Death trends for 2010 - 2022 for members of a large private medical scheme in South Africa by L Steenkamp, S Collie, T A Moultrie, H Moultrie, G Gray

“…All-cause deaths were compared across years accounting for demographic changes, by analysing age- and sex-standardised rates using 2019 age and sex population weightings. …”
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Prevalence of communicable, non-communicable diseases, disabilities and related risk factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Findings from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Populat... by Ziaul Haq, Saima Afaq, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zala, Muhammad Asim

“…Observations were recorded on demographics, quality of life, physical activity, BMI, disabilities, CDs and NCDs.…”
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A 32-year trend analysis of lower respiratory infections in children under 5: insights from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Yan Wang, Ruiyang Han, Xiao Ding, Junli Chen, Wenjia Feng, Chunping Wang, Runguo Gao, Anning Ma, Anning Ma

“…Additionally, there was a strong negative correlation between the burden of lower respiratory infections in children under 5 and the socio-demographic index. Frontier analysis indicated that countries or regions with higher socio-demographic index values showed greater potential for reducing the burden.ConclusionThe global burden of lower respiratory infections in children under 5 years old has declined significantly from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Water, sanitation, and hygiene insecurity and disease prevention behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-income neighborhoods of Beira, Mozambique. by Rebecca S Kann, Jedidiah S Snyder, Courtney Victor, Zaida A Cumbe, Joshua V Garn, Sandy McGunegill, Rassul Nalá, Matthew C Freeman, Karen Levy

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated the relationship between WASH-related factors and disease prevention behaviors (handwashing, physical distancing, and masking), and the role of demographic characteristics and risk perceptions in influencing these relationships in low-income neighborhoods of Beira, Mozambique during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Generational trends in education and marriage norms in rural India: evidence from the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study by Akanksha A. Marphatia, Akanksha A. Marphatia, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Alice M. Reid, Marios Poullas, Aboli Bhalerao, Pallavi Yajnik, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik

“…We assessed whether these aspirations differed by socio-demographic characteristics.ResultsCompared to the status quo and PMNS adults, PMNS adolescents had substantially more education, and girls were marrying slightly later. …”
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Prevalence and access to care for cardiovascular risk factors in older people in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional survey by Justine Davies, Rachel Nugent, Ioannis Bakolis, Haja Wurie, Maria Lisa Odland, Miles Witham, Rashid Ansumana, Tahir Bockarie, Joseph Lamin

“…In Sierra Leone, there is limited empirical data on the prevalence of CVDRFs, and there are no previous studies on the access to care for these conditions.Methods This study in rural and urban Sierra Leone collected demographic, anthropometric measurements and clinical data from randomly sampled individuals over 40 years old using a household survey. …”
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Lifestyle risk factors for overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: a community-based prospective cohort study by Rajesh Kumar Rai, Sabri Bromage, Jan-Walter De Neve, Anamitra Barik

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Multimodal fusion model for diagnosing mild cognitive impairment in unilateral middle cerebral artery steno-occlusive disease by Ziyi Yuan, Zhaodi Huang, Chaojun Li, Shengrong Li, Qingguo Ren, Xiaona Xia, Qingjun Jiang, Daoqiang Zhang, Qi Zhu, Xiangshui Meng, Xiangshui Meng

“…ObjectivesTo propose a multimodal functional brain network (FBN) and structural brain network (SBN) topological feature fusion technique based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), 3D-T1-weighted imaging (3D-T1WI), and demographic characteristics to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in patients with unilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) steno-occlusive disease.MethodsThe performances of different algorithms on the MCI dataset were evaluated using 5-fold cross-validation. …”
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The relationship between activities of daily living and speech impediments based on evidence from statistical and machine learning analyses by Liu Jun, Hongguo Li, Yu Mao, Lan Hu, Dan Wu

“…Early detection of potential SI in this demographic is critical. This study investigates the potential of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) as a predictive marker for SI, utilizing data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), which includes 10,136 individuals aged 45 and above. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Thrombopoietin (rhTPO) on Coagulation Function and Inflammatory Factors in the Treatment of Patients with Sepsis-Related Thrombocytopenia by Huijuan Wang MD, Dong Chen MD, Ming He MD

