Availability of caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs): an updated international scoping review protocol by Allison Williams, Reed Ciarloni

“…Results will be communicated via tables, diagrams and content analysis.Ethics approval and dissemination Ethics approval for this study is not applicable. …”
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A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol by Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Babatope O Adebiyi, Kufre J Okop, Anna-Marie Beytell

“…The data will be analysed using thematic analysis and narrative synthesis.Ethics and dissemination Ethical clearance has been obtained from the ethics committee of the university and governmental departments. …”
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Exploring the role of Microbiome in Susceptibility, Treatment Response and Outcome among Tuberculosis Patients from Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective cohort study (Micro-S... by Zia Ul-Haq, Muhammad Shahzad, Simon C Andrews

“…Within this prospective cohort study, a nested case–control study design will be conducted to assess perturbations in oral and gut microbiome diversity (microbial dysbiosis) and immune response and compare between the patients groups (treatment success vs failure).Ethics and dissemination The study has received ethics approval from the Ethic Board of Khyber Medical University Peshawar, and administrative approval from Provincial TB Control Programme of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. …”
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Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-Pall): a qualitative interview study protocol by Sarah Mitchell, Isabel Leach, Nicola Turner, C R Mayland

“…A descriptive, thematic analysis will be carried out using the data analysis software NVivo.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been granted by the North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee. …”
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Application of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol for randomised controlled trials by Wenjie Liu, Wenyao Cui, Xinrong Chen, Dan Duan, Maojun Chen

“…The quality of the evidence for each outcome will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation tool.Ethics and dissemination The data for systematic reviews are derived from published original studies and do not require review and approval by the ethics committee. …”
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Rationale and design of a prospective study evaluating population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of rivaroxaban in Chinese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation by Ming-Ming Yan, Xiao-Qin Liu, Yu-Fei Zhang, Hong-Yan Ding, Ming-Kang Zhong, Chun-Lai Ma

“…A nonlinear mixed-effects modelling strategy will be used to develop a population PK-PD model of rivaroxaban.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University (KY2020-016). …”
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Fluoxetine for reducing postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients after total knee replacement: study protocol for a single-centre, double-blind, randomised, parallel... by Yusheng Yao, Hong Ye, Yushan Wu, Daoyi Lin, Lulu Yu, Jiaxin Chen

“…Data on all the results, risk factors and adverse events will also be collected and analysed.Ethics and dissemination The Fujian Provincial Hospital Ethics Board has approved the protocol for this trial (identifier number: K2021-01-009). …”
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Women’s understanding and experiences of menopause in low-income and middle-income countries in the Asia Pacific region: a scoping review protocol by Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Karen Cheer, Relmah Baritama Harrington, Dorothy Esau, Emmy Foroasi

“…Ethical approval has been granted from relevant ethics committees for community consultation. …”
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Examining endothelial function and carotid artery disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review protocol by Hao Wu, Zhenguo Liu, Tingzi Hu, Meihua Xu, Hong Hao, Michael A Hill, Canxia Xu

“…Subgroup analyses, conditional number of studies retrieved and their sample size, will be stratified according to participant disease category or gender or disease activity.Ethics and dissemination Formal ethics approval is not required as individual data will not be collected. …”
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The Role of Governance Integrity in Islamic Banking; (with Emphasis on the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Malaysia) by Ali Allahyarifard, Mahmood Ganjbakhsh

“…Realizing the basic principles of Islamic banking and implementing the basic rules and regulations of conventional banking make an absolute generality and peculiarity relationship, because Islamic banking is rooted in human nature and ethics, and its principles are not separated from those of reason and moral rules accepted by all the involved thinkers. …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study to explore acceptability, barriers and facilitators of the implementation of new teleophthalmology technologies between community optometry practic... by Ann Blandford, Konstantinos Balaskas, Rima Hussain, Sarah Abdi, Angela Aristidou, Josie Carmichael, Giulia Cappellaro

