Factors Associated with Adherence to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among Patients Attending a Nurse-Led Community Clinic in Australia: A Qualitative Study by Fouziah Almouqati, Judith Daire, Catherine Catanach, Jean-Louis deSousa, Sam Quill, Mohamed Estai

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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…The quantitative data were analysed through descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis was undertaken using a constant comparative analysis of the participants’ comments, to identify salient patterns (themes).Results A total of 81 female participants replied (42% response rate based on the Facebook group members), with 88% (n=71) perceiving surgery as a male-dominated field. …”
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Qualitative evaluation of the implementation and national roll-out of the NHS App in England by Claire Reidy, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Sukriti KC, Bernard Gudgin, Anthony A. Laverty, Felix Greaves, John Powell

“…Methods We recruited 88 participants in 62 qualitative interviews and four focus groups. …”
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Exploring patient preferences for intraocular lenses selection in age-related cataract: a discrete choice experiment study by Qiaolin Zhu, Qiaolin Zhu, Qiaolin Zhu, Qianqian Sun, Qianqian Sun, Qianqian Sun, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Xiaoling Yang, Xiaoling Yang, Xiaoling Yang, Hehe Huang, Hehe Huang, Hehe Huang, Shanshan Qian, Shanshan Qian, Shanshan Qian, Wenjing Lin, Wentao Yan, Wentao Yan, Wentao Yan

“…Participants made choices based on different combinations of these attributes, and the data were analyzed using multinomial logit models (MNL) and latent class analysis (LCA) to identify preference heterogeneity.ResultsA total of 200 cataract patients (mean age 66.2 years, 58.5% female) participated in the study. …”
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Examination of Elder Abuse and Death Anxiety in Older Adults With a Chronic Disease by Seda Karaman, Gülcan Bahçecioğlu Turan, Merve Çayır Yılmaz, Elanur Yilmaz Karabulutlu

“…Methods This study was conducted with 200 patients who met the research criteria and agreed to participate in the study and who were admitted to the internal medicine outpatient clinics of a university hospital in Elazig, eastern Turkey. …”
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Improving Outcomes and Quality of Life for Patients With Hand and Foot Eczema: Randomized Study of a Patient-Centered Monitoring App by Aimee Bruch, Wanja Weigandt, Yannic Schardt, Raphael Herr, Johannes Benecke, Astrid Schmieder

“…MethodsPatients in the intervention group participated in an educational program focused on chronic hand and foot eczema at baseline and had in-person visits at weeks 0, 12, 24, 36, and 60, as well as access to our study smartphone app. …”
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Validation of mixed reality in planning orbital reconstruction with patient-specific implants by K. Dubron, E. Shaheen, R. Jacobs, C. Politis, R. Willaert

“…Moreover, treatment planning using MR was significantly more accurate (p = .028), with participants reporting a higher mean global satisfaction score compared to the conventional group (80.6% vs. 72.5%). …”
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Guidelines for Patient-Centered Documentation in the Era of Open Notes: Qualitative Study by Anita Vanka, Katherine T Johnston, Tom Delbanco, Catherine M DesRoches, Annalays Garcia, Liz Salmi, Charlotte Blease

“…Using a structured focus group decision guide, we conducted 4 group meetings with different sets of 27 participants: physicians experienced with writing open notes (n=5), patients accustomed to reviewing their notes (n=8), medical student educators (n=7), and resident physicians (n=7). …”
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Measuring the patient safety climate in community pharmacies: an updated national survey by Christina Ljungberg Persson, Annika Nordén Hägg, Björn Södergård

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What Matters in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Comparison of Patient and Clinician Perspectives by Philip J. Mease, M. Elaine Husni, Evan Siegel, Daniel E. Furst, Melissa Mcilraith, Vibeke Strand, M. Cameron Hay

“…Methods We conducted four patients with PsA focus groups across three US rheumatology practices using mixed methods to identify attributes of PsA important to patients. …”
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Use of computerised adaptive testing to reduce the number of items in patient-reported hip and knee outcome scores: an analysis of the NHS England National Patient-Reported Outcome... by Jose Maria Valderas, Andrew D Toms, Jonathan Peter Evans, Christopher Gibbons

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Psychological distress and emotional pain among adult attendees of a dental clinic: a case-control study by Adebayo Rasheed Erinfolami, Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Yewande Olufunmilayo Oshodi, Abiola Adelphine Akinbode, Babatunde Fadipe, Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo

“…A total of 201 subjects, made up of 101 dental patients (test group) matched with age and sex with 100 normal subjects (controls), was recruited into the study. …”
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Effect of Social Media on Patient’s Perception of Dental Aesthetics in Saudi Arabia by Khadijah M. Baik, Ghazal Anbar, Abeer Alshaikh, Arwa Banjar

“…More than half of the patients were females in both groups (52.7%). The majority of patients used SM for communication and entertainment purposes. …”
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Evaluation of the Relationship between Nutritional Status of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the ICU and Patients’ Prognosis: A Cohort Study by Parsa Mohammadi, Hesam Aldin Varpaei, Alireza Khafaee pour khamseh, Mostafa Mohammadi, Mojgan Rahimi, Amirhossein Orandi

“…Patients were screened for nutritional status and categorized into two groups, patients at nutritional risk and nonrisk. …”
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Monocyte Subsets in Schistosomiasis Patients with Periportal Fibrosis by Jamille Souza Fernandes, Maria Ilma Araujo, Diego Mota Lopes, Robson da Paixão de Souza, Edgar M. Carvalho, Luciana Santos Cardoso

“…The expression of HLA-DR, IL-6, TNF-α, and TGF-β was higher in monocytes from individuals with moderate to severe fibrosis as compared to other groups. Although no differences were observed in receptors expression (IL-4R and IL-10R) between groups of patients, the expression of IL-12 was lower in monocytes from individuals with moderate to severe fibrosis, suggesting a protective role of this cytokine in the development of fibrosis. …”
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Comorbidity in in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by O.V. Somilo, S.O. Makarov, O.I. Kalbus

“…Study participants were divided into two groups – Group 1 and Group 2 – based on EDSS scores. …”
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The Relationship between NAFLD and Sarcopenia in Elderly Patients by Yu Zhai, Qian Xiao, Jing Miao

“…In this study, we investigated the association between NAFLD and sarcopenia in elderly patients. Methods. We classified the participants into sarcopenia/nonsarcopenia groups based on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), muscle strength (grip strength), or/and physical performance (6 m usual gait speed). …”
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Inductive Reasoning in Patients with Paranoid Type Schizophrenia by Mehmet Emrah Karadere, Yasir Safak, Halime Seyma Ozcelik, Emre Demir, Mehmet Hakan Turkcapar

“…After the diagnostic interview was conducted by SCID-I to the patients who were asked to participate in the study, RIAT test was applied by the interviewer in order to detect the inferential thinking patterns. …”
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Qualitative Characteristics of Depression in Parkinson’s Patients and Controls by Cleo Kritzinger, Eva-Juliane Vollstedt, Katja Hückelheim, Anne Lorwin, Julia Graf, Sinem Tunc, Christine Klein, Meike Kasten

“…To assess depressive symptoms in PD patients and control groups and compare symptom profiles. …”
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Risk factors and outcomes in patients who switched from peritoneal dialysis to physician-oriented or patient-oriented kidney replacement therapy by Liu Zhang, Xu Guan, Liang Liu, Yinghui Huang, Jiachuan Xiong, Jinghong Zhao

“…They were divided into physician-oriented group or patient-oriented group based on the decision-making process. …”
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