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Recommendations for updating regulations on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco and nicotine products in the European Union
(Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2025)Introduction: Comprehensive bans on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco and nicotine products (TAPS) have proven effective in reducing their use. The Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2 ... -
Effects of a multimodal immersive virtual reality intervention on heart rate variability in adults with post-COVID-19 syndrome
(Applied Sciences, 2025)Background: Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCC) is characterized by autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation. Reduced heart rate variability (HRV) serves as a biomarker for ANS function. Few studies have ... -
Modern treatment of craniopharyngioma to improve outcomes: evidence of a change of paradigm
(Endocrine, 2025)Background: Craniopharyngiomas, rare primary brain tumors of the pituitary-hypothalamic axis, frequently result in sicubstantial morbidity, including compromised quality of life, vision impairment, ... -
Association between the use of daily injury risk estimation feedback (I-REF) based on machine learning techniques and injuries in athletics (track and field): results of a prospective cohort study over an athletics season
(BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2025)Objective: To analyse the association between the level of use of injury risk estimation feedback (I-REF) provided to athletes and the injury burden during an athletics season. Method: We conducted a ... -
CPT1C deficiency in SF1 neurons impairs early metabolic adaptation to dietary fats, leading to obesity
(Molecular Metabolism, 2025)Objectives: SF1 neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) play a pivotal role in regulating body weight and adiposity, particularly in response to a high-fat diet (HFD), as well as in the recovery ... -
Can personality traits affect sleep quality in post-COVID-19 patients?
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2025)Objectives: In the present study, we aimed (i) to describe the personality traits of a cohort of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) patients compared with a healthy control (HC) group, (ii) to evaluate the ... -
Quality of life and psychological status in people with acromegaly in relation to disease-related facial changes
(Endocrine Connections, 2025)Abstract: The diagnosis of acromegaly is often delayed, leading to facial disfigurements that persist despite endocrine cure. We aimed to study the relationship between facial modifications, quality of ... -
The role of genetic testing in accurate diagnosis of X-linked sideroblastic anemia: novel ALAS2 mutations and the impact of X-chromosome inactivation
(Scientific Reports, 2025)X-linked sideroblastic anemia (XLSA) is a hereditary disorder affecting heme biosynthesis, caused by mutations in the ALAS2 gene, which encodes the erythroid-specific enzyme 5-aminolevulinate synthase. ... -
Is chiropractic spinal manipulation effective for the treatment of cervicogenic, tension-type, or migraine headaches? A systematic review
(European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2025)Introduction: Patients with headaches often seek complementary and alternative therapies, including chiropractic care. Chiropractic spinal manipulation is one of the most commonly used techniques for ... -
Clinical manifestations, serotype distribution, and incidence of pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Catalonia (Spain), 2018–2022
(European Journal of Pediatrics, 2025)The global incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) decreased after the switch from PCV7 to PCV13 in 2010. However, serotype 3 remains the leading cause of IPD in Catalonia (Spain), due to the ... -
Trends in paediatric viral meningitis and encephalitis with unconfirmed aetiology: a spanish population-based study, 2016-2020
(Acta Paediatrica, 2025)Aim: The prevalence of meningitis and encephalitis of unknown aetiology in Spanish children has not been specifically documented before. The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology and trends ... -
The competence of nurse educators and graduating nurse students
(Nurse Education Today, 2021)Background: A nurse educator has an important role in promoting students' learning and professional development as well as in offering high quality nursing education. Objectives: To describe the competence ... -
Analysis of graduating nursing students’ moral courage in six European countries
(Nursing Ethics, 2021)Background: Moral courage is defined as courage to act according to one’s own ethical values and principles even at the risk of negative consequences for the individual. In a complex nursing practice, ... -
Final clinical practicum shapes the transition experienceand occupational commitment of newly graduated nurses in Europe - a longitudinal study
(Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2021)Aims: The aim of the study was to examine the association between the characteristics of a nursing student’s final clinical practicum and the success of transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) in ... -
The nurse teacher’s pedagogical cooperation with students, the clinical learning environment and supervision in clinical practicum: a European cross-sectional study of graduating nursing students
(BMC Medical Education, 2025)Background: A supportive clinical practicum experience may enhance the successful transition and socialization to working life of graduating nursing students. Nurse teachers have the main responsibility ... -
Graduating nurse students’ interest in older people nursing—A cross-sectional survey in six European countries
(International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2022)Background: Countries vary in the number of qualified nurses employed in older adult services. Moreover, students’ views of older people nursing as a career differ internationally. Studying future nurses ... -
A European evaluation of the patients’ role in clinical education: A six-country cross sectional study
(Nurse Education in Practice, 2022)Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse the patients’ role in clinical education in terms of facilitative student-patient relationship in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain and ... -
A successful nursing education promotes newly graduated nurses’ job satisfaction one year after graduation: a cross-sectional multi-country study
(BMC Nursing, 2023)Background: Job satisfaction is a key factor for the successful transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) and for retaining NGNs in their workplaces. However, there is limited evidence of the relationship ... -
Development and application during clinical simulation of MEDISIM, a checklist for assessing nursing students’ competence in safe medication administration
(Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2024)Aim: To develop and apply during clinical simulation a checklist for assessing nursing students' competence in safe medication administration. Design and Method: Two-stage instrumental study: 1) Development ... -
Factors contributing to the fostering of resilience among final-year nursing students in challenging situations: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
(Nurse Education Today, 2025)Background: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, final-year nursing students in our country volunteered to join the healthcare workforce, and the challenges they faced were considerable. Aim: ...