Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and Associated Factor towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Health Care Professionals at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest... by Debaka Belete, Dagnaneh Wondale, Teklehaimanot Kiros, Biruk Demissie

“…An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, in 2021, and a systematic random sampling technique was used from different professionals, and the separate sample was taken independently from each. A pretested structured questionnaire was constructed and collects data then analyzed by using SPSS version 23. …”
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Factors Associated with Anemia among Pregnant Women of Underprivileged Ethnic Groups Attending Antenatal Care at Provincial Level Hospital of Province 2, Nepal by Umesh Kumar Yadav, Prabesh Ghimire, Archana Amatya, Ashish Lamichhane

“…Face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire were undertaken. Anemia status was assessed based on hemoglobin levels determined at the hospital’s laboratory. …”
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Effect of Self-Care Guidelines on Symptoms Burden for Patients with Lung Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy by Asmaa M. E. Elsayed, Ola A. Ahmed, Asmaa H. Mohamed, Fatma M. Mahrous, Diaa Eldean M. Sherif

“…The data were collected through a structured interview questionnaire to assess the patients’ socio-demographic characteristics, medical health profile, and knowledge about lung cancer. …”
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CONTEXTUAL TRAINING MODEL IN THE PRACTICAL COURSE OF GENERAL TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES by Natal’ja N. Jel’jash

“…Expert’s activity unlike educational activity is not structured-indetail. Knowledge from the diversified areas and based on it skills to find out appropriate, uncommon decisions of current problems and arising problems are required for effective work on present-day production with constantly improved and becoming complicated technologies. …”
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Exploring oral health related awareness, perceptions, practices and experiences among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a mixed method design by Aymen Elsous, Aesha Fetaiha, Mahmoud Radwan

“…The quantitative study was applied in five randomly selected primary health centers representing the five Gaza governorates using self-developed semi-structured questionnaire. The qualitative study was applied in two central primary health centers. …”
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Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in the Conflicted Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Destaw Asefa, Endalkachew Worku Mengesha, Zemenu S. Yadita

“…Data collection employed a structured questionnaire, coded, and entered into Epi‐data 4.6, then analyzed using SPSS version 26. …”
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The prevalence and risk factors of pre-hypertension and hypertension among clinical students at the university of Ibadan, Nigeria by Ademola Adetunji, Christabel Uche-Orji, Chioma Ezebialu, Pelumi Catherine Adebayo, Fatihat Sanusi, Uzochukwu Imo, Tijani Adiat, Temitayo Ajala

“…They are Physiotherapy and Biomedical Laboratory Sciences students in 400–500 level, as well as Dentistry and Medicine and Surgery students in 300–600 level. 346 participants were selected from the study population through a random probability sampling technique, and data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Participants’ blood pressure, weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI), and waist-to-hip ratio were measured. …”
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Ability to form duplexes as a factor of intracellular microRNA distribution by S. A. Kuzmichev, A. V. Komelkov, E. M. Tchevkina

“…The regulation of the content of mature microRNAs (miRNAs) in different cell compartments – the nucleus (N) and the cytoplasm (C) – makes it possible to control their availability for participation in RNA-mediated interference processes. Structurally different miRNAs, processed from different precursors (pre-miRNA), can form duplexes between molecules containing complementary sequences. …”
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Examining the after-school study burden of Chinese secondary school students following burden reduction policies: a sociological analysis by Yunfang Ran, Xi Wu, Yitao Wang, Zhiying Zhou, Yuan Yin

“…It involved one-on-one semi-structured interviews with 15 students, 9 parents, and 3 teachers and informal individual or group discussions. …”
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Over-the-counter procured emergency contraception among undergraduate students in a public University in Ghana by Fred Yao Gbagbo

“…Methods This was an exploratory-cross-sequential study conducted in a public university in Ghana, using 145 purposively sampled sexually active undergraduate students. A structured questionnaire and in-depth interview guide designed by the author were used for data collection during the University’s 2021/2022 Academic year. …”
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Effect of counseling intervention on symptoms, pain acceptance and psychological wellbeing among patients with fibromyalgia by Ayman Muhammad Kamel Senosy, Hoda Sayed Mohamed Abd El Naby, Eman Ahmed Elhaweet, Basma ElAraby El-Feqi

