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BMJ Open 2022 Jul 1;12(7):e058948. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Objectives: To update the knowledge on the occupational outcomes associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), systematically examine the extent, scope and nature of the pre-existing literature and identify research gaps in the existing literature.

Design: Scoping review.

Data Sources: A comprehensive database search of PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, SciVerse ScienceDirect and Web of Science was performed. Read More

Int J Rehabil Res 2022 Jun 30. Epub 2022 Jun 30.

Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The objective of this study was to examine life satisfaction and athletic identity among para-alpine skiers and explore their associations with sociodemographic, sports practice, and disability-related characteristics of the participants. The respondents to the on-site survey were 129 para-alpine ski racers with acquired disability from 33 countries on all five continents who competed in the Paralympic games in Sochi (aged 16-53 years, mean and median 30 years, 100 men). Two self-developed assessment instruments were used - a 7-point Likert-type life-satisfaction questionnaire probing seven domains (health, family, education, freedom, friends, travelling, and self) and the Athletic Identity Scale (AIS; possible score range 17-85). Read More

Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol 2022 Jun 28. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

Service de Chirurgie de l'Institut Bergonié, France.

Objectives: Patients with very high risk of cancer mutation may decide to undergo prophylactic surgery in order to avoid heavy clinical and radiological monitoring. This is a promising and nonetheless risky surgery because it is a complicated procedure and highly mutilating. Our goal was to improve the practice of this prophylactic surgery, to do so we assessed a postoperative satisfaction survey to cancer-free patients who have undergone this procedure. Read More

Res Dev Disabil 2022 Jun 28;128:104295. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel. Electronic address:

Background And Aims: Parents' well-being may be challenged by the neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) of their children. This study explored general self-efficacy (personal resource) and normalization (coping strategy) and their possible association with mothers' well-being (satisfaction with life/SWL, positive affect, and presence of meaning in life/P-MIL).

Method: Data were obtained from 127 Israeli mothers, ages 23-63, of children (M = 12. Read More

J Sex Res 2022 Jul 1:1-11. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Psychology Department & Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University.

Research highlights the significance of positive sexual self-perceptions for general and sexual health. Yet, most research on the sexuality of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals has been risk-oriented, leaving a critical gap in knowledge about normative and healthy sexuality among sexual minorities. In part, this gap is due to a lack of sexual health measures with established psychometric properties for LGB individuals. Read More