Citations

• Evaluation of the Quality of Educational Content of YouTube Videos on Silver Diamine Fluoride
  Prabhadevi C Maganur, Ganesh Jeevanandan, Apathsakayan Renugalakshmi, Varsha Manoharan, Satish Vishwanathaiah, Haider H Alhijji, Yazeed K Al-Shomrani, Almaha Yahya A Koriri, Jubarah Mohammed M Mergami, Fatimah Balqasim M Hakami, Ruba Mohammed A Salem, Ism
  International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry.2025; 17(12): 1399.     CrossRef
• Evaluation of the quality and reliability of YouTube videos on obstetric perineal tears
  F. Tellier, E. Vignozzi, R. Ramanah, N. Mottet, M. Lallemant
  European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.2025; 308: 228.     CrossRef
• Spanish language version of the “Medical Quality Video Evaluation Tool” (MQ-VET): Cross-cultural AI-supported adaptation and validation study
  Alvaro Manuel Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Marta De la Fuente-Costa, Mario Escalera de la Riva, Borja Perez-Dominguez, Sergio Hernandez-Sanchez, Gustavo Paseiro-Ares, Fernando Ramos-Gomez, Jose Casaña-Granell, María Blanco-Diaz
  Science Progress.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Regulatory systems and scientific evidence for health functional foods in Korea
  Seung-Won Oh
  Journal of the Korean Medical Association.2025; 68(5): 311.     CrossRef
• Guidelines for nutrition counseling in primary healthcare clinics
  Gyeongsil Lee, Seung-Won Oh
  Journal of the Korean Medical Association.2024; 67(4): 278.     CrossRef
• Evaluation of YouTube videos as a source of information on facial paralysis exercises
  Onur Engin, Ayşe Sezgi Kızılırmak Karataş, Betül Taşpınar, Ferruh Taşpınar
  NeuroRehabilitation: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal.2024; 55(4): 531.     CrossRef
• Analysis of the quality and credibility of health-related content on YouTube: cross-sectional study
  M. Mukhamediyarov, B. Nurmashev, D. Bekaryssova
  Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics.2024; 5(4): 269.     CrossRef

Prediabetes is a condition associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes, in which blood glucose levels are high but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. The rapid increase in the prevalence of prediabetes is a major global health challenge. The incidence of prediabetes has increased to pandemic levels and can lead to serious consequences. Unfortunately, nearly 90% of prediabetic individuals are unaware of their ailment. A quarter of prediabetic individuals develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) within 3–5 years. Although prediabetes is a reversible condition, the prevention of diabetes has received little attention. It is essential for prediabetic individuals to implement new health-improvement techniques. Focusing on family systems is one strategy to promote health, which is determined by health patterns that are often taught, established, and adjusted within family contexts. For disease prevention, a family-based approach may be beneficial. Family support is essential for the metabolic control of the disease. This study aimed to show several strategies for involving the patient’s family members in preventing the conversion of prediabetes to T2DM and to emphasize that the patient’s family members are a valuable resource to reduce the incidence of diabetes.

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• Plan, Track, and Live Mindfully: Insights from the Eat Smart, Move More, Prevent Diabetes Program
  Erin McCallum, Kelly Nordby, Surabhi Aggarwal, Christine Lavelle, Cathy Thomas, Carolyn Dunn
  Diabetology.2025; 6(5): 42.     CrossRef
• Assessment of burden of prediabetes and diabetes with oral glucose tolerance test in community-based settings of Bengaluru rural district
  Gokul Sarveswaran, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, Sukanya Rangamani, Deepadarshan Huliyappa, Pruthvish Sreekantaiah
  Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.2024; 13(9): 3806.     CrossRef

Elderly abuse and neglect are among the primary public health problems linked to global demographic changes in the population, impacting not only the well-being of the elderly but also the growth of the nation or economy. This article discusses the effects of elder abuse and neglect on population health from the national and international perspectives through a narrative review of previously published articles on the concept of aging, the prevalence of elderly abuse and neglect, its risk factors and effects, and finally measures, legal perspectives, and recommendations to curb it. Interventions in Malaysia and selected nations, including Indonesia, South Korea, the United States, Australia, and Hong Kong, are examined. This issue is important as the majority of countries are moving toward being elderly populations. Improving global surveillance and the monitoring of instances is essential to inform policy actions to prevent elder abuse. In addition, a thorough assessment of the identified risk factors for violence and steps to prevent violence is required.

