To Study the Iodine Concentration of Mothers’ Consumed Salt, Water, and Staple Food in the Neonatal Screening Program of Rural and Urban Vidarbha Region by Ankita Kondhalkar, Meghali Kaple, Ranjit S. Ambad, Archana Dhok, Ashsish Anjankar

“…Mothers who gave birth agreed to participate by providing written consent for the study. Results: The average iodine concentrations are quite similar across all sources, though hand pumps show slightly more variability. …”
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The skin manifestations in end-stage renal disease patients in Jordan, single-center experience by Mohammad Hassan Al-thnaibat, Heba M. Urabi, Hadeel S. Alkofahi, Ola Mohannad Alshriedeh, Raneem Alshraideh, Hanan Esmadi, Ahmed Sheyyab, Bakri Roumi Jamal, Hanan Khaled Hasan

“…Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study was performed by selecting 77 patients on hemodialysis based on a certain criteria and data was then collected on a sheet using patients database on Hakeem National E-Health Program, in addition to information from interviews with patients during their hemodialysis sessions after taking an oral informed consent and insuring patients’ privacy. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 20.0. …”
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Exploring surgeon behavioural factors impacting the quality of care: protocol for a scoping review by Megan Delisle, Nicole Askin, Bhavan Dhaliwal, Doris Goubran, Orest Fylyma, Ina Siwach, Maziar Fazel Darbandi

“…We expect to compile a list of existing interventions aimed at modifying surgeon behaviours, analysing the success of existing interventions to improve patient outcomes and identifying modifiable surgeon factors that do not have interventions.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval and patient consent are not required. The results will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication.…”
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PERCEPTION OF ONLINE VERSUS PHYSICAL LEARNING AMONGUNIVERSITY STUDENTS by Ramna Shafique, Muhammad Abdullah, Tooba Nasir, Sundas Salim, Sabrina Jam, Bina Fawad

“…Two hundred individuals were selected by employing non-probability sequential sampling based on the inclusion criteria. Informed consent was obtained from each study participant. …”
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Effects of trehalose on bone healing, physical function, and pain in patients with pertrochanteric fractures: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Reza Zandi, Hosna Omidi Razani, Amir Mehrvar, Mohammad-Reza Jowshan, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Bahar Nikooyeh, Hoda Zahedi, Shahin Talebi

“…The patients in the trehalose and placebo groups will receive 3.3 g of trehalose or placebo for 12 weeks, respectively. A consent form, general questionnaire, as well as the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Harris Hip Score (HHS), and radiological analyses will be used to assess fracture healing quality. …”
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Impact of virtual reality with or without hypnosis before oocyte retrieval: A randomised study by Céline Pirard, Pascale Laurent, Christine Wyns, Maria-Grazia Giudice, Christine Watremez, Mona Momeni, Fabienne Roelants

“…Methods: After written informed consent, 342 women scheduled for OR under sedation were randomised in this double-blinded study (NCT03064061). …”
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Oral Health Status of Elderly People Living in Different Old Homes of Karachi by Mohsin Haider, Muhammad Arqam Najmi, Kulsoom Fatima Rizvi, Maria Moin, Syed Ahmed Omer, Arsalan Khalid, Fareha Sajjad, Rabbiya Imtiaz

“…Older adults aged 65 and above who are mentally stable and have given consent were included. Ninety-six old subjects were included via purposive sampling. …”
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Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal by Ravi R. Pradhan, Mahesh Raj Sigdel

“…Prior written informed consent was obtained. Approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Institute of Medicine. …”
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Association Of Functional Dyspepsia With Depression; Gut-Brain Axis And Mental Health by Nadia Shams, Fareya Usmani, Hina Andaleeb, Furquana Niaz, Lubna Meraj, Nargis Munir

“…Cases & controls (150 each) were selected from outdoor clinics according to inclusion/exclusion criteria & informed consent was obtained. The previous medical record (including findings of upper GI Endoscopy) reviewed. …”
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Does welfare technology contribute to security, activity, participation and independence within municipal elder care? A qualitative study protocol by Ingrid Hellström, Johannes Österholm, Åsa Larsson Ranada, Katarina Baudin, Vedrana B Baric

“…All participants will provide informed consent. Dissemination of the results will be achieved through scientific publications and presentations at national and international conferences. …”
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Risk eating behaviors, perception of parental practices and assertive behaviors in high school students by María Leticia Bautista-Díaz, Ariana Ibeth Castelán-Olivares, Armando Martin-Tovar, Karina Franco-Paredes, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Díaz

“…Method: With a non-experimental design and transversal study participated 200 students (104 men and 96 women) from a public high school with age mean of 16.52 (SD = 1.05 years), who after signing informed consent fulfilled the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT), the Scale of Parental Practices for Adolescents (PP-A) which has nine subscales, four towards the father (PPf) and five towards the mother (PPm) and the Assertive Behavior Scale (CABS), all of them validated for Mexican population. …”
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COVID-19 in patients presenting with malaria-like symptoms at a primary healthcare facility in Accra, Ghana. by Issabella Asamoah, Mildred Adusei-Poku, Priscilla Vandyck-Sey, Allen Steele-Dadzie, Atta Senior Kuffour, Albert Turkson, Ivy Asantewaa Asante, Kantanka Addo-Osafo, Quaneeta Mohktar, Bright Adu, Yaw A Afrane, Kwamena W C Sagoe

