Integrating Videoconferencing Therapist Guidance Into Stepped Care Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Noninferiority Randomized Contr... by Sonja March, Susan H Spence, Larry Myers, Martelle Ford, Genevieve Smith, Caroline L Donovan

“…MethodsParticipants included 137 Australian children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years (male: n=61, 44.5%) with a primary anxiety disorder who were recruited from participants presenting to the BRAVE Online website. …”
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Increased risk for alcohol- and other substance-exposed pregnancies among women who smoke tobacco: A secondary analysis of a primary care-based intervention by Thomas F. Northrup, Angela L. Stotts, Stephen M. Fischer, Kirk L. von Sternberg, Mary M. Velasquez

“…Material and Methods Eligible women (N=261) were recruited from 12 primary care clinics in a public healthcare system, not pregnant, aged 18–44 years, drinking >3 drinks/ day or >7 drinks/week, sexually active, and not using effective contraception. …”
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Effect of maturity status on lower-limb strength testing reliability in academy football players from an elite professional club by Maxime Violin, Abd-elbasset Abaïdia, Guillaume Rave, Sébastien Ratel

“…Methods: Seventy players from a professional club academy were recruited and divided into 3 groups : 24 pre-pubertal (Pre; 12.8±0.5 years, -1.9±0.5 years from Age at the Peak Height Velocity or APHV), 18 pubertal (Pub; 15.2±0.6 years, +0.3±0.5 years from APHV), and 28 post-pubertal (Post; 16.6±1.6 years, +2.4±1.1 years from APHV). …”
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Factors associated with caffeine intake among undergraduates: a cross-sectional study from Palestine by May Hamdan, Souzan Zidan, Fatima Al-Amouri, Hiba Niroukh, Manar Abu Dawod, Sajeda Ashour, Shahd Sameer Dweik, Manal Badrasawi

“…Undergraduates were recruited by random sampling after a personal invitation. …”
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A head-to-head comparison of the adult EQ-5D-5L and youth EQ-5D-Y-5L in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis by Joshua M. Bonsel, Charles M. M. Peeters, Max Reijman, Tim Dings, Joost P. H. J. Rutges, Diederik H. R. Kempen, Jan A. N. Verhaar, Gouke J. Bonsel

“…Methodology 107 adolescents were recruited from 4 scoliosis centers in the Netherlands between March 2022 and January 2023; they completed both EQ-5D’s and the SRS-22r (scoliosis-specific questionnaire). …”
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Sexual Practices and HIV Prevention Strategies Used by Female Sex Workers in Lagos, Nigeria: An Assessment of the Willingness to Use a Microbicide by Ekama SO, Sheth AN, Ilomuanya MO, Okwuzu JO, Musa AZ, Idigbe I, Ezeobi PM, Oladele DA, Ezechi OC, Salako BL

“…We also explored factors that might influence their willingness to use a new microbicide product.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among female sex workers recruited from brothels within Lagos-Nigeria, in which participants were selected via purposive sampling over a period of five-months. …”
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Digital Transformation in Voluntary Sports Organizations: A Scoping Review on Multi-Level Drivers, Promoting Factors, Forms and Consequences by Pascal Stegmann, Grazia Lang

“…Furthermore, it remains unclear whether digital transformation helps to effectively address common challenges of voluntary sports organizations, such as recruiting and retaining members and volunteers. Therefore, this review aims to analyse the existing research on digital transformation in voluntary sports organizations to reconcile current approaches in the field of sport management research and identify research gaps. …”
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Relationship between Surface Electromyography Parameters and Balance Function in Patients with Lower Limb Spasm after Stroke by ZHENG Bao, LIU Yiwen, WANG Zongbao, XU Wanyue, XIONG Shanshan

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the correlation between electromyography (EMG) parameters of bilateral lower limb muscles and standing balance parameters in patients with hemiplegic lower limb spasm after stroke, and to provide basis for rehabilitation and treatment of balance function in patients with lower limb spasm after stroke.MethodsA total of 30 patients with hemiplegic lower limb spasm after stroke were recruited as the patient group from Anhui Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and 30 healthy people with no history of trauma, gender, age and body mass index (BMI) matched were selected as healthy control group (referred to as healthy group). …”
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Exploring the Feasibility of a 5-Week mHealth Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity and an Active, Healthy Lifestyle in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study by Kim Daniels, Sharona Vonck, Jolien Robijns, Kirsten Quadflieg, Jochen Bergs, Annemie Spooren, Dominique Hansen, Bruno Bonnechère

“…Qualitative data from focus groups conducted after the 5-week intervention helped gather insights into user experiences. Participants were recruited using a combination of web-based and offline strategies, including social media outreach, newspaper advertisements, and presentations at older adult organizations and local community services. …”
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TiMON: a real-time integrated monitor for improving the placement and wear of emergency tourniquets by John Quan Nguyen, Avery Goss, Helen Keshishian, Francis Berchard, Jonathan Parks, Conor Evans

