Understanding patient needs and preferences for joint protection in hand osteoarthritis through mixed methods patient co-design by Dimitra V. Pouliopoulou, Joy C. MacDermid, Nicole Billias, Victoria D’Alessandro, Emily Lalone, Ruby Grewal, Pavlos Bobos

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Digging and building: How transformative mixed-methods research contributes to explaining and responding to educational exclusion and school dropout by Tabata Contreras-Villalobos, Enrique Baleriola Escudero, Verónica López Leiva

“…To deepen our understanding of school dropout, this phase consisted of an integration of quantitative and qualitative data and collaborative work with students, teachers, and policymakers, creating a particular and precise response. …”
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Clinical Phenotypes of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Implications for Phenotypic-Based Therapeutics Strategies by Jie-Eun Lee, Jong Chul Won

“…Advanced diagnostic techniques, including magnetic resonance imaging-based neuroimaging and quantitative sensory testing, are emerging as tools for phenotypic characterization. …”
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Evaluation of nurses’ perspectives on the design and use of assistant nurse robots in obstetrics and neonatal care: a mixed-method study by Özen İnam, Samet Okay

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Presenting a Model for Color Effectiveness in Marketing Using Consumer Neuroscience: A Sequential Exploratory Mixed-Methods Approach by Allahyar Ghasemi, Ahmad Rahchamani, Hamidreza Saeednia

“…MethodologyThe research methodology followed a sequential exploratory mixed method approach which included three phases: the first phase consisted of a qualitative study, the second phase was a quantitative characteristics study, and the last phase was the final quantitative laboratory study. …”
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Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: a mixed-methods systematic review by Dikshyanta Rana, Sophie Westrop, Nishant Jaiswal, Evi Germeni, Arlene McGarty, Louisa Ells, Phillippa Lally, Michael McEwan, Craig Melville, Leanne Harris, Olivia Wu

“…A realist synthesis of qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods literature was conducted to complement the systematic review findings by identifying key intervention mechanisms that are likely to improve the health of adults with learning disabilities. …”
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Ultra-performance liquid chromatography method for quantitative analysis of nystatin and triamcinolone acetonide in topical creams after in vitro release using franz diffusion cell by Seelam Jayadev, Ismail Yusuff, Faiyaz Shakeel, Ubaidulla Uthumansha

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Teacher-led and technology-based handwriting evaluations: A mixed-method study among Thai students in Chinese language classes by Katematu Duangmanee, Suppat Rungraungsilp, Krittiya Duangmanee

“…Utilizing a sequential mixed-methods explanatory design, the research involved 50 Thai 12th-grade students majoring in Chinese at a public high school in Thailand, as well as three experienced Chinese language teachers. …”
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Precision computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) intervention for adolescents with depression (SPARX-UK): protocol for the process evaluation of a pilot randomised contr... by Charlotte Lucy Hall, Chris Hollis, Kareem Khan, Peter Fonagy, Kirsty Sprange, Cathy Creswell, Yi Yang, Vibhore Prasad, Kapil Sayal, Nitish Jawahar, Ellen Townsend, Dorothee Auer, Praveetha Patalay, Aja Murray, Yvonne Kelly, Boliang Guo, Christopher R Tench, Paul Stallard, Louise Arseneault, Sieun Lee, Sally Merry, Charlotte Hall, Jo Gregory, Rory O’Connor, Emma Nielsen, Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Hannah Wright, Petr Slovak, Emily Lloyd, Josimar De Alcantara Mendes, Carolyn Ten Holter, Marina Jirotka, Aaron Kandola, Sonia Livingstone, Kasia Kostryka-Allchorne, Jake Bourgaize, Mariya Stoilova, Marianne Etherson, Chris Greenhalgh, Jim Warren, Vajisha Wanniarachchi, Kevin Glover, Mathijs Lucassen, Karolina Stasiak, Camilla Babbage, Adam Parker, Joanna Lockwood, Elvira Perez Vallejos, Rebecca Woodcock, Sarah Doherty, Lucy-Paige Willingham, Camilla May Babbage, Matthew Jeffery, Peiyao Tang, Holly Griffiths, Lily Roberts, A. Jess Williams, Lucy Hitcham

“…Quantitative and qualitative data will be mixed and integrated to provide an understanding of how the intervention was implemented and how adolescents interacted with the intervention. …”
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Can generative AI craft scale items? A mixed-method study on AI's capability to adapt and create new scales with recommendations for best practices by Mohammed Salah, Fadi Abdelfattah, Hussam Al Halbusi, Suaad Jassem, Muna Mohammed, Maria Mohd Ismail, Amira Al Balghouni

