Sleep problems were unrelated to social media use in the late COVID-19 pandemic phase: A cross-national study. by Tore Bonsaksen, Daicia Price, Gary Lamph, Isaac Kabelenga, Amy Østertun Geirdal

“…However, higher age (OR: 1.13, p = 0.01), female gender (OR: 1.69, p<0.001), having employment (OR: 1.34, p = 0.04), and higher levels of psychological distress (OR: 1.20, p<0.001) were independently associated with sleep problems. …”
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Testing the Dual-State-Process assumption in the preventive care services use by Dimitris Zavras

“…The survey used stratified random sampling, and the sample selection strata were defined by age, gender, urbanity status of permanent residence and prefecture. …”
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Instrumenting Parkrun: Usefulness and Validity of Inertial Sensors by Rachel Mason, Yunus Celik, Gill Barry, Alan Godfrey, Samuel Stuart

“…The study aimed to (1) provide analytical validation of running gait measures compared to time- and age-graded performance and (2) explore performance validation. …”
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De Novo Atrial Fibrillation Increases Intra-hospital Mortality in Myocardial Infarction with ST Elevation? by Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez, Hugo Cruz Inerarity, Enrique Toledo Rodríguez, Guillermo Quintana Cañizares

“…The studied variables were: age, sex, factors of coronary risk, history of ischemic heart disease, presence of atrial fibrillation, myocardial dysfunction, cardiogenic shock, number of thrombolyzed patients, success of thrombolysis, glycemia values, uric acid, creatinine, cholesterol, triacylglycerides, leukocytes and hemoglobin. …”
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Comparative analysis of patient-reported outcomes in joint arthroplasty surgeries. by Ville Äärimaa, Karita Kohtala, Keijo Mäkelä, Mikko Karvonen, Anssi Arimaa, Anssi Ryösä, Joel Kostensalo, Fanny Kaivonen, Inari Laaksonen

“…Smaller ES was statistically significantly associated with higher preoperative PROM, higher ASA class, and old age. The percentage of responders was highest for shoulder patients (97.7%), followed by hip patients (96.8%), and lowest for knee patients (92.5%).…”
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Factors Associated with Work Stress Level among Healthcare Professionals during Coronavirus Disease 2019 by Bibi Ahmad Chahyanto, Herlina Nasution, Mestika Tiurlan

“…Statistical analysis between showed that only the age (p-value = 0.03) and the history of Coronavirus Disease 2019 patients contact (p-value = 0.04) was significantly associated with stress levels. …”
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Study of structural changes in the territorial development of the republic of Tatarstan by S. G. Sternik, I. F. Gareev, A. M. Nasrutdinov

“…The analysis of the main factors has shown that the long-term growth of the share of the population older than working age occurs in parallel with the growth of the population younger than working age. …”
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 Deficiency in a Greek Teenager by Panagiota Karananou, Anastasia Alataki, Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki

“…We report the first patient in Greece with IRAK-4 deficiency. From the age of 8 months, she presented with recurrent infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract and skin abscesses. …”
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Lutein and zeaxanthin complex: ophthalmologists’ choice by A.V. Korneeva

“…Data on the relationship between low carotenoid levels in the fovea and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are available. …”
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Impact of an online mindfulness-based program on wellbeing and trait mindfulness for research postgraduate students: a randomized-controlled trial by Jia-Qi Xu, Yee-Man Jennifer Tang, Hoi Ying Katherine Chen

“…Methods A total of 88 RPg students, either studying in Hong Kong or Macau, were recruited (43 were randomized into the immediate intervention group; 67 females; mean age = 27.7; SD = 4.60). The “Finding Peace in a Frantic World” was adopted as the mindfulness-based program. …”
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Gender difference in anxiety and related factors among adolescents by Chengzhen Bao, Lili Han

“…The purpose of this study was to analyze gender differences in anxiety levels among adolescents and to explore the influencing factors and pathways.MethodsA total of 3601 adolescents were included in this study (age: 15.14±1.97 years; male: 48.76%). Gender, age, school category, grade, duration of sleep, duration on Internet, anxiety and several social factors were investigated by online questionnaire. …”
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Impact of Dienogest Alone or in Combination with Ethinylestradiol on the Quality of Life of Women with Endometriosis: A Prospective Cohort Study by Mujde Canday, Suleyman Salman

“…RESULTS: There was no significant difference between drug groups in terms of education status, body mass index, family history, smoking, alcohol consumption, age, age at menarche, menstruation pattern, duration of menstruation, infertility, gestational status, job loss due to pain complaints, operation, and MRI findings (p>0.05). …”
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Exploring internet addiction and its associated factors among college students in Western Rajasthan, India: A mixed-methods study by Thota Rajasekhar, Kikkeri Hanumantha Setty Naveen, Pankaja Raghav, Jitender Aneja, Prasanna Thirunavukkarasu, Gitashree Dutta, Srikanth Srinivasan, Prem Prakash Sharma, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Akhil Dhanesh Goel

“…Predictors of IA were male gender, age in years, age of first internet use in years, urban origin, accessing internet at college, mobile internet use, using internet to make online friendship, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, and stress. …”
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A retrospective analysis of two tertiary care dizziness clinics: a multidisciplinary chronic dizziness clinic and an acute dizziness clinic by Phillip Staibano, Daniel Lelli, Darren Tse

“…Results Overall, 211 patients (median age: 61 years old) presented to the RAD clinic and 292 patients (median age: 55 years old) presented to the MDC. …”
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Comparison of risk factors and maternal outcomes in placenta previa: Assessing the impact of the revised classification in the Indian context by Tanvi Gupta, Vinita Udupa, Hilda Grace Yenuberi, Swati Rathore, Thenmozhi Mani

“…Risk factors, including age, gravida, parity, previous cesarean sections, and previous placenta previa, were analyzed. …”
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Hemophagocytic syndrome: Laboratory and molecular characterization by Nooran Salem Yaseen, Sadiq Khalaf Ali, Hussam Saadi Aziz

“…Thirty-four pediatric and adult patients with peripheral cytopenia attributed to bone marrow (BM) hemophagocytosis enrolled with 34 healthy individuals (age and sex matched) included as a control group. …”
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The Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Paul A. McAuley, Nancy S. Smith, Brian T. Emerson, Jonathan N. Myers

“…We evaluated independent and joint associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity with all-cause mortality in 811 middle-aged (age, 53.3±7.2 years) male never smokers without documented cardiopulmonary disease or diabetes from the Veterans Exercise Testing Study (VETS). …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…We examined data from 4,136 non-Hispanic white (NHW), non-Hispanic black (NHB), and Mexican Americans (MA) aged 18 and over from the NHANES 1999-2000 cohort. …”
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Demographic and clinical characteristics of older people with multimorbidity accessing primary healthcare in Malawi: A cross-sectional study by Duncan Kwaitana, James Jafali, Maya Jane Bates, Dorothee van Breevoort, Thomas Mildestvedt, Eivind Meland, Eric Umar

“…While most conditions increased steadily in prevalence with age, diabetes followed a different pattern, with higher prevalence among individuals aged 50–59 years (53.9%) and 60–69 years (52.4%) compared to those 70 years and older (40.3%). …”
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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

“…A structured interview was conducted, while the babies were between one and six months old to identify beliefs, knowledge about TT, and the motor milestone achievement expected for the age. At six to 12 months, the risk of motor development delay was tracked using the survey of well-being of young infant questionnaire (SWYC). …”
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