Health and Educational Inequalities among the Third Gender Community in Lahore, Pakistan by Ayesha Humayun, Muhammad Hassan, Hira Ashfaq, Zulqarnain Haider, Nauman Naeem, Mubashar Munir

“…Data saturation was reached after eight interviews. Verbal consent was obtained with a transgender "Guru" as a witness. …”
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Comparison of Nasopharyngeal Airway with Endoscopic Respiratory Mask for Hypoxemia in Painless Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Obese Outpatients: Study Protocol for a Randomized Cont... by Xiang D, Deng L, Zhou R, Zhang X, Tian L, Jiang W, Zhou Y, Chen W, Peng Y

“…After signing the written informed consent, eligible outpatients scheduled for painless gastrointestinal endoscopy will be randomly allocated into the nasopharyngeal airway group (group N) and control group (group C), with 88 patients in each group. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy Of Barium Swallow For Dysphagia, Keeping Rigid Esophagoscopy As The Gold Standard by Ansa Umara Akram, Sadia Chaudhry, Sundas Masood, Amna Kausar, Seema Naveed, Areesha Manzoor

“…The patients suffering from dysphagia as per operational definitions and who have reported for work-up to the Department of ENT, District Headquarters Hospital, Rawalpindi, and fulfill the complete inclusion and exclusion criteria, were selected. Informed consent was obtained from all the patients. Patients were selected by consecutive non-probability sampling technique. …”
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Co-design in healthcare with and for First Nations Peoples of the land now known as Australia: a narrative review by James Gerrard, Shirley Godwin, Kim Whiteley, James Charles, Sean Sadler, Vivienne Chuter

“…This review provides narrative on colonial load, informed consent, language and knowledge sharing, partnering in co-design, and monitoring and evaluation in co-design so readers can better understand where power imbalance, racism, and historical exclusion undermine co-design, and can easily identify skills and ways of working in co-design to rebut systemic racism. …”
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a web-based routine assessment with integrated recommendations for action for depression and anxiety (RehaCAT+): protocol for a cluster rand... by Reinhold Kilian, Harald Baumeister, Yannik Terhorst, Johannes Knauer, Paula Philippi, Selina Kallinger, Sandro Eiler, Tamara Waldmann, Morten Moshagen, Martina Bader

“…The Ethics Committee of Ulm University, has approved the study (on 24 February 2021 ref. 509/20). Written informed consent will be obtained for all participants. Results will be published via peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number DRKS00027447…”
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Patients’ Perspectives on the Preference for the Gender of Medical Professionals in Perioperative Care and Attitudes Toward Anaesthesiologists: A Cross-sectional Study by Usha Devi, Minnu Panditrao, Shilpa Bansal

“…After obtaining approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) and patient consent, the study was conducted on 400 patients aged 18 to 85 years who were admitted for elective surgeries in different specialties. …”
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Assessment of Thyroid Auto-antibodies in Euthyroid Infertile Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - A Cross-sectional Analytical Study by K. H. Anusha, Chitra Thyagaraju, H Nandeesha

“…Detailed history and examination were done for all women after taking informed and written consent. Previous hospital records were collected along with all biochemical investigations. …”
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Rationale and design of a prospective, observational, multicentre study on the safety and efficacy of apixaban for the prevention of thromboembolism in adults with congenital heart... by Despoina Ntiloudi, Sotiria Apostolopoulou, Alexandra Frogoudaki, Haralambos Karvounis, George Giannakoulas, Anastasios Kartas, Ioannis Doundoulakis, Athanasios Koutsakis, Diamantis Kosmidis, Georgios Rampidis, Afrodite Tzifa, Dimosthenis Avramidis, Olga Ntzoyvara, Sotiria Liori, Tereza Mousiama, Sophia Anastasia Mouratoglou

“…All patients will provide written informed consent. Results will be disseminated at scientific meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT03854149; Pre-results.…”
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Bibliometric analysis of research in ethical concerns and dilemmas of digital mental health care in the last two decades by Poonam Sharma, Rekha Wagani, Mahima Anna Varghese

“…Analyses reflects that the top cited articles on Digital Mental healthcare are specifically directed on bringing out some of the key concerns of data privacy, emergency response, therapist competency and consent which requires appropriate handling Otherwise they may be cause of distress to client and question the trustworthiness of the Digital Mental Health Care system.ConclusionThe concerns brought out through this bibliometric analysis could be important guiding principles for online mental health services. …”
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Virtual reality and speech analysis for the assessment of impulsivity and decision-making: protocol for a comparison with neuropsychological tasks and self-administered questionnai... by Marta Ruiz, Maria Luisa Barrigon, Antonio Artes, Philippe Courtet, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Santiago de Leon-Martinez, Elena Parra-Vargas, Irene Chicchi-Giglioli, Alejandro Albán Porras-Segovia

“…Participants will be required to provide written informed consent. The findings will be presented in a series of manuscripts that will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals for publication.Trial registration number NCT05109845; Pre-results.…”
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Prolonged nightly fasting in older adults with memory decline: A single-group pilot study exploring changes in cognitive function and cardiometabolic risk factors by Dara L. James, Linda K. Larkey, Molly Maxfield, SeungYong Han, Edward Ofori, Alex E. Mohr, Nanako A. Hawley, Kate Alperin, Erica Ahlich, David E. Vance, Dorothy D. Sears

