Social support networks and well-being of disabled veterans: the dual roles of institutional support and peer trust by Qiuyue Zhang, Yi Wang, Yili Lin, Yu Cao, XiaoBin Guan

“…It further examines the mediating roles of perceived effectiveness of government assistance (institutional resource utilization) and comrade trust (relational social capital), as well as the moderating role of policy awareness in shaping these relationships.MethodsA stratified sampling strategy was employed to collect survey data from 472 disabled veterans across multiple regions in China. …”
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Exploring artificial intelligence for healthcare from the health professionals’ perspective: The case of limited resource settings by Mulugeta Desalegn Kasaye, Amare Gebrie Getahun, Mulugeta Hayelom Kalayou

“…Data were collected using a self-structured questionnaire. A simple random sampling technique was applied. We used SPSS to analyze data. …”
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Towards a clinical pathway to food for special medical purpose in China: current progress based on a cross-sectional survey by Jie Gong, Mengyan Wang, Jiankui Guo, Yishu Lyu, Dongyu Mu, Lei Shi, Wen Hu, Fengmei Yu

“…Background and objectivesTo investigate the current status of clinical pathway implementation for food for special medical purpose (FSMP) in China and provide a scientific basis for constructing a standardized pathway.Methods and study designAn E-questionnaire was distributed to 27 clinical nutrition quality control centers in tertiary medical institutions in China from September to October 2023 via random stratified sampling.ResultsNinety-eight valid questionnaires were ultimately recovered. …”
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Factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women attending a public health facility in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Firoza Haffejee, Laura O’Connor, Nalini Govender, Poovendhree Reddy, Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya, Shanaz Ghuman, Thembelihle Ngxongo, Dorinda Borg

“…Unemployed women were more likely to have had unintended pregnancies. No other socio-demographic factors were linked to unintended pregnancy. …”
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The impact of weight matrices on parameter estimation and inference: A case study of binary response using land-use data by Yiyi Wang, Kara M. Kockelman, Xiaokun (Cara) Wang

“…Parameters of all models are estimated using Bayesian methods. In simulated tests, adding a distance-decay parameter term to the spatial weight matrix improved the quality of estimation and inference, as reflected by a lower deviance information criteriaon (DIC) value, but the added sampling loop required to estimate the distance-decay parameter substantially increased computing times. …”
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Fish diversity assessment and semi-quantitative biomass estimation through metabarcoding of environmental DNA by Yassine Kasmi, Ismael Núñez-Riboni, Tina Blancke, Benita Möckel, Matthias Bernreuther, Christoph Stransky, Reinhold Hanel

“…Analysis of 64 seawater and sediment samples revealed a high detectability of fish DNA in the North Sea, with more reliable results in water compared to sediment samples. …”
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Study on risk factors and associated drug related problems in patients with stroke by Tulsi Bhusal, Durga Bista, Rojeena Koju Shrestha

“…The purpose of this study was to assess risk factors and associated DRPs in patients with stroke. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted involving patients who had been diagnosed with stroke for 3 months using a purposive sampling technique at Annapurna Hospital. …”
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To Evaluate the Relationship between Overweight/Obesity Status, Sugar Consumption, and Dental Caries among 12–15-year-old School Children of Moradabad City by Supurna Pandit, Pradeep Tangade, Jeevan Josh, Sanchit Pradhan, Mohnish Muchhal, Aditya Veer Singh

“…Setting and Design: The cross-sectional study was undertaken in various schools of Moradabad city using random sampling. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on the 600 school-going kids of 12–15-year of the Moradabad city. …”
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Investigation on Internet addiction disorder in adolescents in Anhui, People’s Republic of China by Chen Y, Kang Y, Gong W, He L, Jin Y, Zhu X, Yao Y

“…Yan Chen,1 Yaowen Kang,2 Weizhi Gong,3 Lianping He,1 Yuelong Jin,1 Xiaoyue Zhu,1 Yingshui Yao1 1School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 2Fushun Administrative College, Fushun, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 3Guangdong Polytechnic of Industry and Commerce, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China Background and aim: The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics and prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) in adolescents so as to provide a scientific basis for the communities, schools, and families.Methods: We conducted a survey by randomized cluster sampling on 5,249 students, grades ranging from 7 to 12, in Anhui province, People’s Republic of China. …”
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Exploring the mediating role of social support in sports participation and academic burnout among adolescent students in China by Jia Gao, Xiaodong Tian, Hailong Wu

