Secondary Full-thickness Macular Holes after Diabetic Vitrectomy: Clinical Manifestations and Rational Approaches to the Treatment by Yun Hsia, Chung-May Yang, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Lu-Chun Wang

“…In this retrospective, observational, and longitudinal study, we enrolled consecutive patients with PDR who developed MH after DV. …”
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Concern and Risk Perception: Effects on Osteoprotective Behaviour by A. L. Barcenilla-Wong, J. S. Chen, L. M. March

“…Study subjects were 1,095 female Australian participants of the Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW) untreated for osteoporosis at baseline. …”
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Impact of solid fuel use on asthma prognosis and consistent peak expiratory flow changes: Evidence from China by Yuexi Chen, Shuojia Xie, Xirong Chen, Xiaowen Zhong, Linhang Yang, Weitong Lin, Junfeng Huang, Ruchong Chen

“…This investigation endeavors to conduct an integrative cross-sectional and longitudinal study to examined the link between solid fuel utilization and asthma. …”
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Association between solid cooking fuels exposure and metabolic syndrome: Evidence from China by Jiaming Xue, Shuai Chen, Yicheng Jiang, Qi Liu, Yu Wang, Yuwen Jiao, Yuancheng Shao, Jie Zhao, Yan Zhou, Dongmei Wang, Liming Tang

“…We included participants in 2011 and 2015 from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data. Through cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, we found that the use of solid fuels reduced the risk of MetS in participants compared with clean fuels (cross-sectional study: 2011: Odds ratio (OR): 0.819, 95 %confidence interval (CI): 0.747–0.897, P < 0.001; 2015: OR: 0.766, 95 %CI: 0.708–0.851, P < 0.001; longitudinal study: OR: 0.736, 95 %CI: 0.652–0.831, P < 0.001).This impact ceases to exist whenever a switch in fuel type occurs (Non persistent clean: OR: 0.937, 95 %CI: 0.837–1.050, P = 0.262; Persistent solid: OR: 0.767, 95 %CI: 0.691–0.853, P < 0.001). …”
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25 0H Vitamin D Levels in Pregnant Females: The Hidden Time Bomb by Fatima Tuz Zuhra, Mehnaz, Noreen Atzaz, Shabana, Asma Iqbal, Sami Saeed

“…Material and methods: This longitudinal study was conducted in collaboration with the Gynecology & Obstetric and Pathology department of Fauji foundation hospital, Rawalpindi. …”
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Skin microbiome differences in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, other cancers, and healthy controls: a pilot study by Taylor Davis, Katherine T. Decker, Dana Hosseini, Gayle Jameson, Erkut Borazanci

“…This differentiation is supported by differential abundance methods, including ANCOM-BC and MaAsLin2.DiscussionThis pilot study suggests that skin microbiome profiling could serve as a non-invasive biomarker for cancer detection and monitoring, which warrants a larger, longitudinal study to validate these results.…”
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Exploring the associations between the biomechanical and psychological mechanistic pathways of lower back pain development amongst persons with lower-limb amputation: A study proto... by Alexandra Withey, Dario Cazzola, Abby Tabor, Elena Seminati

“…<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>This proposed study protocol employs a prospective longitudinal study design that aims to explore the determinants of lower back pain amongst 30 adults with unilateral lower-limb amputation over 12-months. …”
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Mental Health Recovery: Evaluation of a Recovery-Oriented Training Program by G. K. M. L. Wilrycx, M. A. Croon, A. H. S. van den Broek, Ch. van Nieuwenhuizen

“…Using data from a longitudinal study of recovery, changes in knowledge and attitudes of 210 mental health care professionals towards recovery were explored using the Recovery Attitude Questionnaire and the Recovery Knowledge Inventory. …”
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Association between living arrangements, social support, and depression among middle-aged and older adults: a mediation analysis from the CHARLS survey by Fenghua Jin, Yixuan Hu

“…However, data are limited.MethodsData for wave 5 (2020) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) were extracted. Associations between living arrangements and social support or depression were assessed by multivariable logistic regression models. …”
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Mediating or moderating? Innovative approach to the role of flexibility in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm growth under different market conditions by Marcin Suder, Rafał Kusa, Joanna Duda, Małgorzata Okręglicka

