Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths infection and associated risk factors among residents of Jigjiga town, Somali region, Eastern Ethiopia. by Abdlmenur Alewi Sedo, Ahmed Zeynudin, Tariku Belay, Mekdes Mekonen Belay, Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim, Mohamed Omar Osman, Ramadan Budul Yusuf, Abdifatah Abdulahi

“…Study participants were selected through a multistage sampling method, where households were randomly chosen from the kebeles. A semi-structured questionnaire and observational checklist were used to collect some of the data. …”
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What made people (more) positive toward the COVID-19 vaccine? Exploring positive and negative deviance perspectives by Mitchell A. M. Matthijssen, Mariëlle Cloin, Florian van Leeuwen, Ien van de Goor, Peter Achterberg

“…Methods We conducted semi-structured online interviews with 21 Dutch adults aged 28–75 years (13 positive deviants and 8 negative deviants) between January and July 2022. …”
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From strategy to action: a qualitative study on salient factors influencing knowledge transfer in project-based experiential learning in healthcare organisations in Kenya by Tecla Chelagat, Joseph Onyango, Gilbert Kokwaro, Jim Rice

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons for this disparity and then recommend solutions.Design A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. A thematic framework approach was used in data analysis.Setting and participants Thirty-nine projects teams constituting; 33 successful and 6 unsuccessful project teams, were purposively selected based on their project implementation success rates at the end of the leadership training. …”
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Predictors of Major Depressive Disorder following Intensive Care of Chronically Critically Ill Patients by Gloria-Beatrice Wintermann, Jenny Rosendahl, Kerstin Weidner, Bernhard Strauß, Katja Petrowski

“…Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common condition following treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Long-term data on MDD in chronically critically ill (CCI) patients are scarce. …”
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Exploring the quality of life and its determinants among caregivers of patients with tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study by Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Rasha Ashmawy, Mahmoud A. Hassan, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy

“…From May to September 2023, data were collected through structured, face-to-face interviews using the World Health Organization Quality of Life– BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. …”
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An Automatic and End-to-End System for Rare Disease Knowledge Graph Construction Based on Ontology-Enhanced Large Language Models: Development Study by Lang Cao, Jimeng Sun, Adam Cross

“…AutoRD integrates up-to-date ontologies with other structured knowledge and demonstrates superior performance in rare disease extraction tasks. …”
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An audit on the delivery of diabetes care practices at a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka by S. Rupasinghe, I. K. Jayasinghe, W. M. C. R. Wijesingha, D. L. Rathnayaka, D. Pathirana, V. Wijekoon

“…Every third eligible patient was recruited. Data were collected using a validated, interviewer-administered questionnaire and clinic records. …”
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Economic burden of pain in back and extremities in the adult population: a community-based estimate in rural Gadchiroli, India by Anand A. Bang, Shekhar Y. Bhojraj, Mahesh Deshmukh, Sameer Kalkotwar, Vinay R. Joshi, Tushar Yarmal, Abhay T. Bang

“…All adults ≥20 years in these villages were surveyed by trained community health workers in January 2010 by making household visits. The data were collected using a structured, pre-tested questionnaire on the history of PBE and the consequent economic cost of pain during the previous 12 months…”
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Developing tourist attraction strategies in the Museum of Decorative Arts of Iran, Isfahan by Maedeh Barati, Marzieh Hekmat, Neda Torabi Farsani

“…This study employs a qualitative case-study approach, and data were collected through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires involving experts in museum studies. …”
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Achieving food security: Household perception and adoption of home gardening techniques in Ghana by Irene Serwaa Asante, Magdalene Aidoo, Stephen Prah, Margaret Aba Sam Hagan, Charles Kwame Sackey

“…A multistage sampling technique was used to select 348 households and data was collected through a structured questionnaire. …”
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Harnessing machine learning approach for hardness optimization of Al-Si alloy composites reinforced with coconut shell ash by M Poornesh, Shreeranga Bhat, Mithun Kanchan

