Trends in Clinico-radiological and Laboratory Characteristics of All-Cause Meningoencephalitis in Western Rajasthan by Ravi Krishna Kanth, Samhita Panda, Sarbesh Tiwari, Taruna Yadav, Gopal Krishana Bohra, Ravi Shekar Gadepalli

“…Results: Of 102 patients recruited, among infectious meningoencephalitis cases, 28 (27.5%) were viral, 11 (10.8%) were pyogenic, 32 (31.4%) were tubercular, four (3.9%) each were rickettsial, atypical bacterial, and fungal, and three (2.9%) were parasitic. …”
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Perceived influences of fruit and vegetable consumption among Indian adolescents – A qualitative inquiry by Neha Rathi, Anthony Worsley, Meg Bruening

“…Methods Using purposive sampling, adolescents aged 10–19 years were recruited from two public and two private (independent) schools in Varanasi, India. …”
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Highlighting of Urinary Sodium and Potassium among Indonesian Schoolchildren Aged 9–12 Years: The Contribution of School Food by Farapti Farapti, Muji Sulistyowati, Kurnia Dwi Artanti, Stefania Widya Setyaningtyas, Sri Sumarmi, Bibit Mulyana

“…A total of 80 boys and 75 girls recruited as samples in this study demonstrated that their estimated urinary Na and K were 105.42 ± 66.05 mmol/day and 16.39 ± 12.57 mmol/day, respectively. …”
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Effectiveness of case management interventions for frequent users of healthcare services: a scoping review by Catherine Hudon, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Isabelle Dufour, Mireille Lambert, Cynthia Krieg

“…However, pragmatic randomised controlled trials of adequate power that recruit the most frequent users of healthcare services are still needed to clearly confirm its effectiveness.…”
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Is International Travel an Emerging Issue on Transmission of Beijing Lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis? by Pavithra S. Madamarandawala, Srinath Satyanarayana, Collins Timire, Aashifa Yaqoob, Dushantha Madegedara, Dhammika N. Magana-Arachchi

“…Among the 101 patients recruited, presence of BL strains could be ascertained in 94 patients of which 24 (26%; 95% CI: 18%–35%) had BL strains. …”
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Correlation between acute mountain sickness and body constitution of Tibetan medicine and other factors: A case–control study by Hui Luo, Qian Wang, Dan Re

“…Methods: A case–control study was conducted to recruit participants who experienced or did not experience AMS after entering a plateau. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin versus Liraglutide in Patients with Overweight or Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial in Tianjin, Chin... by Hao Zhaohu, Huang Xiao, Shao Hailin, He Feng

“…T2DM patients with overweight or obesity who visited the Metabolic Disease Management Center at Tianjin Fourth Central Hospital from October 2019 to January 2020 were recruited and randomised to receive dapagliflozin or liraglutide for 24 weeks. …”
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Use and impact of social prescribing: a mixed-methods feasibility study protocol by Uy Hoang, Harshana Liyanage, Simon de Lusignan, Victoria Tzortziou Brown, Filipa Ferreira, Ivelina Yonova, Lucy Moore, Anant Jani

“…Participants will be recruited based on their experience of delivering primary care within Oxfordshire and Surrey. …”
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Childhood heart disease and parental emotional wellbeing: a predictive model to explain the perception of quality of life in children and adolescents by Teresa Grimaldi Capitello, Cinzia Correale, Giulia Amodeo, Michela Balsamo, Leonardo Carlucci, Caterina Fiorilli

“…More specifically, we explore how parental psychological dimensions, such as anxiety and depression, are related to patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods We recruited 447 children aged 5 to 18 years with a CHD diagnosis and their parents (319 mothers and 229 fathers) from January to December 2018. …”
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Translation and Initial Validation of the Chinese (Cantonese) Version of Cognitive Flexibility Inventory Using People with Mental Illness by Sui Lung Wong, Tai Wa Liu, Chi Chiu Lee, Pui Wong

“…The CFI-CAN was developed using the standard translation-back-translation process. The study recruited a sample of 104 participants from a group of Cantonese-speaking psychiatric outpatients receiving psychiatric service in Hong Kong. …”
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Perspectives of Midwives and Nurse Practitioners in Kentucky on Exercise Counseling During Pregnancy: A Qualitative Study by Madhawa Perera, Taniya S. Nagpal, Maire M. Blankenship, Danilo V. Tolusso, Jordyn M. Cox, Dilini Prashadika, Mark Schafer, Rachel A. Tinius

“…Methods Twenty-one midwives and nurse practitioners were recruited until the sample size reached saturation. …”
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Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor as markers of disease activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis by Mahendran Bhuvanesh, Chilkuri Balaji, Chinnadurai Saranya, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Trichangode Natesan Tamilselvam, Sankaralingam Rajeswari

