Brazilian version of the OHIP 14 Periodontal Disease Questionnaire: cross cultural adaptation and validation by Timilly Mayra MARTINS-CRUZ, Kaio Henrique SOARES, Juliana Helena Gomes LEAL, Olga Dumont FLECHA, Dhelfeson Willya DOUGLAS-DE-OLIVEIRA, Patrícia Furtado GONÇALVES

“…The original instrument was translated and validated into Brazilian Portuguese in a cross-sectional study with 110 participants recruited from a Dental School clinic. …”
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Assessment of Prescribing Pattern of antibiotics by Dentists in Ardabil city Based on the International ATC/DDD System by Mehrnoosh Kaviani, Mouhamad Hassan Pourrashid, Saeedeh Galledar

“…There was no significant difference between men and women in terms of the number of copies (p<0.05). …”
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Isolated and combined linkage of insufficient physical activity and excessive sitting time on college students’ negatively self-related health by Jean Carlos Parmigiani De Marco, Andreia Pelegrini, Danielle Ledur Antes

“…Results show that most of the participants were women (73.4%) and the average age was 22.9 years (SD = 5.3). …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING ELDERLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES by Joko Susanto, Rukanah Rukanah, Iswatun Iswatun

“…Methods: The method used in this research is a cross-sectional observational study conducted on 167 respondents from rural areas in the Lamongan Regency, using a consecutive sampling approach. …”
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Prevalence of Parasitosis in Elderly residents and Workers of Institutions of Long Permanence in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre and the Mountain Region of Rio Grande do... by Anne Brandolt Larré, Camila Duarte Bürgie, Paula Engroff, Geraldo Attilo De Carli

“…It was found a prevalence of 4.0% of intestinal parasites in relation to the elderly, the higher positivity found in women 4.8% (n=7), while in men 1.8% (n= 1). Of which 75.0% (n=6) corresponded to Endolimax nana and 25.0% (n=2) Entamoeba coli. …”
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Estimation of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a cross-sectional study of a series of type 2 diabetic patients from the People's Council of Constancia, Abreus municipality, Cienfuegos province was conducted from July to December 2012. …”
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Moderating effect of social participation on the relationship between health status and depressive symptoms in older adults by Yvonne Su Yong Ow, Chia-Shine Wei, Yang-Tzu Li

“…This study aims to investigate the relationship between health status and depressive symptoms in older adults and the moderating effect of social participation in the relationship.Materials and methodsA cross-sectional study with data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in 2013. …”
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Validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group Neurotoxicity Questionnaire for the Latin American Population by Ivana Leao Ribeiro, Luz Alejandra Lorca, Rodrigo Cuevas-Cid, Snehil Dixit, Nicolás Yáñez-Benavides, Francisco Ortega-Gonzalez

“…Cronbach’s α was 0.8 for the 11 items. Women showed greater compromise in emotional well-being and neurotoxicity symptoms compared with men, and age was directly correlated with the questions ‘I have difficulty hearing’ (r=0.2, p=0.019) and ‘I feel a noise or buzzing in my ears’ (r=0.2, p=0.03). …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN MATERNAL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS WITH EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING HISTORY by Anggraini Dyah Setiyarini, Dwi Margareta Andini

“…According to the East Java Provincial Health Office, 67.54% of women in the province of East Java were exclusively nursing in 2022. …”
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADHERANCE OF POST CABG PATIENTSIN CARDIAC REHABILITATION-A CROSS-SECTIONALSTUDY IN KARACHI by Muniba Khanum et al

“…This study was aimed to determine the factors that affect adherence of post coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patient`s to Cardiac Rehabilitation. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 255 Post CABG patients with age 30 years above. …”
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Maternal And Fetal Outcome in Placenta Previa: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study by Beenish Khan, Syeda Surayya Jabeen, Fatima Sharif Khan, Faria Mumtaz, Reema Gul, Qudsia Nawaz

“…Data including patient age, parity, previous normal deliveries, previous caesarian sections, grade of the placenta previa and history of previous pregnancies was recorded. …”
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Evaluation of the risk of hypothyroidism and its clinical manifestations using the Zulewski scale by Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, Juan Omar Toledo, Karla Cordoba

“…Statistical significance was set as &lt;0.05.ResultsAmong the participants, 87.7% were women, and 80% fell within the age group 18 and 44 years. …”
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Quality of Life According to Demographic Characteristics of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Gladys Coronel Burga, Yely Ranina Sánchez Burga, José Ander Asenjo Alarcón

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out, carried out between June and August 2022, with 110 patients registered at the Hospital of Chota, Peru. …”
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Assessment of Antenatal Breastfeeding Education, Early Initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding practices of mothers attending a secondary healthcare facility in Southern Nigeria by Isara AR, Ekwo MC

“… Background: Antenatal Breastfeeding education is teaching women about breastfeeding during pregnancy before the baby arrives. …”
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Serum Leptin as a Marker for Severity of Endometriosis by Shatha Sami Hussein, Fatin Shallal Farhan, Alaa Ibrahim Ali

“…Study Design. A cross-sectional study done in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital from 1st of January 2018 to 1st of January 2019. …”
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Evaluation of sleep and treatment discipline in people with epilepsy by D. Streckytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…The study included 100 participants, 65% had focal epilepsy and 55% were women. The median age was 37.5±15.7, mean epilepsy duration – 9.5±11, mean age of epilepsy onset – 21.5±17 years. …”
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Diabetes management self-efficacy and glycaemic control among people with type 2 diabetes in a resource-limited setting by Idongesit L. Jackson, Unyime I. Eshiet, Samuel I. Onung, Esther S. Egbe

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional survey of 238 PWT2D at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. …”
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‘We are not trained to do clinical work’: security staff providing physical restraint for NGT feeding in English paediatric wards—a qualitative multi-informant study by Dasha Nicholls, Jacinta Tan, Sarah Fuller, Emerie Sheridan

“…Objective To gain insights into the experience, and impact, of using security staff to facilitate physical restraints for nasogastric tube feeding.Design A cross-sectional design using 39 individual interviews, three online focus groups and three written submissions involving young people with lived experience (PWLE), parents/carers, paediatric staff and security staff involved in nasogastric feeding under restraint in paediatric settings in England. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Complete Postnatal Care Service Utilization in Northern Shoa, Ethiopia by Mohammed Akibu, Wintana Tsegaye, Tewodros Megersa, Sodere Nurgi

“…Community based cross-sectional survey was conducted between November 2016 and February 2017. …”
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Evaluation of psychosocial work environment among healthcare professionals in cardiac care units by Ralitsa Raycheva, Pavlina Pavlova, Rositsa Dimova

“…Results: The survey included 273 participants, 75.1% of whom were women (n=205). The respondents’ median age was 46, ranging from 35 to 54. …”
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