Nasopharyngeal carriage and risk factors of major meningitis pathogens among asymptomatic healthcare workers in paediatric units in Benin, with serogroup distribution of Neisseria... by Chakir Ishola Bello, Cyriaque Comlan Degbey, Yves Eric Denon, Sessi Armel R. Hinvi, Lamine Baba-Moussa

“…Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected through a structured questionnaire. Associations between participant characteristics and pathogen carriage were assessed using chi-square tests and binary logistic regression, with a significance threshold set at p < 0.05. …”
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Assessing the impact of gender and body mass index on motor competence: a cross-sectional analysis of children by Sandeep Kumar, Yajuvendra Singh Rajpoot, Krishna Kant Sahu, Bhanu Pratap, Suchishrava Choudhary, Prashant Kumar Choudhary, Nripender Hooda

“…Extracurricular physical activity habits were assessed through a structured questionnaire. Statistical analyses included chi-square tests, t-tests, and one-way ANOVA with Scheffé post hoc comparisons (p < 0.05). …”
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Data Fusion of Medical Records and Clinical Data to Enhance Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Resource-Limited Settings by Alvaro D. Orjuela-Cañón, Andrés F. Romero-Gómez, Andres L. Jutinico, Carlos E. Awad, Erika Vergara, Maria A. Palencia

“…These findings underscore the importance of analyzing physicians’ reports and assessing the availability of such information alongside structured clinical data. This approach is particularly beneficial in resource-limited settings, where access to comprehensive clinical data may be restricted.…”
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Prevalence of Myofascial Trigger Points in Patients with Radiating and Non-Radiating Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review by Germán Monclús-Díez, María José Díaz-Arribas, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Dariusz Kosson, Marcin Kołacz, Mateusz D. Kobylarz, Sandra Sánchez-Jorge, Juan Antonio Valera-Calero

“…After assessing the methodological quality, a structured and qualitative synthesis was conducted using a standardized form that captured participant characteristics, evaluated muscles, the number or percentage of active and latent MTrPs in each group, clinical features, summarized results, and conclusions. …”
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Identifying Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Documentation in Veterans Health Administration Chiropractic Clinic Notes: Natural Language Processing Analysis by Brian C Coleman, Kelsey L Corcoran, Cynthia A Brandt, Joseph L Goulet, Stephen L Luther, Anthony J Lisi

“…Challenges limit monitoring PROM use as a care quality metric at a national scale in the VHA. Structured data are unavailable, with PROMs often embedded within clinic text notes as unstructured data requiring time-intensive, peer-conducted chart review for evaluation. …”
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Smoking cessation behavior, nicotine addiction, and mental health among current smokers in Klang Valley, Malaysia– a cross-sectional questionnaire survey by G. Sri Yogaprita Gunasegran, Palanisamy Sivanandy, Pravinkumar Vishwanath Ingle, Priya Manirajan, Chandrashekhar T. Sreeramareddy

“…Method A cross-sectional study was conducted online from March 2023 to January 2024, using a structured, validated questionnaire. Individuals with a history of active or previous smoking and living in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia were included using a convenience sampling technique. …”
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Factores que inciden en el desarrollo de la responsabilidad social empresarial: estudio realizado en el sector hotelero de San Carlos, Costa Rica (Influence factors of the Enterpri... by José Martínez Villavicencio, Ronald Brenes Sánchez, Ximena Araneda Fornachiari, William Jaubert Solano

“…For this purpose, we perform a case study within 16 hotel enterprises in La Fortuna de San Carlos, applying a qualitative methodology by semi-structured interview means. Our results indicate that the main driving factor of CSR is the consumers; in second place, the environment, while we found that suppliers and community don’t have relevant effect as a driving factor of CSR. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and associated factors among parents of children between 6 and 12 years: a multicenter mixed method study in India by Manisha Ghate, Kangjam Rekhadevi, Abhik Sen, Saurabh Sharma, Pallavi Shidhaye, Saritha Nair, Ashish Kumar, Pournami Jayesh, Sandip Patil, Shraddha Gurav, Sumit Aggarwal

“…We aimed to evaluate parental acceptance regarding COVID-19 vaccination for children between 6 and 12 years of age in India.MethodsA mixed-method study (March–September 2023) employed a structured questionnaire and in-depth interviews with parents of school-going and non-school-going children across five purposively selected Indian states. …”
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Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among rural adolescent girls in West Badewacho district, central Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study by Wondimagegn Kebede, Awoke Girma Hailu, Tadele Hegena, Zeleke Dutamo Agde

“…Data were collected using a pretested structured questionnaire. A 10 microliter (μL) blood sample was collected from each participant. …”
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude & practice of biomedical waste management among junior doctors during COVID-19 pandemic in a medical college & hospital of Eastern India by Hasina Banu, Swarnava Pramanick, Sinjita Dutta, Kumkum Bhattacharyya, Hirak Jyoti Raj

