Exploring the General Acceptability and User Experience of a Digital Therapeutic for Cognitive Training in a Singaporean Older Adult Population: Qualitative Study by Siong Peng Kwek, Qiao Ying Leong, V Vien Lee, Ni Yin Lau, Smrithi Vijayakumar, Wei Ying Ng, Bina Rai, Marlena Natalia Raczkowska, Christopher L Asplund, Alexandria Remus, Dean Ho

“…MethodsA total of 15 older adult participants (mean age 66.1, SD 3.5 years) were recruited for a 90-minute in-person session. …”
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Development of a Conceptual Model to Understand Disease Burden in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Organ Damage by Lynne Broderick, Wen-Hung Chen, Roger A. Levy, April Mitchell Foster, Cindy Umanzor Figueroa, Kerry Gairy, Deven Chauhan

“…Physical impacts were described by all participants, often affecting their ability to perform everyday tasks. …”
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Evaluating the controlled reopening of nightlife during the COVID-19 pandemic: a matched cohort study in Sitges, Spain, in May 2021 (Reobrim Sitges) by Mercè Marzo-Castillejo, Joan Colom, Betlem Salvador-González, Josep Basora, Oriol Cunillera Puértolas, Sara Contreras-Martos, Darío López Gallegos, Mateo Acedo Anta, Jesús Almeda Ortega

“…Wearing masks was mandatory, drinking was allowed and social distance was not required.Participants Volunteers were selected through a convenience sampling. …”
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Co-design for stroke intervention development: Results of a scoping review. by Hardeep Singh, Natasha Benn, Agnes Fung, Kristina M Kokorelias, Julia Martyniuk, Michelle L A Nelson, Heather Colquhoun, Jill I Cameron, Sarah Munce, Marianne Saragosa, Kian Godhwani, Aleena Khan, Paul Yejong Yoo, Kerry Kuluski

“…Limitations, challenges and potential strategies for recruitment, participant-engagement, contextual and logistical and ethics of co-designed interventions were described.…”
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Exploring the potential of introducing an electronic death registration system in South Africa by Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Natasha Kallis, Sudarshan Govender, Debbie Bradshaw, Daniel Cobos, Diane Morof, Pamela Groenewald

“…However, 43.0% (68/158) of the workshop participants who responded to this question on Mentimeter saw poor internet use as the main barrier to introducing an online system. …”
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Gym exercising patterns, lifestyle and high-risk sexual behaviour in men who have sex with men and in heterosexual men by N Davidovitch, Z Mor, K Parfionov, I Grotto

“…The interaction between MSM and IAT in high-risk participants was multiplicative.Conclusions MSM practised more IAT than heterosexual men, and their interaction between IAT and sexual risk was multiplicative. …”
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Cognitive impairment in a primary healthcare population: a cross-sectional study on the island of Crete, Greece by Panagiotis Simos, Simeon Panagiotakis, Joanna Moschandreas, Dimitrios Boumpas, Antonios Konstantinos Bertsias, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Sophia Papadakis, Ioannis Zaganas, George Duijker, Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, Polyvios Papadokostakis, Kornilia Makri, Eliza Iatraki, Chariklia Tziraki, Maria Basta, Alexandros Vgontzas, Christos Lionis

“…The average MMSE score was 26.0±3.8; 26.7±3.5 in male and 25.4±3.9 in female participants (p<0.0001). Low MMSE scores were detected in 20.2% of participants; 25.9% for females vs 12.8% for males; p<0.0001. …”
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Barriers to Adherence to Standard of Care in Appalachia: A Qualitative Assessment in Gastrointestinal Cancers by Levy BE, Castle JT, Bardhan R, Dignan M, Bhakta A

“…Participants underwent a 15– 20 minute interview to assess factors associated with adherence to adjuvant treatment recommendations. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Dynamic and Functional Balance Tests in People Aged 19-54: A Systematic Review by Kim J Lesch, Sanni Tuomisto, Heikki O Tikkanen, Mika Venojärvi

“… # Methods A systematic literature search conducted in August 2019 yielded nine articles meeting predefined selection criteria. Inclusion criteria required studies featuring healthy adult participants aged 19-54, published in English, and focusing on dynamic and functional balance testing. …”
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Coping, meaning in life, and quality of life during ongoing conflict: insights from Israeli populations by Orly Sarid, Liat Hamama, Yaira Hamama-Raz

“…Moderated mediation analysis showed evacuated participants had higher dysfunctional coping, whereas non-evacuated participants demonstrated a stronger positive relationship between anxiety and the search for meaning. …”
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A cohort study of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and the risk of hyperlipidaemia in adults by Zi-yue Liu, Sha Liu, Xue Yao, Chun-yang Wang, Yunhao Song, Yan-ming Bi, Jin-Xiu Wang, Yang Li, Ta-la Shi, Wei Mi, Caiyun Chen, Zhi-Yong Hu

“…The relationship between demographic characteristics and the incidence of hyperlipidemia among the study participants was explored.ResultsA total of 1,210 participants were included in this study, with 43.80% being male. …”
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Incidence of diabetic retinopathy and predictors among adult patients with diabetes in central and southern Ethiopia: a multicentre retrospective cohort study by Tagese Yakob, Awoke Abraham, Begidu Yakob, Mesfin Menza Jaldo

