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Effects of maternal exercise during pregnancy on neonatal weight and subcutaneous fat thickness

Mengbi SHEN, Zixia WANG, Jiaqi ZHENG, Yan ZHANG et al. • 环境与职业医学 (2022)

BackgroundExercise during pregnancy is closely related to maternal and infant health. Previous studies in developed countries have linked maternal exercise during pregnancy with newborn body weight as well as subcutaneous fat thickness. How...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11836/JEOM22103

Pathway analysis of the impact of family function and self-efficacy on depression and anxiety in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Fangliang Zou, Yi Fang, Yanshan Lin, Zikai Feng et al. • BMC Psychology (2024)

Abstract Background Patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) experience significant psychological distress due to infertility, with depression and anxiety being the most common manifestations. This study investigates the i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-02246-y

Analysing criteria for price and reimbursement of orphan drugs in Spain

Xavier Badia, Alicia Gil, José Luis Poveda-Andrés, John Shepherd et al. • Farmacia Hospitalaria (2019)

Objective: There are differences between countries regarding data requirements for orphan drug evaluation and it is also unknown which criteria might determine the price and reimbursement decision. This study aimed to identify the key c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7399/fh.11147

Predictive Value of Serum Cytokeratin 19 Level for the Feasibility of Conserving Ovaries in Endometrial Cancer

Jie Xu, Jie Xu, Can Chen, Can Chen et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2021)

Objective: To determine the predictive value of cytokeratin 19 (CK19) for evaluating the safety of ovarian preservation in patients with endometrial cancer (EC).Methods: Five hundred and seventeen EC patients hospitalized from November 2010...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.670109

Computable phenotype for real-world, data-driven retrospective identification of relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis

Vladimir Tesar, Conor Judge, John Kelleher, Zdenka Hrušková et al. • RMD Open (2024)

Objective ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a relapsing-remitting disease, resulting in incremental tissue injury. The gold-standard relapse definition (Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score, BVAS>0) is often missing or inaccurate in re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003962

Cross-national validation of the MHQoL: psychometric evaluation and open-source tools for assessing mental health quality of life

Beatriz Olaya, Christina Maria van der Feltz-Cornelis, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Frederick W Thielen et al. • BMJ Open (2026)

Objectives To validate the cross-national psychometric properties of the Mental Health Quality of Life questionnaire (MHQoL) and to develop an open-source toolbox for its scoring, transformation and presentation.Design Secondary analysis of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108598

Plasma Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Capacity (NEAC) in Relation to Dietary NEAC, Nutrient Antioxidants and Inflammation-Related Biomarkers

Cayetano Javier Carrión-García, Eduardo Jesús Guerra-Hernández, Belén García-Villanova, Mauro Serafini et al. • Antioxidants (2020)

(1) Background: Little is known about the interlinkages between dietary and plasma non-enzymatic antioxidant capacity (D-NEAC and P-NEAC, respectively) and the body’s antioxidant and inflammation response. Our aim was to explore these assoc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antiox9040301

Altered Red Blood Cell Fatty Acid and Serum Adipokine Profiles in Subjects with Obesity

Asier Léniz, Alfredo Fernández-Quintela, Sara Arranz, Kevin Portune et al. • Biomedicines (2023)

Background: Adipokines, as well as the fatty acid profile of red blood cell (RBC) membranes, are known to play important roles in the development and progression of metabolic complications induced by obesity. Thus, the objective of this stu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11123320

Male Infertility and Its Correlates in Chuadanga District of Bangladesh

Sazin Islam, Md. Shariful Islam, Sharmin Akter, A. M. Mujahidul Islam et al. • American Journal of Men's Health (2025)

Male infertility is an escalating global health concern, yet it remains under-researched in Bangladesh. The factors contributing to this issue have not been thoroughly studied. This study aims to identify the factors associated with male in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/15579883251372452

Serious non-fatal unintentional injuries among in-school adolescents in Sri Lanka: results from the 2016 Sri Lankan global school-based health survey

Sashimali Wickramasinghe, Nalika Sepali Gunawardena, Dhanusha Punyadasa, Shanthi Gunawardena et al. • BMC Public Health (2020)

