COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A telephonic survey in patients with systemic lupus erythematosusxs by Reuben Praharsh Kumar, Sandra Manuel, D Elizabeth, Vineeta Shobha

“…Methods: The study is a cross-sectional telephone-based survey done on SLE patients. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk in Physical Exercise Program Users by José Ander Asenjo Alarcón

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: an observational, cross-sectional study was carried out in 112 users identified in a physical exercise program. …”
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Impact of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions on gender-specific school attendance and learning outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Dinaol Bedada Dibaba, Bezatu Mengistie Alemu, Sisay Abebe Debela

“…The literature reviewed does not, in most cases; go to the extent of investigating if indeed both men and women students have unique needs especially in underprivileged areas. …”
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Smoke-free hospitality environments and cognitive health: A population-based study in the United States by Lucie Kalousová

“…The effect is statistically significant and larger for women, a 0.29 [CI −0.50 to −0.01] percentage point decrease, and for non-smokers, a 0.35 [CI −0.56 to −0.15] percentage point decrease. …”
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Molecular Subtypes of Breast Carcinoma and Their Association with Clinicopathological Features by Ambreen Bari, Sumayyah Shawana

“…These tumors were commonly found in women aged 41-50. Furthermore, a strong association of molecular subtypes was observed with histological grading and staging. …”
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Prevalence of Upper Abdominal Complaints in Patients Who Have Undergone Partial Gastrectomy by RJLF Loffeld

“…Therefore, a retrospective, uncontrolled, cross-sectional, descriptive, clinical, endoscopic study was done. …”
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FREQUENCY OF RH-D NEGATIVE & WEAK D IN PAKISTANI POPULATION by Muhammad Usman et al

“…Material and Methods:A cross-sectional study conducted from August 2012 to August 2014. …”
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Polypharmacy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Arterial Hypertension Treated in a Provincial Hospital by José Ander Asenjo Alarcón

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out, carried out in September 2022, with 159 patients with type 2 diabetes and arterial hypertension treated at the José Hernán Soto Cadenillas Hospital in Chota. …”
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Factorial invariance of the generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Norman López, Norman López, Juan-Carlos Coronado, Daniela Ripoll-Córdoba, Nicole Caldichoury, César Quispe-Ayala, Breiner Morales-Asencio, Raúl Quincho-Apumayta, Cesar Castellanos, Juan Martínez, Juan Cárdenas-Valverde, Luis Mario Castellanos-Alvarenga, David Salazar, Irina Flores-Poma, Jorge Herrera-Pino, Wendy Bada, Yuliana Flórez, Karen Alcos-Flores, Boris Zurita-Cueva, Elsa Muñoz Romero, Cristian Romo, Regulo Antezana, Claudio Avila Saldaña, Pascual A. Gargiulo

“…IntroductionThe prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) has increased rapidly, highlighting the importance of its detection using quick tools applicable to men and women from different countries.ObjectiveTo analyze the psychometric properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Test (GAD-7) by gender and country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).MethodA cross-sectional e-health study with 12,124 participants from 15 LAC countries (54.32% women, 45.68% men) was conducted, including participants from Argentina (7.3%), Bolivia (6.7%), Colombia (10.3%), Chile (6.9%), Costa Rica (4.9%), El Salvador (5.7%), Ecuador (7.2%), Guatemala (4.7%), Panama (5.1%), Paraguay (5.7%), Peru (8.6%), Puerto Rico (5.8%), the Dominican Republic (6.6%), Uruguay (6.3%), and Venezuela (8.2%). …”
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Coping strategies and correlations with depressive symptoms among female nurses working in Japanese general hospitals by Hideyuki Kubo, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Kaori Saitoh, Ryuji Furihata, Maki Jike, Yuichiro Otsuka, Makoto Uchiyama, Makoto Uchiyama, Masahiro Suzuki

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Factors determining quality of life of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy selected for revascularization procedures by N.B. Іvaniuk, О.J. Zharinov, K.O. Mikhaliev, О.А. Yepanchintseva, B.М. Тоdurov