“…In particular, it tests the mediating and moderating roles of FLEX, along with the moderating role of market conditions regarding FLEX. This is a longitudinal study that examines entrepreneurial behaviors during the pandemic crisis and afterwards. …”
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All-Cause Mortality Risk in Australian Women with Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes by Lelia L. F. de Abreu, Kara L. Holloway, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Muhammad A. Sajjad, Mark A. Kotowicz, Julie A. Pasco

“…The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the association between impaired fasting glucose or diabetes and mortality over a 10-year period in Australian women. …”
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Effects of Parents’ Smartphone Use on Children’s Emotions, Behavior, and Subjective Well-Being by Matea Bodrožić Selak, Marina Merkaš, Ana Žulec Ivanković

“…The data come from a four-wave longitudinal study (2021–2023) within the project D.E.C.I.D.E. …”
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Cognitive Interviewing during Pretesting of the Prefinal Afrikaans for the Western Cape Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire following Translation and Cross-Cul... by Susan de Klerk, Christina Jerosch-Herold, Helen Buchanan, Lana van Niekerk

“…This qualitative component of a clinical measurement, longitudinal study was aimed at the pretesting and cognitive interviewing of the prefinal Afrikaans (for the Western Cape) DASH questionnaire highlighting the iterative nature thereof. …”
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Potentially paraneoplastic glomerulopathies in a Brazilian cohort: a retrospective analysis by Marcella Soares Laferreira, Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn

“…Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive, observational, longitudinal study that reviewed 4,820 medical records and included 95 patients with glomerular disease and neoplasms. …”
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Does opting in or out affect the take up of incentives in a long running population-based cohort study: A nested randomised trial in ALSPAC. by Kate Northstone, Claire Bowring

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children has been ongoing for more than 30 years. …”
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Research on the impact of mutual elderly care on the physical and mental health of rural elderly in China by Jialiang Liu, Xiaohan Liu, Bin Hu, GuangYao Liu

“…Data chosen from the 2018 China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS) were selected, with 8369 elderly people aged ≥ 60 years old, and propensity scores were matched using nearest-neighbor matching, kernel matching, and radius matching, and then heterogeneity was used to analyze the mean effect values among different populations. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and vaccine passports: a cross-sectional conjoint experiment in Japan by Shohei Okamoto, Kazuki Kamimura, Kohei Komamura

“…In this study, by analysing the data collected when citizens undergo public health restrictions due to the pandemic, we assess the determinants of vaccine hesitancy, reasons for hesitation and potential effectiveness of vaccine passports used to relax public health restrictions on mitigating vaccine hesitancy.Design Cross-sectional study, longitudinal study and conjoint experimental design.Setting An online survey conducted in Japan in July 2021.Participants A demographically representative sample of 5000 Japanese adults aged 20–74.Primary outcome measures COVID-19 vaccination intentionResults We found that about 30% of respondents did not intend to get vaccinated or had not yet decided, with major reasons for vaccine hesitancy relating to concerns about the safety and side effects of the vaccine. …”
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The urinary microbiome in association with diabetes and diabetic kidney disease: A systematic review. by Tiscar Graells, Yi-Ting Lin, Shafqat Ahmad, Tove Fall, Johan Ärnlöv

“…<h4>Results</h4>Eighteen studies were selected including cross-sectional case-control studies, cross-sectional surveys and one prospective longitudinal study. In total, the urobiome of 1,571 people was sequenced, of which 662 people had diabetes, and of these 36 had confirmed diabetic kidney disease; 609 were healthy individuals, 179 had prediabetes or were at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and 121 did not have diabetes but had other comorbidities. …”
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“I Am Afraid of Positioning my Baby in Prone”: Beliefs and Knowledge about Tummy Time Practice by Bianca Fernandes Vasconcelos e Silva, Sabrinne Suelen Santos Sampaio, Julia Raffin Moura, Cléa Emanuela Barreto de Medeiros, Carolina Daniel de Lima-Alvarez, Camila Rocha Simão, Ingrid Guerra Azevedo, Silvana Alves Pereira

“…To identify beliefs and knowledge about tummy time (TT) practice and its repercussions on motor development. Methods. Longitudinal study carried out with parents/caregivers of infants older than 30 days of life. …”
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The Natural History of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease within 30-Month Follow-Up by Yuan-Yuan Xu, Sheng-Han Kuo, Zheng Liang, Hui Xu, Wu-Ruo Feng, Cui-Yu Yu, Wei-Guo Liu

“…However, little information is known about the longitudinal study of its natural history of depression in PD. …”
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