Knowledge and Use of Caries Detection Methods among Dental Students and Dental Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Waseem Radwan, Abeer A. AlNasser, Hesah Aloqab, Khalid Al-Saggaf, Nora A. Almuhtab, Bothinah Alnasyan

“…The sample comprised 496 dental students, interns, postgraduate residents, general dental practitioners, specialists, and consultants from the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia. …”
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Caregivers’ experiences of being asked about adverse childhood experiences and receiving support from an integrated health and social care hub: a qualitative study by Ashraful Kabir, Harriet Hiscock, Hueiming Liu, Lingling Chen, Rebecca Bosward, Natalie White, Sarah Loveday, Wilhelmina Ebbett

“…Establishing a trusting relationship where caregivers feel heard and supported is vital, highlighting the hub model’s potential impact in Australia and similar contexts. Enhancing consultation duration, and service availability and accessibility may further improve caregivers’ experiences in identifying and addressing adversity.…”
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Universal capillary screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases: feasibility and acceptability of the UNISCREEN study by Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Elisa Borgonovo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Serena Spadoni, Barbara Fontana, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elena Rela, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giulia Pata, Eleonora Bianconi, Sabina Martinenghi, Francesca Ulivi, Cristina Renzi, Cristina Renzi, Emanuele Bosi, Emanuele Bosi, UNISCREEN Study Group, Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Elena Rela, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elisa Borgonovo, Sara Critelli, Aldo Fici, Martina Mallus, Giulia Morocutti, Giulia Pata, Clara Soggetti, Chiara Calabrese, Alberico Di Resta, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Antonella Spano’, Francesca Biasco, Manuel Stocchi, Pietro Melodia, Giuseppe Ancona, Andrea Laurenzi

“…Participants were invited to respond to feasibility and acceptability questionnaires immediately before and after the screening procedures, which included the following: capillary blood drawing for immediate measurement of metabolic parameters (glucose, glycated hemoglobin, total-, HDL- and calculated LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides) and late autoantibody assays; blood pressure measurement; brief consultation with a physician providing feed-back on immediate results and health recommendations. …”
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Intracranial otogenic complications in adults: new factors that influenced its onset, frequency and nature by Małgorzata Wierzbicka, Michalina Staśkiewicz, Oskar Rosiak, Katarzyna Karmelita-Katulska, Witold Szyfter, Wojciech Gawęcki

“…Trial registration This research study was conducted retrospectively from data obtained for clinical purposes. We consulted extensively with the Bioethics Committee at Poznan University of Medical Sciences who determined that our study did not need ethical approval. …”
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Can community pharmacists improve tuberculosis case finding? A mixed methods intervention study in India by Amrita Daftary, Madhukar Pai, Srinath Satyanarayana, Nita Jha, Mugdha Singh, Shinjini Mondal, Caroline Vadnais

“…Workload, patient demand for over-the-counter medicines, doctor consultation fees and programme documentation impeded engagement. …”
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Development of a zoonotic influenza distribution assessment and ranking system (ZIDAR): Technical application in Nepal to support cross-sectoral risk-based surveillance by Adam Charette-Castonguay, Dipendra Gautam, Binay Shrestha, Hemant Chandra Ojha, Barun Kumar Sharma, Mukul Upadhayaya, Sujan Rana, Roshika Shrestha, Lok Bandu Chaudhary, Bhawana Kandel, Rudra Prasad Marasini, Sharmila Chapagain, Tulsi Ram Gompo, Surendra Karki, Apsara Poudel, Saugat Shrestha, Avinash Sunny Kayastha, Arun Kumar Govindakarnavar, Reuben Samuel, Allison Gocotano, Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe, Nilesh Buddha, Edwin Ceniza Salvador, Manish Kakkar, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães

“…The development of ZIDAR involves a seven-step approach distributed across an initial expert consultation stage followed by a technical modelling stage. …”
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Accelerated partner therapy (APT) partner notification for people with Chlamydia trachomatis: protocol for the Limiting Undetected Sexually Transmitted infections to RedUce Morbidi... by Jackie A Cassell, Anne M Johnson, Claudia S Estcourt, Catherine H Mercer, John Saunders, Sonali Wayal, Paul Flowers, Maria Pothoulaki, Fiona Mapp, Merle Symonds, Rak Nandwani, Christian Althaus, Tamsin Mckinnon, Andrew Copas, Gabriele Vojt, Alison R Howarth, Melvina Woode Owusu, Susannah Brice, Alex Comer, Chidubem (Duby) Ogwulu

“…Accelerated partner therapy (APT) is a PN method whereby healthcare professionals assess sex partners, by telephone consultation, before giving the index patient antibiotics and STI self-sampling kits to deliver to their sex partner(s). …”
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Do β-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs associate with reduced risk of symptomatic osteoarthritis and total joint replacement in the general population? A primary care-based, prospectiv... by Mamas A Mamas, Christian Mallen, Abhishek Abhishek, Michael Doherty, Nick Townsend, Weiya Zhang, Georgina Nakafero, Matthew Grainge, Ana Valdes

“…Unexposed participants will be as in study 1, additionally matched for consultation for knee or hip osteoarthritis prior to the index date. …”
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Self-reported sick leave following a brief preventive intervention on work-related stress: a randomised controlled trial in primary health care by Anna-Maria Hultén, Pernilla Bjerkeli, Kristina Holmgren

