Association of COVID-19-related perceptions and experiences with depression and anxiety in Ugandan caregivers of young children with malaria and iron deficiency: A cross-sectional... by Saeun Park, Paul Bangirana, Ezekiel Mupere, Reagan I Baluku, Erika S Helgeson, Sarah E Cusick

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study included 100 Ugandan caregivers of young children aged 6-59 months with uncomplicated malaria and iron deficiency (N = 85) and without malaria or anemia (N = 15) who were enrolled in the Optimizing Iron Status in Malaria-Endemic Areas (OptiM) study. …”
Get full text

Reasons for disengagement in first-episode psychosis – perspectives from service users and their caregivers by Yi Chian Chua, Kumarasan Roystonn, K. Pushpa, Swapna Verma, Charmaine Tang

“…Methods Participants recruited for the study were enrolled in the Early Psychosis Intervention Programme in Singapore for at least a year, aged 21 and above, able to communicate in English, and had disengaged for at least three months. …”
Get full text

Development of a deep learning method to identify acute ischaemic stroke lesions on brain CT by Emanuele Trucco, Joanna M Wardlaw, Wenwen Li, Grant Mair, Amos Storkey, Alessandro Fontanella, Antreas Antoniou, Eleanor Platt, Paul Armitage

“…We explored the impact of ischaemic lesion features, background brain appearances and timing of CT (baseline or 24–48 hour follow-up) on DL performance.Results From 5772 CT scans of 2347 patients (median age 82), 54% had visible ischaemic lesions according to experts. …”
Get full text

Improving predictability of IgE-high type 2 chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps in the biologic era by Austin Heffernan, Jobanjit Phulka, Andrew Thamboo

“…Results Sixty-five patients, average age 49.96 ± 13.59 years, were included. Sixty-one binary logistic regression models for elevated serum IgE were created. …”
Get full text

Papillary Carcinoma of Breast: Clinicopathological Characteristics, Management, and Survival by Bushra Rehman, Anam Mumtaz, Barka Sajjad, Namra Urooj, Sameen Mohtasham Khan, M. Toqeer Zahid, Huma Mannan, M. Zulqarnain Chaudhary, Amina Khan, M. Asad Parvaiz

“…Of the 58 patients, 8 were males (13.7%). The mean age at presentation was 61 years; the mean tumor size was 33 mm. …”
Get full text

Understanding Daily, Emotional, and Physical Burdens and Needs of Parents Caring for Children with Type 1 Diabetes by Heike Saßmann, Su-Jong Kim-Dorner, Verena Berndt, Torben Biester, Andrea Dehn-Hindenberg, Bettina Heidtmann, Norbert Jorch, Eggert Lilienthal, Nicole Nellen-Hellmuth, Andreas Neu, Katja Schaaf, Ralph Ziegler, Karin Lange

“…Other demographic factors (i.e., parent’s age, migration status, and single-parent family status) predicted high levels of daily or physical burdens, but only HbA1c level and the parent’s gender (mother) predicted a high emotional burden. …”
Get full text

The role of isoniazid dosage and NAT2 gene polymorphism in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis by Yi Jian, Yuhang Bao, Fashuang Yang, Mei Zhu

“…Multivariate logistic regression identified INH dosage, cranial nerve palsy, age, and headache as key prognostic factors for TBM.ConclusionHigh-dose INH treatment was associated with a reduced incidence of disability or death compared to the standard-dose regimen, indicating better efficacy and prognosis. …”
Get full text

Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Proteins Polymorphisms and Treatment Outcomes among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Mwanza, Tanzania by Karol J. Marwa, Eric Lyimo, Eveline T. Konje, Anthony Kapesa, Erasmus Kamugisha, Göte Swedberg

“…A significant correlation between age and multiplicity of infection (MOI) for msp1 or MOI for msp2 was not established in this study (rho = 0.074, p=0.521 and rho = −0.129, p=0.261, respectively). …”
Get full text

Correlation of Platelet Indices with Severity of Gastroesophageal Varices in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis: A Research Protocol by Parav Tantia, Sourya Acharya

“…Initial parameters will include age, gender, weight, co-morbidities (such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Hypertension (HTN), Heart Failure (HF), Cardiovascular Disease (CVS), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), kidney failure, liver failure, and malignant conditions), and the aetiology of cirrhosis. …”
Get full text

Barnehagens digitale praksis og bruk av digital teknologi i arbeid med de yngste (1–3 år): en sosiologisk orientert diskursanalyse by Trude Kyrkjebø

“…ENGLISH ABSTRACT Pedagogical Use of Digital Technology with Children (age 1-3) in Norwegian ECEC: A Sociologically-Oriented Discourse Analysis Kindergarten is an important arena for children’s growth and everyday life. …”
Get full text

Minimally Invasive Atrial Septal Defect Closure: A Single Center Experience by Mehmet Özülkü, Asım Çağrı Günaydın, Mehmet Çelik

