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We investigated the psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in Turkish among a diverse group with a focus on the prevalence of coronavirus related fear across gender, age intervals, SES, chronic illness situation, and educational level. Based on a confirmatory factor analysis, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale had appropriate psychometric properties for utilization, including excellent goodness-of-fit indices, a Cronbach's alpha value of .86, and discriminant validity, as shown by a significant negative correlation with resilience. Furthermore, group comparison analyses revealed that women reported significantly higher fear of coronavirus. Additionally, individuals from middle SES reported significantly higher fear of coronavirus while the fear of coronavirus did not differ based on participants' educational level, socioeconomic status, and age level. Implications for mental health providers are discussed.Purpose Bladder-bowel questionnaires (BBQ) are an important tool in diagnosing non-neurogenic bladder-bowel dysfunction (BBD) in children. In this study, we report the validity and reliability of a BBQ, which has been in clinical use in our institution for decades. Material and methods The BBQ contains 13 questions with answers ranging from never (0) to daily3. It was answered by 139 healthy controls and 134 children aged 3-16 years diagnosed with BBD by a pediatric urologist/urotherapist. A sub-diagnosis, of overactive bladder (OAB) or dysfunctional voiding (DV), was given each patient. BBQ scales were developed and evaluated against hypotheses of validity (known-groups/convergent/discriminating) and reliability (internal consistency/retest reliability), sensitivity and specificity. Responsiveness was tested in 80 patients who answered the BBQ after treatment. Results A total BBD score scale demonstrated ability to discriminate between patients with a BBD and healthy subjects. It resulted in a ROC curve with AUC 0.96. The maximized sensitivity was 94% and specificity was 89% for a cut-off score of 7. Two subscales were identified referring to six filling-phase items and three voiding-phase items. When tested in OAB and DV patients respectively, multivariable scales performed sufficiently to discriminate between OAB vs non-OAB patients and DV vs non-DV patients. All these scales fulfilled the evaluated requirements for validity and reliability. One year after treatment, all scales scores corresponded to patients' improvement (p less then 0.0001), suggesting the BBQ can detect clinical change over time. Conclusion The BBQ is valid and reliable for diagnosing BBD in pediatric patients, and OAB and DV in those with BBD.Background Shoulder pain is a distressing but under-reported and poorly managed symptom in people with motor neurone disease. Objectives This study aimed to assess the efficacy of suprascapular nerve block for the management of shoulder pain in patients with motor neurone disease. Methods A total of 27 patients with motor neurone disease and shoulder pain were offered a suprascapular nerve block. Ten of these patients had bilateral shoulder pain and both were injected, making a total of 37 shoulders. The patients were followed up for a total of 3 months, or until death. Shoulder pain was measured using the pain scale (out of 100) of the shoulder pain and disability index and compared with baseline scores and a placebo control group from an earlier study using the same methodology (ACTRN12619000353190). Results Following the nerve block there was a significant improvement of pain scores from baseline (58.4) at week 1 (20.8, p less then 0.000), week 6 (17.6, p less then 0.000) and week 12 (30.4, p = 0.001) and a significant improvement compared with the control group across each time interval. Conclusion Suprascapular nerve block is a safe, effective therapy for patients with chronic shoulder pain.People with disabilities are an important target population for HIV prevention and treatment programs. In this study, we examined the prevalence of HIV-related risk behaviors and HIV testing among people with visual and/or hearing impairments in the United States, and compared with people without any impairments. The study was a secondary data analysis of the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We performed weighted descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses to determine the association between ever testing for HIV and sociodemographic characteristics, healthcare access, and HIV-related risk behaviors. The prevalence of HIV-related risk behaviors was 7.1% (95%CI = 5.4-8.8), 3.9% (95%CI = 3.0-4.9), 3.5% (95%CI = 1.5-5.4), and 5.9% (95%CI = 5.7-6.1) among those with visual, hearing, both visual and hearing, and no impairments, respectively. HIV testing among those with visual impairment was 39.7% (95%CI = 37.0-42.3) and 28.9% (95%CI = 27.3-30.5) among those with hearing impairment. Approximately 26.8% (95%CI = 21.4-32.2) of the respondents with both impairments and 38.0% (95%CI = 37.6-38.3) of those with no impairments had ever tested for HIV. In the adjusted models, the factors associated with HIV testing varied across the subgroups, with only age, race/ethnicity, and HIV-related risk behaviors common to all the four subgroups. Compared with those without any impairments, the odds of ever testing for HIV was significantly higher among respondents with hearing impairment (aOR = 1.3, 95%CI = 1.14-1.38), after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, healthcare access, and HIV-related risk behaviors. Liothyronine Targeted interventions that will meet the unique needs of people with visual and/or hearing impairments are required to reduce HIV-related risk behaviors and improve uptake of HIV testing.A 55-year-old man, without evident sexual risk, presented with symptoms of a urethritis and balanitis. This followed directly from exposure to organic residue from a domestic plant, the Euphorbia or Garden Spurge, found on his fingers after gardening. A review of relevant medical literature reveals little putative association between exposure to this plant and genital symptomatology. However, historical sources are presented suggesting the effect may previously have been well recognised.