Total Delay in Treatment of Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among New Pulmonary TB Patients in Selected Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017/18 by Netsanet Awoke, Bedado Dulo, Feven Wudneh

“…All new pulmonary TB patients who fulfill the inclusion criteria during the study period were included in the study after informed consent was obtained from the participants. Data was cleaned, coded, and entered into SPSS version 20 for analysis. …”
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Social, Digital and Community Capital Facilitated COVID-19 Pandemic Resilience in a Qualitative Survey of Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Concerns by Annie Mae Wright MBBS, Harriet Demnitz-King PhD, Alexandra Burton PhD, Rachel M. Morse MSc, Sweedal Alberts MSc, Charlotte Kenten PhD, Rosario Isabel Espinoza Jeraldo MSc, Michaela Poppe PhD, Julie Barber PhD, Claudia Cooper PhD

“…We invited adults with mild cognitive concerns without dementia, aged ≥60 years participating in a randomised controlled trial of a psychosocial, secondary dementia prevention intervention, to complete a semi-structured survey, regarding how the pandemic impacted their lifestyle and wellbeing in areas relevant to dementia risk: social connections, activities, diet, mental and physical health, community and family support. Data was collected between October 2020 and December 2022; we inductively coded responses using manifest content analysis. 551/748 trial participants completed the survey. …”
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Using large language models for extracting stressful life events to assess their impact on preventive colon cancer screening adherence by Dmitry Scherbakov, Paul M. Heider, Ramsey Wehbe, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Leslie A. Lenert, Jihad S. Obeid

“…Future work should be focused on validating the research findings using data from other health institutions. In addition, expanding the list of stressful life events by including a validated scale of stressful life events for patients from historically marginalized groups is warranted.…”
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EXPERIÊNCIAS NO LOCAL DE TRABALHO DE INDIVÍDUOS LGBTQ+ EM PORTUGAL: UM ESTUDO PILOTO DE MÉTODO MISTO by Henrique Pereira, Colleen Beatriz

“…Preliminary quantitative results were computed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 27.0. Qualitative data were analyzed using a constructivist grounded theory approach. …”
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Implementation of a Social Media Strategy for Public Health Promotion in Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Hispanic or Latino Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic:... by Maria Mora Pinzon, Ornella Hills, George Levy, Taryn T James, Ashley Benitez, Sacheen Lawrence, Tiffany Ellis, Venus Washington, Lizbeth Solorzano, Patricia Tellez-Giron, Fernando Cano Ospina, Melissa F Metoxen, Carey E Gleason

“…We hosted 9 focus groups with community members to learn about their social media use. These data were analyzed using an inductive approach, using NVivo software (release 1.7) to code content. …”
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Prevalence and coprevalence of chronic comorbid conditions in patients with type 2 diabetes in Catalonia: a population-based cross-sectional study by Josep Franch-Nadal, Manel Mata-Cases, Jordi Real, Marta Cedenilla, Didac Mauricio

“…We excluded patients with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus and any other type of diabetes.Primary and secondary outcome measures We collected data on diabetes-related comorbidities (ie, chronic complications, associated cardiovascular risk factors and treatment complications). …”
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“What other option did I have?”– The effect of conflict and displacement on child marriage and early childbearing among displaced Rohingya adolescents by Kate Mieth, Tahia Hasan, Adrija Chakrabarty, Kenna Lee, Adrita Kaiser, Tanvir Hasan, Shatha Elnakib, Caitlin Jackson, W. Courtland Robinson, Linnea A. Zimmerman

“…Objective This paper aims to describe how displacement and living within a camp context has affected norms and drivers around family formation, focusing on the lived experience of female and male adolescents and young adults. Methods We coded and analyzed qualitative data from forty-nine in-depth interviews and sixteen focus group discussions conducted with Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals aged 15–24 who arrived in Cox’s Bazar during or after October 2016. …”
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Software Implementation of the Epps-Pulley Criterion in Matlab Modeling Environment by A. A. Tipikin, A. A. Prusakov, N. A. Timoshenko

“…The matrix-vector method requires fewer lines of code by performing calculations using linear algebra operations on matrices and vectors. …”
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Characteristics of traumatic brain injury-related healthcare visits across social determinants of health: A population-based birth cohort study. by Vincy Chan, Clarissa Serafine Wirianto, Robert Balogh, Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, Michael David Escobar

“…<h4>Background</h4>Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of death and disability worldwide, with almost half of new cases occurring in children, adolescents, and young adults. However, data on injury characteristics stratified by social determinants of health are scarce. …”
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Facilitators and Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review by Enos Moyo, Perseverance Moyo, Hadrian Mangwana, Grant Murewanhema, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