“…Materials and methods. The cross-sectional single-center study analyzed data obtained at clinical and instrumental examination of 148 consecutively admitted patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, including 130 men and 18 women, mean age 62 ± 9 years. …”
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Transgender people and travestis experiencing homelessness in Salvador: a descriptive study on sociodemographic profile and access to social assistance and health services, Brazil,... by Wiler de Paula Dias, Thayane Silva Nunes, Igor Myron Ribeiro Nascimento, Erik Asley Ferreira Abade, Lua Sá Dultra, Milena Lemos Marinho, Guilherme de Sousa Ribeiro, Joilda Silva Nery

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional study involving 24 (4.5%) participants who identified as trans people or travestis out of a total of 529 people, aged 18 or older, living in public spaces or institutional shelters included in the survey. …”
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Dysautonomia Differentially Influences the Effect of Affective Pain Perception on Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease Patients by D. Rada, J. Seco, E. Echevarría, B. Tijero, L. C. Abecia, J. C. Gómez-Esteban

“…An observational cross-sectional study was carried out using 105 Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients of the Movement Disorders Unit, Hospital de Cruces (Bilbao, Spain) [men 59 (56.2%), women 46 (43.85%)]. …”
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Psychometric Analysis of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in Argentinean Population by Leandro Eidman, Julieta Arbizu, Agustín Marturet

“…The average age was 36.68 (SD = 14.34, Min = 18, Max = 83), 78.1% were women and 21.9% were men. A non-experimental, cross-sectional, instrumental study was designed. …”
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The Onset Lactation, Early Initiation Breastfeeding, and Frequency of Antenatal Care as Determinants of Successful Exclusive Breastfeeding in Primipara Mothers by Dian Shofiya, Sri Sumarmi, Agus Sulistyono, Bagong Suyanto, Rizky Aulia Rachma, Ade Riezma Amrina Rosyida

“…Methods: The research design was cross-sectional; the samples were 130 of 378 primipara mothers and lactating pregnant women who were selected by cluster random sampling. …”
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Lifestyle Characteristics and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Population-Based Study in Albania by Lulzim Çela, Bledar Kraja, Kliti Hoti, Ervin Toçi, Herion Muja, Enver Roshi, Genc Burazeri

“…We aimed to assess the prevalence and lifestyle correlates of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the adult population of Albania, a Mediterranean country in Southeast Europe which has experienced major behavioral changes in the past two decades. Methods. A cross-sectional study, conducted in 2012, included a population-representative sample of 845 individuals (≥18 years) residing in Tirana (345 men, mean age: ; 500 women, mean age: ; response rate: 84.5%). …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in multimorbidity of chronic diseases in the RaNCD cohort study by Roya Safari Faramani, Keyvan Samian, Farid Najafi, Yahya Salimi, Mitra Darbandi

“…Data from the Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study were used in this cross-sectional study. A sample of 10,047 adults aged 35–65 years was analyzed. …”
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Exploration of the Effect of Tobacco Smoking on Metabolic Measures in Young People Living with HIV by Mark L. Rubinstein, D. Robert Harris, Bret J. Rudy, Bill G. Kapogiannis, Grace M. Aldrovandi, Kathleen Mulligan

“…We conducted cross-sectional, multicenter studies in HIV-positive young women and men to assess metabolic and morphologic complications from tobacco smoking in 372 behaviorally infected HIV-positive youth, aged 14–25 years. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with burnout in dental students of seven Cuban universities by Bryan Alexis Cossio-Alva, Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes, Paul Martín Herrera-Plasencia, Christian R. Mejia, Christian R. Mejia

“…Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated.ResultsA total of 738 students participated, of whom 470 (63.8%) were women. The average age was 21.7 ± 1.7 years. The prevalence of burnout was 34.8% (n = 257). …”
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Machine learning algorithms for predictive modeling of dyslipidemia-associated cardiovascular disease risk in pregnancy: a comparison of boosting, random forest, and decision tree... by Idris Zubairu Sadiq, Fatima Sadiq Abubakar, Muhammad Auwal Saliu, Babangida Sanusi katsayal, Aliyu Salihu, Aliyu Muhammad

“…Methods In this study, we utilized three different machine learning algorithms (boosting, random forest, and decision tree regression) to predict dyslipidemia-associated cardiovascular disease using atherogenic index and lipid profile parameters based on a cross-sectional study datasets of 112 pregnant women aged between 15 and 49 conducted at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. …”
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