A Study to Assess the Attitude and Acceptance toward COVID-19 Vaccine among General Public by Bijitha Biju, M. Melvin David, J. Balalakshmi

“…The attitude was assessed using self-structured five-point Likert scale, and acceptance was assessed using self-structured dichotomous questionnaire. Results: About 64.0% of the general public had good attitude, 31.3% of the general public had moderate attitude, and 4.8% of the general public had excellent attitude, none of them had poor attitude. …”
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A Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Medical Device Recall by the Food and Drug Administration by Victor Barbosa Slivinskis, Isabela Agi Maluli, Joshua Seth Broder

“…The algorithm output a continuous value (0–1) for recall probability for each device, which were rounded for dichotomous analysis. We determined sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for each of three time periods prior to recall (T-3, 6, or 12 months), using FDA recall status as the reference standard. …”
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Students’ perspective on new teaching concepts for medical studies: case- and competency-based learning in radiology by Max Masthoff, Friedrich Pawelka, Gisela Zak, Bas de Leng, Dogus Darici, Philipp Schindler, Walter Heindel, Anne Helfen

“…Responses were recorded on a 1–10 scale (no agreement to strong agreement) or dichotomously (yes/no). The new course format was compared with a cohort of students who had previously (May 2022–June 2023) attended traditional lectures (n = 169) and/or seminars (n = 234). …”
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Medical honey for canine nasal intertrigo: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled, adaptive clinical trial to support antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary dermatology. by Gabrielle Brosseau, Nadia Pagé, Caroline de Jaham, Jérôme R E Del Castillo

“…A microbial burden score higher than 4 increased the severity of the cytological score (dichotomous score: 0.29±0.11; P = 0.01), which in turn increased the severity of the clinical score and pruritus score. …”
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Virological and Immunological Aspects of AIDS Pathogenesis by Brian Conway, Francisco J Diaz-Mitoma

“…More recent work evaluated the combined use of proviral load (expressed as a dichotomous variable based on values above or below one copy/a03 CD4 cells) and resistance in a prospective fashion. …”
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Incisor Molar Hypomineralization and Quality of Life: A Population-Based Study with Brazilian Schoolchildren by Liege Helena Freitas Fernandes, Isla Camila C. Laureano, Lunna Farias, Natália M. Andrade, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, Catarina Ribeiro Barros Alencar, Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti

“…Cluster analysis was carried out to dichotomize the negative impact into greater and lesser impact. …”
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A systematic scoping review of latent class analysis applied to accelerometry-assessed physical activity and sedentary behavior. by Michael Kebede, Annie Green Howard, Yumeng Ren, Blake Anuskiewicz, Chongzhi Di, Melissa A Troester, Kelly R Evenson

“…The accelerometer-based variables in the LCA model included measures by day of the week (38%), weekday vs. weekend (13%), weekly average (13%), dichotomized minutes/day (13%), sex specific z-scores (13%), and hour-by-hour (13%). …”
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Reliability and Measurement Error of the Qualitative Analysis of Single Leg Loading (QASLS) Tool For Unilateral Tasks by Gemma N Parry, Lee C Herrington, Allan G Munro

“…Qualitative analysis of single leg loading (QASLS) is a new clinical assessment tool for unilateral tasks that utilizes a dichotomous scoring system of ten questions relating to the segmental body regions of the trunk, lower and upper limb…”
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The Effect of Diacerein on Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials with Trial Sequential Analysis by Shizhe Guo, Xianshan Guo, Hongya Zhang, Xuan’e Zhang, Zhen Li

“…The difference in continuous data was measured by mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI), while the difference of dichotomous data was calculated by relative risk (RR) and 95% CI. …”
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Incidence and factors associated with postoperative headache among adult elective surgical patients at the university of gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, northwest Ethiop... by Sitotaw Tesfa Zegeye, Habtu Adane Aytolign, Zemenay Ayinie Mekonnen, Seid Adem Ahmed

“…Postoperative headache was assessed with patient interview and the response was dichotomized as present or absent. Data was collected through chart review and patient interviews using a questionnaire. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasitic infections in the Badi indigenous communities of Western Nepal by Jitendra Gautam, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Kishor Pandey

“…A total of 205 stool samples were obtained from individuals aged 18–70 years through purposive sampling and preserved in a 2.5% potassium dichromate solution. A structured questionnaire was administered to the selected participants. …”
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Impact of an extended light regimen imposed during nursery period on the performance and lipid metabolism of weanling pigs by Guangfan Liu, Fen Su, Xingyue Zou, Xingming Yang, Liang Tian

“…Methods Twenty-four piglets weaned at 28 days of age were randomly dichotomized into two groups that were alternatively subjected to either long photoperiod (LP) group (16 L:8 D) or short photoperiod (SP) group (10 L:14 D) for 42days. …”
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African animal trypanocide resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ewan, Thomas MacLeod, Susan, Christina Welburn