“…Two reviewers independently selected the articles and extracted the data. We used NVivo to develop codes and categories of facilitators and barriers. …”
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Association between expansion of primary healthcare and racial inequalities in mortality amenable to primary care in Brazil: A national longitudinal analysis. by Thomas Hone, Davide Rasella, Mauricio L Barreto, Azeem Majeed, Christopher Millett

“…Although the analysis is ecological, sensitivity analyses suggest that over 30% of black/pardo deaths would have to be incorrectly coded for the results to be invalid. This study is limited by the use of municipal-aggregate data, which precludes individual-level inference. …”
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The effect of barley savigh consumption on blood sugar among pre-diabetic postmenopausal women by Khadijeh Kamali, Fatemeh Hadizadeh Talasaz, Seyed Amir Tabatabaei Zadeh, Nasim Khajavian, Sareh Dashti, Narjes Bahri

“…The study protocol was approved by the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT code 20200929048880N1). Registration date (25/10/2020).…”
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Relevance of patient-centered actigraphy measures in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a qualitative interview study by Rachael Kendrew, Salma Ajraoui, Amélie Beaudet, Kimberly Kelly, David G Kiely, Alexander Rothman, Frances Varian, Stacy Davis, Nadia Pillai

“…Participants from the UK and USA were interviewed one-on-one via a web-based platform, with interviewers using a semi-structured discussion guide that included concept elicitation and cognitive debriefing sections. Data within the anonymized interview transcripts were coded and thematically analyzed. …”
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Factors influencing provider deviation from national HIV and nutritional guidelines for HIV-exposed children in western Kenya: a qualitative study by Megan M. Coe, Emily Yoshioka, Damaris Odhiambo, Mary Masheti, Phlona Amam, Julius Nyaoke, Emmanuel Oduor, Marline Serede, Agnes Ndirangu, Benson Singa, Arianna Rubin Means

“…Transcripts were coded by two primary coders using both deductive and inductive thematic analysis. …”
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Pathways linking health literacy to diabetes risk scores in a non-diabetic population in Ismailia, Egypt: a cross sectional study design by Mirella Youssef Tawfik, Rehab A. Mohamed, Noha M. Abu Bakr Elsaid

“…Sample size from each sector was determined proportionally based on the number of eligible employees, and participants were randomly selected from a coded list. Data were collected via structured face-to-face interviews using validated tools to assess HL, self-efficacy (SE), diabetes knowledge (DK), preventive health behaviors (PHB), and DR, measured by the ARABRISK score. …”
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The impact of Modernity on Physical and Spatial Transformation of Rural Settlements in Iran by Farhad Azizpour

“…Statistical populations are chosen from rural settlements in Iran and their physical and spatial transformation in contemporary period (Pahlavi and Islamic Republic of Iran) is analyzed. Data has been mainly gathered through documentary inquiries including books, articles and other research projects. …”
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Social determinants of health and diabetes self-care management in South Africa by Assegid Hellebo, Andre Pascal Kengne, Amarech Obse, Naomi Levitt, Bronwyn Myers, Susan Cleary, Olufunke Alaba

“…Methods This study utilised cross-sectional Project Mind baseline data collected in 2017. Self-care management was coded on a scale from ‘0’ (never) to ‘7’ (daily adherence). …”
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Improving flow of patients with hyperglycaemia (non-DKA/non-HHS) from the emergency department by Vithiya Umaipalan, Omar Mustafa, Sophie Harris

“…Methods: A quality improvement methodology using plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles and run charts was used for this project. Data analysis was carried out at baseline and monthly thereafter. …”
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Two-Dimensional Numerical Analysis on the Double Shear Specimens of Timber-Concrete Composite Structures by Lim Jun En, Mohd Amirul Bin Mohd Snin, Siti Nur Fatimah Ghazali, Mohamad Ikmal Zainal, R. Suryavarman

“…A comprehensive review of the literature provided the necessary data on embedment strengths of screws in timber and concrete. …”
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Prevalence, outcomes, costs, and treatments of a contemporary population with chronic kidney disease in Norway: a nationwide observational study by Trond Geir Jenssen, Johan Bodegård, Kari Anne Sveen, Marcus Thuresson, Kåre I. Birkeland

“…Methods Prevalence, key adverse outcomes, health care costs, and use of kidney-protective treatment, up until December 31st, 2022, were described in patients aged > 18 years in Norway using register-based data. Only diagnosis codes were used to identify patients with CKD, with laboratory measurements of estimated-glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria unavailable. …”
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