“…This study employed a mixed-method approach and assessed GPT-4's ability to generate reliable and valid scales and compared them with conventional methods. …”
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Development of an interpretable machine learning model for frailty risk prediction in older adult care institutions: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study in China by Weizi Wu, Li Jing, Qing Peng, Peng Hua, Zeng Shumei, Luofang Lv, Liqing Yue, Hu Jian zhong, Huang Weihong

“…The final model was integrated into a user-facing platform and validated using cross-sectional standardised assessment data collected from 13 IMOACIs. A mixed-methods evaluation approach combined quantitative performance metrics with qualitative user experience assessments.Results The dataset (n=586) was randomly split into training (n=468) and validation (n=118) sets (4:1 ratio). …”
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Telehealth Support From Cardiologists to Primary Care Physicians in Heart Failure Treatment: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of the Brazilian Heart Insufficiency With Telemedicine... by Leonardo Graever, Priscila Cordeiro Mafra, Vinicius Klein Figueira, Vanessa Navega Miler, Júlia dos Santos Lima Sobreiro, Gabriel Pesce de Castro da Silva, Aurora Felice Castro Issa, Leonardo Cançado Monteiro Savassi, Mariana Borges Dias, Marcelo Machado Melo, Viviane Belidio Pinheiro da Fonseca, Isabel Cristina Pacheco da Nóbrega, Maria Kátia Gomes, Laís Pimenta Ribeiro dos Santos, José Roberto Lapa e Silva, Anne Froelich, Helena Dominguez

“…Missing record data precluded a more precise analysis. The feasibility assessment was positive, favoring the asynchronous modality. …”
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Preoperative Gastric Volume Assessment in Full-Term Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Females: A Prospective Observational Study by Nikila Devarayasamudram Gopal, Rajkumaran Kamaraj, Reshma Ponnusamy, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Mouriya Subramani

“…Conclusion: PoCUS was proven to be a simple, non-invasive method that can evaluate and offer a more precise bedside measurement of gastric volume, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in patients at risk for PA.…”
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Implementation of a primary-tertiary shared care model to improve the detection of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH): a mixed methods pre-post implementation study protocol by David Sullivan, Charlotte Mary Hespe, Mitchell N Sarkies, Andrew Partington, Elizabeth Robertson, Gabrielle Fleming, Stephen Li, Karen Birkenhead, Claire Trumble, Catherine Spinks, Shubha Srinivasan, Luke Elias, Madeline Calder, Ronald Trent

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A mixed-method study on awareness, haemoglobin phenotype result accuracy and sickle cell knowledge among parents of children with sickle cell disease in ibadan, Nigeria by Adeniyi Abraham Adesola, David Mobolaji Akoki, Joshua Simpa Lawal, Abigail Olawumi Oyedokun, Oluwatomisin Esther Agboola, Anuoluwapo Agnes Babawale, Biobele Jotham Brown

“…Data were collected using structured questionnaires and supplemented with six key informant interviews. Quantitative data were analysed using IBM SPSS, and qualitative data were thematically analysed to complement the quantitative findings. …”
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Developing teachers’ competency for inclusive education in Ethiopia by Aschalew T. Kebede, Tlakale N. Phasha

“…Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS, and qualitative data underwent thematic analysis. …”
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Inertial-Based Gait Metrics During Turning Improve the Detection of Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Lin Meng, Jun Pang, Yifan Yang, Lei Chen, Rui Xu, Dong Ming

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Experiences of telehealth e-mentoring within postgraduate musculoskeletal physical therapy education in the UK and Canada: a protocol for parallel mixed-methods studies and cross-c... by Alison B Rushton, Isaak Tyros, Nicola R Heneghan, Madeleine Nazareth, Wendy J Johnson, Jackie Sadi, Heather Gillis

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Impact of uniform illumination in widefield microscopy and mesoscopy by Mete Aslan, Alexander J. Gray, Logan Packard, Caeden Giorgetta, Irving J. Bigio, M. Selim Ünlü

“…For both imaging modalities, we demonstrate significantly improved precision of quantitative measurements compared to traditional Köhler illumination. …”
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Quantitative bead–based multiplex assay for simultaneous determination of IgG concentrations of pertussis toxin, filamentous hemagglutinin, pertactin, diphtheria, tetanus, Haemophi... by Vishal Rathod, Sagar Katke, Sumant Patil, Sachin Bhandare, Laxmikant Kadam, Manish Gautam, Prabhu Gumma, Krishna Manoj Kumar, Laura Hassall, Cathy Asokanathan, Alex Douglas-Bardsley, Kevin Markey, Sumit Gupta, Harish Rao, Sameer Parekh, Pramod Pujari, Hitt Sharma, Umesh Shaligram, Sunil Gairola

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