Determinants of Dropping Out of Remote Patient-Reported Outcome–Based Follow-Up Among Patients With Epilepsy: Prospective Cohort Study by Sofie Bech Vestergaard, Mette Roost, David Høyrup Christiansen, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard

“…ResultsA total of 770 patients (33.7%) dropped out of remote PRO-based follow-up over 5 years. Statistically significant associations were identified between all potential determinants and dropouts in PRO-based follow-up. …”
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Awareness of workplace hazards and preventive measures among sandstone mineworkers in Rajasthan, India: A cross-sectional study by Absar Ahmad

“…Failure to use PPEs at work was statistically significant associated with belonging to scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, lower distance from home to workplace (1‒3 Km), hours work per day (< 8 hr), and no availability of safe drinking water. …”
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Continuing education program and its relationship with the mental health of engineering faculty members by Josué Omar Nava-Manzo, Jesus Alfonso Beltran-Sanchez, Irma Marcela González-Treviño, Angeles Dominguez, Angeles Dominguez

“…The study concludes a statistically significant relationship exists between stress, anxiety, burnout, and continuing education programs; but the magnitudes are too low to make generalizations. …”
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Explaining the Unexplained: Examining the Predictive Value of Semen Parameters, Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Metal Levels in Unexplained Infertility by Navdeep Kaur Ghuman, Kamla Kant Shukla, Srividhya Nandagopal, Sunil Raikar, Shailendra Kumar, Priyanka Kathuria, Dinesh Choudhary, Poonam Elhence, Pratibha Singh

“…Results: Fertile men had statistically significantly higher mean progressive sperm motility than male partners of unexplained infertility (53.12 ± 9.89% vs. 44.81 ± 19.47%, P = 0.005). …”
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Comparing the effects of intercostal and subcostal flank incision on post-operative pain and incisional hernia or bulge in patients undergoing open kidney surgery: A randomized cli... by Alireza Abdi, Behzad Imani, Seyed Habibollah Mousavibahar, Salman Khazaei, Shima Bahrami Jalal

“…RESULTS: In the subcostal group, a higher incidence of AWA was observed when compared to the intercostal group at 6 months post-operation, and this difference was statistically significant (P = 0.039). However, there was no significant difference between the two groups at 3 months post-operation in this regard (P > 0.05). …”
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Micro-computed tomography measurement of the marginal gap of different types of glass-ceramic veneers fabricated by heat-pressed technique. by Soma Qadir, Bassam Karem Amin

“…Results: The mean(±SD) value of IPS Emax was 0.056(±0.023)mm3, and the same value for IPS Empress was 0.128(±0.195)mm3. No statistically significant difference was found between in marginal gap size of both types of the glass-ceramic (p = 0.261). …”
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Maternal Satisfaction and Associated Factors with Postcesarean Section Pain Management: A Cross-Sectional Study by Biruk Adie Admass, Fikadu Tadesse Diress, Demeke Yilkal Fentie, Nigussie Simeneh Endalew

“…In the multivariable analysis, variables with a p value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Crude odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals were calculated to demonstrate the strength of the association. …”
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Incidence and Associated Factors of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Abdominal Surgery in the Public Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Geresu Gebeyehu, Ashenafi Eshetu, Senait Aweke

“…A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. About 33% of the participants that underwent abdominal surgery developed postoperative pulmonary complications. …”
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A Comparative Study of Vitrectomy Combined with Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling for the Treatment of Idiopathic Macular Hole with Air or C3F8 Intraocular Tamponade by Xiang Chen, Yi Yao, Xiaolu Hao, Xiaocui Liu, Tiecheng Liu

“…Before operation, there was no statistically significant difference in age, sex, macular hole diameter, or visual acuity between groups. …”
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Clinical performance of class II MOD fiber reinforced resin composite restorations: an 18-month randomized controlled clinical trial by Mohamed Hamdy Mohamed, Eman Ali Abouauf, Rania Sayed Mosallam

“…Results Intergroup comparisons revealed no statistically significant differences in any of the evaluated criteria except for color match. …”
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Physicians’ perception towards continuing professional development in government teaching hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-mixed method design by Merahi Kefyalew Merahi, Walelegn Worku Yallew

