Diabetes Education Program for Nursing Students: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Jeong‐Ah Ahn, Eun‐Mi Kim, Jung Eun Lee, Kyoung‐A Kim

“…In meta‐analyses, technology‐based teaching interventions, compared to traditional education, showed no statistically significant improvement in diabetes knowledge (standard mean difference 9.52, 95% CI [−0.18, 19.21], p = 0.05) and self‐efficacy (standard mean difference 24.09, 95% CI [−10.75, 58.92], p = 0.18). …”
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Community-Based Health Insurance Utilization and Its Associated Factors among Rural Households in Akaki District, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2021 by Amenti Teka Geferso, Sisay Begashaw Sharo

“…A P value <0.05 with 95% CI was used as a cut-off point to declare the level of statistical significance. Results. The magnitude of community-based health insurance (CBHI) utilization was 398 (66.3%) (95% CI: 0.63, 0.70). …”
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FINNISH MODEL OF BRIEF PARENT-INFANT PSYCHOTHERAPY ON MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTIONING - A PILOT STUDY by EINO PARTANEN, ANNA SALONEN, MARJO FLYKT, VEERA MALKKI, TOM H. ROSENSTRÖM, SUOMA E. SAARNI

“…Results: Symptoms of anxiety, depression and psychological distress alleviated statistically, but not clinically significantly, in patients with anxiety as primary diagnosis (pre- vs. post-treatment PHQ-9 mean 6.88 (SD 5-09) vs. 3.08 (SD 3.04), OASIS 7.36 (4.23) vs. 3.56 (3.16), CORE-OM 10.90 (5.53) vs. 5.34 (2.93)). …”
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Impact of Admission Blood Glucose on Coronary Collateral Flow in Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Ozge Kurmus, Turgay Aslan, Berkay Ekici, Sezen Baglan Uzunget, Sukru Karaarslan, Asli Tanindi, Aycan Fahri Erkan, Ebru Akgul Ercan, Celal Kervancıoglu

“…Forty-five (23.7%) patients had good collateral development, and 145 (76.3%) patients had poor collateral development. There were no statistically significant differences in demographic characteristics between two groups. …”
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Role Of Low Dose Aspirin In Preventing Preterm Birth In Patients With Previous History Of Preterm Delivery by Maliha Sadaf, Aasia Saleem, Tallat Farkhanda, Khansa Iqbal, Sabeen Ashraf, Amna Iftikhar

“…In the low-dose aspirin group, 10(11.6%) had preterm birth and 31(36.0%) in the control group with a p-value of 0.001, which is statistically significant. The risk of having preterm birth with low-dose aspirin was 1.801 times less than controls. …”
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Quality of Life of Palestinian Patients on Hemodialysis: Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Hani H. Naseef, Nadin Haj Ali, Arin Arafat, Sawsan Khraishi, Abdallah Damin AbuKhalil, Ni’meh Al-Shami, Hosniyeh Ladadweh, Mohammad Alsheikh, Abdullah K. Rabba, Imad T. Asmar, Yousef Sahoury

“…The Arabic version of KDQOL-SFTM was used to assess dialysis patient quality of life. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS to find correlations among patient factors and the questionnaire’s three main domains, the kidney disease component summaries (KDCS), mental component summaries (MCS), and physical component summaries (PCS). …”
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Nonlinear association between depressive symptoms and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance: a cross-sectional analysis in the American population by Chunqi Jiang, Bo Wang, Yinuo Qu, Jun Wang, Xin Zhang

“…However, after the inflection point, a negative correlation was observed, though it did not reach statistical significance.ConclusionWe found a curve-like relationship between depressive symptom and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.…”
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Examines The Impact of Product And Service Quality On Customer Satisfaction at PT. BMTP With Personal Branding by Andi Nadirah M., Indrawan, Suparman Parintak, Anne Attas, Burhanuddin Harahap

“…Design/methodology/approach: This study utilized quantitative research methods to perform statistical tests, namely multiple linear regression analysis, employing the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach with the SmartPLS tool. …”
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Cytokines in Liver Cirrhosis (Their Importance in Assessing Activity and Decompensation) by G. K. Mirodzhov, S. D. Pulatova

“…The study of the content of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood serum of patients with Class A liver cirrhosis showed, that levels of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-2, interleukin-6 were statistically higher compared to healthy individuals, while the concentration of anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 was lower (30.7 ± 4.7 pg/mL) in comparison with the control group. …”
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A new strong ground motion model for predicting Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), pseudo-acceleration spectra and displacement spectra in Iran by A.R. Hajipour, H. Moghaddam

