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Newest firstIntroductionAcute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a leading cause of mortality, with the coexistence of other conditions (i.e., multimorbidity) complicating management and outcomes. Currently, healthcare providers see major challenges in consideration of the patient with a multimorbid profile, especially as this is a progressive issue where the temporal evolution of diseases is complex in nature, with a profou…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe global impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has profoundly affected economies and healthcare systems around the world, including Lebanon. While numerous meta-analyses have explored the systemic manifestations of COVID-19, few have linked them to patient history. Our study aims to fill this gap by using cluster analysis to identify distinct clinical patterns among pat…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterised by a highly variable clinical presentation and multifaceted genetic and biological bases that translate into great patient heterogeneity. The identification of homogeneous subgroups of patients in terms of both clinical presentation and biological causes, could favour the development of effective treatments, healthcare…
Open article record in new tab ↗The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on daily life, affecting both physical and mental health. Changes arising from the pandemic may longitudinally impact health-related behaviors (HRB). As different HRBs co-occur, in this study, we explore how six HRBs - alcohol (past-week and binge-drinking), tobacco, marijuana, benzodiazepine use, and unhealthy food consumption - were grouped and changed over time…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectivesTo explore clustering of comorbidities among patients with a new diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA) and estimate the 10-year mortality risk for each identified cluster. MethodsThis is a population-based cohort study of individuals with first incident diagnosis of OA of the hip, knee, ankle/foot, wrist/hand, or unspecified site between 2006 and 2020, using SIDIAP (a primary care database representative from…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundDepressive symptoms and risk behaviours often do not occur in isolation among adolescents and young adults. In order to improve intervention programmes, more research is needed to elucidate the clustering of risk behaviours, the association with depressive symptoms, and demographic variables. Therefore, this study examined the clustering of risk behaviours, the association with depressive symptoms, and d…
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