“…Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief intervention about early identification of work-related stress combined with feedback at consultation with a general practitioner (GP) on the number of self-reported sick leave days.Design Randomised controlled trial. …”
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Analysis of pulmonary sequestration cases, based on the 11-year birth defects surveillance data of Changsha hospitals by Ruobin Xie, Tao-Sha Wang, Yanling Wang, Wei-Dong Wang

“…Given the increase in the number of surviving children with PS, the value of prenatal consultation, followed by development of the best treatment plan through timely multidisciplinary consultation after birth, was highlighted. …”
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An opportunity to sleep well in hospital: development of a multi-level intervention to improve inpatient sleep (ASLEEP) using behaviour change theories by Anna Louise Hurley-Wallace, Wendy Bertram, Emma Johnson, Vikki Wylde, Katie Whale

“…Methods We used an iterative development process incorporating Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement, ward staff surveys and stakeholder consultations (orthopaedic and acute medicine), and theoretical mapping using behaviour change theories. …”
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Integrating retrieval-augmented generation for enhanced personalized physician recommendations in web-based medical services: model development study by Yingbin Zheng, Yiwei Yan, Sai Chen, Yunping Cai, Kun Ren, Yishan Liu, Jiaying Zhuang, Min Zhao

“…BackgroundWeb-based medical services have significantly improved access to healthcare by enabling remote consultations, streamlining scheduling, and improving access to medical information. …”
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Family\'s Mentally Retarded Child Problems under Protection of Welfare Centers by Reyhane Fadakar Sogheh, Soheila Abbasi, Tahereh Khaleghdoost, Z Atrkar Roshan

“…There was a significant relationship between social problems and child's sex (P=0.006), child s abnormal behavior (P=0.009), relation of primary caregiver to child (P=0.003), marital status of primary caregiver (P<0.001) mother's job (P=0.03), family income (P=0.004) and the consultative resource of problems (P<0.0001). There was a significant relationship between emotional problems and child s gender (P<0.0001), child s retardation (P=0.006), child s level of independence (P=0.005), child s abnormal behavior (P<0.001), mother s job (P=0.003), father s physical illnesses (P<0.0001), number of family members (P=0.006), family income (P=0.01) and consultative resource in time of problem (P<0.001). …”
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Cataract surgery in Australia: a review of the regional literature and outcomes from 5018 cases at a tertiary teaching hospital by Chameen Samarawickrama, Muhammad A Khan, Brendon W H Lee, Lauren Sartor

“…Variables collected included uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) and pinhole visual acuity, surgeon seniority and ocular pathology.Results Of the 5018 eyes, 37.3% were operated on by consultants, 47.1% by trainees and 15.6% by fellows. …”
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Quality indicators for clinical care of patients with hypertension: scoping review protocol by Hanevi Djasri, Sekar Laras, Adi Utarini

“…The data extraction will include a complete list and detailed profile of all indicators. Stakeholder consultation will be conducted at the beginning and after preliminary results to translate findings to the potential knowledge users.Ethical considerations and dissemination Reviews of published articles are considered secondary analysis and do not need ethical approval. …”
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Healthcare economic burden of unresolved slipping rib syndromeCentral MessagePerspective by Adam J. Hansen, MD, J.W.Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, Alper Toker, MD, Vinay Badhwar, MD

“…The median number of physicians consulted was 6 (range, 0-75). The total cost of physician visits was $2,990,434 USD. …”
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Uptake and use of a minimum data set (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes in England: a realist review protocol by Claire Goodman, Julienne Meyer, Karen Spilsbury, Barbara Hanratty, Lisa Irvine, Sarah Kelly, Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Gizdem Akdur, Adam Gordon, Guy Peryer, Anne Killett, Jennifer Burton, Sue Fortescue, Ann-Marie Towers

“…Findings will be disseminated through briefings with stakeholders, conference presentations, a national consultation on the use of an MDS in UK long-term care settings, publications in peer-reviewed journals and in print and social media publications accessible to residents, relatives and care home staff.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020171323; this review protocol is registered on the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews.…”
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Application of list management mode in nosocomial infection prevention in the prosthodontics clinic (口腔修复门诊实施院内感染清单式管理的效果分析) by WANG Meng (王蒙), LIU Xuewei (刘学伟), GAN Ling (甘泠), YAN Tong (晏桐), CUI Yue (崔悦), CAI Shuang (蔡爽), WANG Wei (王威)

“…Results The bacterial colony count of air in the consulting room was decreased after implementation of list management(P＜0. 01). …”
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Six-month outcomes after a GP phone call during the first French COVID-19 lockdown (COVIQuest): a cluster randomised trial using medico-administrative databases by Bruno Giraudeau, Clarisse Dibao-Dina, Emeline Laurent, Ambre Sauvage, Marc-Florent Tassi, Lucile Godillon, Leslie Grammatico-Guillon

“…This second part of the study aimed to describe the 6 month hospitalisation and specialised consultation rates, using the French health data system (Système National des Données de Santé). …”
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Sexual Abuse as a Cause of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in a Bisexual Adolescent Indonesian: A Case Report by Achdiat PA, Wibowo RG, Larasati R, Rowawi R, Usman HA, Maharani RH

“…These symptoms appeared 1 month before consultation, without associated pain or pruritus. Additionally, moist, skin-colored verrucous papules and plaques were observed in the perianal area, along with a history of unintentional weight loss. …”
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