“…Tools for data collection (1) Structured Interview Questionnaire for Patients with Fibromyalgia, (2) Pain Acceptance Questionnaire, (3) Psychological well-being Questionnaire. …”
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Expatriation-enhanced competencies: A multiple case study of technology-based entrepreneurs by Hilka Pelizza Vier Machado, Jörg Freiling

“…FINDINGS: Data allows structuring techpreneurs’ experience of expatriation along the following steps: (a) arrival in the destination country and initial process of socialization, (b) engaging in activities to get familiar with the culture of the destination country, (c) the gradual comprehensive understanding of the new context, and (d) comparisons between the home and destination country. …”
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Retention of knowledge and skills among midwives one year after completing helping babies breathe pre-service training in Ethiopia: a non-randomized quasi-experimental study by Endalew Gemechu Sendo, Fekadu Aga, Lemi Abebe Gebrewold

“…Knowledge was assessed using a multiple-choice questionnaire, while skills were evaluated using Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Data were collected immediately post-training, six months later, and one year later. …”
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Impact of a potential Chlamydia vaccine in the USA: mathematical modelling analyses by Hiam Chemaitelly, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Houssein H Ayoub, Susanne F Awad, Monia Makhoul

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A Call to Action for Anticoagulation Stewardship to Address Suboptimal Thromboprophylaxis Practices for at-Risk Non-Orthopedic Surgical Patients in Vietnam: An Explanatory Sequenti... by Nguyen TTT, Tong HT, Nguyen HTL, Nguyen TD

“…Thuy Thi Thu Nguyen,1 Huyen Thanh Tong,2 Huong Thi Lien Nguyen,1 Trung Duc Nguyen2 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacology - Clinical Pharmacy, Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Department of Pharmacy, 108 Military Central Hospital, Hanoi, VietnamCorrespondence: Trung Duc Nguyen, Department of Pharmacy, 108 Military Central Hospital, 1 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hai ba Trung District, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam, Email Trungnd@benhvien108.vnPurpose: This study aimed to investigate the current practices of VTE prophylaxis in patients undergoing abdominal-pelvic surgery (PAS) and to identify the factors that influence surgeons’ practice of VTE prophylaxis.Patients and Methods: This two-phase explanatory sequential mixed-method study used chart audits followed by semi-structured interviews based on the theoretical domain framework (TDF). …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Factors among Presumptive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients at Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, South Gondar, Northwest Eth... by Debaka Belete, Azanaw Amare, Tesfaye Andualem, Desie Kasew, Sirak Biset

“…The sociodemographic data and associated factors were collected using a structured questionnaire, and stool samples were collected by convenient sampling technique and processed for the detection of intestinal parasites using a direct wet mount saline preparation and formal ether concentration technique. …”
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ADHERANCE TO BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN by A. G. Shamsutdinova, B. S. Turdaliyeva, B. A. Ramazanova, A. G. Beltenova

“…A total of 1,015 women of target age groups, living in Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, participated in breast and cervical cancer screenings. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from each participant (1,239 questionnaires: 674 for breast cancer screening and 565 for cervical cancer screening). …”
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Predictors of stillbirth among women who had given birth in Southern Ethiopia, 2020: A case-control study. by Haimanot Abebe, Solomon Shitu, Haile Workye, Ayenew Mose

“…Consecutive sampling techniques and simple random techniques were used to recruit cases and controls respectively. A structured standard tool was used to identify the predictors of stillbirth. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in rural areas of Naubatpur block of Patna District in Bihar, India: a population−based cluster cross−sectional study by Alok Ranjan, Sanjay Pandey, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Chandramani Singh, Mohit Bhardwaj

“…Data on socio-demographics and economic, anthropometric, family history, lifestyle variables, and awareness were collected using a pre−tested standardized structured questionnaire. Standard WHO procedures were used to measure blood pressure and anthropometric variables. …”
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Antibiotics Knowledge and Prescription Patterns Among Dental Practitioners in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia: A Comparative E-Survey with a Focus on Medically Healthy... by Marija Badrov, Danijela Marovic, Antonija Tadin

“…The study utilized a self-structured questionnaire to collect data on various aspects of antibiotic use, including knowledge, prescribing practices, awareness of guidelines, and demographic and professional information about dentists. …”
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