Patient Expectancy of Shared Decision Making according to Ego States in Primary Care by Genco Görgü, Vildan Mevsim

“…The “Primary Care Patients’ Expectancy for Shared Decision Making Questionnaire,” the Ego States scale, and a demographic data form were administered to the participants. …”
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Impact of Physical and Psychological Strain on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Construction Industry by Abdul Kadir MSc, Riza Yosia Sunindijo PhD, Baiduri Widanarko PhD, Dadan Erwandi PhD, Sjahrul M. Nasri PhD, Bangga Agung Satrya MKM, Stevan Deby Anbiya Muhamad Sunarno PhD, Hardy Atmajaya MT, Popy Yuniar PhD, Tubagus Dwika Yuantoko MKKK, Lailatul Qomariyah PhD, Cynthia Febrina Maharani PhD

“…Independent variables encompassed demographic factors, physical work environment, and psychosocial aspects, while the dependent variable was the presence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) symptoms over the past 7 days and 12 months. …”
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Exploring Vocational Evaluation Practices following Traumatic Brain Injury by Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, Tammy Jorgensen Smith, Ardis Hanson, Sarah Ehlke, Mary Stergiou-Kita, Charlotte G. Dixon, Davina Quichocho

“…The aims of this study are to (1) examine demographic and employment characteristics of vocational rehabilitation providers (VRPs), (2) identify the specific evaluation methods that are used in the VE of individuals with TBI, and (3) examine the differences in assessment method practices based upon evaluator assessment preferences. …”
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Associations of Salivary BPIFA1 Protein in Chronic Periodontitis Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yue Guo, Lin-Na Guo, Jun-Fei Zhu, Chen-Yi Tang, Yun-Zhi Feng, Hou-De Zhou

“…Unstimulated saliva samples were collected from 44 subjects with T2DM and 44 without T2DM (NDM). Additionally, demographic data and general health parameters, including fasting blood glucose (FBG) and body mass index (BMI), were collected. …”
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Differential risk of cardiovascular complications in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana: A hospital-based cross-sectional study. by Christian Obirikorang, Evans Asamoah Adu, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Samuel Nkansah Darko, Frank Naku Ghartey, Samuel Ametepe, Eric N Y Nyarko, Enoch Odame Anto, William Kwame Boakye Ansah Owiredu

“…To select participants, a systematic random sampling method was employed. Demographic data was collected using a structured questionnaire and fasting blood samples were taken to measure glycemic and lipid levels. …”
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MGATAF: multi-channel graph attention network with adaptive fusion for cancer-drug response prediction by Dhekra Saeed, Huanlai Xing, Barakat AlBadani, Li Feng, Raeed Al-Sabri, Monir Abdullah, Amir Rehman

“…Traditional prediction methods relying on demographic and genetic data often fall short in accuracy and robustness. …”
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Understanding Daily, Emotional, and Physical Burdens and Needs of Parents Caring for Children with Type 1 Diabetes by Heike Saßmann, Su-Jong Kim-Dorner, Verena Berndt, Torben Biester, Andrea Dehn-Hindenberg, Bettina Heidtmann, Norbert Jorch, Eggert Lilienthal, Nicole Nellen-Hellmuth, Andreas Neu, Katja Schaaf, Ralph Ziegler, Karin Lange

“…However, emotional burdens did not differ in both comparisons. Other demographic factors (i.e., parent’s age, migration status, and single-parent family status) predicted high levels of daily or physical burdens, but only HbA1c level and the parent’s gender (mother) predicted a high emotional burden. …”
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Early Radiologic Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection in Febrile Neutropenic Patients: A Comparison of Serial Chest Radiography and Single CT Chest by Wanaporn Burivong, Thanatorn Sricharoen, Apichart Thachang, Sunsiree Soodchuen, Panitpong Maroongroge, Vichit Leelasithorn

“…This study included 78 patients with hematologic malignancies who developed 107 episodes of febrile neutropenia from January 2012 to October 2017 and had a chest film performed within the first seven days. Demographic and radiographic data were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Minimally Invasive Atrial Septal Defect Closure: A Single Center Experience by Mehmet Özülkü, Asım Çağrı Günaydın, Mehmet Çelik

“…Redo cases in which the sternum was opened before were excluded from the study. Demographic data, physical examination findings, transthoracic echocardiographic and angiographic examination data of the patients were obtained retrospectively from the database of our hospital. …”
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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

“…Frequencies and percentages for patient demographics were compared using bivariate statistics (eg, chi-square test). …”
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A cross-sectional study of the mental health burden among COVID-19 survivors by Arvind Nongpiur, Bhupen Barman, Kimberly Syiem, Andreecia Mn Mawiong, Naveen Anand, Arvind Nune