“…Methods: This descriptive, institution based, cross-sectional study was conducted for the period of three months; in a tertiary care hospital of eastern India using predesigned, pretested, semi-structured, two-part questionnaire. Knowledge assessment was done by ‘yes-no’ questionnaire. …”
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High acceptability of newborn screening for sickle cell disease among post-natal mothers in Western Kenya. by John Orimbo, Shehu Shagari Awandu, Faith Muhonja, Patrick Owili, Dickens Omondi

“…After obtaining informed consent from the postnatal mothers, a semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. …”
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ORGANIZING SELF-EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOR MEDICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF BLENDED LEARNING by Pysmenna Oleksandra

“…It has been pointed out that the implementation of blended learning requires the development of appropriate pedagogical design and innovations that ensure the application of adequate teaching and assessment methods with carefully planned content and structured academic courses. The blended learning system is presented as an integration of face-to-face classroom and clinical sessions, independent student work, and online learning. …”
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Performance of Open-Source Large Language Models in Psychiatry: Usability Study Through Comparative Analysis of Non-English Records and English Translations by Min-Gyu Kim, Gyubeom Hwang, Junhyuk Chang, Seheon Chang, Hyun Woong Roh, Rae Woong Park

“…Additionally, the model’s performance on a structured diagnostic task was evaluated using the psychiatry section of the Korean Medical Licensing Examination and its English-translated version. …”
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Functional Elements of Entrusted Professional Activities for Dental Educators: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Noraini Abu Bakar, Nurhanis Syazni Roslan, Muhammad Ainul Haq, Yasmin Mustafa Byrnes, Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff

“…ConclusionsThe identification of EPAs and their themes provides an initial framework that can guide the development of more structured, competency-based academic roles for dental educators. …”
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AI Driven Fraud Detection Models in Financial Networks: A Comprehensive Systematic Review by Nusrat Jahan Sarna, Farzana Ahmed Rithen, Umme Salma Jui, Sayma Belal, Al Amin, Tasnim Kabir Oishee, A. K. M. Muzahidul Islam

“…It systematically categorizes fraud detection techniques based on their application in different types of fraud, providing a structured framework to understand their effectiveness. …”
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Active involvement of children aged 11–12 years in the development of a healthy nutrition intervention – a qualitative evaluation from researchers’ and children’s perspectives... by Hannah Jilani, Imke Schilling, Ansgar Gerhardus, Urte Klink

“…Additionally, a child-friendly, semi-structured focus group discussion was conducted to evaluate the process, with the data analysed narratively. …”
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Enhancing nursing practice through patient outcome measures: a framework for optimizing care in intracranial surgery by Rasha Hassan Abbas Shady, Rasha Hafez Ramadan El-Shaboury, Reham AbdElhamed AbdElmawla Elsaid, Shereen Abd El-Moniem Ahmed, Ghada Gamal Badawy, Warda Elshahat Hamed, Rania Rabie El-Etreby, Ayman Muhammad Kamel Senosy

“…Tools Four tools were used, including a structured interview questionnaire sheet. Nurses’ knowledge and nursing practices for patients undergoing intracranial surgeries, patients’ outcomes, and observational performance checklist. …”
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Family Caregiver Perspectives on Digital Methods to Measure Stress: Qualitative Descriptive Study by Louise Rose, Sian Saha, Emily Flowers, Chee Siang Ang, Alexander J Casson, Joan Condell, Faith Matcham, Tony Robinson, John Rooksby

“…MethodsWe conducted a descriptive qualitative study using semistructured interviews with an interview guide structured to obtain qualitative data addressing our study aims. …”
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Impact of Pharmacist-Led Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Clinical Outcomes in People With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study by Kevin Cowart, Raechel T White, Kevin Olson, Nicholas W Carris, Karim Hanna, Janice Zgibor

“…Participants in the intervention cohort will wear a CGM sensor (FreeStyle Libre 2) for 12 weeks and receive structured diabetes self-management education and support from a pharmacist. …”
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Enhancing medical response efficiency in real-time large crowd environments via smart coverage and deep learning for stable ecological health monitoring by Asma A. Alhashmi, Ghada Moh. Samir Elhessewi, Mukhtar Ghaleb, Nazir Ahmad, Nojood O. Aljehane, Tareq M. Alkhaldi, Hamad Almansour, Samah Al Zanin

“…Initially, the MRELC-SCHO model utilizes min-max normalization to transform the input data into a structured format. Furthermore, the Chimp Optimisation Algorithm (CHOA) model is employed for the feature selection (FS) process to select the most significant features from the dataset. …”
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