Prioritizing orthopaedic evidence uncertainties: expert consensus based on a modified DELPHI study and a focus group by Annabelle R. Iken, Maaike G. J. Gademan, Barbara A. M. Snoeker, Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland, Rudolf W. Poolman, Advisory Board members of the Dutch Orthopedic Association’s third Health Research Agenda working group

“…Methods: We employed a novel, structured framework to develop a HRA. We started by systematically collecting all evidence uncertainties from stakeholders with an interest in orthopaedic care, categorizing them into 13 sub-themes defined by the Dutch Orthopaedic Association (NOV). …”
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Klasifikasi Berita Olahraga Menggunakan Metode Naïve Bayes dengan Enhanced Confix Stripping Stemmer by Yoga Dwitya Pramudita, Sigit Susanto Putro, Nurul Makhmud

“…The goal is that sports news is structured according to the specified category. News can be grouped manually by humans, but it takes a long time to categorize if it involves large documents. …”
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Assessing Paramedics’ Competence and Training in End-of-Life Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia by Ahmed Alanazy, Fatimah Khalifah Alsahli, Zahra Essam Alhassan, Zahra Hassan Alabdrabulridha, Moneerah Khalifah Aljomaan, Abdullah Alruwaili

“…Data were collected via an online survey distributed through emails and social networks, encompassing demographic information and attitudes toward EOL care. The survey was structured into two parts, with the second part developed from the relevant literature. …”
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Scoping Review of Adult Emergency Department Discharge Interventions by Mary-Kate Gorlick, Shriman Balasubramanian, Gregory Han, Andy Hickner, Pranita Talukder, Peter AD Steel, Lynn Jiang

“…Effective strategies included enhanced discharge discussions and education by dedicated personnel, structured discharge checklists, and delivery of instructions at an appropriate reading level. …”
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Knowledge acquisition and student perceptions of three teaching methods: a randomized trial of live, flipped, and interactive flipped classrooms by Omar Al-Karadsheh, Huda Abutayyem, Ayeh Saidi, Abdelrahman Shqaidef

“…Pre- and post-intervention assessments evaluated knowledge improvement, while objective structured assessments measured academic performance. …”
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Breastfeeding problems and associated factors: a cross-sectional study after the 2023 Türkiye earthquake by Meryem Erat Nergiz, Adnan Barutçu, Bülent Güneş, Habip Almış, Zeynep Yılmaz Öztorun, Özlem Tezol, Nalan Karabayır, Emel Kabakoğlu Ünsur, Emel Örün, Siddika Songül Yalçın

“…Breastfeeding mothers and their 0–23 month infants were included in the study. A structured questionnaire was applied to mothers face-to-face. …”
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Self-medication for malaria and associated factors in Kakumiro District, Uganda, August 2023: implications for malaria management and mortality prevention by Marie Gorreti Zalwango, Richard Migisha, Bosco B. Agaba, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Daniel Kadobera, Alex Riolexus Ario

“…Using multistage sampling, 592 households were selected. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview one participant per household about self-medication for malaria in a family member of any age who suffered from malaria 6 months prior to the interview. …”
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Factors associated with antiretroviral therapy default in the 34-Military Hospital, Sierra Leone, 2017-2020 by Henry Bangura, Fatmata Bangura, Jean Leonard Hakizimana, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru

“…This was complemented by interviews with the ART defaulters or their proxies using a semi-structured questionnaire. Demographics and clinical data were collected from patients' registries and interviews. …”
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Perceptions about hepatitis C and barriers and enablers to screening and treatment among Egyptian immigrants to Canada: a theory-informed qualitative study by Sameh Mortazhejri, Isabella M. Thomas, Andrea M. Patey, Amjad Alghamyan, Curtis Cooper, Sarah Mansour, Smita Pakhale, Justin Presseau, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Christina Greenaway

“…We used a qualitative-descriptive design guided by the Common-Sense Self-Regulation Model and Theoretical Domains Framework to perform semi-structured interviews with adult immigrants from Egypt (with or without HCV) in Ottawa, Canada. …”
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Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Work Ability and Associated Factors among Hairdressers of South Delhi: A Cross-sectional Study by Sana Zareen, Sheetal Kalra, Richa Hirendra Rai, Deepak Raghave, Sonia Pawaria, Usha Panihar, Sajjan Pal

“…Data were collected using a self-structured questionnaire, the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) and the WAI. …”

The experience of a multidisciplinary team in welcoming vulnerable migrants in a rural Italian reception centre: a study using multidimensional textual analysis by Mariachiara Figura, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Silvio Simeone, Paola Arcadi, Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Ercole Vellone, Rosaria Alvaro

