Individual-Level Determinants of Self-Care Behaviors and Adaptation to Chronic Illness in Turkish Patients With Chronic Disease: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study by Kılıç YF, Yardımcı Gürel T

“…Yasin Furkan Kılıç,1 Tuğba Yardımcı Gürel2 1Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey; 2Department of Nursing, Sinop University, Sinop, TurkeyCorrespondence: Tuğba Yardımcı Gürel, Department of Nursing, Sinop University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sinop, 57100, Turkey, Email yardimci.tugba@gmail.comPurpose: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-care management behaviors of individuals with chronic disease and their adaptation to chronic illness.Methods: This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 312 patients treated at a Training and Research Hospital in Turkey between December 2023 and March 2024. …”
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Comparative analysis of species composition and quantitative analysis of udder microflora in cows with subclinical and clinical mastitis by N. N. Avduevskaya, A. V. Kapustin, A. V. Gorbatov, E. V. Ivanov

“…Due to the great relevance of the problem of mastitis in cows, the diversity of udder microflora in the affected animals, as well as to develop therapeutic and preventive measures on farms, studies were conducted to identify similarities and differences in the species composition of microorganisms in animals with sub­clinical and clinical breast inflammation, their proportion, to establish the correlation between the secreted microflora and the type of mastitis, as well as to study and compare the enzymatic properties of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from animals with clinical and subclinical mastitis. …”
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Assessing routine childhood vaccination acceptance, hesitancy and refusal in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: a mixed-method study protocol by Charles Shey Wiysonge, Lindi Mathebula, Moleen Zunza, Sara Cooper

“…Findings of the study will be shared with various healthcare stakeholders through conferences and presentations at relevant meetings.Conclusion Evidence from several studies conducted in South Africa shows a significant increase in vaccine hesitancy within the country. …”
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Changing Attitudes Towards Research Through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience by Keith Brazendale, Michael Rovito, Jeanette Garcia

“…Wilcoxon signed rank tests for paired data were conducted and Mann-Whitney U tests assessed whether there were any differences between students who completed the course face-to-face versus online. …”
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Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among biomedical students of Rivers State University by Moore Ikechi Mike-Ogburia, Gift Mibilanyeofori Hart, Barynem Vito-Peter, Aisha Dio, Victory Chidinma Nwogu

“…Descriptive statistics and Fisher’s exact tests were conducted using GraphPad Prism 9 software, with statistical significance set at p ≤ 0.05. …”
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Dyslipidemia among Patients with End Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis by Mohammed Ghazi Abdulhadi, Mohammed Omer Mohammed, Fenk Bakir Maarouf

“…Patients and Methods: A case-control study was conducted from February 2015 until August 2015 in Ibn-Sena teaching hospital on 100 participants (52 males and 48 females), 50 were patients with end-stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis and 50 were age and gender-matched apparently healthy subjects as the control. …”
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Developing a youth-friendly internet-enabled HIV risk calculator: A collaborative approach with young key populations, living in Soweto, South Africa. by Mamakiri Mulaudzi, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Stefanie Hornschuh, Kofi Ebenezer Okyere-Dede, Minjue Wu, Oluwatobi Ifeloluwa Ariyo, Janan J Dietrich

“…Using qualitative research, we conducted an exploratory study with 40 young people including young key population (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals, men who have sex with men (MSM), and female sex workers). …”
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Does the transition from face-to-face to face-to-screen improve oral health literacy? A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial by Negar Ebrahimi, Katayoun Sargeran, Reza Yazdani, Ahmad Reza Shamshiri

“…Methods This study was conducted in adults visiting a university dental school, from February 2022 to May 2023. …”
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ALGORITHMIC THINKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: DETERMINING OBSERVABLE AND MEASURABLE CONTENT by Marian Byrka, Andrii Sushchenko, Volodymyr Luchko, Galina Perun, Victoria Luchko

“…Although attention to algorithmic thinking as scientific phenomenon is increasing, the studies aimed at determining the algorithmic thinking content in observable and measurable statements have not been conducted yet and its great potential is still undiscovered. …”
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Sistem Kontrol Perangkat Inframerah Menggunakan Speech Recognition dengan Spectrogram dan Convolutional Neural Network Berbasis Mikrokontroler by Irfan Muzakky Nurrizqy, Barlian Henryranu Prasetio, Rekyan Regasari Mardi Putri

“…The system will be developed using microcontrollers and speech recognition methods consisting of spectrogram and CNN. This research is conducted with the goal of helping people with disabilities in controlling devices around the house. …”
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Estimation of Knowledge, Attitude and Prevalence of Female Sex Dysfunction in Elderly Pakistani Women by Khola Noreen, Farah Ayyaz, Lubna Meraj, Tabinda Khalid, Javara Malik, Muhammad Akram Randhawa

“…Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 15 June 2022 to 15 June 2023, using a structured questionnaire after obtaining approval from the Ethical Review Board (ERB) of Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU), Rawalpindi. …”
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Dimensions of suffering and the need for palliative care: experiences and expectations of patients living with cancer and diabetes and their caregivers in Mexico – a qualitative st... by Svetlana V Doubova, Ingrid Patricia Martinez-Vega, Felicia Knaul, Afsan Bhadelia, Diana Pérez-Moran, Nancy García-Cervantes

