Effects of delayed appointments in fixed orthodontic patients due to lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic by Vinay Kumar Chugh, Navleen Kaur Bhatia, Pravin Kumar, Ankita Chugh, Surjit Singh, Sam Prasanth Shankar, Priyawati Moungkhom, Rinkle Sardana

“…Materials and methods: Two hundred thirty-eight patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment participated in this cross-sectional study. A pre-structured questionnaire was divided into six parts (Part A-C comprised of orthodontic emergencies and Part D-F comprised of various adverse effects and impacts on treatment progress). …”
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in pregnant women from Osun State, Nigeria by Ifeoluwa O Bejide, Tolulope A Kayode, Angel E Ebagua, Oghenetega D Obayendo, Divine O Mere, Abasianam B Newman, Amarachukwu M Obi-Odunukwe, Ademola K Fadare, Muhammad I Ahmed, Temitope M Adeyemi-Kayode, Onikepe A Folarin

“…We obtained demographic and risk factor data on HBV and HIV transmission using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Factors associated with menopausal symptoms in southeast Chinese females aged 40–69 years by Fei-Xue Wang, Zhou Luo, Yi-Zhou Huang, Yue Zhang, Lin-Juan Ma, Yue-Hong Ding, Yu-Mei Ning, Jie Jiao, Qian Ying, Pei-Ge Song, Ling Xu, Jian-Hong Zhou

“…A multicenter, population-based cross-sectional study was conducted, involving 7,485 women aged 40–69 years from Zhejiang Province, China. Data on demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, and lifestyle factors were collected using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Digital Health Intervention for Patient Monitoring in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases: Cocreation and Feasibility Study of the IMIDoc Platform by Diego Benavent, Jose M Iniesta-Chamorro, Marta Novella-Navarro, Miguel Pérez-Martínez, Nuria Martínez-Sánchez, Mónica Kaffati, Manuel Juárez-García, Marina Molinari-Pérez, Andrea González-Torbay, Mariana Gutiérrez, Natalia López-Juanes, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Irene Monjo-Henry, Germán Rodríguez-Rosales, Javier Bachiller, Enrique Calvo-Aranda, Xabier Michelena, Laura Berbel-Arcobé, Alejandro Balsa, Enrique J Gómez, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to describes the structured cocreation of the IMIDoc platform, an interdisciplinary initiative aimed at improving patient monitoring, education, and health care provider decision-making. …”
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Impact of a physical activity program on the health-related quality of life in pediatric cancer patients: a study protocol by Gustavo Galárraga, Gustavo Galárraga, Rebecca Wurtz, Marcos Di Stefano, Marcos Di Stefano, Libet Bosch, Erika Villanueva, Karen Unda, Yunqi Yu, Carmen Apolo, Camila Coloma, José Francisco López-Gil, José Francisco López-Gil

“…This study will examine the impact of a structured physical activity program on the HRQoL of pediatric cancer patients in Quito, Ecuador. …”
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Key informants’ perspectives on integrating community health workers into palliative care teams by Taleaa Masroor, Shannon Fuller, Olivia Monton, Mahtab Vasigh, Alison P. Woods, Amn Siddiqi, Tracy B. Malone, Robert Joyner, Ronit Elk, Jill Owczarzak, Fabian M. Johnston

“…Materials and Methods: Twenty-five stakeholders were recruited for semi-structured interviews through purposive snowball sampling at three enrollment sites in the USA. …”
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Intention to khat chewing among youths in Raya-Azebo district, southern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia: application of the theory of planned behavior by Abadi Hailay Atsbaha, Adugnaw Berhane Mekonnen, Bezawit Ketema, Tigist Haile Gebrehiwot, Hirut Teame Gebru, Embay Amare Alemseged, Yonas Angaw, Haftay Gebremedhin, Fre Gebremeskel, Hagos Degefa Hidru, Zenawi Hagos Gufue

“…As a result, this study aimed to assess the intention to chew among youths in Raya-Azebo district, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 627 youths in northern Ethiopia’s Raya-Azebo district. Data were collected using a structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire. …”
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Stakeholder perspectives on scaling up potassium-enriched salt to reduce cardiovascular disease in Australia: a qualitative study by Juliette Crowther, Annet C. Hoek, Kathy Trieu, Inez Denham, Irene Deltetto, Alain Balaguer-Mercado, James D. Bullen, Katrina Kissock, Dori Patay, Emalie Rosewarne, Simone Pettigrew, Bruce Neal, Jacqui Webster

“…Methods A qualitative, theory-informed study design was used to conduct 24 semi-structured interviews with representatives from civil society, government, and industry. …”
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Leading the way in pediatric sexual health screenings: evaluating pediatric emergency department workflows for the integration of STI screening tools by Laura Schubel, Deanna-Nicole Busog, Azade Tabaie, Monika Lemke, Danielle Foltz, Gia Badolato, Natasha Ajay Kaushal, Monika K. Goyal, Monika K. Goyal, Monika K. Goyal, Kristen Miller, Kristen Miller

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards dengue fever prevention and treatment among health care workers in Somalia: a cross-sectional study by Fartun Abdullahi Hassan Orey, Salah Ahmed Nur, Suleiman Elmi Ahmed, Bashiru Garba, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Jaweriya Bashir Ahmed, Hamdi Mohamed Isse, Hodo Aideed Asowe, Jihaan Hassan, Najib Isse Dirie, Mohamed Hussein Adam, Jamal Hassan Mohamoud

