Association between maternal satisfaction and other indicators of quality of care at childbirth: a cross-sectional study based on the WHO standards by Marzia Lazzerini, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Chiara Semenzato, Ilaria Mariani

“…Multivariate analysis largely confirmed univariate findings, with six out of eight groups of correlated variables being statistically significantly associated with women’s satisfaction. …”
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Perceived stress and academic procrastination among higher vocational nursing students: the mediating roles of positive and negative emotions by Congjie Cao, Dandan Chen, Yi Zhou

“…A mediation effect was considered statistically significant if the 95% confidence interval did not contain zero. …”
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Facet Blocking for Treating Back Pain Caused by Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture by Yongquan Cheng, Xiaoliang Wu, Jiawei Shi, Hui Jiang

“…The incidence of bone cement leakage and new fractures after operation did not have statistically significant difference between groups. Conclusion. …”
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Application of Patient Version of General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition for Screening Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community by YANG Ting, HE Jiali, SONG Linlin, LIU Wentao, GUI Chenfan, CHEN Xiao, XU Li, JIA Chengsen

“…Compared with the NC group, correct rate of the time orientation, clock drawing, reporting events and delayed recall, and the total score were significantly lower in the MCI group, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001). …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection and Its Risk Factors: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study in Resource-Limited Settings of Northwest Ethiopia by Markos Negash, Habtamu Wondifraw Baynes, Demeke Geremew

“…P values <0.05 were taken statistically significant. Result. Prevalence of H. pylori was found to be 71.1% (143/201) and 37.3% (75/201) using the dBest H. pylori Test Disk and SD BIOLINE H. pylori Ag test, respectively. …”
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Can T1W and T2W Dixon Sequences Replace the Standard MRI Protocol in Diagnosing Sacroiliitis? by Nur Betül Karatoprak, Zeynep Maraş Özdemir, Sinan Karatoprak, Ayşegül Sağır Kahraman, Leyla Karaca, Servet Yolbaş

“…Results: There were no statistically significant differences in BME detection between the T2W-FS and T2W Dixon-WO images. …”
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Rauwolfia vomitoria- a promising medical plant for benign prostatic hyperplasia management; yet with challenges by George Awuku Asare, Perpetua Dagadu, Samuel Adjei, Bernice Asiedu, Samkeliso Takaidza, Vivash Naidoo, Brodrick Amoah, Ifeoma Celestina Orabueze, Kwasi Bugyei

“…Additionally, a reduction in relative prostate weight compared to the model group was observed, though not statistically significant (p > 0.05). However, a significant reduction in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels was seen in the RVARE-treated groups (Model vs Gp 3, p = 0.001; Model vs Gp 4, p = 0.000; Model vs Gp 5, p = 0.001). …”
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Microbiological Isolates and Antibiotic Susceptibilities in Cases of Posttraumatic Endophthalmitis: A 15-Year Review by Chunhong Liu, Jian Ji, Zhujian Wang, Huiwen Chen, Wenjun Cao, Xinghuai Sun

“…P values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results. Of the 3,163 cases of posttraumatic endophthalmitis, 1,003 culture-positive isolates were identified. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of drooling, reluctance, oropharynx, others, and leukocytosis score as a predictor of mortality and complications following acute corrosive ingestion by Fawaz Poonthottathil, Soorya Suresh, Jamshed Nayer, Praveen Aggarwal

“…Delong test showed that there was no statistically significant difference in Zargar versus DROOL score in terms of prediction of mortality and overall complications (P > 0.05). …”
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Effect of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections on physical fitness of school children in Côte d'Ivoire. by Ivan Müller, Jean T Coulibaly, Thomas Fürst, Stefanie Knopp, Jan Hattendorf, Stefanie J Krauth, Katarina Stete, Aurélie A Righetti, Dominik Glinz, Adrien K Yao, Uwe Pühse, Eliézer K N'goran, Jürg Utzinger

“…The VO(2) max of children with no parasite infections was 53.5 ml kg(-1) min(-1). No statistically significant difference was detected between any groups. …”
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Physiological profile of professional handball players regarding playing position by Mihaela Nestorova Brazanska, Vangel Ristovski, Vlatko Nedelkovski, Ljubica Dimitrievska, Jasmina Pluncevic Gligoroska

