The mental health impact of COVID-19: the need for community interventions and collaboration for recovery by Nadarajah Rajeshkannan, Daya Somasundaram, Balachandran Kumarendran, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Ivan Dinesh Aloysius, Nalayini Sugirthan, Sivanantham Sasikumar, Nalayini Jegathesan

“…Materials and methods: This qualitative study aims to map out the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest recovery strategies based on analyzing COVID-19 mental health and psychosocial impact-related comments on social/news media, participant’s observations, and participant action research. …”
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Users’ views on the use of a smartwatch app to collect daily symptom data in individuals with multiple long-term conditions (Multimorbidity): A qualitative study by Cassandra Kenning, Peter Bower, Nicola Small, Syed Mustafa Ali, Benjamin Brown, Katherine Dempsey, Elaine Mackey, Brian McMillan, Caroline Sanders, Ilina Serafimova, Sabine N Van der Veer, William G Dixon, John McBeth

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sub-sample of 20 participants to explore their experience of engaging with the app. …”
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Factors affecting the quality of postoperative rehabilitation in children with cochlear implants based on the theory of knowledge, attitude and practice by Jing Ma, Xia Li, Ken Lin, Yiyun Zhang, Wenyue Chi, Xiuli Ma, Dong Su, Yuling Du, Tiesong Zhang

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine factors that influence postoperative rehabilitation outcomes in children with cochlear implants, using a knowledge–attitude–practice (KAP) framework.Design A total of 683 children with cochlear implants participated in this study. Hearing and speech assessments were conducted through face-to-face and/or telephone interviews, while parents’ or guardians’ KAP were assessed following detailed instructions provided beforehand. …”
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A Brief Web-Based Person-Centered Care Group Training Program for the Management of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial in Spain by Vanesa Ramos-García, Amado Rivero-Santana, Wenceslao Peñate-Castro, Yolanda Álvarez-Pérez, Andrea Duarte-Díaz, Alezandra Torres-Castaño, María del Mar Trujillo-Martín, Ana Isabel González-González, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez

“…ResultsAmong 28 randomized participants, 5 withdrew before the baseline assessment. …”
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Like a Wave in Its Variable Shape, Breadth, and Depth: A Qualitative Interview Study of Experiences of Daytime Sleepiness in People with Parkinson’s Disease by Arja Höglund, Peter Hagell, Ulrika Östlund, Sten Fredrikson, Christina Sandlund

“…., a score of >10 on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale) participated in the study. Data were collected through individual, semistructured, face-to-face interviews and analyzed with qualitative content analysis. …”
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Bilateral lower limb symmetry during sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks in stroke patients with hemiplegia by Meijin Hou, Meijin Hou, Jian He, Dongwei Liu, Chenyi Guo, Ye Ma, Xiaobo Luo

“…Thirteen stroke patients and 13 healthy controls participated in the study. Participants were instructed to perform the 30-s chair stand test at their self-selected pace. …”
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First-year Students and Organ Donation: A Multidisciplinary Study Conducted in Eastern India Analyzed by Ordinal Regression by Panchali Datta, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee

“…Results: Among the 762 participants, while 68.6% had a satisfactory to excellent understanding of organ donation, just 5.9% had a positive attitude toward it. …”
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Evaluation of Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Imam Sadiq Teaching Hospital at Babylon City by Intisar Mahdi Kadhim Almurshedi, Amel Mustafa Kamil, Aqeel Abbas Noaman

“…The study was conducted in a hospital, Imam Sadiq Teaching in Babylon, Iraq, and was designed as a case control. There were 165 participants (55 cases and 110 controls). Data was collected during a four-month period. …”
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Influence of Infill Wall Configuration on Failure Modes of RC Frames by Xiaojie Zhou, Xiaoyuan Kou, Quanmin Peng, Jintao Cui

“…In this study, a bare frame and two single-story, single-bay RC frames, partially infilled with masonry, were tested under cyclic loading. …”
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Relation Between Glycated Hemoglobin Level and Hearing Loss in Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Mayada ElSherif, Aya Fathey El Sayed Mahfouz, Noha Mohamed Gaber Amin, Hesham Saad Kozou

