Socioeconomic and behavioral factors of hypertension among Indian tribal population: Evidence from national family health survey 5. by Bodhi Sri Vidya Vennam, Sai Sushma Kuppli, Jayanta Kumar Bora, Soumya Swaroop Sahoo, Chaitanya Gujjarlapudi, Devi Madhavi Bhimarasetty, Ganga Nagamani Nerusu, Sonu Goel

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We used the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) round 5 data conducted in 2019-2021. …”
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Factors Influencing Decision-Making for Poststroke Paretic Upper Limb Treatment: A Survey of Japanese Physical and Occupational Therapists by Koichiro Hirayama, Takashi Takebayashi, Kayoko Takahashi

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Common mental disorders among women in reproductive age group: An analysis of national mental health survey, India 2016 by Harshitha H. Annajigowda, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sundarnag Ganjekar, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators group

“…Materials and Methods: The National Mental Health Survey of India 2016 is a multisite nationwide household survey conducted across India using a uniform methodology. …”
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Effect of maternal height on the risk of caesarean section in singleton births: evidence from a large-scale survey in India by Himanshu Chaurasia, Strong P Marbaniang, Hemkhothang Lhungdim

“…It is hypothesised that maternal height has no significant effect on the risk of undergoing caesarean section.Design A cross-sectional study based on a nationally representative large-scale survey data (National Family Health Survey-4), conducted in 2015–2016.Setting and participants Analysis is based on 125 936 women age 15–49 years, having singleton live births. …”
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Smoking habits, awareness and support needs for cessation among people with multiple sclerosis in Australia: findings from an online survey by Roshan das Nair, Ron Borland, Claudia H Marck, Isabelle Weld-Blundell, Lisa Grech, Sarah L White

“…Objectives To assess smoking habits, nicotine use, exposure to passive smoking, awareness of associated harms, and experiences with and preferences for smoking cessation support among people with multiple sclerosis (MS).Design Online survey, convenience sampling.Setting Community setting, Australia.Participants Adults living in Australia with probable or diagnosed MS were recruited via social media and newsletters to participate in 2020.Results Of the 284 participants in our convenience sample, 25.7% were current smokers (n=73) and 38.0% were former smokers (n=108). …”
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Hepatology and The Canadian Gastroenterologist: Interest, Attitudes and Patterns of Practise: Results of a National Survey from the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology by Vincent G Bain, Winnie W Wong, Paul D Greig, Eric M Yoshida

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Routing in IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN): A Survey by Vinay Kumar, Sudarshan Tiwari

“…The objective of this paper is to present a state-of-the-art survey of existing routing protocols: LOAD, M-LOAD, DYMO-Low, Hi-Low, Extended Hi-Low, and S-AODV. …”
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Telomere length as a quantitative trait: genome-wide survey and genetic mapping of telomere length-control genes in yeast. by Tonibelle Gatbonton, Maria Imbesi, Melisa Nelson, Joshua M Akey, Douglas M Ruderfer, Leonid Kruglyak, Julian A Simon, Antonio Bedalov

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Five-year retrospective analysis of Bakri balloon tamponade for obstetric haemorrhage and patient survey at a single tertiary centre by Tithi Kulkarni, Ruth McCuaig, Gargeswari Sunanda

“…The prospective patient survey revealed a high level of satisfaction of care. …”
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Patient preferences for anti-hyperglycaemic medication for type 2 diabetes mellitus in China: findings from a national survey by Jing Liu, Lei Si, Yingyao Chen, Yanfeng Ren, Liu Liu, Shimeng Liu, Qi Pan, Xiong Ke, Shiyi Bao, Fuming Li, Yijiang Yu, Yan Wei

“…The preference heterogeneity within the sample was explored using a latent class model (LCM).Results A total of 3327 respondents from five major geographical regions completed the survey. Treatment efficacy, hypoglycaemia risk, cardiovascular benefits and GI adverse events were major concerns among the seven attributes measured. …”
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GPs’ perspectives on care models integrating medical and non-medical services in primary care—a representative survey in Germany by Wolfram J. Herrmann, Hendrik Napierala

“…Methods We conducted a survey of a representative sample of GPs working in Germany. …”
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Ethnicity/caste and child anthropometric outcomes in India using the National Family Heath Survey 2015-16 and 2019-21. by Sakshi Pandey, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Tetsuya Araki

“…Result indicates that despite the progress made in reducing child undernutrition between the two survey periods, there is a higher risk of chronic growth faltering (stunting) and underweight in socially disadvantageous groups, and these ethnicity-based disparities exist independent of education and household economic status. …”
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A pre- and post-course survey of an elective Chinese medicine curriculum among junior Western medical students in Taiwan by Sunny Jui-Shan Lin, Shung-Tai Ho, Yi-Chang Su, Chien-Sung Tsai, Shu-Meng Cheng, Cheng-Yi Cheng, Tso-Chou Lin, Chien-Jung Lin

“…The survey assessed their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors before and after completing the 32-hour course. …”
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Prevalence of Internet-based Self-medical Diagnosis among Indian Nonmedical Undergraduate Students: An Observational Cross-sectional Survey by Jayati Pandey, Priya Nimish Deo, Revati Shailesh Deshmukh, Siddharth Shinde, Veera Bhosale

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Survey of Perceptions and Practices among Canadian Gastroenterologists regarding the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism for Hospitalized Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients by Roshan Razik, Charles N Bernstein, Justina Sam, Reka Thanabalan, Geoffrey C Nguyen

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A Survey on Addressing IoT Security Issues by Embedding Blockchain Technology Solutions: Review, Attacks, Current Trends, and Applications by Nathalie Tan Yhe Huan, Zuriati Ahmad Zukarnain

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Critical appraisal and comparison of recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for treatment of schizophrenia in children and adolescents: a methodological survey protocol by Cristiane de Cássia Bergamaschi, Silvio Barberato-Filho, Izabela Fulone, Maíra Ramos Alves, Flávia Blaseck Sorrilha, Rejane Coan Ferretti Mayer, Daniela Oliveira de Melo, Luciane Lopes

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Large language model usage guidelines in Korean medical journals: a survey using human-artificial intelligence collaboration by Sangzin Ahn

“…Results Only 18% of the surveyed journals had LLM guidelines, which is much lower than previously reported in international journals. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in child malnutrition: trends, determinants, and policy implications from the Kenya demographic and health survey (2014 - 2022) by Amos O. Okutse, Henry Athiany

“…Methods We use data from the Kenyan Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS 2014 and 2022) and analyze malnutrition using three indicators: Stunting, underweight, and wasting. …”
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Adherence to Pediatric Asthma Guidelines in the Emergency Department: A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour among Health Care Professionals by Sanjit K Bhogal, Jean Bourbeau, David McGillivray, Andrea Benedetti, Susan J Bartlett, Francine M Ducharme

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