Assessment of occupational hazards in midwifery setting and impact of occupational stress and job satisfaction on midwives’ quality of work-life: multicenter study in IRAN by Nasibeh Sharifi, Azita Fathnezhad-Kazemi, Nazanin Rezaei, Masoumeh Yaralizadeh, Zahra PourMohammad

“…Results Finally, the information of 580 participants was analyzed. The mean (± SD) age was 39.21 (± 9.09), with 83% of participants holding a bachelor’s degree in midwifery, and the majority were hospital employees. …”
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Diagnostic Performance between Histidine-Rich Protein 2 (HRP-2), a Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Test and Microscopic-Based Staining Techniques for Diagnosis of Malaria by Jean Baptiste Niyibizi, Emmanuel Kamana Gatera

“…The mean age of the study participants was 31.6 ± 12.4 with the majority of participants being between 25 and 44 years and the minority being above 65 years. …”
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Primary and tertiary management of ocular surface lesions in HIV-infected patients in Ehlanzeni, Mpumalanga Province by S Mhlanga, A C Turner, S J Biddulph

“…One hundred-and-three HCWs agreed to participate in the survey (response rate 69.1%). Of these participants, 84.5% were experienced professional nurses (6 - 15 years of work experience) but had minimal experience with detection and management of eye complaints and lesions. …”
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Working toward Personalized Intervention Advice: A Survey Study on Preference Heterogeneity in Patients with Breast Cancer–Related Fatigue by Lian Beenhakker, Kim A. E. Wijlens, Christina Bode, Miriam M. R. Vollenbroek-Hutten, Sabine Siesling, Janine A. van Til, Annemieke Witteveen

“…Nine attributes were included with dichotomized levels. Participants selected their preferred level per attribute and ranked the attributes using best-worst scaling. …”
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Enhancing the understanding of safety and the quality of patient care among medical and health sciences students in interprofessional climate: an interventional study by Salman Yousuf Guraya, Nabil Sulaiman, Ahmed Hasswan, Vida Abdolhamid Salmanpour, Feras Jassim Jirjees, Mohamed Hassan Taha, Jennat Alamara, Sausan A.L. Kawas, Manal Awad, Jacqueline Maria Dias, Leena R. David, Mohamed Aly Haider, Shaista Salman Guraya, Nihar Ranjan Dash, Amal Al-Qallaf, Sarra Shorbagi, Ibrahim Eltayeb Mahmoud

“…Results A total of 248 students and 20 facilitators participated in the workshop. CoM had the highest representation (47.5%), followed by CoP (36.5%), CHS (13.3%), and CDM (2.7%). …”
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Interpersonal Coordination between Female Soccer Players: Leader-Follower Roles within a Collision-Avoidance Task by Courtney A Fernandes, Grant E Norte, Sarah M Schwab, Alli Gokeler, Amanda Murray, David M Bazett-Jones, David A Sherman

“…Individuals with injury history failed to restore coordination after the perturbation compared to control participants (injury=44.2.0±2.1, control=50.8±2.6, d=0.39). …”
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The burden of headache disorders in the adult population of Morocco: estimates, and a health-care needs assessment, from a cross-sectional population-based door-to-door survey by Najib Kissani, Latifa Adarmouch, Aboubacar Sidik Sidibe, Abderrahmane Garmane, Rachid Founoun, Mohamed Chraa, Andreas Husøy, Timothy J. Steiner

“…Interviews conducted face-to-face enquired into symptom burden (headache frequency, usual duration and usual intensity), and impaired participation in paid work, household work and social or leisure activities during the preceding 3 months. …”
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Risk factors for ocular biological parameters in Chinese preschool children: a cohort study from the Beijing whole childhood eye study by Xi Qin, Yunyun Sun, Yunyun Sun, Shana Wang, Xiaolan Xie, Lei Gao, Huijian Li, Huijian Li, Ruihua Wei, Jing Fu, Jing Fu, Bidan Zhu

“…The multiple linear regression analysis revealed that parental myopia significantly increased the AL and AL/CR ratio (p = 0.002, p < 0.001). Male participants had a longer AL, larger CR, and greater AL/CR ratio than female participants (all p < 0.001). …”
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Gamification and healthcare volunteer motivation: A qualitative survey in the Asir region, Saudi Arabia by Abdulrahman Alshehri, Mousa Assiri, Khalid Hakami, Zayed Ali, Sabah Althbyani, Lamia Ibrahim, Khlood Almsaad, Wendy Leslie