Abstract Background Unintentional injuries among adolescents is a major public health problem the world over. A great majority of the annual deaths among adolescents is due to unintentional injuries; it is also the leading cause of death am...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09839-3

MBOAT7-TMC4 rs641738 Is Not Associated With the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma or Persistent Hepatitis B Infection

Peng Wang, Ying Li, Lu Li, Rong Zhong et al. • Frontiers in Oncology (2021)

ObjectiveA hot genetic variant, rs641738 within the membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain containing 7(MBOAT7) and transmembrane channel-like 4 (TMC4), was recently reported to be associated with several liver diseases. However, the resul...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.639438

The effects of women's empowerment on the nutritional status of children in Nigeria using the 2018 demographic health survey

Ademola Akinlade, Mercy Olateju, Mayowa Salami, Oluwaseyifunmi Akinlade et al. • Babcock University Medical Journal (2026)

Objectives: The empowerment of women critically influences child nutrition in Nigeria, where malnutrition remains a major public health challenge. This study examines the relationship between dimensions of women’s empowerment, economic, edu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.38029/babcockuniv.med.j..v9i3.1114

A Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing Hydromorphone and Nalbuphine for Postcesarean Patient-Controlled Analgesia and Developing a Risk Prediction Model for Inadequate Analgesia

Zhang K, Sun J, Zhang C, Jiao B et al. • Drug Design, Development and Therapy (2025)

Kaiwen Zhang,1,* Jiaoli Sun,1,* Caixia Zhang,2 Bo Jiao,1 Wencui Zhang,1 Shangchen Yu,1 Xueqin Cao,1 Zhiqiang Zhou,1 Guanglei Zhang,1 Xianwei Zhang1 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Hubei Key Laboratory of Geri...

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Key Variables for Effective eHealth Designs for Individuals With and Without Mental Health Disorders: 2^12-4 Fractional Factorial Experiment

Rotondi, Armando J, Grady, Jonathan, Hanusa, Barbara H, Haas, Gretchen L et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021)

BackgroundeHealth applications not only offer the potential to increase service convenience and responsiveness but also expand the ability to tailor services to improve relevance, engagement, and use. To achieve these goals, it is critical ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/23137

Artificial neural network–based model for sleep quality prediction for frontline medical staff during major medical assistance

Qingquan Chen, Zeshun Chen, Xi Zhu, Jiajing Zhuang et al. • Digital Health (2024)

Background: The sleep quality of medical staff was severely affected during COVID-19, but the factors influencing the sleep quality of frontline staff involved in medical assistance remained unclear, and screening tools for their sleep qual...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076241287363

Association between social health status and health-related quality of life among community-dwelling elderly in Zhejiang

Jieming Lu, Zhebin Yu, Xiaocong Zhang, Mengyin Wu et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2020)

Abstract Background Population aging is an inevitable trend and previous studies have showed the relationship between social health related factors and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in the elderly. The objective of this study is t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01358-4

Digital quality gradient and the burden of elderly depression: A spatial multi kernel SVR analysis of socio economically vulnerable groups in England

Jin Rui, Yijing Li, Hector D. Menendez, Mariana Pinto da Costa • Digital Health (2026)

Digital infrastructure is increasingly understood as part of the contemporary built environment and as a policy-relevant area-level correlate of older adults’ mental health. Existing studies have often relied on linear models and have paid ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076261465140

Injury death certificates without specification of the circumstances leading to the fatal injury – the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 2005–2014

Christian Lycke Ellingsen, Marta Ebbing, G. Cecilie Alfsen, Stein Emil Vollset • Population Health Metrics (2018)

Abstract Background For injury deaths, the underlying cause of death is defined as the circumstances leading to the injury. When this information is missing, the ICD-10 code X59 (Exposure to unspecified factor) is used. Lack of knowledge of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12963-018-0176-2

Electronic Cigarette Use Is Not Associated with COVID-19 Diagnosis

Thulasee Jose, Ivana T. Croghan, J. Taylor Hays, Darrell R. Schroeder et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2021)

This analysis tested the hypothesis that current e-cigarette use was associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients seeking medical care. E-cigarette and conventional cigarette use were ascertained using a novel elect...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501327211024391