“…With the increase of academic pressure, the problem of academic burnout among adolescent students has become more and more prominent, which has a profound impact on their psychological health and academic performance. …”
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Proximity to COVID-19 vaccination sites and vaccine uptake: the role of gender and vaccine distrust by Ye Luo, Patricia Carbajales-Dale, Miao Li, William Haller, Yu-Bo Wang

“…This study examined the association between the proximity to vaccination sites and COVID-19 vaccine uptake and the role of gender and vaccine distrust in this relationship.MethodsWe used data from the COVID-19 Exposure, Prevention, and Impact Study in Upstate South Carolina of the United States which was a cross-sectional survey conducted from March 2022 to August 2022 using address-based probability sampling for a mail-to-web survey. …”
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Dental Treatment Needs in Vancouver Inner-City Elementary School-Aged Children by F. Samim, J. Aleksejuniene, C. Zed, N. Salimi, C. P. Emperumal

“…To examine the dental treatment needs of inner-city Vancouver elementary school-aged children and relate them to sociodemographic characteristics. Methods. A census sampling comprising 562 children from six out of eight eligible schools was chosen (response rate was 65.4%). …”
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Low impact of knowledge on compliance with COVID-19 precautions: Healthcare workers in Eswatini by Nompumelelo S. Ndwandwe, Charlotte Mokoatle, Shalin Bidassey-Manilal, Renay H. Van Wyk

“…Overall knowledge of and compliance with COVID-19 standard precautions were 81.27% and 72%, respectively. Nurses were more knowledgeable of the standard precautions (82.9%), while cleaners and/or orderlies were more compliant with the standard precautions (83.88%). …”
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Professional growth in pharmacy: examining CPD awareness, motivators, and barriers among pharmacists by Lubna Qaisi, Eman Alefishat, Rana Abu Farha, Amal Akour, Mohammad Zawieh

“…Convenience sampling was employed, inviting 250 pharmacists from diverse practice settings to participate. …”
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Towards a better understanding of NHS secondary and social care backlogs: qualitative perspectives on waiting lists, deferrals and delays by disabled people from minoritised ethnic... by Carol Rivas

“…Objectives To explore how backlogs in health and social care were perceived by and impacted disabled people from minoritised ethnic groups, with a view to improving their experiences and social, health and well-being outcomes.Design Interview and workshop-based qualitative study as part of a larger mixed-methods study; main analysis is based specifically on the interviews.Setting Primary and secondary care in the UK.Participants 271 participants aged 18+ with a chronic condition or impairment associated with disability, white British and from several minoritised ethnic groups, resident in the UK for at least 3 months of the pandemic, using quota sampling to ensure the recruitment of different disability-ethnicity combinations. …”
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Prevalence of Internet addiction among university students and its impact on general health by Laila Hisham Abdulaziz Alheet, Mira Ali Naeem Harb, Lana H. I. Khaled, Ahmad Saif Bin Sulaiman, Mohammed Hussein Ali M. Baqer Al Attar

“…Medical students were 2.26 times more likely to report distress than nonmedical students (95% confidence interval: 1.20–4.24). …”
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Saudi Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives and Clinical Practice of Anti-Obesity Medications: A National Survey by Haifa F. AlOtaibi, Sahar Alnasrallah, Assim A. Alfadda, Samar A. Alquassayer, Amr A. Arafat, Shadan AlMuhaidib, Rawabi M. Alsayer, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Waleed Alhazzani

“…Endocrinologists preferred international guidelines and prescribed AOMs more frequently than family physicians (90.0% vs. 60.5%; P < 0.001). …”
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Assessment of blood lead and haemoglobin levels among battery technicians and local government office workers in South-western Nigeria by Ebenezer Adeiza Ozomata, Babatunde Ogunnowo

“…Objectives: To assess and compare blood lead and haemoglobin levels of battery technicians and local government office workers in South-western Nigeria Methods: A cross-sectional study with multi-stage sampling was used to compare battery technicians and office workers in Lagos State. …”
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An explanatory model of suicidal ideation based on family functionality and mental health problems: A cross-sectional study of medical students by Leslie Aguilar-Sigueñas, David Villarreal-Zegarra

“…The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 39Poisson regression analysis adjusted identified that people with anxiety symptoms were more than four times more likely to have suicidal ideation (PR=4.89; 95% CI:1.90-12.64). …”
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection by Sameena Majeed, Rifat Ullah, Muhammad Tahir, Majeed Ullah, Ayaz Ul Haq, Arif Hayat

“…The sample size was calculated using the WHO sample size calculator using the non-probability consecutive sampling technique. …”
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