“…This study examines SHS and palliative care from the point of view of patients with cancer and diabetes and their caregivers.Design A qualitative descriptive study based on in-depth telephone interviews was conducted between August 2021 and February 2022. Data were analysed through inductive thematic analysis.Participants Overall, 20 patients with end-stage cancer, 13 patients with diabetes and 35 family caregivers were interviewed individually.Setting Participants were recruited from two family medicine clinics and a pain clinic in Mexico City.Results Seven themes emerged: (1) suffering as a multifaceted phenomenon, (2) diversity in perceptions of suffering, (3) different coping strategies, (4) need and perceived importance of relief from suffering, (5) barriers to accessing services to relieve suffering, (6) demand for the health sector’s active and humane role in addressing suffering and (7) preferences and need for comprehensive care for relief from suffering. …”
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Factors that shape the integration of HIV and TB services in Zomba District, Malawi by Alex F. Maseko, Adam Silumbwe, Patricia Maritim, Margarate N. Munakampe, Griphin Baxter Chirambo, Choolwe Jacobs, Joseph M. Zulu

“…A total (n = 31) of semistructured interviews were conducted. Healthcare providers (n = 12), program coordinators (n = 4), and recipients of care (n = 15) involved in the delivery of HIV and TB services were purposefully included. …”
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von Willebrand factor polymorphism (rs1063856) as a risk factor for portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver diseases by Isis Samy Bedira, Olfat M. Hendy, Moones Abdelaal, Ashraf A. Basuni, Asma Ebrahim Gaber Koshoo, Alzhraa Alkhatib, Sally S. Mandour

“…Tests for liver and renal function, coagulation profile, complete blood count, hepatitis virus markers, and vWF:Ag level were conducted. The identification of the vWF gene polymorphism (rs1063856) was assessed using real-time PCR. …”
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A Study on Diagnostic Accuracy of Dipsi Method Over Traditional Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Among Antenatal Women by Vijayadevi Shanmugam, Dharani Sudha Gopalraj, Shruthi Nanjudappan, Rajeswari Ravindran

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 100 antenatal mothers was conducted in a tertiary care hospital. Sociodemographic data, risk assessments, gestational age, and clinical measurements (height, weight) were collected. …”
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Healthcare Costs and Resource Use Associated With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cervical Conization: A Retrospective Study of German Statutory Health Insurance Claims Data by Anna-Janina Stephan, Miriam Reuschenbach, Kunal Saxena, Vimalanand S. Prabhu, Christian Jacob, Kim M. Schneider, Wolfgang Greiner, Regine Wölle, Monika Hampl

“…**Objectives:** The aim of this study was to explore the health economic burden in women with CIN diagnoses who either underwent cervical conization or were managed conservatively. **Methods:** We conducted a retrospective claims data analysis using the InGef Research Database from 2013 to 2018. …”
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Pre-diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in NAFLD patients: a retrospective comparative analysis by Azam Teimouri, Zahra Ebrahimpour, Awat Feizi, Bijan Iraj, Elahe Saffari, Mojtaba Akbari, Mozhgan Karimifar

“…Statistical analysis was conducted to assess cardiovascular risk factors in NAFLD patients.ResultsHigher age, female gender, higher BMI, triglyceride, waist and hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were found in pre-diabetic NAFLD individuals compared with normoglycemic ones (P-value<0.05). …”
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How, why, where and when people feed birds?—Spatio‐temporal changes in bird‐feeding in Finland by Purabi Deshpande, Anna Haukka, Katja Rönkä, Tuomas Aivelo, Andrea Santangeli, Rose Thorogood, Aleksi Lehikoinen

“…We made use of two long‐term annual bird monitoring data sets (the Winter bird census and Finnish bird feeder monitoring scheme) to investigate how the number of bird‐feeding sites and the amount of food provisioned have changed since the 1980s. Additionally, we conducted an online questionnaire in 2021 (over 14,000 respondents) to examine reasons for the changes that we detected. …”
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Exploration of treatment burden through examination of workload and patient capacity during transition onto kidney replacement therapy: a systematic review of qualitative research by Catrin Jones, Ross Cairns, Heather Walker, Silje Welsh, Benjamin Edgar, Karen Stevenson, Bhautesh D. Jani, Patrick B. Mark, David Kingsmore, Katie I. Gallacher

“…Abstracts and full papers were independently screened by two reviewers and data extraction and quality appraisal were also independently conducted by two reviewers. Qualitative data were analysed using framework synthesis informed by NPT and TPC. …”
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Comparison of Healthcare Encounters and Drug Persistence in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Oral Selexipag, Inhaled Iloprost, or Parenteral Treprostinil: A... by Ci Song, Peter Kunovszki, Amélie Beaudet

“…No head-to-head clinical trials have compared outcomes between the 3 different PGI~2~-pathway drugs most commonly available in countries with advanced healthcare: oral selexipag, inhaled iloprost, and parenteral (subcutaneous or intravenous) treprostinil. **Objectives:** To conduct retrospective database analyses to describe characteristics of patients with PAH initiating therapy with these agents and compare the rate and risk of healthcare facility encounters and drug persistence. …”
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