“…Results: In total, 20 individuals signed consent and 18 participants completed the study. Participants were mean age 69.7 years, non-Hispanic White (89%), predominantly female (95%), married (50%), and employed (65%). …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Functional Outcomes in High Condylar Fractures Treated with Closed Methods with and without Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocentesis: A Research Protocol fo... by Sachindra Dubey, Nitin Bhola, Anchal Agarwal

“…Patients with suspected fractures will undergo radiographic examinations, and those meeting the inclusion criteria will be included in the study after providing informed consent. Arthrocentesis will be performed using a specialised needle with two lumens, inlet and outlet bevels, and a silicone stopper for maximal insertion depth. …”
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Prevalence of TB symptoms, diagnosis and treatment among people living with HIV (PLHIV) not on ART presenting at outpatient clinics in South Africa and Kenya: baseline results from... by Mhairi Maskew, Matthew Fox, Alana Brennan, Bruce A Larson, Isaac Tsikhutsu, Margaret Bii, Lungisile Vezi, Willem Daniel Francois Venter, Peter D Ehrenkranz, Sydney Rosen

“…We compared the performance of the WHO four-symptom TB screening tool with a baseline Xpert test.Setting Outpatient HIV clinics in South Africa and Kenya.Participants Eligible patients were non-pregnant, PLHIV, >18 years of age, not on ART, willing to provide written informed consent. A total of 594 patients in South Africa and 240 in Kenya were eligible.Results Prevalence of any TB symptom was 38% in Kenya, 35% (SLATE I) and 47% (SLATE II) in South Africa. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 and other pandemics and epidemics on people with pre-existing mental disorders: a systematic review protocol and suggestions for clinical care by Nitika Sanger, Stephanie Sanger, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Tea Rosic, Anjali Sergeant, Emma Alaine van Reekum, Alexander Dufort, Sandra Lubert

“…Given the potential implications of the current pandemic measures (ie, disruption of healthcare services) on mental health, we will also compile a list of existing mental health resources.Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval is required for this protocol and proposed systematic review as we will only use data from previously published papers that have themselves received ethics clearance and used proper informed consent procedures.Systematic review registration PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020179611.…”
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Effects of oral Lcarnitine supplementation on liver enzymes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients in the maintenance phase of treatment: a randomized clinical trial st... by Aziz Eghbali, Aygin Eghbali, Neda Ashayeri, Fatemeh Fadayi, Kazem Ghaffari, Kazem Ghaffari, Kazem Ghaffari, Ali Ghasemi, Ali Ghasemi

“…BackgroundGiven that liver diseases and subsequent increases in liver enzymes are among the most frequent complications observed in leukemia patients treated with chemotherapeutic drugs, this study aimed to assess the impact of oral Lcarnitine supplementation on liver enzyme levels the maintenance phase of treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients.MethodsIn this clinical trial, 100 pediatric patients aged >5 years were divided into two groups after obtaining informed consent. The participants were randomly divided into the Lcarnitine and placebo groups. …”
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Risk factors and preventive measures for severe orofacial and neck infections: a three-year observational study by Jarno Velhonoja, Meira Lääveri, Tero Soukka, Saara Haatainen, Noora Al-Neshawy, Ilpo Kinnunen, Heikki Irjala

“…Patients under the age of 18 and patients who did not consent to participate in the study were excluded. …”
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The variation in the number of roots and canals morphology of permanent mandibular first molar teeth by using cone beam computed tomography imaging in a sample of Erbil city by Hassan Ali Mahmoyd Albarzanji, Alaa Muhamed Sadiq Muhamed Jamil

“…One hundred patients have been selected from those patients who referred to obtain CBCT for the lower mandibular region, after obtaining consent from these patients and about 141 mandibular first molar teeth were used in this study. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Alcohol Consumption Among the Youths in Kampala, Uganda. A Cross-Sectional Study by Namiiro AM, Audo R, Nannungi CD, Pitua I, Kiberu D, Talemwa P, Mujuni E, Lwesabula A, Ageimo P, Khaukha AZ, Kuol MJ, Egaru L, Koire M, Ssewante N

“…Participation was strictly after informed consent was obtained. 381 youths were interviewed, both students and non-students were included in the study. …”
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Prevalence of depression symptoms and its influencing factors among pregnant women in late pregnancy in urban areas of Hengyang City, Hunan Province, China: a cross-sectional study by Huilan Xu, Zhao Hu, Xidi Zhu, Baohua Zheng, Yunhan Yu, Wensu Zhou, Shilin Yin

“…Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and its influencing factors in late pregnancy.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Fourteen community in urban areas of Hengyang City.Participants The study conducted from July to October 2019, and surveyed 813 women in late pregnancy who lived in urban areas of Hengyang for more than 6 months, signed an informed consent and were without cognitive disorders, severe mental illnesses or other serious diseases.Measures Perinatal depression symptoms were evaluated using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and perinatal anxiety symptoms were evaluated using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale. …”
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Effects of biophilic virtual reality on cognitive function of patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: study protocol for a sham randomised controlled trial by Bin Gao, Yanling Zhou, Jianhua Wang, Binbin Zhu, Qiuyan Weng, Wenjun Luo, Xiuchao He, Lufei Jin, Qinwen Wang, Ahmad Khaled Ahmad Harb

“…Trial results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals, patient recruitment began in April 2021. Written informed consent is obtained for all participants. All information acquired will be disseminated via national or international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number ChiCTR2000040919.…”
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