“…Results and Discussion: Preintervention data indicated generally high baseline motivation, with 54.2% of participants rating their motivation as highly motivated. …”
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Twelve-Week Quadriceps Strength as A Predictor of Quadriceps Strength At Time Of Return To Sport Testing Following Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Re... by Joseph P Hannon, Sharon Wang-Price, Shiho Goto, Steven Singleton, Lindsey Dietrich, James Bothwell, Curtis Bush, Craig Garrison

“…Participants were tested at two time points: 12 weeks following surgery and again at time of RTS testing. …”
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Study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of Game Changers for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Uganda. by Glenn J Wagner, Laura M Bogart, Joseph K B Matovu, Violet Gwokyalya, Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Allison Ober, Harold D Green, Sylvia Nakami, Margrethe Juncker, Eve Namisango, Emmanuel Luyirika, Ryan K McBain, Kathryn Bouskill, Rhoda K Wanyenze

“…All research participants will be assessed at baseline and months 6 and 12. …”
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Assessment of sleep problems in patients with Kawasaki disease: a survey-based study by Samar Tharwat, Mohammed Kamal Nassar

“…To identify the presence of sleep disturbances, all participants completed Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). …”
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Patterns of eating behaviors, physical activity, and lifestyle modifications among Bangladeshi adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Most Zannatul Ferdous, Md Saiful Islam, Lakshmi Rani Kundu, Ummay Soumayia Islam, Rajon Banik, Shahina Pardhan

“…During the pandemic, 47.5% of participants experienced different sleep difficulties.…”
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Heatwave warnings mitigate long-term cardiovascular diseases risk from heat-related illness: a real-world prospective cohort studyResearch in context by Qi Huang, Limei Ke, Linfeng Liu, Yuyang Liu, Yanjun Li, Guoqing Feng, Bo Yin, Wenxin Xiang, Jiarun Li, Keyi Lyu, Miao Wang, Qiannan Tian, Liqun Wu, Xiaofeng He, Wannian Liang, Huatang Zeng, Jiming Zhu, Kuiying Gu, Qian Di

“…Findings: Among 9,658,745 participants followed up to 6 years, 238,278 (2.47%) developed CVD. …”
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Price tag of glaucoma care is minor compared with the total direct and indirect costs of glaucoma: Results from nationwide survey and register data. by Petri K M Purola, Joonas Taipale, Saku Väätäinen, Mika Harju, Seppo V P Koskinen, Hannu M T Uusitalo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Economic and glaucoma data were collected from the cross-sectional nationwide Health 2000 health examination survey linked to multiple national registers, which allowed a 13-year follow-up between 1999-2011 among survey participants. Direct costs covered eye- and non-eye-related hospitalizations and outpatient visits, outpatient health care services, and travel costs among participants aged 30 years or older, adjusted for age and sex. …”
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The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the Socio¬economic Transformation of Rural Areas in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Izabayo, Joan

“…NGOs would like to involve these women and enhance their participation in the development process, and the study also recommends that NGOs work together with their government counterparts and have done tremendous work. …”
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Assessing the Role of MBIFCT as a Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) in Socio-Economic Transformation of Rural Areas in Gitenderi Parish Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Kwebiha, Alex

“…NGOs would like to involve these women and enhancing their participation in the development process and the study also recommends that NGOs works together with the government counterparts and have done tremendous work. …”
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Effect of Parish Development Model in Enhancing Social Inclusion in Rwerere Town Council Rukungiri District. by Karuhanga, Jeremiah

“…This will foster a sense of ownership and encourage active participation. The study also recommended engaging local leaders and influencers who can motivate community members to participate in development initiatives. …”
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Factors Associated with Hand Washing Practices Among Secondary School Students in Ndorwa East Constituency in Kabale District. by Twinomuhwezi, Benja

“…For qualitative data, the researcher used purposive sampling to identify 11 key informants (head teachers and teachers in charge of health and sanitation) and 48 participants in FGDs from the five schools. Systematic sampling was used to select students to participate in the study while simple random sampling was used to identify schools to participate in the study. …”
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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…Sensitivity of CancerSEEK ranged from 50% in participants with unknown ethnicities to 70.4% in Asian participants (and cancer was correctly detected by the CancerSEEK test in one Hispanic participant; sensitivity of 100%). …”
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