Prevalence Rates of Self-Care Behaviors and Related Factors in a Rural Hypertension Population: A Questionnaire Survey by Huanhuan Hu, Gang Li, Takashi Arao

“…Subjects who did not partake in physical exercise were more likely to be men, although the difference between genders was not significant (OR, 0.60; 95% CI 0.36–1.01). …”
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Prevalence of delirium in German nursing homes: protocol for a cross-sectional study by Bernhard Holle, Romy Lauer, Horst Christian Vollmar, Petra Thürmann, Rebecca Palm, Jonas Dörner, Alexandre Houdelet-Oertel, Zafer Arslan, Ina Otte

“…The period for data collection in participating nursing homes is planned for 2 consecutive weeks in April 2024.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Witten/Herdecke University (no. 82/2023). …”
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Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in US Nursing Homes: A Case Study of CRNP Engagement in the Care Planning Process by Gerald A. Hartle, David G. Thimons, Joseph Angelelli

“…This case study describes changes in Physician Orders for Life Saving Treatment (POLST) status among long-stay residents of a US nursing home who had a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP) adopt the practice of participating in nursing home staff care plan meetings. …”
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Life Satisfaction Among Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Saudi Arabia: The Impact of Physical Activity, Self-Perceived Health and Fitness, and Sociodemographic Features by Majed M. Alhumaid, Mohamed A. Said, Selina Khoo

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> Data was collected from 271 participants using validated questionnaires. Two models analyzed the effects of the independent variables on LS: the first model included the overall level of PA, while the second examined its individual components. …”
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Feature derivation and classification of auditory-motor coupling dynamics in healthy and neurologically impaired adults. by Muhammad Bergas Nur Fayyad, Joeri R Verbiest, Anna Ivanova, Mario Manto, Lousin Moumdjian

“…We applied window partitioning within the time series to account for the changing pattern. …”
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Analgesic effect of intranasal ketamine in the treatment of chronic cancer pain by Secundino González Pardo, Lourdes González-Longoria Boada, Francisco López Muñoz

“…Participants received periodic visual analog pain scale assessments for three consecutive days.…”
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Continued high rates of antibiotic prescribing to adults with respiratory tract infection: survey of 568 UK general practices by Paul Little, Lucy Yardley, Martin C Gulliford, Judith Charlton, Lisa McDermott, Michael V Moore, Mark Ashworth, Tjeerd van Staa, Alex Dregan, Gerard McCann

“…This study aimed to analyse the performance of UK general practices with respect to antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) among young and middle-aged adults.Setting Data are reported for 568 UK general practices contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.Participants Participants were adults aged 18–59 years. …”
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Inpatient satisfaction with nursing care in a backward region: a cross-sectional study from northwestern China by Xiaoying Wang, Juxia Zhang, Limei Yang, Jiao Dai, Wenjing Shan, Jiancheng Wang

“…Objectives The aim of the study was to examine the level of patient satisfaction with nursing care and identify the factors affecting satisfaction from the inpatient’s perspective in a backward region of China.Design This was a cross-sectional study.Setting The study was conducted at a tertiary hospital located in northwest China.Participants Patients admitted to the ward for at least 48 hours were chosen to participate in the survey.Primary outcome measure The Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale was used. …”
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Problem psikologis danstrategi coping pada pelaksana upacara adat rambu solo’tana’ bulaan miskin di dusun pambalan by Jeanri Rara Mille Kety, Krismi Diah Ambarwati

“…Stress coping strategies, where there are several coping strategies for the two participants such as cognitive assessment, emotional focused coping, and problem focused coping. …”
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Santé et sécurité du travail et formation professionnelle : Prochaine cible d’intérêt by Serge André Girard, Pierrette Doyon, Louis Gilbert, Michel Legris, Denis Laliberté