“…Methods: A semi-structured proforma for socio-demographic and clinical parameters was used to collect cross-sectional hospital-based data of subjects who tested positive for COVID-19 infection. …”
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Psychological abuse and its influencing factors among home-dwelling older people in Northern China: a cross-sectional survey by Xiaomeng Wu, Li Pei, Yu Wang, Lanrui Zhang, Dongqing Zhao, Haoying Dou

“…Participants were surveyed using a demographic questionnaire, activities of daily living (ADL), family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale (FACES), and elder psychological abuse scale. …”
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Maternity Continuum Care Completion and Its Associated Factors in Northwest Ethiopia by Daniel Tsega, Melaku Admas, Asmare Talie, Tesfa Birlew Tsega, Molla Yigzaw Birhanu, Simegn Alemu, Belayneh Mengist

“…However, a higher proportion of mothers completed the continuum of maternity care in the district than Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (9.1%); further interventions are compulsory to reach the acceptable level. …”
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Adaptation Practices of Young Central Asian Migrants in Tatarstan: A Socioanthropological Survey by Tatiana A. Titova, Vadim E. Kozlov, Elena V. Frolova

“…The study reveals certain features of adaptation strategies and linguistic competence levels in ethnic and demographic groups of migrants. Special attention is paid to economic and sociopsychological reasons why the latter have chosen Tatarstan as their destination region, to indicators of cultural distances between locals and aliens. …”
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Exploring oral candidiasis among cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in eastern Iran by Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Fatemeh Kardan, Aynaz Ghojoghi, Ahmad Reza Sebzari, Maryam Erfaninejad, Parvin Askari, Seyed Reza Aghili, Eisa Nazar, Masood Ziaee

“…Subsequently, Candida isolates were molecularly identified using the PCR-RFLP method with the restriction enzyme Msp1. Furthermore, the demographic characteristics, risk factors, and clinical history of the patients were extracted and scrutinized using a multiple logistic regression model. …”
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Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling versus Nonpeeling to Prevent Epiretinal Membrane Formation following Vitrectomy for Posterior Segment Open-Globe Injury by Wen-Long Wei, Zhong Lin, Ming-Na Xu, Ke-Mi Feng, Zhen-Quan Zhao

“…Of these patients, 17 underwent ILM peeling during the vitrectomy and 16 did not. The patients’ demographic and surgical data were collected. The associations of ILM peeling with the preoperative findings of posterior segment OGI and development of a postoperative ERM were analyzed. …”
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Aspirin modulates inflammatory biomarkers in patients with subcortical silent brain infarcts by Wonjae Sung, Young Seo Kim, Kyu-Yong Lee, Jae-A Jung, Hojin Choi, Young Joo Lee, Seong-Ho Koh, Seong-Ho Koh

“…We also evaluated the effect of aspirin on the subcortical SBI inflammatory processes.MethodsConsecutive patients diagnosed with subcortical SBIs without a history of acute stroke were included. The demographic and clinical data of the 26 subjects with subcortical SBIs, such as the number and location of subcortical SBIs, were reviewed. …”
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Understanding tuberculosis transmission and progression: A prospective cohort study of index cases and close contacts in Moldova. by Rehan R Syed, Donald G Catanzaro, Naomi Hillery, Valeriu Crudu, Elena Tudor, Nelly Ciobanu, Alexandru Codreanu, Maryam Kheirandish Borujeni, Antonino Catanzaro, Timothy C Rodwell

“…Data collected included demographic information, medical and exposure history, and clinical samples. …”
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Prevalence of Lp(a) in a real-world Portuguese cohort: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment by Miguel Saraiva, Jonatas Garcez, Beatriz Tavares da Silva, Inês Poças Ferreira, José Carlos Oliveira, Isabel Palma

“…Methods Retrospective and cross-sectional study of adults who underwent serum Lp(a) analysis in a Portuguese hospital between August 2018 and June 2022. Demographic and anthropometric data, laboratory values, relevant comorbidities and lipid-lowering medication were collected. …”
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A national cross-sectional survey of health literacy of caregivers attending Canadian pediatric emergency departments. by Manasi Rajagopal, Samina Ali, Keon Ma, Maryna Yaskina, Andrea Morrison, Kurt Schreiner, Julie Leung, Shannon Scott, Darcy Beer, Paul Clerc, Tyrus Crawford, Serge Gouin, Naveen Poonai, Tania Principi, Antonia Stang, Laura Weingarten, Janet Curran, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Family Needs Study Team

“…The objective of this study was to describe the health literacy of caregivers who use Canadian pediatric emergency departments and relate it to demographic and visit-specific variables.<h4>Methods</h4>This study utilized a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design with medical record review. …”
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