“…Random-effect coefficients were defined in the mixed-effect regression model for regional differences among the five regions of the Iranian plateau, and no statistical differences were detected among these regions. …”
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Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Implants in Eyes with Preoperative Intraocular Pressure Less than 19 mmHg by Shahin Hallaj, Jae-Chiang Wong, Lauren E. Hock, Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer, Aakriti G. Shukla, Michael J. Pro, Marlene R. Moster, Jonathan S. Myers, Reza Razeghinejad, Daniel Lee

“…In patients with baseline IOP ≤18 mmHg who had GDI surgery, though the change in IOP was not statistically significant, the number of medications dropped and visual field progression slowed in a subset of patients with adequate perimetric data. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of 48 weeks of BIC/F/TAF and DRV/c/F/TAF on platelet function in the context of rapid ART start by Akif A. Khawaja, Gary Whitlock, Sarah Fidler, Alfredo Soler-Carracedo, Merle Henderson, Graham P. Taylor, Marta Boffito, Michael Emerson

“…Platelet activation was assessed by real-time flow cytometry to examine integrin activation and granule release and platelet aggregation was evaluated by light transmission aggregometry. Statistical significance was determined by 2-way ANOVA with a Šidák’s multiple comparisons post-test. …”
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Evaluation of root development of mandibular first molar of children (6-12) years old visiting P.O.P. department College of Dentistry/ Hawler Medical University. by Yara Ismail Ameen, Manal Muhammed Taher, Mahmood Fawzi Abduljabar

“…The T-test, either paired or unpaired, with a p-value of 0.05 serving as the threshold for statistical significance. Results: The findings showed that there were a total of 250 OPGs, with 130 belonging to females and 120 belonging to boys. …”
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Adherencia terapéutica en pacientes con hipertensión arterial by Ahmed José Pomares Avalos, Marian Amanda Vázquez Núñez, Erika Solange Ruíz Domínguez

“…El análisis estadístico de la información se realizó en la base de datos del paquete estadístico Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> predominó el grupo etario de más de 60 años, los sujetos del sexo femenino y los de mayor nivel de escolaridad, así como los profesionales. …”
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Evaluation of three remineralizing agents on surface roughness of enamel. by Vian O. Majeed, Hemn M. Sarmamy, Rebin A. Mohammedamin

“…Results: The enamel surface roughness of all specimens was decreased after remineralization. There was a statistically significant difference between the roughness measured before and after the application of an experiment in GC group and ortho Kin group. …”
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Time to Relapse and Relapse Predictors in Patients with Schizophrenia at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia by Habtamu Endashaw Hareru, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Daniel Sisay W/tsadik, Gebremedhin Berhe Gebregergs

“…Finally, after confirming the model’s diagnosis and assumptions, factors with a p value of less than 0.05 were declared to be statistically significant predictors of schizophrenia relapse. …”
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Determinants of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Ibadan, Nigeria: The influence of maternal lifestyle. by Ikeola A Adeoye, Chioma O Unogu, Kofoworola Adediran, Babatunde M Gbadebo

“…Of the lifestyle factors examined, only a high protein diet with a non-alcoholic beverage dietary pattern had a statistically significant association with preterm birth [AOR: 0.50, 95%CI (1.08-3.52)]. …”
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Exploring the Relationship between Perfectionism and Pain in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study by Xin Xiong, Shi-Yong Zhang, Jing Zhang, Nan Jiang, Li-Ming Zhang, Hao-Lun Yang, Yuan Yue

“…After adjusting the PHQ-4 scores, perfectionism scores of the PT group were 6.11 points higher than those in the NPT group (p<0.001). There were no statistical differences in all parameters of OPT and CPT groups (p>0.05). …”
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Genetic Variation of the DGAT1 gene in Dual-Purpose Dairy Cows and its Influence on Economically Important Breeding Traits by Mark E Armitage, Emma Swan, Denise O'Meara

“…In this study, the variants (genotypes) of the K232A polymorphism of the DGAT1 gene, within a dual-purpose dairy herd, bred for both dairy and beef production, were determined, and compared to the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and EBI sub-indexes to ascertain if any statistically significant relationships existed. MethodsDNA was extracted from hair samples, and the genotypes of the DGAT1 gene were determined using a combination of conventional PCR, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing and novel real-time PCR assays. …”
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Efficacy of oral irrigators compared to other interdental aids for managing peri-implant diseases: a systematic review by Gargi Gandi, Bhoomika Sai Laxmi Masanam, Ananya Sudhakaran Nair, Nidhi Semani, Aditi Chopra, Venkitachalam Ramanarayan

“…Results Oral irrigator along with mechanical brushing was found to be more effective than mechanical brushing alone in reducing the plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), and bleeding on probing (BOP). No statistically significant difference in improvement in quality of life and patient satisfaction with regard to comfort and ease of use was noted upon using mechanical toothbrushing alone and an oral irrigator. …”
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