“…Objectives This study aimed to determine the incidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and predictors among adult patients with diabetes in central and southern Ethiopia.Design A hospital-based retrospective cohort study was conducted.Setting The study was conducted in selected public hospitals in central and southern Ethiopia.Participants A total of 376 adult participants newly diagnosed with diabetes were enrolled from 2015 to 2023, and the follow-up date was from the date of enrolment to the development of events.Outcome measures The data were collected by reviewing their records and entered in EpiData V.4.6.0.2 and exported to STATA V.14 for analysis. …”
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Piloting creative engagement strategies to explore themes of parenthood with fathers by Iryna Culpin, Iryna Culpin, Catherine Lamont-Robinson, Mark Billington, Matthew James, James Prewett, Gareth Ward, Mireia Bes Garcia, Giovanni Biglino, Giovanni Biglino

“…The artist provided reflections to each participant by email with links to arts resources building on the initial conversations. …”
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Evaluation of the Availability and Implementation of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Training in Saudi Emergency Medicine Programs by AlHussaini Z, Alsomali S, Ajaj Y, Jameel MA

“…The survey collected data on participant backgrounds, available activities, evaluation-related services, and field experience. …”
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Large‐Vessel Occlusion Stroke Knowledge and Training for Stroke Severity Assessment Among Emergency Medical Services Personnel in the United States by Kaiz S. Asif, Robin Novakovic, Thanh N. Nguyen, Santiago Ortega‐Gutierrez, Youngran Kim, Amanda Jagolino‐Cole, Sushanth Aroor, Alicia Castonguay, Prateek Kumar, Ashutosh P. Jhadav, Dileep Yavagal, May Nour, Gabor Toth, Maxim Mokin, Sunil A. Sheth, Mouhammad A. Jumaa, Alhamza Al‐bayati, Mohamed Teleb, Ossama Y. Mansour, Shashvat M. Desai, Joshua Hartman, David S. Liebeskind, Ameer E. Hassan, Brijesh P. Mehta

“…The number of patients with stroke that survey participants transported in the past year was <10 for 618 (56%). …”
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Factors influencing the quality of life and mental health of Brazilian Federal Education Network Employees: An epidemiological cross-sectional study by Isabela Fernanda Rodrigues de Oliveira, Nicolli Godoi Pereira, Luís Fernando Monteiro, Leonardo Mateus Teixeira de Rezende, Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira, Manuel Monfort-Pañego, Woska Pires da Costa, Priscilla Rayanne E. Silva Noll, Matias Noll

“…The results showed that female participants had poorer mental health, showing higher symptoms of depression (p = 0.010) and anxiety and stress (p < 0.001), and lower QoL in the physical and psychological domains (p < 0.001) compared with male participants. …”
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Early COVID-19 and protection from Omicron in a highly vaccinated population in Ontario, Canada: a matched prospective cohort study by Altynay Shigayeva, Christopher Kandel, Lubna Farooqi, Zoe Zhong, Anne-Claude Gingras, Brenda L. Coleman, Lois Gilbert, Wayne L. Gold, Maria Major, Tony Mazzulli, Samira Mubareka, Jelena Vojicic, Jingyan Yang, Pingping Zhang, Catherine Martin, Moe H. Kyaw, John M. McLaughlin, Allison McGeer

“…Results Overall, 624 EI (70%) and 175 (77%) non-EI participants met criteria for analysis; 590 (95%) EI and 164 (94%) non-EI had received at least 2 COVID-19 vaccine doses prior to Omicron. …”
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Integrating general practitioners’ and patients’ perspectives in the development of a digital tool supporting primary care for older patients with multimorbidity: a focus group stu... by Ingmar Schäfer, Vivienne Jahns, Valentina Paucke, Dagmar Lühmann, Martin Scherer, Julia Nothacker

“…In our focus groups, study participants confirmed that gp-multitool.de can be a relevant approach for overcoming deficits in the information needed for mutual prioritisation of treatments by GPs and patients.…”
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The Topographic Relationships and Geographic Distribution of Prevascular Vitreous Fissures and Cisterns Assessed by Ultrawidefield En Face Vitreous Images by Fei Deng, MD, Mengying Tao, MD, Yanjie Zhu, MD, Xiaoyu Xu, MD, Yue Wu, MD, Lisha Li, Ying Lin, MD, PhD, Yan Luo, MD, PhD

“…Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Participants: Ninety-six eyes of 96 healthy participants (age range, 20–49 years) without posterior vitreous detachment. …”
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Novel machine learning-driven comparative analysis of CSP, STFT, and CSP-STFT fusion for EEG data classification across multiple meditation and non-meditation sessions in BCI pipel... by Nalinda D. Liyanagedera, Corinne A. Bareham, Heather Kempton, Hans W. Guesgen

“…Here, two meditation techniques, LKM-Self and LKM-Others were compared with non-meditation EEG data for 12 participants. Among many tested, three BCI pipelines we built produced promising results, successfully detecting features in meditation/ non-meditation EEG data. …”
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