“…Results: Thirty-six patients (male:11(31%), female:25(69%)) were included in the study. The median age of the patients was 57 months (IQR: 43-83 months) and the median body weight was 16 kg (IQR: 12.7-21.7 kg). …”
Get full text

COMPARISON OF ABBREVIATED BURN SEVERITY INDEX (ABSI) SCORE WITH R-BAUX SCORE AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN BURN PATIENTS by Melissa Anita Ayu Iustitiati, Beta Subakti Nata’atmadja

“…It was found that 263 patients met the inclusion criteria; with 73 patients died, 60.27% of whom were male, 50% with inhalation trauma, 19.18% were in the age range of 56-65 years old, 24.66% had a burn area of 61-70%, and 35.62% with a full-thickness burn. …”
Get full text

Lighting quality evaluation on growth performance and feather pecking behavior of broilers by Chenghao Pan, Rong Xiang, Jinming Pan

“…The daily walking steps of birds in cold white group were greater than birds in warm white and red group at 8 (P < 0.05) rather than 9 to 11 (P > 0.05) weeks of age. Compared with birds in red group, the birds in cold white group had lower plumage scores (P < 0.05) and the birds in warm white group had similar plumage scores (P > 0.05). …”
Get full text

Public responses to the Salisbury Novichok incident: a cross-sectional survey of anxiety, anger, uncertainty, perceived risk and avoidance behaviour in the local community by Richard Amlot, Dale Weston, Simon Wessely, G James Rubin, Rebecca Webster, Holly Carter

“…We aimed to (1) identify levels of emotion, perceived risk and behaviour change with regard to visiting Salisbury, 1 month after three people were poisoned with a nerve agent; and (2) test whether factors including receipt of information, beliefs about personal exposure and trust in government were associated with these outcomes.Design A cross-sectional telephone survey of a random sample of Salisbury residents.Setting Conducted between 5 and 13 April 2018.Participants 500 residents aged 18 or over.Outcome measures Self-reported anxiety, anger, uncertainty, perceived risk to self and avoidance of Salisbury.Results Any degree of anxiety, anger and uncertainty was reported by 40.6%, 29.8% and 30.6% of participants, respectively. …”
Get full text

Effects of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature on risk of cardiovascular disease: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Zhihang Zhang, Ran An, Haoyan Guo, Xuanru Yang

“…This study aimed to examine the long-term effects of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature on CVD based on a cohort study of middle-aged and older populations in China.MethodsA total of 9,316 non-CVD adults (≥40 years old) who joined the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study between 2011 and 2018 were included in our analysis. …”
Get full text

Psychometric evaluation of the chinese version of transgender congruence scale by Lvfen Gao, Xu Zhang, Huiyi Li, Chuying Lu, Jinhui Li, Qian Tao

“…Methods A total of 264 participants with a mean age of 24.88 (SD = 5.91) were recruited from October 2023 to January 2024. …”
Get full text

Tick-borne encephalitis: students’ attitude and knowledge analysis by R. Mineikytė, G. Navickaitė, J. Valaikienė

“…The study was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire, which was administered to 404 students studying at I–IV year medical courses (average age 20.7±1.56, range from 17 to 30 years). The questionnaire consisted of 21 semi-closed questions. …”
Get full text

Improvement of Presbyopia, Dry Eye, Intraocular Pressure, and Near Vision Through Cassiae Tea Consumption by Mei Fan, Jen-Lin Hung, Shao-Huan Hung, Li-Chai Chen, Chi-Ting Horng

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: A total of 425 eyes from 425 participants (aged 52.5 ± 9.5 years) were recruited and divided into several experimental groups over a 6-month period. …”
Get full text

“Nobody Seemed to Notice My Work”: The Lived Experiences of Home Care Workers Assisting People With Chronic Diseases: A Phenomenological Study by Valentina Cacciapuoti, Silvio Simeone, Michele Virgolesi, Medeline R. Sterling, Elisa Dallago, Ercole Vellone, Rosaria Alvaro, Gianluca Pucciarelli

“…Results: Seventeen HCWs, all women, with a mean age of 54 years were enrolled in this study. All had more than a year (from 4 to 26 years) of experience in Italy, and almost the whole sample lived with the person they were assisting. …”
Get full text

Interrater reliability and agreement of the NEUMOBACT checklist about infection-prevention performance of intensive care nurses in simulation-based scenarios. by Marta Raurell-Torredà, Ignacio Zaragoza-García, Oscar Arrogante, Anna María Aliberch-Raurell, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Chillón, Martín Torralba-Melero, Andrés Rojo-Rojo, Alfonso Muriel-García, Ana Carolina Amaya Arias, Juan Roldán-Merino, Mariona Farrés-Tarafa

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 95 pairs of valid NEUMOBACT checklists were completed by 190 raters with a median age of 29 [25-35] years, 93.7% were female. At the Central Venous Catheter insertion station, Gwet's AC1 was 0.934 (95% CI [0.919-0.949]). …”
Get full text