“…Methods A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted in April 2022 with professionals working in an Italian reception center. …”
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Basking sharks of the Arctic Circle: year-long, high-resolution tracking data reveal wide thermal range and prey-driven vertical movements across habitats by C. Antonia Klöcker, Otte Bjelland, Keno Ferter, Martin C. Arostegui, Camrin D. Braun, Ivo da Costa, Tiago Cidade, Nuno Queiroz, David W. Sims, Claudia Junge

“…With zooplankton distributions being structured by ambient light, density gradients, and local topography, the alignment of frequented depths with isolumes, mixed layer depths, bathymetric contours, and bioluminescence events suggests these sharks actively track prey layers across diverse habitats. …”
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Combined effects of maternal supplementation of iron, calcium, folic acid, and multivitamin during pregnancy on obesity in Chinese preschoolers born macrosomia by Ming-Fei Yan, Esben Strodl, Wei-Kang Yang, Xiao-Na Yin, Guo-Min Wen, Deng-Li Sun, Dan-Xia Xian, Ya-Fen Zhao, Wei-Qing Chen, Wei-Qing Chen

“…Their mothers were asked to complete a structured questionnaire for collecting the sociodemographic characteristics of the child and parents, the child's birth-related characteristics, and maternal supplementation with iron, calcium, folic acid, and multivitamins during pregnancy. …”
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Knowledge on availability of suicide preventive services among undergraduate students at a public university in Ghana by Koduah Amankwah, Apedani Dominic, Azie Aren-enge Reubean, Ankamah Ababio Christian, Odotei Adjei Rose, Brempong Appiah Emmanuel, Okyere Paul

“…Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional study design and quantitative approach. A well-structured close-ended questionnaire was used to assess students’ knowledge of the availability of suicide preventive services among undergraduate students in all six colleges of a public University campus in Ghana. …”
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Experiences of antibiotic use and healthcare access among migrants to the UK: a qualitative study by Luisa Silva, Amani Al-Oraibi, Shajwan Nanakali, Mayuri Gogoi, Osama Hassan, Isra Al-Sharabi, Pankhuri Sahare, Manish Pareek, Irtiza Qureshi, Laura B. Nellums

“…Methods Adult migrants were purposively recruited through community organisations, collaborators, online platforms and snowball sampling representing different migrant statuses, countries of origin and ethnicities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted online, by phone or face-to-face, in participants’ preferred languages, between March and July 2022 exploring antibiotic use and healthcare access. …”
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Needs and Wishes Towards Sex- and Gender-Sensitive Chronic Pain Management: A Qualitative Study with German General Practitioners by Piotrowski A, Schmidt A, Seuken N, Goldberg L, Kufeld N, Kersting C, Bencheva V, Thürmann P, Mortsiefer A

“…To inform the intervention design, we explored general practitioners’ (GPs) experiences and needs in managing this patient group, with a particular focus on the role of sex and gender.Methods: We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with five GPs in Germany using a convenience sample. …”
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Empowering older adults in medication safety by Jennifer A. Stoll, Andrew D. Baumgartner, Laura A. Brady, Alexandria M. Wahler, Roopsy Kamboj, Robert G. Wahler, Ranjit Singh

“…The focus groups were held in a community setting and using the educational videos as a trigger, members were asked to evaluate the potential of these videos to promote behavior change around medication self-advocacy and specifically to encourage patient-led conversations addressing medication concerns with providers. The semi-structured questions were open ended and based on patient empowerment models and previous research assessing videos to increase knowledge and promote behavior change. …”
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Noteworthy trends in maladaptive coping strategies and hindrances to help-seeking behaviour among adolescents living in Malaysia's People's Housing Project (PPR) during the COVID-1... by Siti Nur Farhana Harun, Noorlaile Jasman, Feisul Mustapha, Norrafizah Jaafar, Siti Nadiah Busyra Mat Nadzir, Zanariah Zaini, Manimaran Krishnan, Ponnusamy Subramaniam

“…Data were collected using a semi-structured interview guide to conduct the in-depth interviews (IDI). …”
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Digital health tools for hypertension self-management: evaluating user experience and effectiveness in referral hospital in Imo state by Ugonma Winnie Dozie, Gift Uchechi Daniel, Clara Ogechi Raphael, Kelechukwu Celestine Nosike Dozie, Chioma Judith Nnadede, Igwe Chidinma Nkem, Agwoko Anthony, Ikechukwu Nosike Simplicius Dozie

“…Data were obtained through the use of structured questionnaires and analyzed using the Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27.0 software to evaluate socio-demographic characteristics, user experience, effectiveness of digital health tools, factors influencing adoption and success, and their relationship with socio-demographic variables. …”
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The Possibility of Including “Inverted” Educational Resources in the Professional Training of Future Teachers of Mathematics and Computer Science by P. S. Lomasko, A. L. Simonova, A. M. Lisman

“…Since, on the one hand, in such didactic means, the educational content should be presented systematized and structured, have logic and hierarchical connections. …”
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