“…The study participants were 384 healthcare workers from multiple federal states in Somalia. A structured questionnaire was disseminated online, especially via WhatsApp, Messenger, and email. …”
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How individuals with psychosis develop and maintain resilience to suicidal experiences through psychological therapy: a qualitative study by N. Berry, S. Peters, G. Haddock, A. Scott, K. Harris, L. Cook, Y. Awenat, P. A. Gooding

“…Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Deep Transfer Learning Based on Hybrid Swin Transformers With LSTM for Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Environment by Ibrahim A. Fares, Ahmed Gamal Abdellatif Ibrahim, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Mansour Shrahili, Adham Ahmed Elmahallawy, Rana Muhammad Sohaib, Mahmoud A. Shawky, Syed Tariq Shah

“…Utilizing the beneficial properties of Swin Transformers in learning hierarchically structured data combined with the proficiency of LSTM in processing sequential dependencies, the hybrid model generates pre-trained weights in the first phase. …”
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Childcare as a social determinant of access to healthcare: a scoping review by Megan McArthur, Persephone Tian, Kimberly A. Kho, Kavita P. Bhavan, Kavita P. Bhavan, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Anisha P. Ganguly

“…A gap exists in synthesizing existing evidence on the role of access to childcare as a SDOH.MethodsThis scoping review aimed to examine and analyze existing literature on the role of childcare needs as a social determinant of access to healthcare. We conducted a structured literature search across PubMed, Scopus, health policy fora, and professional healthcare societies to inclusively aggregate studies across interdisciplinary sources published between January 2000 and June 2023. …”
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Researcher and community partner perspectives on community-engaged research during the COVID-19 pandemic by Simone C. Frank, Mary E. Grewe, Milenka Jean-Baptiste, Alicia Bilheimer, Alexandra F. Lightfoot, Laura Villa-Torres

“…Methods: We conducted semi-structured, virtual interviews with ten researchers and eight partners who conducted or collaborated on CEnR during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The phenomenological examination of Turkish mothers who have hemophilic sons by Veysel Gök, Sebahat Aydos, Begüm Fatma Kıryar, Alper Özcan, Ebru Yılmaz, Musa Karakükcü, Ekrem Ünal

“…We conducted and recorded face-to-face interviews with nine mothers of patients with severe hemophilia A. Each of the semi-structured interviews, in which the interview form consisting of 23 questions was used, lasted approximately 40 minutes. …”
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The protective effects of two varicella vaccination strategies: A Bayesian modeling study in two megacities in South China by Xing Huang, Jialing Li, Yihan Li, Weilin Zeng, Qi Zhu, Jun Liu, Pei Hu, Zhihua Zhu, Zhongyi Fan, Ying Yang, Siqing Zeng, Zhihao Li, Jianpeng Xiao, Limei Sun, Jianfeng He

“…Using Bayesian Structured Time Series (BSTS) model, we estimated the effects of the two VarV strategies in Guangzhou and Shenzhen starting from 2018, by referencing Foshan.Results Post-implementation of the two-dose self-paid VarV strategy 36,749 (95% CI: 29070, 44428) and 24,179 (95% CI: 16400, 31958) varicella cases were averted in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, with a protection rate of 41.8% (95% CI: 36.3%, 46.5%) and 38.9% (95% CI: 30.2%, 45.7%), respectively. …”
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Gendered ethnobotanical practices and their influence on livelihoods: Non-Timber Forest Product collection around Ayubia National Park by Mehwish Zaman, Asma Jabeen, Muhammad Waheed, Shiekh Marifatul Haq, Abeer Hashem, Khalid F. Almutairi, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Rainer W. Bussmann

“…Field surveys were conducted through snowball method and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 108 households. …”
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Identifying Asthma-Related Symptoms From Electronic Health Records Using a Hybrid Natural Language Processing Approach Within a Large Integrated Health Care System: Retrospective S... by Fagen Xie, Robert S Zeiger, Mary Marycania Saparudin, Sahar Al-Salman, Eric Puttock, William Crawford, Michael Schatz, Stanley Xu, William M Vollmer, Wansu Chen

“…Most of these symptoms are documented in clinical notes in a free-text format, and effective methods for capturing asthma-related symptoms from unstructured data are lacking. ObjectiveThe study aims to develop a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm for identifying symptoms associated with asthma from clinical notes within a large integrated health care system. …”
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The Feasibility and User Experience of a Program of Progressive Cued Activity to Promote Functional Upper Limb Activity in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting with Follow-Up at Ho... by Kimberly Bassindale, Sarah Golus, Jake Horder, Maureen Winkoski, Meghann Sytsma, Whitney A. Morelli, Maura Casadio, John McGuire, Robert A. Scheidt

“…User experience was positive, with participants reporting high usability, satisfaction, and motivation. Follow-up data collected in unstructured home settings (<i>n</i> = 23) demonstrated continued high compliance (96%) and favorable user experience. …”
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Examining gender equality, diversity, and inclusion: a case study of the challenges and opportunities in community extension programs in a select philippine university by Rowena Raton-Hibanada, Nilo Jayoma Castulo, Nilo Jayoma Castulo, Jayson L. de Vera, Jayson L. de Vera, Jayson L. de Vera, Analyn C. Bituin, Analyn C. Bituin, Alvin B. Barcelona, Alvin B. Barcelona, Iona Ofelia B. Zanoria, Iona Ofelia B. Zanoria, Zyralie L. Bedural, Zyralie L. Bedural, James V. Bailon, Ma. Laarni D. Buenaventura, Ma. Laarni D. Buenaventura, Ma. Laarni D. Buenaventura, Carl O. Dellomos, Carl O. Dellomos

“…A qualitative case study design was employed, utilizing semi-structured interviews with eight faculty members from five campuses at Y University. …”
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