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This study enrolled 300 patients presenting with malaria-like symptoms aged ≥18yrs. After consent was obtained from study patients, two to three millilitres of whole blood, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab samples, were collected for screening of Plasmodium falciparum using malaria rapid diagnostic test, microscopy and nested PCR, and SARS-CoV-2 using SARS-CoV-2 antigen test and Real-time PCR, respectively. …”
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Community-based culturally tailored education programmes for black adults with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and stroke: a systematic review protocol of primary em... by Hardeep Singh, Michelle LA Nelson, Joseph IV Fulton, Oya Pakkal, Elizabeth M Uleryk

“…The aggregated data will be presented through textual descriptions of programme characteristics and outcomes.Ethics and dissemination This systematic review protocol does not require ethics approval without the inclusion of human participants and will use studies that have previously obtained informed consent. The systematic review findings will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal and used to inform future research led by JF and HS.Trial registration number PROSPERO CRD42021245772.…”
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Place attachment, activation of personal norms, and the role of emotions to save water in scarcity by Peyman Arjomandi A., Masoud Yazdanpanah, Tahereh Zobeidi, Nadejda Komendantova, Akbar Shirzad

“…To ensure the effectiveness of institutional lake restoration plans, the consent, cooperation, and active participation of farmers are essential. …”
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Improve the quality of end-of-life in cancer patients using social representations of nutrition by Lucia Inmaculada Llinares-Insa, Encarna Chisbert-Alapont, María Amparo Benedito-Monleón, Pilar González-Navarro

“…Furthermore, given that food has an important cultural component as important as it is nutrition, the sociocultural influence on the social representation of nutrition will also be analyzed.MethodsThe study design was qualitative and cross-sectional with a recruitment period lasting 18 months. After the informed consent, a sample of advanced cancer patients (N=57) and their caregivers (N=57) were interviewed individually. …”
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Short- and Intermediate-Term Morbidity Following Total Pelvic Exenteration in Colorectal Cancer by Christopher Guske BS, Nusheen Immen BS, Devon Conant BS, Jose Laborde PhD, Joshua Linscott MD, PhD, Mitchell Hayes MD, Seyed Behzad Jazayeri MD, Adnan Fazili MD, Erin Siegel PhD, MPH, Sophie Dessureault MD, Julian Sanchez MD, Amalia Stefanou MD, Brandon Manley MD, Seth Felder MD

“…Although a single-center series, this annotated postoperative complication profile may assist patients and clinicians when reviewing informed consent for TPE.…”
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Risk factors for difficult peripheral venous cannulation in hospitalised patients. Protocol for a multicentre case–control study in 48 units of eight public hospitals in Spain by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Calero, Ismael Fernandez-Fernandez, Luis Javier Molero-Ballester, Catalina Matamalas-Massanet, Luis Moreno-Mejias, Joan Ernest de Pedro-Gomez

“…The variables hypothesised to be risk factors for the appearance of difficult venous cannulation will be studied using a logistic regression model.Ethics and dissemination The study was funded in January 2017 and obtained ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the Balearic Islands. Informed consent will be obtained prior to data collection. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Dermatoses Observed in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients at the National Teaching Hospital (NTH-HKM) of Cotonou, Benin by Hugues Adégbidi, Fabrice Akpadjan, Odile Houngbo, Jacques Vigan, Bérénice Dégboé, Nadège Agbessi, Christiane Koudoukpo, Félix Atadokpèdé

“…Included were all patients seen during the study period who had been on hemodialysis for at least three months, had at least one dermatological manifestation, and gave verbal or written consent. Chronic hemodialysis patients who did not wish to participate in the survey were excluded. …”
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Estimating the Effectiveness of Pfizer and Sinopharm Vaccines and their Relationship to Occupation, Residence, Smoking, and Body Mass Index During Pregnancy Smoking by Shahad Th. Jameel, Asmaa Haseeb Hwaid, Abdulrazak SH. Hasan

“…A total of 266 blood samples were collected. Written consent was obtained by the Research Ethics Committee in the Diyala Health Department(DHD/No-39072/Date-31/8/2022).The researchers collected the data using a specific questionnaire they created after conducting a brief interview with the participants. …”
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Nicotine-free vape liquids containing essential oils of peppermint, lavender, and tangerine: safety and efficacy profiles by Rahmad Aji Prasetya, Djamilah Arifiyana, Zain Budi Syulthoni

“…For the efficacy test, subjects who met inclusion criteria and fulfilled informed consent were randomly assigned to five groups (four groups received test liquids formula (F1-F4) while one group received placebo). …”
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