Temporal and geographical dynamics of early-onset Parkinson’s disease burden: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Yong Li, Dianhui Tan, Cheng Luo, Junchen Chen

“…The decomposition study indicated that the rise in global incidence and DALYs from 1990 to 2021 was mainly driven by epidemiological changes and population growth, with regional variations in impact.ConclusionThis global analysis highlights the need for targeted interventions and research to address gender-specific risk factors, regional disparities, and the effects of epidemiological changes on the growing EOPD burden.…”
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Identifying factors that underpin student decisions to pursue the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Atlantic Canadian Universities: Protocol for a mixed methods study. by Tiffany A Lee, Amit Sundly, Stephen D Coombs, Gerald J Galway

“…Descriptive statistics and frequency counts will be used to describe the data; differences across decision-making domains, by gender and other demographic groupings, will be analyzed using inferential statistics. …”
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Patient engagement in radiation oncology: a large retrospective study of survey response dynamics by Bailey A. Loving, Hong Ye, Elizabeth Rutka, John M. Robertson

“…Factors included age, gender, race, socioeconomic status (SES) via Area Deprivation Index (ADI), language, marital status, smoking, employment, insurance type, mental health disorders (MHD), comorbidity index (CCI), and cancer type.ResultsIn a comprehensive analysis of 11,859 patients, most were female (57.2%), over 65 years old (60.7%), and primarily insured by Medicare (45.9%). …”
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Towards consensus: defining and supporting a professional role for pharmacists associated with traditional and complementary medicines – a protocol of implementing an international... by Joanna E Harnett, Carolina Oi Lam Ung, Shane Desselle

“…Bivariate statistical analysis will be conducted to examine the associations between agreement to statements within each section with key demographic variables, country of practice, pharmacy type, age, gender, qualification and years in practice. Cronbach’s alpha will be used to test the internal consistency of items from certain sections of the survey and evince their clarity to respondents of the questionnaire.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been obtained from the University of Macau (approval number SSHRE21-APP068-ICMS-01). …”
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SOCIOECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS OF PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA by Immaculata NWOKORO, Taibat LAWANSON, Olufunke EBUEHI, Samson FADARE, John AGWU, Oluwole SOYINKA

“…Issues examined include housing and environmental conditions like sources of water, sanitation methods, drainage conditions and quality of toilet and kitchen facilities as well as socio-economic characteristics such as age, gender, income and household size. Health seeking behaviour and recent self-reported illnesses associated with poor environmental conditions were also considered. …”
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The Impact of Chronic Low-Back Pain on Quality of Life among Samples of Iraqi Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Nadia Ayad Mohammed Jawad, Mohammad Hadi Alosami, Zainab Fadhil Mahdi

“…A nonsignificant difference in numerical pain score has been noted in relation to gender, age, marital status, occupation, BMI, and educational level (P values of 0.876, 0.06, 0.392, 0.307, 0.139, and 0.664, respectively). …”
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Investigating the Predictive Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Depression, Anxiety and Stress of Adolescents by Shakiba Mahmoudi, Abbas Firoozabadi, Seyed Ruhollah Hosseini, Seyyed Kazem Rasoolzadeh Tabatabaei, Maryam Shamsaei

“…The data collection tools included demographic information (age, gender, and educational level), the DASS-21 questionnaire, and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-18). …”
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Effects of 6 Months of Active Commuting and Leisure-Time Exercise on Fibrin Turnover in Sedentary Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Anne Sofie Gram, Martin Bæk Petersen, Jonas Salling Quist, Mads Rosenkilde, Bente Stallknecht, Else-Marie Bladbjerg

“…We found no difference between CON and all exercise groups combined and no gender-specific effects of exercise. Our findings suggest that thrombin generation capacity, coagulation activation, fibrin clot structure, and lysability are unaffected by long-term active commuting and leisure-time exercise in women and men who are overweight and obese.…”
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Modeling the significance of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology in predicting the intention and usage of eCNY by Yue Ma, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Masukujjaman, Roslan Ja’afar