“…In the second study, 30 lay volunteers from Massachusetts General Hospital with no prior tourniquet training were recruited and taught how to apply a tourniquet under normal conditions prior to being asked to perform the same exercises as the soldiers. …”
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Evaluation of Common and Atypical Clinical Presentations of Tinea Faciei: A Cross-sectional Study from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India by Suganita, Deepika Agarwal, Sonal Sachan, Vandana Yadav, Harshit Jaiswal, Divya Prajapati

“…Total 75 patients with the clinical diagnosis of tinea faciei were recruited and subjected to Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) preparation for direct microscopic examination. …”
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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Medication Education Course on Pregnant Women’s Medication Information Literacy and Decision Self-Efficacy: Randomized Controlled Trial by Suya Li, Hui-Jun Chen, Jie Zhou, Yi-Bei Zhouchen, Rong Wang, Jinyi Guo, Sharon R Redding, Yan-Qiong Ouyang

“…Pregnant women were recruited from January to June 2021 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of a large hospital in a major city in central China. …”
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Factors influencing changes in the quality of life of the Hainan migratory population with hypertension: a survey of the Chengmai mangrove bay community by Qiaochun Chen, Jing Zhou, Na Li, Luming Liu, Yixuan Li, Wenfang Long, Ziyue Luo, Yunru Liu, Sha Xiao

“…Convenience sampling was used to recruit elderly hypertensive migratory individuals reside stay of longer than one month. …”
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Novel Procedures for Evaluating Autism Online in a Culturally Diverse Population of Children: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pathway Development Study by Venus Mirzaei, Jeanne Wolstencroft, Georgia Lockwood Estrin, Eleanor Buckley, Shermina Sayani, Panos Katakis, Reena Anand, Tessa Squire, Eleanor Short, Paige Frankson, David Skuse, Michelle Heys

“…Qualitative data on acceptability, feasibility, and usability will be gathered from semistructured interviews with a subset of families and health care providers. We will recruit 60 families for the main pilot study (including the usability testing) and 10-15 participants for the qualitative substudy. …”
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Performance of antiretroviral drugs supply chain management and related challenges in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. In the case of public health facilities found in the... by Meseret Tilahun Zeleke, Berhanemeskel Weldegerima Atsbeha, Belachew Yebeyin Melaku, Yesuneh Tefera Mekasha, Abibo Wondie Mekonen, Shimelis Dagnachew Nigatu

“…Therefore, to improve the performance of ARV drug supply chain management, all the concerned bodies should work cooperatively in maintaining quality data and be dedicated to updating inventory recording tools, creating standard storage conditions, as well as recruiting pharmacy professionals, facilitating capacity-building training, and offering ongoing mentorship and supervision. …”
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Application of crisis management in patient complaint management in the pediatric dentistry clinic (危机管理在儿童口腔门诊投诉管理中的应用) by ZHOU Lina (周莉娜), LUO Sha (罗莎), WANG Yan (王雁)

“…Another 200 cases of pediatric patients who visited the pediatric dentistry clinic between January and December 2022 were recruited as the study group, and a crisis management model was adopted. …”
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Investigating Falls Risk Awareness in Hospitals Using the Self‐Awareness of Falls Risk Measure (SAFRM): Empirical Research Quantitative by Elissa Dabkowski, Simon J. Cooper, Jhodie Duncan, Karen Missen

“…Results A total of 77 patients (72.9 years ±11.2) and 58 health professionals were recruited. Patients had a significant difference in falls risk awareness when compared to their clinician (z = −2.08, p = 0.038). …”
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Effects of biologic therapy on novel indices of lung inhomogeneity in patients with severe type-2 high asthma by Nayia Petousi, Nick P Talbot, Ian Pavord, Peter A Robbins, Nicholas M J Smith, Graham Richmond, Asma Alamoudi, Lorenzo Petralia, Haopeng Xu, Dominic Sandhu, Grant AD Ritchie

“…Here, we assessed changes in lung inhomogeneity in patients with type-2 high asthma treated with biological therapy and explored the relationship between inhomogeneity measures and conventional asthma disease markers.Methods This was an observational study of 91 severe type-2 high asthma patients recruited from a tertiary asthma clinic, of whom 67 subsequently started anti-IL5 or anti-IL5R biologics. …”
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Psychological symptoms, quality of life and dyadic relations in family members of intensive care survivors: a multicentre, prospective longitudinal cohort study by Sumeet Rai, Dale M. Needham, Rhonda Brown, Teresa Neeman, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Arvind Rajamani, Rakshit Panwar, Mary Nourse, Frank M. P. van Haren, Imogen Mitchell, for the PRICE study investigators

“…Results Of 144 family members (75% female, 54% partners/spouses) recruited, 59% cared for previously intubated survivors. …”
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Smartphone-Based Telemonitoring for Better Oral Health With Toothbrushes: 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial by Jaeyeon Kim, Yiseul Choi, Yoolbin Song, Wonse Park

“…MethodsParticipants were recruited offline from the Department of Advanced General Dentistry at Yonsei University Dental Hospital, South Korea. …”
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