“…Twenty healthy age- and sex-matched controls were also recruited for the study. Results: Patients with axSpA had higher levels of serum TNF-α (mean 341 pg/ml) and VEGF (mean 791 pg/ml) as compared with healthy controls (mean 72.5 pg/ml, P < 0.001 and mean 269 pg/ml, P < 0.001). …”
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Factors Associated with Adherence to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among Patients Attending a Nurse-Led Community Clinic in Australia: A Qualitative Study by Fouziah Almouqati, Judith Daire, Catherine Catanach, Jean-Louis deSousa, Sam Quill, Mohamed Estai

“…<b>Methods:</b> This qualitative study included purposively patients with diabetes recruited from a nurse-led community screening clinic in Australia. …”
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Measuring the Average Peak Timing of Kinematic Variables in Youth and Adolescent Baseball Pitchers by Mark Boland, Daniel Zambanini, Ivan Mulligan, Sean Donegan

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional, descriptive study # Methods Twenty-four participants were recruited for testing consisting of five recorded pitches using 3-Dimensional VICON® motion analysis system. …”
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Patch validation: an observational study protocol for the evaluation of a multisignal wearable sensor in patients during anaesthesia and in the postanaesthesia care unit by Marc Fischler, Morgan Le Guen, Pierre Squara, Sabrina Ma, Shérifa Adjavon, Bernard Trillat, Messaouda Merzoug, Philippe Aegerter

“…Bland-Altman plots will be used in the main analysis to detect discrepancies and estimate the limits of agreement.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethical Committee (Toulouse, France) on 10 April 2020. We are not yet recruiting subjects for this study. The results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT04344093.…”
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Assessing the inflammation in pediatric MOGAD: Significance of CSF HMGB1 and related biomarkers by Xin Wang, Ruibin Zhao, Jiayu Fan, Chong Liu, Li Zhang, Huafang Yang, Weiyi Wang

“…Evaluation and monitoring of biomarkers associated with its pathogenesis would provide vital information on disease progression and therapeutic assessment.MethodsWe assessed NLRP3, HMGB1, IL-6, and IL-33 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of pediatric patients with MOGAD at different time points and their association with the risk of disease. We recruited 30 patients with MOGAD (20 in the acute phase and 10 in remission) and 10 control patients with noninflammatory demyelinating disease. …”
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Effects of awareness of breast cancer overdiagnosis among women with screen-detected or incidentally found breast cancer: a qualitative interview study by Brooke Nickel, Alexandra Barratt, Kirsten McCaffery, Kristen Pickles, Jolyn Hersch, Jayant S Vaidya

“…Objectives To explore experiences of women who identified themselves as having a possible breast cancer overdiagnosis.Design Qualitative interview study using key components of a grounded theory analysis.Setting International interviews with women diagnosed with breast cancer and aware of the concept of overdiagnosis.Participants Twelve women aged 48–77 years from the UK (6), USA (4), Canada (1) and Australia (1) who had breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ n=9, (invasive) breast cancer n=3) diagnosed between 2004 and 2019, and who were aware of the possibility of overdiagnosis. Participants were recruited via online blogs and professional clinical networks.Results Most women (10/12) became aware of overdiagnosis after their own diagnosis. …”
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Prevalence of Insomnia and Related Factors Among Cancer Outpatients in China by Zhao K, Yu Z, Wang Y, Feng W

“…This study aims to investigate insomnia in cancer patients and further analyze potentially related factors.Methods: Oncology outpatients treated at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center were consecutively recruited. Demographic information and clinical features, such as type of cancer and treatment status, were collected. …”
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Exploring Quality of Life in Adults Living With Late-onset Pompe Disease: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perceptions from Australia, France, Italy, and... by Holly Lumgair, Lisa Bashorum, Alasdair MacCulloch, Elizabeth Minas, George Timmins, Drago Bratkovic, Richard Perry, Medi Stone, Vasileios Blazos, Elisabetta Conti, Raymond Saich

“…Adults with LOPD (N=41) from Australia, France, Italy, and the Netherlands were recruited. **Results:** Participants reporting “declining” LOPD status (56%) had lower physical functioning SF-36 scores than those reporting as “stable” or “improving.” …”
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Trauma as a Public Health Moment: Addressing Vaccine Uptake in Trauma Patients by Grace E. Keegan, BS, Rachel Alexander, BS, Simi Ogunnowo, BS, Isaiah Brown, BS, Tanya L. Zakrison, MD, MPH, Lea E. Hoefer, MD

“…Trauma inpatients in Chicago, IL were recruited for this mixed-methods study from February 2022 to April 2022. …”
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