Psychosocial, physical, cognitive and quality of life aspects in primary restless legs syndrome by I. Jarašiūnaitė, R. Kaladytė-Lokominienė

“…The study included 39 participants (32 women) aged 65.1±11.3 years. There was a statistically significant difference in MoCA total score (p=0.007), attention (p=0.002) and delayed recall (p=0.005) subscores between subjects with RLS and control group. …”
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Pain Reduction in Patellofemoral Knee Patients During 3-Month Intervention with Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Foot Orthoses: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study by Steven Simon, Andreas Heine, Jonas Dully, Carlo Dindorf, Oliver Ludwig, Michael Fröhlich, Stephan Becker

“…<b>Methods:</b> A total of 26 participants (9 men, 17 women; 27.7 ± 10.7 years; 175.0 ± 0.1 cm; 75.7 ± 18.8 kg; BMI: 24.7 ± 5.6) took part in this randomized controlled clinical trial. …”
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Exploring rural households’ knowledge and perception of acute kidney injury in the southern region of The Gambia: a mixed-method community-based cross-sectional study design by Bakary Kinteh, Sheikh Omar Sillah, Solomon P S Jatta, Sambou L S Kinteh, Mansour Badjie, Ebrima Touray, Amadou Barrow

“…The collected data were analysed as categorical and continuous variables, and thematic areas using SPSS V.26 and NVivo software.Results The mean age was 36 years (SD±14.17) and 70% of the respondents were women. …”
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Adaptation and Validation of the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief—Present Scale by Rocio Luana Gruppi, Cecilia Yaccarini, Agustin Freiberg Hoffmann, Andrew Futterman, Hugo Simkin

“…A total of 285 adults participated in the study with ages between 18 and 80 years (M = 55.09, SD = 15.27) and both sexes (Men = 42.8%, Women = 57.2%). …”
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Clinical phenotypes and associated factors in knee osteoarthritis in an African black population by Charles Sougué, Malick Diallo, Yannick Laurent Tchenadoyo Bayala, Ismaël Ayouba Tinni, Fulgence Kaboré, Wendlassida Joelle Stéphanie Zabsonré Tiendrebeogo, Patrick Wendpouiré Hamed Dakouré, Dieu-Donné Ouedraogo

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Time to HIV viral rebound and frequency of post-treatment control after analytical interruption of antiretroviral therapy: an individual data-based meta-analysis of 24 prospective... by Jesper D. Gunst, Jesal Gohil, Johanthan Z. Li, Ronald J. Bosch, Andrea White, Catherine Seamon, Tae-Wook Chun, Beatriz Mothe, Kathleen Gittens, Lauren Praiss, Marie-Angélique De Scheerder, Linos Vandekerckhove, Kevin Escandón, Ann Thorkelson, Timothy Schacker, Devi SenGupta, Christian Brander, Emmanouil Papasavvas, Luis J. Montaner, Javier Martinez-Picado, Ruxandra Calin, Antonella Castagna, Camilla Muccini, Wesley de Jong, Lorna Leal, Felipe Garcia, Rob A. Gruters, Timothy Tipoe, John Frater, Ole S. Søgaard, Sarah Fidler

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May Measurement Month 2020: An Analysis of Blood Pressure Screening Results From China by Xin Chen, Li‐Ping Zhang, Xiao‐Long Wang, Ning‐Ru Zhang, Jing Yu, Li‐Ying Xu, Tong‐She Li, Hong Luan, Juan Zhang, Ya‐Min Hu, Dan Liu, Qi‐Dong Zheng, Yan Li, Ji‐Guang Wang

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Operational research as a mechanism to improve treatment outcomes for drug-resistant TB in the WHO European Region by G.B. Migliori, O. Korotych, J. Achar, A. Ciobanu, G. Dravniece, M. Germanovych, E. Gurbanova, A. Hovhannesyan, N. Khachatryan, L. Kuksa, N. Lomtadze, M.L. Rich, A. Skrahina, A. Yedilbayev

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Reasons of Requests for Psychological Help in an Emergency Hospital by A.A. Rakhmanina, A.S. Gamzatova, M.D. Tseitlina, A.V. Koroleva

“…The sample consisted of 122 men and 257 women, with an average age of 50 years. Also, some patients completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), including 30 men and 50 women. …”
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The Comparison Of The Success Rates Of The Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) Versus Foley Catheter In Females With Postdate Pregnancy by Qamarunissa Muhabat Khan, Khadija Mastoor, Amna Javaid, Tahira Raza, Sadia Ilyas, Safoora Anjum