“…Data were cleaned using the SR deduplicator and covidence and analyzed using Cochrane RevMan®. Dichotomous outputs were presented using risk ratio (RR), while continuous data were presented using the standardized mean difference (SMD) at a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Association between mixed exposure of non-persistent pesticides and liver fibrosis in the general US population: NHANES 2013–2016 by Shuge Shu, Yuan Li, Xiangyu Yu, Xinting Chen, Ummara Abdullah, Yongquan Yu

“…In single exposure analysis, significant and persistent associations were identified for 3,5,6-trichloropyridinol (TCPY), para-nitrophenol (PNP), glyphosate (GLYP) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) exposure with both continuous and dichotomous liver fibrosis outcomes. Of them, TCPY and GLYP had the highest effect estimates, with the corresponding FIB-4 coefficient (β) being 0.09 (0.05–0.13, model 3) and 0.09 (0.06–0.12, model 3), respectively. …”
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Modified sutureless and glue-free method versus conventional sutures for conjunctival autograft fixation in primary pterygium surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Faisal Aljahdali, Waleed Khayyat, Abdulelah T BinYamin, Sultan A Al-Qahtani, Mohammed D Alghamdi, Ali Saleh Alsudais, Husain A Alalgum, Halah Bin Helayel, Mohammed AlMutlak

“…Standardised mean difference (SMD) and risk ratio (RR) were used for continuous and dichotomous outcomes, respectively.Results 11 RCTs involving 833 participants were included. …”
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Postural imbalance without visual input is associated with specific neuropsychological deficits in older adults – results from the LIFE-adult study by Eva Grill, Andreas Zwergal, Andreas Zwergal, Dorothee Saur, Julian Klingbeil, Christopher Fricke, Florian Schöberl, Karim Felfela, Karim Felfela, Andrea Zülke, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Joseph Classen

“…A higher Romberg’s ratio for sway area was a significant indicator for impaired visuospatial abilities as measured by the dichotomized JLO (Odds Ratio = 1.42, 95% confidence interval 1.07 to 1.88). …”
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Aluminium adjuvants versus placebo or no intervention in vaccine randomised clinical trials: a systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis by Christian Gluud, Marija Barbateskovic, Sara Russo Krauss, Janus C Jakobsen, Sesilje Bondo Petersen, Sarah Louise Klingenberg, Snezana Djurisic, Mette Kenfelt, De Zhao Kong

“…Objectives To assess the benefits and harms of aluminium adjuvants versus placebo or no intervention in randomised clinical trials in relation to human vaccine development.Design Systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis assessing the certainty of evidence with Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).Data sources We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, LILACS, BIOSIS, Science Citation Index Expanded and Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science until 29 June 2021, and Chinese databases until September 2021.Eligibility criteria Randomised clinical trials irrespective of type, status and language of publication, with trial participants of any sex, age, ethnicity, diagnosis, comorbidity and country of residence.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers extracted data and assessed risk of bias with Cochrane’s RoB tool 1. Dichotomous data were analysed as risk ratios (RRs) and continuous data as mean differences. …”
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The role of sacubitril/valsartan in abnormal renal function patients combined with heart failure: a meta-analysis and systematic analysis by Xinyue Yang, Jingjing Jin, Meijuan Cheng, Jinsheng Xu, Yaling Bai

“…Aims This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan in abnormal renal function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2) patients combined with heart failure based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies.Methods The Embase, PubMed and the Cochrane Library were searched for relevant studies from inception to December 2023. Dichotomous variables were described as event counts with the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) values. …”
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Transcanalicular laser-assisted and external dacryocystorhinostomy anatomical and functional success in primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction: systematic review and meta-a... by Khalid W. Helmi, Ahmed S. Abdulhamid, Mohammed S. Alomari, Ali S. Alsudais, Badran S. Alqurashi, Abdullah Alsharif, Abdulrahman H. Alzahrani, Abdulrahman M. Bahalaq, Mohammed F. Qutub, Hashem S. Almarzouki

“…Statistically significant results were determined as a p value of less than 0.05; thus, a confidence interval of 95% was used. Dichotomous outcomes were reported via risk ratios (RR), whereas continuous outcomes were reported using standardized mean differences (SMD). …”
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Prognostic impact of depth of response and early tumour shrinkage in patients with -mutated metastatic colorectal cancer treated with targeted therapy by Guglielmo Vetere, Marco Maria Germani, Carlotta Antoniotti, Lisa Salvatore, Filippo Pietrantonio, Sara Lonardi, Maria Bensi, Filippo Ghelardi, Maria Alessandra Calegari, Rossana Intini, Alessandro Minelli, Francesco Giulio Sullo, Chiara Boccaccio, Ada Taravella, Alberto Puccini, Daniele Lavacchi, Laura Noto, Massimiliano Salati, Mario Scartozzi, Chiara Cremolini

“…In the multivariable models, DpR significantly correlated with longer PFS as a dichotomous variable, according both to conventional (hazard ratio (HR) DpR   ⩾ 30% : 0.52, 95% CI: 0.30–0.90, p  = 0.02) and median cut-off values (HR DpR⩾15% : 0.55, 95% CI: 0.33–0.92, p  = 0.03), and as a continuous variable (HR per 10% increment: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.78–0.98, p  = 0.02), while correlations with OS were not confirmed. …”
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