“…Thus, employing the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, this study aims to explore the factors shaping the adoption of the eCNY and to determine the mediating effects of intention toward the eCNY and the moderating role of age and gender among various relationships. A cross-sectional survey methodology was deployed to collect data from pilot communities situated within the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei regions. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Substance Use and Its Determinants Among College Students in a Coastal Town of South India by Shyamashree Das, Veena G Kamath, Divya Arvind Prabhu, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Akhilesh Kumar Pandey

“…Paternal education, affluent socioeconomic status and usage of substances significantly correlated with knowledge. Gender and substance usage were independent predictors of attitude Conclusions: The present study reveals that substance use is low among college students in Udupi taluk. …”
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Hierarchical forecasting of causes of death with trend breaks in mortality modeling: Kenyan case by Nicholas Bett, Juma Kasozi, Daniel Ruturwa

“…The data from the World Health Organization consisted of annualized mortality quantities by cause, gender, age, and period for Kenya. Results based on the mean absolute percentage error criteria across the causes of death showed that all the models apart from the base model showed significant improvement after accounting for the trend breaks with the best being the auto machine learning approach leading with seven causes of death. …”
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Correlation between Parenting Style by Personality Traits and Mental Health of College Students by Minggui Ge, Xiaomeng Sun, Zhen Huang

“…The results show significant gender differences in the psychoticism and neuroticism dimensions of personality traits (P<0.05). …”
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LEVEL OF PROCALCITONIN PLASMA AS AN EARLY SEPSIS BIOMARKER IN POLYTRAUMA PATIENTS IN DR HASAN SADIKIN GENERAL HOSPITAL BANDUNG by Ricky Wibowo, Hermawan Nagar Rasyid, Darmadji Ismono

“…Result: A total of 70 subjects were enrolled in this study, 92.9% were male gender with average age 33.21±13.395 years old. Twenty-one patients (30%) were diagnosed with sepsis. …”
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Taking into account students' psychotypes and using their neuropsychological maps when implementing digital educational technologies within the Metaverse by Galiya Ldokova, Svetlana Frumina, Suad Abdalkareem Alwaely

“…The study of the influence of gender and age-related psychophysiological characteristics of an individual on his or her learning ability in the context of andragogy is considered a promising direction of research.…”
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Posttreatment Blood Pressure as a Key Predictor in a 5‐Year Stroke Prediction Model by Nan Zhang, Jiarong Mei, Fangfang Fan, Yan Zhang, Ziyi Zhou, Jianping Li

“…The C statistic of the equation was 0.74 and there were no significant differences by gender or treatment group. Calibration plots indicate good internal consistency between observed and predicted 5‐year stroke risk. …”
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Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis between primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid and squamous cell carcinoma combined with papillary thyroid c... by Wanyun Yan, Huiying Chen, Xiaoyu Lin, Ruifa Zhou, Feng Zhao, Jiping Su

“…There were significant differences in gender, age, T stage, N stage, M stage, symptoms at diagnosis, and TTF-1 expression between the two groups. …”
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Selflessness: An International Comparative Analysis of a Much-Needed Public Value by Christina W. Andrews, Michiel de Vries

“…In previous academic studies, little attention was paid to such interaction effects and the impacts of religious affiliation, public sector employment, gender, etc. were assumed to be stable all over the world. …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS IN MENTAL HOSPITAL by Rindayati Rindayati, Abd Nasir, Yeri Kurniawan, Iswatun Iswatun, Susilo Harianto, Sofiatun Sofiatun, Firsca Nur Fadilah

“…Variables, namely the characteristics of schizophrenia patients, include age, gender, education, employment, and marital status. …”
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Boy’s love fans versus non-fans in the sexual identity and neural response in the digital age’s young females by Na Ao, Xiaowei Jiang, Yanan Chen, Feng Du, Yingying Chen, Huihui Niu, Shuoyan Hu, Minghui Wang

“…The results of the questionnaire analysis showed that the sexual orientation and psychological gender of the female BL audiences are more diverse. …”
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Functional Assessment of Diaphragm Muscle in Stroke Patients and Research of Rehabilitation Intervention by Juanjuan FU, Hui FENG, Huaping PAN

“…Twenty healthy volunteers as the control group matched with the gender and age. Stroke patients in the experimental group were enrolled for two weeks of external diaphragmatic pacing treatment. …”
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