“…This study investigates the accident events associated with an injury, without considering its severity, that occurred during vocational training, as well as the typical symptoms of the students’ occupational exposure. In the participating school, 327 students are enrolled in the motorized equipment maintenance program. …”
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Continuing professional development of physical education teachers through collaborative professional reflection by Nataliia Mukan, Fedir Zagura, Yuliana Lavrysh

“…The study aims to measure changes in reflective practices and identify factors influencing teacher participation in collaborative reflection. Methods: The research employed pre- and post-self-assessed reflective questionnaires, focus group discussions, and peer observations. …”
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Increasing Trust in Banking and Developing Insurance System for Bank Deposits in Russia by I. V. Dmitriev

“…In this article the topical issues connected with changes are considered, occurring in the banking sector of Russia, the number of the operating credit organizations caused by essential reduction, intensive revocation of licenses on bank activity at the credit organizations Bank of Russia. …”
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Parents/Guardians’ Gender Preferences, Confidence, and Empathy for their Children’s Dentist by Gabrielle Carvalho, Ivana Meyer Prado, Larissa Kelen Moura, Yanna Cardoso-Santos, Talyta Couto Freitas, Raquel Fabiane Nogueira, Iga Carnevalli, Junia Maria Serra-Negra

“…Statistical analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests (p<0.05). Results: Most participants were female (74%) and mothers of patients (63.5%). …”
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Students’ Civic Consciousness in the Framework of Socially Oriented Project-Based Learning by M. V. Pevnaya, L. N. Boronina, E. I. Pochatkova

“…The effectiveness of project-based learning in developing students' citizenship is higher in universities participating in the pilot “Service Learning” programme. …”
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Young men’s barriers to and facilitators of utilising HIV-testing services in South Africa by Sithembiso M.S. Ndlovu, Andrew Ross, James Ndirangu

“…Results: All participants were unmarried isiZulu African men experienced with HTS in the last 4 years. …”
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Association between cardiometabolic index and hypertension among US adults from NHANES 1999–2020 by Tuo Guo, Yang Zhou, Guifang Yang, Lijuan Sheng, Xiangping Chai

“…In this study, we analyzed data from 45,250 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey spanning 1999 to 2020. …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Physiotherapists' Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure on Life Satisfaction with Structural Equation Model by Ercan Zorba, Gökhan Dokuzoğlu, Muhammed Ömer Eren

“…According to the result of the Independent Sample T-test between the Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Activity and Life Satisfaction of the participants, a statistically significant difference was detected in favour of male participants only in the variable of relatedness, and according to the result of the Anova test between professional experience variables and Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure activity and Life Satisfaction, a statistically significant difference was detected in the total score of Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure activity, competence and relatedness sub-dimensions. …”
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Early-life cognitively stimulating activities and late-life cognitive function in the St. Louis Baby Tooth Later Life Health Study by Andrea L. Roberts, Xinye Qiu, Kaleigh A. McAlaine, Laura T. Germine, Ran S. Rotem, Marc G. Weisskopf

“…Whether activities in early or late childhood are more salient, and whether activities are associated with specific cognitive domains is unknown. Participants retrospectively reported cognitively stimulating activities at ages 6, 12, and 18 years. 4,198 participants were aged 55 to 77 years at cognitive testing. …”
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Psychosocial Effect of COVID-19 Phobia in Health Workers in the Pandemic Service and Intensive Care by Merve Bülbül, Ayşe Nur İnci Kenar, Gonca Ayşe Ünal

“…Sociodemographic Data Form, COVID-19 Pandemic Psychosocial Impact Scale (CPPIS) and COVID-19 Phobia Scale (CPS) were administered to all participants. Results: The mean age of the participants was 32.5±7.4 years and 74% of them were women. …”
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The relationship self-efficacy and some of demographic characteristics with leisure time physical activities of Iranian workers by Mahdieh Irom, Ali Zareı, Farshad Tojarı

“…Data collection were conducted through a demographic questionnaire, participation in leisure-time physical activity and self-efficacy. …”
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