“…All participants also underwent diabetes laboratory assessments, including fasting blood glucose serum level and serum HbA1c level. …”
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Anxiety and depression in childhood rheumatologic conditions: A topical review by Mallet R Reid, Jacqueline Fabricius, Ashley Danguecan, Kaveh Ardalan, Andrea Knight, Natoshia R Cunningham

“…A recent systematic review of JIA suggests between 7% and 64% of participants experienced elevated anxiety, and between 7% and 36% of participants reported clinically significant depressive symptoms. …”
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Statistical analysis plan for the LAST ACT clinical trial; a Leukotriene A4 hydrolase Stratified non-inferiority Trial of Adjunctive Corticosteroids for HIV-negative adults with Tu... by Joseph Donovan, Dong Huu Khanh Trinh, Ronald B. Geskus, Marcel Wolbers, Guy E. Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat

“…All TT genotype participants received dexamethasone because prior data indicated survival was increased by dexamethasone in this genotype. …”
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A Higher Serum Anion Gap Is Associated with the Risk of Progressing to Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes by Yingchao Zhang, Fengran Xiong, Ruxuan Zhao, Tingting Shi, Jing Lu, Jinkui Yang

“…Here, we performed a prospective, population-based study among 1191 Chinese individuals aged 22–87 years who took health examinations annually between 2006 and 2012 including clinical features and plasma metabolites. All of the participants had no history of diabetes or related chronic complications. …”
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Assessment of the Nutritional Status and Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Preparatory Schools at Al-Kut City by Ammar Abbas Okab, Ahmed Kadhim Jawad

“…Data was collected via direct interview technique with each participant of adolescent students. The study instrument used a constructional questionnaire. …”
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The value of diabetes technology enabled coaching (DTEC) to support remission evaluation of medical interventions in T2D: Patient and health coach perspectives. by Madison Taylor, Denise Ng, Kaylen J Pfisterer, Joseph A Cafazzo, Diana Sherifali

“…Participants also highlighted important considerations to ensure DTEC could provide compassionate insights and support automated data entry (appropriateness). …”
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Supplemental oxygen strategies in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia after the neonatal intensive care unit period: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (SOS BPD s... by Anton H van Kaam, Wes Onland, Irwin K M Reiss, Peter H Dijk, Arend F Bos, Eleni-Rosalina Andrinopoulou, E Villamor, LGM van Rooij, M de Jong, JS von Lindern, Lucas Goossens, Stephanie Balink, Elianne J L E Vrijlandt, Anthon R Hulsmann, Debbie H Nuytemans, Arwen J Sprij, André A Kroon, Marielle Pijnenburg, MGA Baartmans, GJ Blok, WP de Boode, HD Buiter, CE Counsilman, CA Dalen Meurs, ACM Dassel, AM de Grauw, MEN van den Heuvel, JLAM van Hillegersberg, JCR van Hoften, JHL van Hoorn, CH ten Hove, A Kamerbeek, AAMW van Kempen, LH van der Meer, RMJ Moonen, EEM Mulder, HJ Niemarkt, MAG van Scherpenzeel-de Vries, IAM Schiering, RNGB Tan

“…Informed consent will be obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all study participants.Trial registration number NL7149/NTR7347.…”
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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Circulating Inflammatory Proteins, and Hypertension: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Guobing Jia, Tao Guo, Lei Liu, Chengshi He

“…Furthermore, MR analyses also revealed causal links between 10 circulating inflammatory proteins and the risk of hypertension, with TNF‐related activation‐induced cytokine partially mediating RA‐induced hypertension at a mediator ratio of 11.17% (0.27%–22.08%). …”
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Validity of a Sham Dry Needling Technique on a Healthy Population by Daniel M Cushman, Anna Holman, Lee Skinner, Keith Cummings, Peter Haight, Masaru Teramoto

“…Most importantly, 94.1% of dry needling-naïve participants were unable to identify they received the sham procedure (p < 0.001)…”
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Quizlet as a Learning Tool for Enhancing L2 Learners’ Lexical Retention: Should It be Used in Class or at Home? by Long Quoc Nguyen, Ha Van Le

“…Eighty-nine university students participated in the study and were separated into three groups. …”
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Oral Contraceptive Use and Alveolar Osteitis Following Third Molar Extraction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Madison Tang, Daniela Gurpegui Abud, Jaffer A. Shariff

“…Fifteen studies with a total of 1366 female participants who were OCP users and 2919 nonuser female participants were included in this meta-analysis. …”
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