportunity analysis
… are effecting changes. Patient compliance with medication and technology enabled wellness and engagement programs play an important role in ensuring the cost and quality of care is reduced. In a recent study, the overall cost of poor medication adherence, measured in otherwise avoidable medical …
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Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… previous 12 months when needed, and access to prescription medication in the previous 12 months when needed. Bivariate and multivariate statistical analysis were used. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the main factor that affected the ability to access health care for Hispanic …
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Investigation of Teratogenic Concerns In The Covid-19 Era
… were coded into eleven broad categories, such as prescription medication, over-the-counter medication, and infection. Microsoft Excel and STATA were used to perform descriptive statistical analyses of the data set.</p> <p>The total number of contacts increased from 2019 to 2022 and the exposure …
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Complementary and alternate medicines: a forensic analysis of the potential adulteration of over-the-counter anorectics and "lifestyle" medicines in South Africa
… same rigorous testing required for allopathic (prescription) medication, yet they are freely available as over-the-counter medicines. Past research has shown the presence of a banned drug, sibutramine in natural anorectics and a schedule 6 prescription drug, sildenafil, found in natural erectile …
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Shifting Emergency Department Utilization Patterns Among Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… data, laboratory orders and results, and prescription medication information, and were adequate and equivalent pre- and post-COVID-19 cohorts for analyses. The data extract consisted of ED visits between March 2018 and March 2022. Results: This research revealed a significant overall …
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Applying economics analysis to the U.S. health care system: evidence from nutrition and home health care
… leads to a decrease in the probability of taking prescription medication regularly by around 7 percentage points. Results emphasize the importance of nutrition as a social determinant of health in avoiding unnecessary health care utilization and expenditures. Chapter 2: Public reporting of …
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