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BACKGROUND: Korea has high prescribing rate and rising antibiotic resistance. This study was conducted to understand why primary physicians prescribe antibiotics for acute respiratory infections and to explore the factors...
BACKGROUND: Although the obesity prevalence in Korean children and adolescents has stabilized since early 2000s, it is noted that severe obesity is increasing. However, no diagnostic criteria to define severe...
BACKGROUND: Discordance between knee pain and radiologic osteoarthritis is well-known. This study was to investigate factors associated with knee pain with different grades of knee osteoarthritis among Korean adults aged...
BACKGROUND: The rate of suicide of adolescents is recently significantly increasing in South Korea. Suicide is the first leading cause of death of adolescents aged 15 to 19 years in...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine which fall-risk tool is most accurate for detecting and predicting adults in the hospital setting.
METHODS: A literature search was performed to...
BACKGROUND: This study examined moderating effects of optimism and family support on the depression of family caregivers of cancer patients aged 55 and over by adopting stress process model.
METHODS: 359...
BACKGROUND: Facial flushing response to drinking is observed in East Asians with deficient activity of the variant aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 genotype. This study examined the role of flushing response in...