Prevalence and factors associated with burnout among healthcare providers at Kasulu district in Kigoma region, 2024: an analytical cross-sectional study in a primary healthcare set... by Omary Ubuguyu, Godbless Henry Mfuru, Khadija I Yahya-Malima

“…Despite its importance, limited data exist on burnout among primary healthcare providers in Tanzania.Objectives To determine the prevalence of burnout and associated factors among healthcare providers in Kasulu district, Kigoma region, 2024.Study design Analytical cross-sectional study conducted from January to June 2024.Study setting Primary health facilities at Kasulu district in Kigoma region.Participants Healthcare providers working in Kasulu district for more than 6 months before study.Primary outcome Burnout.Results Among 266 healthcare providers with a response rate of 99%, 59.4% were male. …”
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Adverse events and overall health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination: interim results from the VAC4COVID cohort safety study by Thomas M MacDonald, Andrew Duncan, Amy Rogers, Greg Guthrie, Alex Doney, Steve Morant, Isla Mackenzie, Evelien Rooke, Rebecca Barr, Filippo Pigazzani, Krists Zutis

“…Objectives To describe the incidence of adverse events (AEs), reactogenicity symptoms, menstrual changes and overall self-rated improvement in health and well-being after COVID-19 vaccination.Design VAC4COVID is an ongoing prospective, active observational, post-authorisation cohort safety study (PASS) of UK-approved vaccines for COVID-19 disease.Setting The study is conducted through a secure website (www.vac4covid.com) by MEMO Research, University of Dundee, UK.Participants 16 265 adult (18 years or older) UK residents with a valid email address and internet access.Interventions Any UK-authorised COVID-19 vaccination.Main outcome measures The outcomes reported in this interim analysis include AEs, reactogenicity-type AEs (headache, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, fever, nausea, dizziness or local vaccine reaction), menstrual changes and reported improvement in overall health and well-being.Results 11 475 consented participants (mean age 54.8 years) provided follow-up data between 2 February and 5 October 2021 (mean follow-up duration 184 days), by which date 89.2% of participants had received two vaccine doses. 89.8% of 5222 participants who completed a follow-up questionnaire in the 7 days after any COVID-19 vaccination reported no AEs. …”
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Phenolic Content and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Malva sylvestris L., Malva oxyloba Boiss., Malva parviflora L., and Malva aegyptia L. Leaves Extract by Khalid A. Shadid, Ashok K. Shakya, Rajashri R. Naik, Nidal Jaradat, Husni S. Farah, Naeem Shalan, Nooman A. Khalaf, Ghaleb A. Oriquat

“…The methanolic extract of M. oxyloba has a pharmacological potential as a valuable natural product that can be utilized as a main ingredient in the design and development of new therapeutic formulations. …”
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Patient-sharing networks among Finnish primary healthcare professionals taking care of patients with mental health or substance use problems: a register study by Christian Hakulinen, Marko Elovainio, Jaana Suvisaari, Timo Sinervo, Laura Hietapakka, Visa Väisänen, Ripsa Niemi, Mai Gutvilig, Outi Linnaranta

“…We examined the patient-sharing networks between different professionals taking care of patients with mental health or substance use problems.Design Register study based on the Register of Primary Health Care visits (Avohilmo) that covers all outpatient primary health care visits in Finland.Setting We used the register data covering the visits for the service providers of seven municipalities, adult patients with at least one visit to a health and social service centre within one of the municipalities and visits during the year 2021.Participants We first selected patients with mental health or substance use problems based on psychiatric diagnoses and information on service type and then identified the professionals (N=1566) visited. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Albumin Serum dengan Morbiditas dan Mortalitas Maternal Pasien Preeklampsia Berat dan Eklampsia di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Yunike Veronika, Joserizal Resudji, Susila Sastri

“…A retrospective observational analytical research was conducted with a cross sectional study design. The study population was the entire medical records of severe preeclampsia and eclampsia patients in RSUP Dr. …”
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Levels in Early and Late Onset Preeclampsia by Onur Guralp, Nevin Tuten, Mahmut Oncul, Serdar A Acikgoz, Hakan Ekmekci, Abdullah Tuten

“… Objective: To evaluate the serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels in pregnant women with and without preeclampsia, early-onset preeclampsia and late-onset preeclampsia, preeclampsia with and without severe features, and investigate the correlation with the neonatal outcomes. Study Design: A total of 79 pregnant women, 27 with uncomplicated pregnancies, 30 with early-onset preeclampsia, and 22 with late-onset preeclampsia were evaluated in a cross-sectional study. …”
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Assessing the Impact of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Intervention on Tennis Performance in Junior Tennis Players: Pilot Study by Joaquin A Anguera, Aleem Choudhry, Michael Seaman, Dominick Fedele

“…MethodsData were collected from a cohort of tennis players in a randomized controlled trial design led by the dedicated research team. Participants (N=23, age: mean 14.8, SD 2.4 years) from the Czech Lawn Tenis Klub (Prague, Czech Republic) were invited to participate in this study. …”
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Ethnic inequalities in mental and physical multimorbidity in women of reproductive age: a data linkage cohort study by Amelia Jewell, Matthew Broadbent, Stephani Hatch, Mark Ashworth, Megan Pritchard, Sarah Dorrington, Louise Howard, Raquel Catalao

