Voices on academic accreditation: lived experiences of nurse educators, administrators, students, and alumni in nursing education by Ebtsam Aly Abou Hashish, Hend Alnajjar, Hawazen Rawas

“…Methods A qualitative phenomenological approach was employed, using purposive sampling to recruit 54 participants from a Saudi nursing college, including academic nurse educators and administrators (n = 24), students (n = 20), and alumni (n = 10). …”
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Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka by Kavinda Dayasiri, S. F. Jayamanne, C. Y. Jayasinghe

“…Children with both accidental and deliberate medication poisonings and medication errors were recruited to the study. Data on poisoning events and medication errors were gathered via patient/parent interviews using multistructured questionnaires that assessed demographic factors, first aid measures, location and circumstances of poisoning, clinical management, and complications. …”
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Future directions of spiritual care where spiritual care providers do not exist: a qualitative study by Nattawan Meeprasertsagool, Patiphat Anuraktham, Arthit Chaithanasarn, Itthipon Wongprom

“…The participants were recruited through purposeful sampling, and the data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. …”
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Establishing Normative Dynamic Postural Control Values in Elite Female Handball Players by Brice Picot, Jeanne Dury, Guillaume Néron, Patrick O McKeon, Nicolas Forestier

“… # Study design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Athletes from 14 elite teams were recruited during a national tournament and performed 3 trials in the anterior (ANT), posteromedial (PM), posterolateral (PL) directions of the mSEBT. …”
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Diagnostic Utility of Various Hormones across Different Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes: A Cross-sectional Study by Padala Ravi Kumar, Radha Krishna Telagareddy, Deepak Kumar Dash, Debasish Patro

“…Materials and Methods: One hundred and eighty-seven PCOS women based on revised Rotterdam 2003 criteria were recruited. Ninety-four age-matched healthy females were taken as controls. …”
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Theoretical impact of a bedside decision-making tool on antibiotic use for suspected neonatal healthcare-associated infection: an observational study by Lizel Georgi Lloyd, Mirjam Maria van Weissenbruch, Adrie Bekker, Cecilia Ferreyra, Birgitta Gleeson, Angela Dramowski

“…The theoretical impact of the tool on antibiotic LOT was calculated. Results We recruited 180 neonates with 214 episodes of suspected HAI, of which 22 (10.3%) were proven HAI, 56 (26.2%) were presumed HAI and 136 (63.6%) had HAI ruled out. …”
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Lower Extremity and Trunk Electromyographic Muscle Activity During Performance of the Y-Balance Test on Stable and Unstable Surfaces by Navpreet Kaur, Kunal Bhanot, Germaine Ferreira

“… # Methods Healthy adults with no history of chronic ankle instability were recruited for the study. Surface electromyography was collected for bilateral (ipsilateral \[i\] and contralateral \[c\]) rectus abdominis (RA), external oblique (EOB), erector spinae (ES). …”
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Predominant polarity in bipolar affective disorder and its impact on cognition and quality of life by Shashank Bhardwaj, Deoraj Sinha, Ami Pawar, Astik Mane

“…Method: After Institutional Ethics Committee Approval and written informed consent, patients who were diagnosed with BPAD attending out-patient department of a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai were recruited. A total of 57 participants were enrolled. …”
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Biomarkers of racism-based stress injury: A feasibility and correlation study by Rachel Wangari Kimani, Jonathan N. Tobin, Steven W. Cole, Ann Campbell, Erich D. Jarvis

“…Objective: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of recruiting African American volunteers for a pilot study of race-based stress, the acceptability of a mindfulness intervention designed to reduce racism-induced stress, and to evaluate preliminary associations between race-based stress and clinical, psychosocial, and biological measures. …”
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Normative values of spinal and peripheral proprioception in position sense among healthy adolescents and young adults by Kenney Ki Lee Lau, Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Karlen Ka Pui Law, Arnold Yu Lok Wong, Daniel Hung Kay Chow, Kenneth Man Chee Cheung

“…A total of 103 participants were recruited. We found that only spinal proprioception was associated with chronological age, whereas peripheral proprioception was not. …”
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Oral health status and treatment needs of military populations in Garoua, Cameroon by Ashu Michael Agbor, Karpal Singh, Clement Welyang, Tchweguem Clement, Etta Barnarbas Ebot, Anderson Tetmoun