“…In Group B, PGE 2 gel was administered, with nulliparous women receiving an initial dose of 2 mg per vaginum (PV) and parous women receiving 1mg PV. …”
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Diabetic retinopathy further increases risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in a high-risk cohort by Richard Kha, Yasemin Kapucu, Mayuri Indrakumar, George Burlutsky, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Pramesh Kovoor, Paul Mitchell, Gerald Liew

“…CVD mortality follow-up was assessed 9 years after baseline examination using linkage with the Australian National Death Index. …”
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The Association between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Thyroid Cancer by Young-Gyun Seo, Ho-Chun Choi, Ah Reum An, Do Joon Park, Young Joo Park, Kyu Eun Lee, Sue K. Park, Yunji Hwang, Belong Cho

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Anaemia in the Hospitalized Elderly in Tanzania: Prevalence, Severity, and Micronutrient Deficiency Status by Clara Chamba, Ahlam Nasser, William F. Mawalla, Upendo Masamu, Neema Budodi Lubuva, Erius Tebuka, Pius Magesa

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The new HFA/ICOS risk assessment tool to identify patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia at high risk of cardiotoxicity by Daniela Di Lisi, Cristina Madaudo, Giulia Alagna, Marco Santoro, Ludovico Rossetto, Sergio Siragusa, Giuseppina Novo

“…Methods and results A retrospective single‐centre observational study was carried out on 58 patients (32 men and 26 women; mean age ± SD: 59 ± 15 years) with CML treated with TKIs for a median period of 43 ± 31 months. …”
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Assessing the use of geospatial data for immunization program implementation and associated effects on coverage and equity in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Dosithée Ngo-Bebe, Patricia Mechael, Fulbert Nappa Kwilu, Théophane Kekemb Bukele, Félicité Langwana, Genèse Lolimo Lobukulu, Marcelo Ilunga Kalonji, Bahindwa Kalalizi, Kevin Tschirhart, Christophe Lungayo Luhata, Carine Gachen

“…Trial registration The study was registered and given BMC Central International Standard. Randomised Controlled Trial Number ISRCTN65876428 on March 11, 2021.…”
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Factors Affecting the Prognosis after Primary Tumor Resection for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with Synchronous Peritoneal Metastasis: A Multi-center, Prospective, Ob... by Satoru Kagami, Kimihiko Funahashi, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenjiro Kotake, Masayasu Kawasaki, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hideki Ueno, Kotaro Maeda, Takeshi Suto, Michio Itabashi, Heita Ozawa, Fumikazu Koyama, Shingo Noura, Hideyuki Ishida, Masayuki Ohue, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Soichiro Ishihara, Keiji Koda, Hideo Baba, Kenji Kawada, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Takanori Goi, Yuji Toiyama, Naohiro Tomita, Eiji Sunami, Fumihiko Fujita, Jun Watanabe, Kenichi Hakamada, Goro Nakayama, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka

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Cardiovascular risk burden, dementia risk and brain structural imaging markers: a study from UK Biobank by Ting Li, Jing Chen, Yan Zheng, Klodian Dhana, Geng Zong, Yuan Ma, Trudy Voortman, Wei Gan, Yaying Cao, Yonghua Hu, Changzheng Yuan, Jie Shen, Gaohong Zhu, Chengwu Feng

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South to south collaboration: advancing quality of abortion care through health care professionals exchange program by Abraham Fessehaye Sium, Wondimu Gudu, Abrham Getachew, Diomede Ntasumbumuyange, Polyphile Nithinyurwa, Tamrat Endale Woldemichael, Delayehu Bekele

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The Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry Quality of Life Study: Protocol for a population-based assessment of quality of life among people with a Fontan circulation, their pa... by Daniel S J Costa, Kim Dalziel, Yves d’Udekem, David S Winlaw, David S Celermajer, Nadine A Kasparian, Diana Zannino, Rachel Bishop, Kate H Marshall, Susan R Woolfenden, Gary F Sholler

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Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a Swiss case series of a very rare disease and a structured review of the literature by Ramona Meier-Lienhard, Cosima Suter, Thomas Pabst, Felicitas Hitz, Jakob R. Passweg, Olivier Spertini, Nathan Cantoni, Daniel Betticher, Lucas Simeon, Michael Medinger, Stefanie Hayoz, Adrian Schmidt

“…The median age (n = 414) at diagnosis was 66.5 years ranging from one month to 103 years. Newly diagnosed women were significantly younger than men (median: 62 vs 67 years, mean: 53.4 vs 59.3 years, p = 0.027) and less often had bone marrow infiltration and affected lymph nodes. …”
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