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• Prevalence of elder abuse and its correlated factors in Iranian community-dowelling older adults: a cross-sectional study
  Mohadese Maleki, Seyedeh Ameneh Motalebi, Mehdi Ranjbaran, Seyedehzahra Hosseinigolafshani
  BMC Geriatrics.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• PTSD in Elder Abuse Survivors: Trauma Symptom Presentation and Treatment Outcomes With the PROTECT Intervention
  Clare Culver, Emily Carter, Olivia Fiallo, Nancy Wang, Talya Waxenberg, Samprit Banerjee, Isabel Rollandi, Jo Anne Sirey
  The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef

Background
Diet and physical activity are key factors related to depressive mood. Previous studies have demonstrated the effects of diet and physical activity on depression. However, the effect of energy intake-expenditure balance (EIEB) on mental health has not been fully evaluated. This study aimed to analyze the association between EIEB and depression.
Methods
A total of 13,460 participants (5,660 men and 7,800 women) aged ≥19 years were obtained from the 2014, 2016, and 2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). EIEB was defined as the difference between the daily energy intake and energy expenditure. Energy intake was calculated and provided by the KNHANES using a 24-hour recall survey. Energy expenditure was estimated as the sum of basal metabolic rate and physical activity. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the association between sex-specific quartile groups (Q1–Q4) of EIEB and depression after adjusting for socioeconomic status, body mass index, lifestyle factors, and underlying diseases.
Results
Women in Q3 of EIEB (211–669 kcal) had a significantly lower risk of depression (odd ratio [OR], 0.78; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.67–0.92) than those in Q1 of EIEB (<-167 kcal). The adjusted ORs of depression were 0.87 (95% CI, 0.75–1.02) in Q2 and 0.86 (95% CI, 0.74–1.01) in Q4, with P for trend=0.030. There were no significant associations between the EIEB quartile groups and depression in men after adjusting for potential confounders (P for trend=0.564).
Conclusion
Our results suggested that the EIEB is negatively associated with depression in Korean women.

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• A Lower Energy Balance is Associated With Higher Severity and Odd of Depression Based on the Beck Depression Inventory‐13 (BDI‐13) in a Retiring Age Population: A Population‐Based Cross‐Sectional Study
  Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Mostafa Shahraki Jazinaki, Zohre Hosseini, Fatemeh Rajabi, Sharif Etemdi, Melika Hadizadeh, Parnian Pezeshki, Mohammad Amushahi, Reza Rezvani
  Health Science Reports.2025;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Women’s Health and Primary Care
  Seung-Won Oh
  Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2024; 45(1): 1.     CrossRef
• Gender Difference in the Impact of Total Energy Intake on the Association between Low Fiber Intake and Mental Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
  Sinyoung Cho, Minseon Park
  Nutrients.2024; 16(16): 2583.     CrossRef