“…Results there were no significant differences in the general demographic characteristics between the two groups ( P  > 0.05). …”
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Changes in Uterine Cancer Incidence Rates in Egypt by Saad Alshahrani, Amr S. Soliman, Ahmed Hablas, Mohamed Ramadan, Jane L. Meza, Steven Remmenga, Ibrahim A. Seifeldein, Robert M. Chamberlain

“…Crude rate, age-standardized rate (ASR), and age-specific rate were calculated and associated with demographic and clinical characteristics of patients. …”
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Antibiotic knowledge and influencing factors among residents in China: a cross-sectional survey by Sixian DU, Yaqing LIU, Xiaoxu YIN, Haoran NIU, Feng JIANG, Liwen GONG

“…ObjectiveTo understand the level of antibiotic knowledge among residents with different demographic characteristics, identify influencing factors, and explore the association between antibiotic knowledge and inappropriate medication behaviors. …”
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Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Oral and Oropharyngeal Rinse and Gargle Specimens of Dental Patients and of an HIV-Positive Cohort from Pretoria, South Africa by Neil H. Wood, Koketso S. Makua, Ramokone L. Lebelo, Nina Redzic, Ina Benoy, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Johannes Bogers

“…The participants completed an interview-based questionnaire obtaining demographic information, data on HIV serostatus, and behavioural data including sexual practices and tobacco and alcohol use, and a rinse-and-gargle specimen was taken. …”
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Stress and Coping of Parents with Children Seeking Treatment from a Tertiary Care Mental Health Institute by Stuti Sharma Lohar, Arunjyoti Baruah, Sandeep Kollipara

“…To find out the association of stress, ways of coping of parents with selected demographic variables and to determine the correlation between stress and coping of parents. …”
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Femoral neck system (FNS) versus 4 cannulated compression screws (CCSs) in the treatment of young patients with Pauwels type III femoral neck fracture: a retrospective comparative... by Yang Gao, Tianle Ma, Xiaohu Chang, Peng Jia, Xiaoteng Li, Xin Tang

“…Results There were no significant differences between the FNS and CCSs groups in terms of demographic characteristics, fracture characteristics, time to fracture healing, duration of hospital stay, and Harris hip score at one year post-surgery (p > 0.05). …”
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Study on the changes and influencing factors of depression in Chinese women with cancer: an analysis based on CHARLS panel data by Na Wang, Mengran Chang, Shidong Liu, Bing Chen

“…Regression analysis indicates that socio-demographic factors significantly influence depression in women with cancer. …”
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Varicose vein disease in cabin crews and a screening scale by Kamil Sezer Basdemir, Erdinc Ercan

“…Material and Methods: A questionnaire including 43 questions was applied to the participants, querying their socio-demographic, occupational characteristics, smoking history, family history, and VVD. …”
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Clinical Decision Making of Nurses Working in Hospital Settings by Ida Torunn Bjørk, Glenys A. Hamilton

“…This study analyzed nurses' perceptions of clinical decision making (CDM) in their clinical practice and compared differences in decision making related to nurse demographic and contextual variables. A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 2095 nurses in four hospitals in Norway. …”
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La femme migrante comme agent de contrôle social dans le contexte de la frontière américaine. La Virginie au xviie siècle et la Californie à l’époque de la ruée vers l’or... by Camille Marion

“…This article focuses on projects aiming to entice British or Anglo-American women to migrate to Virginia in the seventeenth century and to California during the Gold Rush in order to balance an extremely high male to female sex ratio and to stabilize areas recently disrupted by extreme demographic transformations following predominantly male waves of migration. …”
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Positive Periodic Solutions of an Epidemic Model with Seasonality by Gui-Quan Sun, Zhenguo Bai, Zi-Ke Zhang, Tao Zhou, Zhen Jin

“…For the autonomous case, we give the attractive regions of equilibria and perform some numerical simulations. Basic demographic reproduction number Rd is obtained. Moreover, only the basic reproduction number R0 cannot ensure the existence of the positive equilibrium, which needs additional condition Rd>R1. …”
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