“…Objectives Explore inequalities in risk factors, mental and physical health morbidity in non-pregnant women of reproductive age in contact with mental health services and how these vary per ethnicity.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Data from Lambeth DataNet, anonymised primary care records of this ethnically diverse London borough, linked to anonymised electronic mental health records (‘CRIS secondary care database’).Participants Women aged 15–40 years with an episode of secondary mental health care between January 2008 and December 2018 and no antenatal or postnatal Read codes (n=3817) and a 4:1 age-matched comparison cohort (n=14 532).Main outcome measures Preconception risk factors including low/high body mass index, smoking, alcohol, substance misuse, micronutrient deficiencies and physical diagnoses.Results Women in contact with mental health services (whether with or without severe mental illness (SMI)) had a higher prevalence of all risk factors and physical health diagnoses studied. …”
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Impact of a new case-based payment scheme on volume distribution across public hospitals in Zhejiang, China: does ‘Same disease, same price’ matter by Meiteng Yu, Jing Liu, Tao Zhang

“…Policymakers should consider hospital interests in payment design and address unintended strategic behaviors.…”
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Individual-level and community-level factors associated with the family planning use among pastoralist community of Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Mussie Alemayehu, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Elizabeth Reed, Afework Mulugeta

“…Objective The study aimed to identify the effects of the individual-level and community-level factors on the use of family planning (FP) among married women in the pastoralist community of Ethiopia.Design A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2018. …”
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Pengembangan Gim Simulasi Kehidupan untuk Peningkatan Literasi Grafik Menggunakan Framework DPE by Erico Silitonga, Eriq Muhammad Adams Jonemaro, Muhammad Aminul Akbar

“…Serious game development will use the DPE framework in their design process. In this study, two tests will be carried out, namely black box testing, as well as pre-test and post-test competency tests. …”
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Magnitude of urban malaria and its associated risk factors in Damboya town, Kambata zone, Central Ethiopia by Biruk Mulachew, Temesgen Bezuayehu, Solomon Asnake

“…There was lack of information regarding the study area, hence this study was designed to determine the prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors in Damboya town. …”
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Identificación y análisis de patologías en puentes de carreteras urbanas y rurales Identification and analysis of pathologies in bridges of urban and rural roads by Nilson Tadeu Mascia, Artur Lenz Sartorti

“…This article also focuses on the design of bridges and its relationship with the pathological condition establishing concepts that could be applied to the corrective method and the pathology identification in concrete, steel and wood bridges. …”
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Eligibility for faricimab in a real-world diabetic macular oedema population: a cross-sectional study by Helena Norberg, Inger Westborg, Ayat Al-Najjar

“…Purpose To investigate the eligibility for faricimab in a real-world diabetic macular oedema (DMO) population to the YOSEMITE and RHINE trials, and to compare the eligible DMO populations to the trial populations.Design, settings and participants This retrospective cross-sectional analysis used data from the Swedish Macula Registry (SMR) between 1 January 2019 and 31 August 2023. …”
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Klasifikasi Intensi dengan Metode Ling Short-Term Memory pada Chatbot Bahasa Indonesia by Faiz Aulia Al Farisi, Rizal Setya Perdana, Putra Pandu Adikara

“…This study attempts to design one of the components of the chatbot, namely the intention classification model, using the Long Short-Term Memory method. …”
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Antibacterial Potential of Endemic Medicinal Plants of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia, against Urinary Tract Infection Pathogens by Eka Astuty, Vinsa Delia Luhulima, Stefanus Cahyo Ariwicaksono

“…This was a true experimental research with a posttest-only control group design. The medicinal plant extraction was conducted using the maceration method. …”
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Digital health interventions for improving access to primary care in India: A scoping review. by Lenny Vasanthan, Sindhu Kulandaipalayam Natarajan, Andrew Babu, Mohan S Kamath, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan

“…Subsequently, the data was extracted from selected studies using a pre-designed and approved extraction form. The data was then synthesised and analysed narratively. …”
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Genetic Associations Between Specific Sleep-Related Phenotypes and Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Li M, He J, Liang Y, Zou F, Gou C, Lv J, Zhang X, Li D, Yu Z

“…Man Li,1,* Jinbo He,2,* Yiting Liang,3 Fan Zou,1 Changlong Gou,4 Jing Lv,2 Xicheng Zhang,5 Dan Li,6 Zizhong Yu1 1Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People’s Republic of China; 3First Clinical College, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People’s Republic of China; 5Biomedical Engineering College, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People’s Republic of China; 6Clinical Molecular Diagnostic Center, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zizhong Yu, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, No. 32 Renmin South Road, Maojian District, Shiyan, Hubei, 442000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-719-8801459, Email yurick0994@163.com Dan Li, Clinical Molecular Diagnostic Center, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, No. 32 Renmin South Road, Maojian District, Shiyan, Hubei, 442000, China, Tel +86-719-8801881, Email lidan198016@163.comPurpose: The relationship between idiopathic sleep-related phenotypes (SRPs) and sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) remains unclear. This study was designed to investigate the link between SRPs and ISSNHL from a genetic perspective through Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis.Methods: ISSNHL trials were downloaded from Finngen database. …”
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Gambaran Golongan Sekretor dan Nonsekretor yang Diperiksa Melalui Saliva Mahasiswa Pendidikan Dokter Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Andalas by Alqadri ., Zelly Dia Rofinda, Rika Susanti

“…</em><em> </em><em>This study was an observational descriptive study with cross-sectional design. The population were 54 students Medical Faculty of Andalas University which choosen by simple random sampling. …”
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The Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Information-Seeking Behaviors Using the Internet: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study by Kazuya Taira, Misa Shiomi, Takayo Nakabe, Yuichi Imanaka

“…MethodsUsing a cross-sectional study design using a subset of panel data, this nationwide survey was conducted in 7 waves. …”
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