Background
Although Indonesia has a considerable proportion of adolescent smokers, nationally representative studies of its determinants remain limited. The 2015 Indonesian Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) was conducted with school-age adolescents and provided information about smoking behavior. This study aimed to examine the prevalence, determinants, and correlates of tobacco use among adolescents in Indonesia using the GSHS survey.
Methods
A secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2015 Indonesian GSHS. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the determinants and correlates of tobacco use.
Results
Our analysis showed that 9.1% of school-age adolescents had used tobacco products in the past 30 days. Most were 13–15 years (61.7%) and had attempted to stop smoking (92.4%). After adjusting for covariates, significant risk factors associated with tobacco smoking were older age groups (prevalence odds ratio [POR], 3.01–9.40; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.71–23.1), male (POR, 13.7; 95% CI, 8.71–21.5), psychological distress (POR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.05–1.90), smoking exposure (POR, 1.98–2.15; 95% CI, 1.35–3.42), and when both parents smoked (POR, 2.96; 95% CI, 1.78–4.94). In addition, tobacco use was associated with other risky behaviors, including sex with multiple partners, using drugs, drinking alcohol, and being involved in physical fights.
Conclusion
Tobacco use is high among Indonesian adolescents. This prevalence highlights the need for a more stringent tobacco control policy and tailored cessation programs for adolescents by considering important modifiable determinants of tobacco use among adolescents, including risky smoking-related behaviors.

Citations

• Associação entre consumo de álcool, tabagismo e atividade física em adolescentes escolares sul-americanos
  José Ywgne, André Oliveira Werneck, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Diego Giulliano Destro Christófaro, Fernanda Castro Monteiro, Ingrid Kelly Alves dos Santos Pinheiro, Kabir Prem Sadarangani, Rafael Miranda Tassitano, Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva
  Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde.2025; 29: 1.     CrossRef
• Predictor of smoking cessation among school-going adolescents in Indonesia: a secondary analysis based on the transtheoretical model of behavioral change
  Omid Dadras
  Frontiers in Psychiatry.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Pharmacotherapy guidelines for smoking cessation in primary healthcare clinics
  Cheol Min Lee, Yu Jin Paek, Yoo Bin Seo, Eon Sook Lee
  Journal of the Korean Medical Association.2024; 67(4): 230.     CrossRef
• Exploring Behavioral and Pharmacological Interventions against Excessive Tobacco Use
  Dalmacito A. Cordero
  Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2024; 45(4): 231.     CrossRef

Background
Smoking can reduce taste sensitivity, the ability to sense various tastes, and diet quality and can increase the incidence of diseases such as hypertension. This study aimed to analyze the association between the smoking amount, subjective salt preference, and salt-related eating behaviors.
Methods
Data of more than 16 million individuals from the Korean Community Health Survey were used. Forest plots were drawn to compare the cumulative odds ratios of salt taste preference and salt-related eating behaviors, adjusted for sex, age, body mass index, education level, household income, marital status, and drinking status at various smoking levels.
Results
Subjective salt preference and salt-related eating behaviors increased with smoking amount; the adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for smoking >20 cigarettes were higher than those for smoking <20 cigarettes. For daily smokers, the AOR was 1.27 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.22–1.31) for 1–5 cigarettes per day and 1.68 (95% CI, 1.65–1.71) for 16–20 cigarettes per day (P<0.001). Smokers were more likely to have more frequent salt-related eating behaviors than nonsmokers.
Conclusion
The subjective salt preference of smokers was higher than that of nonsmokers. Additionally, smokers used salt or soy sauce and dipped fried food in soy sauce more frequently than nonsmokers, which was also related to smoking amount.

Background
With the growth of the Internet, social media platforms have emerged as major sources of medical information. We assessed the reliability, quality, and accuracy of the most-viewed YouTube videos containing information on the effect of vitamin C on the common cold.
Methods
The YouTube videos were searched on August 1, 2022, using the keywords: (“ascorbic acid” OR “vitamin C” OR “Sodium Ascorbate” OR “L-ascorbic”) AND “common cold”. The 30 most-viewed videos were included in our study. The reliability and quality of the videos were analyzed using modified DISCERN and Global Quality Scales, respectively. When the videos included at least one correct or inaccurate scientific statement about the effect of vitamin C on the common cold, they were classified as accurate or misleading videos, respectively; those without any pertinent information were considered neither accurate nor misleading. If a video contained both accurate and inaccurate statements, it was classified as misleading.
Results
Of the 30 most-viewed videos, 73% were unreliable, and 67% contained misleading information and were of a poor quality. Of these 30 videos, 14 videos were produced and posted by customers who were not specialized in medicine or nutrition. Moreover, these videos were of significantly lower reliability, quality, and accuracy than those produced by nutrition or fitness channels or by medical or nutrition professionals.
Conclusion
The reliability, quality, and accuracy of videos uploaded by non-professionals were low. Therefore, video creators should upload reliable, high-quality videos to ensure the dissemination of accurate medical information.