“…It also showed that the department of healthcare Professionals had a statistically significant association with the perception of continuing professional development. …”
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Effect of olive oil pomace applications at different irrigation levels on soil quality by Pelin Alaboz, Ahmet Ali Işildar, Bilge Batmaz, Satı Çağlar

“…It was observed that the soils fell into the ''high” class only when the soil quality index values, which were determined to show a statistically significant change between 0.730 and 0.775 for applications, were observed to be in the ''high'' quality class, while the effects of irrigation water application were found to be similar. …”
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Comparison Of Maternal And Perinatal Outcome Of Isolated Borderline Amniotic Fluid Index Versus Normal Amniotic Fluid In Low-Risk Pregnancies At Term by Shabana Kalsoom, Noreen Majeed Majeed, Mamoona Riaz, Mehreen Mehdi, Khair-un-Nisa Asif, Iram Mushtaq

“…Results: The difference in overall cesarean section rate (p=0.071) and cesarean section for fetal distress (p=0.076) was not statistically significant between the two groups. The borderline AFI did not increase the risk of meconium-stained liquor (p=0.116), 5minute APGAR score <7 (p=0.218), admission to NICU (p=0.064) and low birth weight (mean birth weights p=0.278) compared to normal AFI. …”
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Congenital malformations in children of epileptic pregnant women in the Cienfuegos province (2008-2018) by María Soledad Vilches León, Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Maylé Santos Solís, Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Niurys Gonzales Cano

“…The history of genetic termination of pregnancy was statistically significant (p= 0.006) and increased the risk of having a malformation 16 times. …”
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Rosuvastatin effects on the HDL proteome in hyperlipidemic patients by Vavlukis Ana, Mladenovska Kristina, Davalieva Katarina, Vavlukis Marija, Dimovski Aleksandar

“…Five HDL proteins showed statistically significant differences in the abundance (Anova ≤ 0.05), before and after rosuvastatin treatment. …”
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Comparison of Goal Achievement during an Early, Intensive Nutrition Intervention Delivered to People with Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer by Telephone Compared with Mobile Applicatio... by Kate Furness, Catherine E. Huggins, Lauren Hanna, Daniel Croagh, Mitchell Sarkies, Terry P. Haines

“…A p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. The telephone group (n=38) had 1.99 times greater frequency of contact with the research dietitian (95% CI: 1.67 to 2.36, p<0.001) and 2.37 times higher frequency of goal achievement (95% CI: 1.1 to 5.11, p=0.03) compared with the mobile app group (n=36). …”
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Trichomonas vaginalis and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Oromia Region, Southern Ethiopia by Oliyad Husen, Alqeer Aliyo, Kalicha Boru, Tibeso Gemechu, Wako Dedecha, Girma Ashenafi

“…A p value < 0.05 with 95% CI was used to declare it statistically significant. Result. An overall prevalence of T. vaginalis among pregnant women was 7.7% (95% with confidence interval (CI), 0.043-0.123). …”
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The modulating effect of coat color mutations on the generation and neutralization of reactive oxygen species in the Аmerican mink (Neovison vison) as a model by S. N. Sergina, V. A. Ilyukha, I. V. Baishnikova, T. N. Ilyina

“…The royal pastel (b/b) genotype showed the highest level of RO S generation, and the sapphire (a/a р/р), the lowest (statistically significant difference from standard). Coat color mutations modulate the dintensity of RO S generation and neutralization in lung tissue. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Adolescent Obesity among Rural School Adolescents in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study by Deekshanta Sitaula, Aarati Dhakal, Nimesh Lageju, Amisha Silwal, Samjhana Kshetri Basnet, Niki Shrestha, B. C. Anup Bikram, Niraj Phoju

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the associated factors, and a p value of ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. Out of 267 adolescents, 14.6% were obese and 14.6% were overweight. …”
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Peripherally inserted central catheters versus implanted port catheters in patients with breast cancer: a post hoc analysis of the PICCPORT randomised controlled trial by Anton Utas, Stefanie Seifert, Knut Taxbro

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of complications between the PICC and PORT groups. …”
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