Ambivalent and heavy burdened wanderers on a road less travelled: a meta-ethnography on end-of-life care experiences among family caregivers in rural areas by Elisabet Breivik, Bente Ervik, Gabriele Kitzmüller

“…Thus, the purpose of this study was to synthesize and reinterpret the findings from qualitative research on rural family caregivers of adult cancer patients at the end of life. Methods We conducted a meta-ethnography following Noblit and Hare’s approach. …”
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Dung beetle assemblages, dung removal and secondary seed dispersal: data from a large-scale, multi-site experiment in the Western Palaearctic by Tanja Milotić, Christophe Baltzinger, Carsten Eichberg, Amy E. Eycott, Marco Heurich, Jörg Müller, Jorge A. Noriega, Rosa Menendez, Jutta Stadler, Réka Ádám, Tessa Bargmann, Isabelle Bilger, Jörn Buse, Joaquín Calatayud, Constantin Ciubuc, Gergely Boros, Marie Hauso, Pierre Jay-Robert, Märt Kruus, Enno Merivee, Geoffrey Miessen, Anne Must, Elham Omidzadeh Ardali, Elena Preda, Iraj Rahimi, Dirk Rohwedder, Rob Rose, Eleanor M. Slade, László Somay, Pejman Tahmasebi, Stefano Ziani, Maurice Hoffmann

“…Simultaneously, we sampled dung beetle assemblages by using pitfalls baited with the same dung types as used in the experiments.…”
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Patient preferences for heart valve disease intervention by Simon Fifer, Brittany Keen, Polo Guilbert‐Wright, Kaoru Yamabe, Dale J. Murdoch

“…It also aimed to determine patients' preferences for HVD treatments (predicted uptake) and the relative importance of each treatment attribute. Methods A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted in Australia and Japan with patients who required a heart valve procedure. …”
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Which factors drive the choice of the French‐speaking Quebec population towards a COVID‐19 vaccination programme: A discrete‐choice experiment by Gabin F. Morillon, Thomas G. Poder

“…A quota sampling method by age, gender and educational level was used to achieve a representative sample of the French‐speaking adult population. …”
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Studying the pathogenic role of catecholamines in the development of retinopathy of prematurity on an experimental model of the disease by L. A. Katargina, N. A. Osipova, A. J. Panova, N. S. Bondarenko, Yu. O. Nikishina, A. R. Murtazina, M. V. Ugryumov

“…To study the involvement of dopamine and noradrenaline in the pathogenesis of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) on an original rat model of the disease.Material and methods. The study was conducted on 41 newborn Wistar rats (82 eyes), divided into 2 groups: experimental (EROP, rats with experimental ROP, n = 21) and control (n = 20). …”
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Evaluasi Usability dan Perbaikan Antarmuka untuk Meningkatkan User Experience Menggunakan Metode Usability Testing (Studi Kasus: Aplikasi Warga Bali) by I Made Sukarsa, I Putu Wira Buana, I Putu Juliarta Arya Utama, Ni Wayan Wisswani

“…Warga Bali application is also an application that is still in the development process so it must pay attention to the user experience, especially the usability aspect. The usability evaluation in this study was to measure the variables of effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction by using 20 research respondents who were selected using simple random sampling from Hindu religious communities domiciled in Bali Province. …”
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Experiences and perceptions of Chinese patients enrolled in a clinical trial assessing tuina and manual therapies for knee osteoarthritis: a nested qualitative study by Luping Liu, Lingyun Zhang, Sina Li, Meiling Cai, Siyu Han, Zhiwen Weng, Qianji Chen, Yixuan Gao, Xiaoming Yang, Yang Zhang, Duoduo Li, Changxin Liu, Ya’nan Sun, Xiyou Wang, Changhe Yu

“…Methods Participants with KOA were sampled using a simple sampling method from a randomized controlled trial of Tuina treatment versus manual physical therapy (MPT). …”
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Associations between exercise and university students’ depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: the mediating role of relative deprivation and subjective exercise expe... by Chao Chen, Jie Ma, Jinzhuang Song, Chuang Yan, Minghao Yan

“…Methods Analysis of exercise-depression associations in two cross-sectional assessments during COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown was undertaken. …”
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Experiences of midwives in implementing the fifth stage of function in the integrated service posts to prevent anemia in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia by Mien Mien, Siti Hadrayanti Ananda, Diah Indriastuti, Tahiruddin Tahiruddin

“…Methods: This was a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach conducted from January to November 2020. …”
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Validation and implementation of TaqMAMA RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 variant surveillance: experience from a high-volume setting by José Nicolas Aguirre-Pineda, Mario Alberto Mújica-Sánchez, Hansel Hugo Chávez-Morales, Gabriel Cojuc-Konigsberg, Alan Braverman-Poyastro, Alberto Moscona-Nissan, Gastón Becherano-Razon, Alberto Guijosa, Damilda Duarte, Maria Del Carmen García-Colín, Martha Angella Durán-Barrón, Eduardo Becerril-Vargas