Citations

• Regulatory systems and scientific evidence for health functional foods in Korea
  Seung-Won Oh
  Journal of the Korean Medical Association.2025; 68(5): 311.     CrossRef
• Characteristics of the most viewed Hybrid Assistive Limb-related videos on YouTube
  Makoto Nagasawa, Sho Nakamura, Hiroto Narimatsu
  Health Informatics Journal.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Guidelines for nutrition counseling in primary healthcare clinics
  Gyeongsil Lee, Seung-Won Oh
  Journal of the Korean Medical Association.2024; 67(4): 278.     CrossRef
• YouTube, Health Information, and Health Literacy
  Seung-Won Oh
  Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2023; 44(6): 301.     CrossRef

Macroamylasemia is a rare condition characterized by the formation of an amylase–globulin complex that is too large to be readily excreted by the kidneys and leads to elevated serum amylase levels. It is a benign condition lacking severe signs and symptoms that does not require treatment. This paper presents a case of a middle-aged man with unexplained elevated serum amylase levels. Despite an initially elevated triglyceride level, clinical findings, laboratory test results, and radiological findings were not suggestive of pancreatitis. The ratio of renal amylase clearance to creatinine clearance was calculated at <1%, consistent with macroamylasemia. No specific treatment was given, and he was monitored periodically. Nevertheless, macroamylasemia is a diagnostic challenge because of the need to differentiate it from other causes of hyperamylasemia to avoid unnecessary tests and treatments.

Citations

• Macroamylasemia versus Hyperamylasemia
  Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Lister Arruda Modesto dos Santos, Taciana Arruda Modesto Sugai
  Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2024; 45(4): 233.     CrossRef

Background
Intravenous (IV) iron therapy is performed in community practices and hospitals with modern formulations when oral administration becomes impractical. Effective replacement of iron is important for the treatment of iron deficiency and anemia. Can IV iron be rechallenged in individuals with a history of adverse reactions? This review is to explore the challenge of this, when clinically indicated.
Methods
After performing a literature search, five studies (combined total sample number=1,006) for re-exposure of IV iron to individuals with a history of past reactions were identified, observed, and analyzed. Re-exposure included reactions ranging from mild to moderate and few cases of severe type.
Results
The majority (>80%) of IV iron rechallenges were tolerable, safe, and successful without major serious incidents. There were no reports of major reactions (severe hypersensitivity reactions or anaphylaxis) in these re-exposures.
Conclusion
Re-administration of IV iron therapy in patients with a previous adverse reaction is plausible, with benefit and risk stratification. A rechallenge would depend on the nature and degree of the adverse reaction and use of alternative formulations. Rechallenge to a previous severe hypersensitivity reaction or anaphylaxis with the same product has not been reported in these studies. Evidence on the benefit of premedication use is conflicting and requires further studies.

Citations

• The experiences of ferric carboxymaltose desensitization and provocation
  Fatma Dindar Çelik, Kurtuluş Aksu, Özgür Akkale, Hatice Çelik Tuğlu, Melis Yağdıran, Onur Telli, Gürgün Tuğçe Vural Solak, Enes Çelik
  World Allergy Organization Journal.2025; 18(2): 101025.     CrossRef
• Intravenous Iron Versus Oral Iron Administration for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Patient-Preference Study
  Ranya Ghamri, Hadeel Alsulami
  Cureus.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef