Datasets The participants of this study were drawn from Ivan City (https://ivancity.com/bbs/login.php), Korea’s largest online portal for the gay community, managed by LGBT KOREA since 1999. “Ivan” in Korean is slang used by homosexuals to distinguish themselves from “ilvan” (heterosexuals), and approximately 95% of its members are men who have sex with men (MSM). The … Read more
This study provides powerful evidence indicating the complicated relationship between smoking behaviors and obesity among Taiwanese males. Our findings reveal that smoking is significantly related to the risk of overall and abdominal obesity. Light- and moderate-intensity smokers are at particularly high risks of exhibiting increased BMI and waist circumference. This comprehensive study of smoking behaviors … Read more
The global challenge of cancer. Nat Cancer, 2020. 1(1): pp. 1–2. Bray F, et al. Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024;74(3):229–63. Article PubMed Google Scholar Siegel RL, Giaquinto AN, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2024. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024;74(1):12–49. … Read more
Global level In 2021, the worldwide number of CKD cases was 673,722,703 (95% UI: 629,095,119–722,364,096), with an age-standardized prevalence rate (ASPR) of 8006.00 per 100,000 persons (7482.12–8575.62). The global incidence of CKD involved 19,935,038 cases (18,702,793–21,170,794), with an age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) of 233.56 per 100,000 persons (220.02–247.24). The number of deaths was 1,527,639 (1,389,377–1,638,914), … Read more
This paper explores sanitation behaviours in rural Indonesia and further assesses contextual and psychosocial factors predicting them. The respondents in rural Luwu reported a low frequency of defecating in the latrine, shown by the tendency to respond with ‘never’ and ‘rarely’ when being asked how often or how regularly they defecate in the latrine. Our … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as ‘a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community’ [1]. It suggests that mental health is experienced on a continuum, is more than an absence of mental … Read more
Participant description From the quantitative study, 84 out of 93 participants had indicated their willingness to participate in follow-up research. All 84 were contacted by the researchers. Finally, 21 people participated in this qualitative study. One participant preferred not to continue after a few questions. This interview was excluded from the analysis, bringing the total … Read more
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that POP incidence has been analyzed using the APC model, further allowing for comparisons between global and BRICS countries. The main contribution of this study to the field compared with previous GBD 2019 publications [9] is that we provide a deeper understanding of POP … Read more
The interviews were conducted with 30 PLWH, including 12 females (40%) and 18 males (60%). Their ages ranged between 27 and 59 years old, and the average age was 44 years, and their education levels were mainly primary school or illiterate. The participants were 21 married (70%), five unmarried (16.67%) and five divorced (13.33%). Two … Read more
Literature search findings A total of 1,097 articles were retrieved from the international databases. About 940 duplicated articles were excluded. Besides, 98 articles were screened for titles and abstract. Then, 79 articles were excluded because of not fulfill the inclusion criteria’s. Finally, a total of 19 eligible studies were fully reviewed for this systematic review … Read more