“…Clinical examination was carried out to elucidate oral pathologies, and a logistical regression was performed to determine factors associated with oral disease with a P value set at < 0.05. Results: We recruited 288 military personnel aged 23 years, predominantly males; the mean duration of service with the military was 13.5 ± 12.5 s.d years and 182 (63.2%) had been to the war front. …”
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Exploring social capital for family caregivers of patients with chronic organ failure: study protocol for a concept mapping study by Kai Chow Choi, Carmen Wing Han Chan, Marques Shek Nam Ng, Winnie Kwok Wei So, Wallace Chi Ho Chan, Helen Yue Lai Chan

“…A total of 119 participants, including patients, family caregivers, professionals and other community members, will be recruited from the community. The study will be divided into three phases. …”
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Layer-Specific Strain Analysis in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Despina-Manuela Toader, Alina Paraschiv, Georgică Târtea, Gabriela Tiucu, Mihai Chițu, Raluca Stănișor, Oana Mirea

“…Methods: 97 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and a left ventricle ejection fraction ≤ 40% were recruited, 51 with ischemic and 46 with nonischemic etiologies. …”
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Resection versus preservation of the middle turbinate in surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis: a randomized controlled trial by Marc-Antoine Hudon, Erin D. Wright, Etienne Fortin-Pellerin, Marie Bussieres

“…Methods Sixteen patients (15 men, 15 primary surgery) undergoing bilateral complete ESS for CRS with nasal polyposis were recruited. Nasal cavities were randomized so that middle turbinectomy was performed on one side while the middle turbinate was preserved on the other. …”
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Construction and application of a stratified nursing intervention program for postoperative delirium after Stanford type A aortic dissection: a quasi-experimental trial by Xueping Li, Miaomiao Zheng, Ailin Lin, Chaohong Chen, Yuanbo Wu, Huai Zhang, Zhiqin Yin

“…From January to June 2023, 37 patients were recruited in the intervention group, receiving both routine care and the intervention plan. …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial on the effects of long-term home-based exercise for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with recent exacerbation: research proto... by Ulla Møller Weinreich, Lars Pilegaard Thomsen, Jane Andreasen, Anna Lei Stoustrup, Thorvaldur S Palsson

“…This study aims to investigate the effects, experiences and acceptability of long-term home-based cycling for patients with COPD post exacerbation.Methods and analyses This cluster randomised controlled trial will recruit hospitalised patients with COPD following hospitalisation following exacerbation of COPD. …”
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What made people (more) positive toward the COVID-19 vaccine? Exploring positive and negative deviance perspectives by Mitchell A. M. Matthijssen, Mariëlle Cloin, Florian van Leeuwen, Ien van de Goor, Peter Achterberg

“…Methods We conducted semi-structured online interviews with 21 Dutch adults aged 28–75 years (13 positive deviants and 8 negative deviants) between January and July 2022. Interviewees were recruited on the basis of their response patterns in a survey that was part of a larger project on understanding vaccine hesitancy in the Netherlands. …”
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Risk of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Breast Cancer Patients Treated With CT-Guided Radiation Therapy: A Prospective Observational Study by Amdisen L, Brink C, Lorenzen EL, Roenlev JD, Ewertz M, Cronin-Fenton D

“…We investigated the effect of radiation dose to the thyroid gland on the incidence of hypothyroidism in early-stage breast cancer patients treated with CT-guided radiation therapy.Patients and Methods: We recruited women aged ≤ 75 years diagnosed with breast cancer from March 2016 through August 2017 at Odense University Hospital, Denmark. …”
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Music and low-frequency vibrations for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain in elderly: A pilot study. by Thom A H Eshuis, Peter J C Stuijt, Hans Timmerman, Peter Michael L Nielsen, André Paul Wolff, Remko Soer

“…Patients at age ≥ 65 years with musculoskeletal pain for ≥ 3 months and a daily pain score ≥ 4 out of 10 were recruited at three centers. They were randomized to receive either a combination of music and low-frequency (20-100 Hz) vibrations administered to the abdomen, or a combination with the same music but with higher frequency (200-300 Hz) vibrations administered to the abdomen. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Trait Versus State Biomarker Analysis of Inflammatory Cytokines and miRNAs in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder by Christopher Rockson, Chandrashekaran Girish, Harivenkatesh Natarajan, Vikas Menon

“…Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, we recruited patients with MDD, their FDRs and age, gender, body mass index-matched UHCs. …”
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