“…Data from interviews, observations and self-audiorecordings will be analysed thematically and will be informed by normalisation process theory and an inductive approach.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been received from London-Bromley research ethics committee. …”
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Concepts and metrics of clinician attention: a scoping review protocol by Mark J Kissler, Katherine Kissler, Samuel C Porter, Angela Keniston, Katherine Jankousky, Marisha Burden

“…Our multidisciplinary team will extract data into a matrix, including a small random sample of the same studies (to ensure concordance), and present the results in a descriptive narrative format.Ethics and dissemination As a secondary analysis, our study does not require ethics approval, and we will ensure that included studies have appropriate approval. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to using smart TV among older adults in care settings: a scoping review protocol by Lillian Hung, Mario Gregorio, Karen Lok Yi Wong

“…We will present the data in a table with narratives that answer the questions of the scoping review.Ethics and dissemination The scoping review does not require ethics approval because it collects data from the publicly available literature. …”
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Reducing the urge to be physically active in patients with anorexia nervosa through virtual reality: protocol for a randomised-controlled feasibility trial by Nina Timmesfeld, Georgios Paslakis, Georg Halbeisen

“…We define a set of three-tiered, formal progression criteria and employ a ‘traffic light system’ demarcating go (green), amend (amber) and stop (red) signals for advancing to the full-scale RCT.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Ruhr University Bochum’s Medical Faculty at Campus East-Westphalia (AZ 2024-1296, 9 December 2024). …”
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Epidemiology and risk factors of self-reported systemic allergic reactions to a Hymenoptera venom in beekeepers worldwide: a protocol for a systematic review of observational studi... by Igor Locatelli, Tanja Carli, Mitja Košnik, Andreja Kukec

“…The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols 2015 statement will guide the reporting of this systematic literature review.Ethics and dissemination No ethics approval is needed to conduct the systematic literature review since it will be solely based on the published literature. …”
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On Improving Administrative and Legal Provision of HR Management in State Forensic Institutions and Professional Training of Forensic Experts of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine by O. V. Kurdes

“…The guarantee of executing the requirements of the specified Code by the experts should be the normative consolidation of the expert’s responsibility for violation of professional ethics.…”
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Preovulatory uterine flushing with saline as a treatment for unexplained infertility: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Lynne Moore, Jessica Lefebvre, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix, Marie-Ève Bergeron, Emmanuel Bujold, Sylvie Dodin

“…We will report the side effects, complications and acceptability of the intervention.Ethics and dissemination This project was approved by the Ethics committee of the Centre Hospitatlier Universitaire de Quebec (no 2015–1146). …”
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Complementary feeding and the early origins of obesity risk: a study protocol by Daniel D Reidpath, Ireneous N Soyiri, Naleena Devi Muniandy, Pascale A Allotey

“…For the qualitative strand, selected mothers will be interviewed to explore their infant feeding practices and factors that influence their practices and food choices in detail.Ethics and dissemination Ethical clearance for this study was sought through the Monash University Human Research and Ethics Committee (application number CF14/3850-2014002010). …”
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Cardiac cycle: an observational/interventional study protocol to characterise cardiopulmonary function and evaluate a home-based cycling program in children and adolescents born ex... by Jeanie L Y Cheong, Michael M H Cheung, Melanie M Clarke, Jonathan P Mynard, Claire E Willis

“…The intervention will consist of a 10-week stationary cycling programme, utilising Zwift technology.Ethics and dissemination The study is approved by the Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne under HREC2019.053. …”
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Sexual violence victimisation and response among university students in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol by Sylvia Kaaya, Rehema Chande Mallya, Marie Lindkvist, Ester Steven Mzilangwe, Faustine Kyungu Nkulu Kalengayi

“…Standard information for each study will be collected and a common analytical framework for all the primary documents will be conducted.Ethics and dissemination This review will involve analysis of published data only and therefore does not require ethics approval. …”
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