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Background: Type 2 diabetes requires sustained self-care, yet the relationship between specific self-care behaviors and quality of life may vary across populations and care contexts. Evidence focused on Filipino men remains limited. Objective: To describe dietary, exercise, medication, and glucose-monitoring adherence and examine their relationships with quality of life among Filipino men with type 2 diabetes in Manila, Philippines. Methods: This quantitative cross-sectional study analyzed questionnaire data from 31 adult Filipino men with type 2 diabetes. Seven adapted diabetes self-care items assessed diet, exercise, medication use, and home glucose monitoring. Quality of life was assessed with the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF. Descriptive statistics and two-tailed Pearson correlations were used. Results: Overall self-care adherence was moderate (M = 3.00). Dietary adherence (M = 3.11) and exercise adherence (M = 3.02) were moderate, whereas the combined medication and glucose-monitoring domain was low (M = 2.57). Mean quality of life was moderate (M = 3.11). Diet (r = -.002, p = .99), exercise (r = .31, p = .09), and medication/glucose-monitoring adherence (r = -.006, p = .97) were not significantly correlated with quality of life. Conclusion: The findings identify actionable gaps in structured exercise, medication-taking, and glucose monitoring but do not support a statistically significant relationship between measured self-care adherence and quality of life. Larger, analytically robust studies should examine clinical, psychological, social, and economic determinants alongside self-care.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in women. Several studies have shown the benefits of physical activity (PA) before and after treatment on the physical and psychological components of patients. Almost all of the studies mentioned are carried out on non-African patients over the age of 40. And no experimental studies have been carried out in young patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer. This is how we asked ourselves the question of whether a physical exercise program carried out on young Beninese women under the age of 30 undergoing treatment for breast cancer at the Saint Nicolas clinic in Porto-Novo could it have the same effects on their physical and psychological components? Our objective through this research is to study the potential effect of a physical activity program on the physical and psychological state in women under 30 years old (27±5.8 years) undergoing treatment for a breast cancer at the Saint Nicolas clinic in Porto-Novo. An experimental study was then carried out with 13 patients (very low rate of women in this section suffering from breast cancer) undergoing treatment throughout 2022 at the Saint Nicolas clinic in Porto-Novo. The experimental group followed a physical activity program consisting of aerobic and muscular exercises; over a period of 8 weeks. According to the data collected and the feedback from the patients, the physical activity program seems to have been beneficial for most of them. There is an improvement in the quality of life and the physical condition of the patients. In addition, the management of physical fatigue and psychological fatigue also seem to improve. There was also a marked improvement in the ability to concentrate and self-esteem. The physical activity program has improved the physical and psychological state of Beninese women with breast cancer

Objective: The study investigated the impacts of third molar (M3) extraction on periodontal status of adjacent second molar (M2) and oral health-related Quality of life (QoL). Methods: 272 cases with M3 were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, each of 136 cases. Questionnaire survey evaluated demographic features of the subjects. Gingival index (GI), plaque index (PLI) and conscious symptoms of adjacent teeth of the M3 were detected in both groups at baseline (T0), 1 week (T1), 1 month (T2) and 6 months (T3) after treatment. The impacts of QoL were evaluated using OHIP-14 to measure total scores and various items of OHIP-14 at different observation point. Results: The percentage of swelling and toothache in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group at T1, T2 and T3. Significant differences could be seen in GI and PLI between the treatment and control groups at T2 and T3. The total score of OHIP-14 in T2 and T3 was significantly lower than that in T0 and T1 in the treatment group. The 14 items scores and the percentage of positive reaction in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group at T2 and T3. Conclusion: M3 extraction had significant impacts on the periodontal status of the second molar and quality of life. This study would provide an important basis for the prophylactic removal of M3 in clinical work.