Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Epidemiological Characteristics of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment by Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Alfredo Hernández Magdariaga, Rolando Bonal Ruiz

“…Although the participants’ independence in basic activities in their daily lives remained significantly unaffected by their cognitive impairment, notable difficulties were observed in instrumental activities such as washing clothes, using the telephone and managing finances.…”
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Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Diabetes by LaRita C. Jones, Olivio J. Clay, Fernando Ovalle, Andrea Cherrington, Michael Crowe

“…Participants completed a structured telephone interview with measures including depressive symptoms, health conditions, cognitive function, and diabetes distress. …”
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A Supportive-Educational Intervention for Heart Failure Patients in Iran: The Effect on Self-Care Behaviours by Vahid Zamanzadeh, Leila Valizadeh, A. Fuchsia Howard, Fatemeh Jamshidi

“…The intervention consisted of a one-hour, nurse-led, in-person education session and postdischarge followup by telephone over three months. Data were collected at baseline, one, two, and three months. …”
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El marketing digital y los emprendimientos en el sector de artesanías en la región Tacna, Perú by Yaricsa Yuliana Vilca Coaquera, Piero Alejandro Ara Romero, María de los Ángeles Torrico Ordoñez

“…Se crearon páginas web con tiendas en línea para 30 pequeños productores, las cuales fueron instaladas en sus teléfonos celulares (smartphones); además, se les capacitó en el manejo autónomo de la aplicación. …”
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Awareness and Uptake of Family Screening in Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer at a Young Age by Niamh M. Hogan, Marion Hanley, Aisling M. Hogan, Margaret Sheehan, Oliver J. McAnena, Mark P. Regan, Michael J. Kerin, Myles R. Joyce

“…Patients under age 60 who received surgical management for CRC between June 2009 and May 2012 were identified using pathology records and theatre logbooks. A telephone questionnaire was carried out to investigate family history and screening uptake among FDRs. …”
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Whose PhD is it? A Case of Supervision in Higher Education in South Africa by Maserole C. Kgari-Masondo, Bernard Chingwanangwana, Pfuurai Chimbunde, Lungile P. Zondi, Aboshioke L. Umejei, Dineo F. Mosina

“…Data generated from the discussions were communicated through WhatsApp, emails, and telephones and then thematically analyzed. The evidence indicates that the supervision style determines whose PhD it is. …”
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Evaluation of Tele-rheumatology during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Population: A Pilot Study by Amit Sandhu, Amit Agarwal, Paramvir Kaur, Meenakshi Sharma, Harnoor Sra, Manvi Singh, Nishant Jaiswal, Anil Chauhan, Anju Gupta, Meenu Singh

“…Out of the total patients enrolled (N=7577) in telemedicine services, 122 rheumatoid arthritis patients (1.6%) were followed for 1 month to assess change in functional status by modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (mHAQ). Telephonic interviews of the enrolled patients were conducted to determine the level of understanding of advice given by consultants, barriers during the consultation, and satisfaction with teleconsultations for rheumatology clinics. …”
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Reporting Melanoma: A Nationwide Surveillance of State Cancer Registries by Kehinde O. Raji, Lauren Payne, Suephy C. Chen

“…A cross-sectional study design was utilized consisting of website perusal of reporting procedures, followed up by telephone and email inquiry of reporting methods from every state cancer registry. …”
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Acute gastrointestinal and post-acute COVID-19 gastrointestinal syndrome assessment on the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale scoring system: A questionnaire-based survey by Sunita Singh, Niraj K. Srivastava, Rahul Yadav, Saurabh Paul, Shefali Gupta, Sankalp, Priyanshi Dixit

“…All patients who met the inclusion criteria were telephonically called from November 2023 to January 2024. …”
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Compliance and Experience of Quarantine during the 1st Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Mumbai by Shilpa Nellikkal, Rujuta Hadaye, Apurva Lonikar

“…Materials and Methods: After approval from the institutional ethics committee, a telephonic interview survey was conducted. Individuals above 18 years of age visiting the only functioning COVID-19 screening outpatient department at Kasturba Hospital between March 1, 2020, and March 10, 2020 were included in the study. …”
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La santé et la sécurité au travail des travailleurs immigrants à Montréal : résultats d’une enquête exploratoire by Sylvie Gravel, Laurence Boucheron, Michel Kane

“…Semi-structured interviews were carried out in the workplace or by telephone, based on a sample of organizations selected because of their social mandate. …”
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Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome and Their Components in Middle-Class Adults from Damascus, Syria: A Cross-Sectional Study by Malda Atasi, Ashuin Kammar-García, Rafael Almendra-Pegueros, Addi Rhode Navarro-Cruz

“…The sample was chosen from middle-class citizens of the city of Damascus who were contacted by telephone; they were explained about the study, the information that would be collected, and the studies that should be carried out in the clinical analysis laboratory of the Private University of Syria. …”
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Usability of Public Play Spaces for Children with Disabilities by Asma Nidaul Haq, Yuko Ito, Natsuka Suyama, Peter Bontje, Hana Hanifah, Kaoru Inoue

“…Online semistructured interviews with the children were held using Zoom, followed by telephonic interviews with their parents. In addition, video recordings of the observation of the children’s participation in the play spaces were gathered. …”
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Covid-19 and the South African Pentecostal Landscape: Historic Shift from Offline Liturgical Practice to Online Platforms by John Mhandu and Vivian Ojong

“…Grounded in the interpretivist research paradigm, the article draws on telephonic interviews conducted with 20 purposively selected Pentecostal lay leaders and pastors in the eThekwini district, KwaZulu-Natal. …”
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Acute exacerbation of COPD: Physiotherapy practice and factors that influence management by Motheo Phalatse-Taban, Heleen van Aswegen

“…Individual interviews were conducted face-to-face or via telephone and transcribed verbatim. Content analysis was done using an inductive approach. …”
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Perceived discrimination in fatigue: a qualitative interview study in the SOMA.SOC project by Rieke Barbek, Anna Christin Makowski, Olaf von dem Knesebeck

“…The purpose of the current study is to examine perceived discrimination in fatigue across different medical conditions and domains, also considering intersectional discrimination.Materials and methodsSemi-structured telephone interviews were carried out with 19 patients with clinically significant fatigue, considering a variety of different social identities like gender, history of migration, and occupational status. …”
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Charles Bonnet syndrome in patients with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration: a cross-sectional study by Nathalie Skovgaard Eriksen, Nabi Mousavi, Yousif Subhi, Torben Lykke Sørensen, Marie Krogh Nielsen

“…These patients were then prospective contacted by telephone for this study, and 120 patients responded and agreed to do an interview on symptoms of CBS. …”
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Constituer des archives en sexologie francophone : un essai d’autoethnographie by Alain Giami

“…My own questions open up new questions for the holders of archives and institutions and conversely, the questions of the holders and institutions allow me to better address my own issues. A telephone/zoom survey was conducted between September 2020 and May 2021 with 62 potential archive holders and 28 people, actors in the world of sexological and community archives, both public and private. …”
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Iranians’ Preferences toward Dental Care Services: A Population-Based Survey by Mohammad Khajedaluee, Zahra Yaghoubi, Tayebeh Malek Mohammadi, Kosar Sadat Hosseini

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted through telephone interviews with adult residents in Mashhad and Kerman cities. …”
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Comfortable knowing little about lymphoedema? A qualitative study of medical interns in Australia by Samantha Bunzli, Sandra Hayes, Peter Window, Melanie Plinsinga, Natalie Kruger

“…Interviews were conducted via Microsoft Teams or telephone, video-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. …”
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