“…The BIA parameters of body composition in handball players regarding the playing position, showed statistically significant differences for all lean body mass parameters and obesity diagnose parameters, except for the body fat percent. …”
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Evaluation of Immune Characteristics and Factors Associated with Immune Response following Hepatitis B Vaccination among Ghanaian Adolescents by Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Joseph Badu Gyapong, Ebenezer Krampah Aidoo, Alfred Effah, Simon Koffie, Oscar Simon Olympio Mensah, Isaac Arddey, Godwin Boakye, Stephen Opoku, Benjamin Amoani, Robert Amadu Ngala

“…Statistical analyses were done using SPSS version 26.0 and R programming language, p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. We found 100% seroconversion rate, with 25.7% seroprotection rate (anti-HBsAg >10 mIU/ml). …”
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Comparative efficacy of GLP-1 RAs/SGLT-2 inhibitors in reducing cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes according to baseline use of metformin: a systematic review and meta-analys... by Yuxin Zhang, Zhaoji Li, Yongchen Hao

“…In metformin-naive patients, similar reductions were observed (HR = 0.79, 95% CI 0.65–0.95, P = 0.01). No statistically significant interaction was found between metformin users and non-users for any outcome (all P values for interaction > 0.05), indicating consistent cardiovascular benefits regardless of baseline metformin therapy. …”
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Tracing the origins and transformations of fluorescence dissolved organic matter within western and eastern Greenland’s shelves: a comparative study by Monika Zabłocka, Piotr Kowalczuk, Joanna Stoń-Egiert, Elena Terzić, Elena Terzić, Evanthia Bournaka, Artur P. Palacz

“…In the surface waters of the western Greenland shelf we found a statistically significant (p&lt;0.001), although relatively weak (R = 0.27) correlation between Ip and the total chlorophyll a concentration, Tchla. …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Jejunum and Ileum Tumours Based on Video Capsule Endoscopy Data Using Mathematical Analysis by E. D. Fedorov, E. V. Ivanova, S. E. Rauzina, D. E. Seleznev, A. V. Budykina

“…Among them, 8 were found to be statistically significant (affecting the division of objects into groups): patient gender, gut wall/lumen deformation, path of intestinal folds, polypoid changes, vascular pattern, mucosal regularity, mucosal lobulation and colour. …”
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Effectiveness of nutritional education intervention during pregnancy on birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Degu Jerene, Tefera Belachew, Abera Mersha, Shitaye Shibiru, Gistane Ayele

“…In the case when funnel plot is asymmetric and/or Egger’s test is statistically significant, the trim and fill (Duval and Tweedie’s) analysis will be performed. …”
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Analysis of feasibility, effectiveness and safety of transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery(vNOTES) of ectopic pregnancy: a retrospective study by Shuo Zhang, Dan Zhou, Jin-bowen Yan, Bo Zhang, Qing-wei Meng, Qiu-bo Lv

“…There were no statistically significant differences observed in operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and hospital stays between the vNOTES group and the CL group (P > 0.05). …”
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Impact of psychotropic pro re nata prescription-monitoring programme on prescriptions for inpatients with psychiatric disorders: a retrospective observational study by Yoshitaka Saito, Kyohei Sumida, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Satoru Oishi, Ryutaro Suzuki, Taiyo Nishikawa, Shin Miyake, Yukihiro Tanno, Yuki Tobita, Katsuya Otori, Ken Inada

“…In the non-monitoring group, there was no statistically significant difference in the number of psychotropic drugs prescribed regularly before and after admission. …”
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Utility of High-Resolution Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Posterior Segment Ocular Lesions Using Sensitivity and Specificity by Deb K. Boruah, Daisy Vishwakarma, Pallavi Gogoi, Navneet R Lal, Arup Deuri

“…The ocular USG had a sensitivity of 87.32%, specificity of 80%, and accuracy of 86.42% with a statistically significant difference between the USG findings and the Ophthalmology diagnosis of the posterior segment ocular abnormalities of a p-value of 0.0005. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation: South African Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Knowledge Questionnaire by Lorisha Manas, Tawanda Chivese, Ankia Coetzee, Magda Conradie, Linzette D. Morris

“…All versions of the SA-GDMKQ had a statistically significant (p  0.001) positive linear correlation between the total scores. …”
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