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Home-based care practices and experiences influencing health-seeking behaviour among caregivers of children diagnosed with pneumonia in Endebess Sub-County, Kenya by Everlyne N Opuba, Jane A Owenga, Patrick O Onyango

“…. # Methods A cross-sectional study involving 273 caregivers accompanied by the qualitative study in the 24 health personnel was conducted from May to August, 2019. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and common mental disorders among young people in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study using WHO ACE-IQ by Clare Pain, Awoke Mihretu, Yishak Gezahegn, Benyam Worku

“…Objective This study aimed to explore adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their association with common mental disorders (CMD) among college students in Ethiopia.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences.Participants A total of 345 participants completed the whole questionnaire.Methods and materials The study used a stratified random sampling technique. …”
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Clearing the smoke: experiences of patients and professionals during a one-year smoking cessation intervention in ambulatory mental healthcare – a qualitative study by Müge H. Küçükaksu, Lola Jansen, Trynke Hoekstra, Sanne Helmig, Marcel C. Adriaanse, Berno van Meijel

“…Methods We conducted 26 semi-structured interviews with 16 patients and 10 mental healthcare professionals (MHPs), as part of a one-year smoking cessation intervention. …”
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A qualitative, grounded theory exploration of the determinants of self-care behavior among Indian patients with a lived experience of chronic heart failure. by Deepak Y Kamath, K B Bhuvana, Luke Joshua Salazar, Kiron Varghese, Anant Kamath, Jyoti Idiculla, Prem Pais, Shruthi Kulkarni, Bradi B Granger, Denis Xavier

“…Our objective was to qualitatively ascertain the determinants of the self-care process among Indian patients with a lived experience of heart failure.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted in-depth interviews (audio-recorded) among 22 purposively sampled patients living with chronic heart failure, diagnosed at least 4 weeks prior to the interview and 17 caregivers (n = 39) in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Southern India. …”
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Unlocking mobile health adoption: A qualitative exploration of user experiences, barriers, and facilitators within integrated youth services in British Columbia, Canada by Xiaoxu Ding, Kirsten Marchand, Liisa Holsti, Julia Schmidt, Natalie Parde, Brodie Sakakibara, Skye Barbic

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Physician experiences of electronic health record interoperability and its practical impact on care delivery in the English NHS: a cross-sectional survey study by Ara Darzi, Jonathan Clarke, Hutan Ashrafian, Ana Luísa Neves, Edmond Li, Olivia Lounsbury, Mujtaba Hasnain

“…Recruitment was performed via convenience sampling and snowballing in collaboration with contacts at Health Education England deaneries and the Royal College of General Practitioners. …”
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“I am not a priority”: ethnic minority experiences of navigating mental health support and the need for culturally sensitive services during and beyond the pandemic by Maria Panagioti, Yu Fu, Sarah Croke, Ge Yu, Evgenia Stepanova, Oládayò Bífárìn

“…Limited access to services and the absence of culturally or religiously embedded care have led to increased severity of mental health problems.Objective To explore the complexity of interactions between ethnic minorities and mental health services and their experiences of seeking and receiving mental health support throughout the pandemic.Methods Semi-structured interviews with purposive and snowball sampling of ethnic minorities aged over 18 (n=32) across North East and North West in England were analysed using a framework approach.Findings Five themes were generated. …”
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Experiences, perceptions and attitudes on providing advice on physical activity to patients with chronic ischaemic heart disease: a qualitative study in general practitioners in Ge... by Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Rik Crutzen, Sabrina Kastaun, Verena Leve, Stefan Wilm, Alicia Prinz, Sabrina Hoppe

“…This study aims to explore experiences, perceptions and attitudes, including barriers and facilitators of GPs towards the routine delivery of PA advice to IHD patients.Methods Between March and June 2023, 12 face-to-face problem-centred interviews and six focus group discussions (n=37) with GPs were conducted. …”
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Experience of post-traumatic growth among parents of children with biliary atresia undergoing living-related liver transplantation: a descriptive phenomenological study by ZhiRu Li, FangYan Lu, Li Dong, Li Zheng, JingYun Wu, SiYuan Wu, Yan Wang, HuaFen Wang

“…Objectives: To explore the experience of post-traumatic growth among parents of children with biliary atresia undergoing living-related liver transplantation.Methods: Participants were recruited within 2 weeks of their child's transplant surgery using purposive sampling. …”
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Single-center experience of intraoperative ligation of the splenic artery for prevention of splenic artery steal syndrome in patients after living donor liver transplant by K. O. Semash, T. A. Dzhanbekov, T. Z. Gaybullaev

“…Evaluation of the first results in the experience of our center with a routine intraoperative ligation of the splenic artery during the procedure of right lobe living donor liver transplantation in adult recipients for the prevention of the steal syndrome development in the postoperative period.Material and methods. …”
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