“…The article offers a novel contribution to materials science and sustainable engineering through a novel and structured step-by-step AutoML approach.…”
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Parental Satisfaction towards Care Given at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Associated Factors in Comprehensive and Referral Hospitals of Southern Ethiopia by Eden Sileshi, Bedria Mohammed, Derese Eshetu, Aster Dure, Agegnehu Bante, Abera Mersha, Teketel Ermias Geltore

“…An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 401 parents who visited neonatal intensive care from March 28 to April 28, 2022. The data were assorted via a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire using ODK collect version and exported to SPSS window version 25 for further cleaning and analysis. …”
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Real-World Experience of Dupilumab Treatment for Patients with COPD – A Single Center Prospective Study by Freund O, Meoded O, Arnaout T, Friedman Regev I, Kupershmidt A, Enghelberg S, Cohn-Schwartz D, Levy L, Bar-Shai A

“…Ophir Freund,1 Omer Meoded,1 Tala Arnaout,1 Inbal Friedman Regev,1 Aviv Kupershmidt,1 Sharon Enghelberg,1 Doron Cohn-Schwartz,1 Liran Levy,2 Amir Bar-Shai1 1The Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2The Sheba Lung Transplant Program and Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence: Ophir Freund, Email ophir068@gmail.comPurpose: Dupilumab was recently shown to be effective in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 inflammation, while real-world data are missing. We aimed to evaluate the experience of COPD patients treated with Dupilumab.Patients and Methods: Consecutive patients with COPD treated with Dupilumab were approached and completed a structured interview. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to Tuberculosis case notification among private health facilities in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. by Veronica Kembabazi, Julius Ssentongo, Elizeus Rutebemberwa

“…For the quantitative strand of the study, we interviewed the TB focal persons at 224 PHFs using a structured questionnaire and for the qualitative, we conducted 14 key informant and in-depth interviews with Ministry of Health-Uganda staff, and TB focal persons at the Kampala Division administration level and at the PHFs. …”
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Evaluating the sustainability of wheat irrigation systems: Using life cycle assessment to monitor the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus by Fereshteh Batoukhteh, Abdullah Darzi-Naftchali, Ali Motevali, Fatemeh Karandish, Markus Berger

“…A structured questionnaire was designed to obtain information on cropping areas, input consumption, field management practices, crop yield, costs, and income. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of self-reported adverse drug events in elderly co-morbid patients in northeastern China: a cross-sectional study by Daqiu Wang, Aiping Wang, Xin Meng, Lei Liu

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional study that enrolled elderly patients with co-morbidities, and the data were collected by nurses using a structured interview method for elderly patients with multimorbidity. …”
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Shared decision-making competency and its associated factors among palliative care nurses: a cross-sectional study in China by Junchen Guo, Sishan Jiang, Yunyun Dai, Xianghua Xu, Chaoyi Liu, Yongyi Chen

“…The findings underscore the importance of incorporating structured SDM training programs in nursing education and professional development initiatives, particularly focused on building empathy skills.…”
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Combining household surveys and interviews to understand irrigation technology adoption among farmers in Maharashtra (India) by Anja Šaponjić, Soham Adla, Lisa Scholten, Erik Mostert, Saket Pande

“…In addition, 22 qualitative semi-structured interviews were held to explore contextual, social, and personal-level factors, using insights from the SSBC model. …”
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Health researchers’ voluntary science-communication with non-academics: motivations, barriers, and practices by Bente Schøning, Torkjel M. Sandanger, Sarah E. Rosenbaum, Charlotte Wien

“…Given the legal mandate for public science communication in Nordic universities, understanding these dynamics is crucial for enhancing the quality and impact of research dissemination.MethodsThe research was conducted at UiT Arctic University of Norway and involved semi-structured interviews with 14 active health researchers from various disciplines. …”
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A grounded theory study on medical students’ proxy online health information seeking behavior by Pan Minghao, He Leyun, Yang Jingying, Huang Wanyu, Wang Fan, Wang Linlin, Shen Meiyu

“…Methods Based on grounded theory, this study conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 medical students, from whom data were collected for analysis. …”
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