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A Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome extranet: supporting local communication and information dissemination

Kealey Cathy M, Akhtar-Danesh Noori, Valaitis Ruta K, Brunetti Glenn M et al. • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2005)

Abstract Background The objective of this study was to explore the use and perceptions of a local Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Extranet and its potential to support future information and communication applications. The SARS Ext...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-5-17

Penetration and familiarity of false belief on neuroscience among students and its modifiability

Takeshi Hatta, Taketoshi Hatta, Kazuhisa Todayama, Minoru Karasawa • Journal of Human Environmental Studies (2010)

In Study 1, the degrees of penetration and familiarity of false belief on neuroscience, especially brain imaging, among students were surveyed using a questionnaire technique. A total number of 485 students from medical school, school of nu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4189/shes.8.155

Dataset on Women's empowerment, land and donor-driven agricultural interventions in Eastern Zambia

Progress H. Nyanga, Bridget Bwalya Umar, Douty Chibamba, Wilma S. Nchito • Data in Brief (2020)

A survey was conducted with 235 randomly selected households to investigate women's empowerment, land and donor-driven agricultural interventions in Eastern Zambia [1] for aid programmes with (Norwegian) and without (Chinese) women empowerm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106113

Data on gender-equitable healthcare accessibility in Northern Nigeria

Chika Yinka-Banjo, Mary Akinyemi, Olasupo Ajayi, David Tresner-Kirsch • Data in Brief (2024)

Gender equity, particularly in healthcare, has been gaining increasing attention in recent years. The goal is to ensure that everyone has equal access to quality healthcare services irrespective of age, gender, or socio-economic status. How...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109979

The Late Bronze Age settlement site of Březnice: Magnetometer survey data

Martin Kuna, Roman Křivánek, Ondřej Chvojka, Tereza Šálková • Data in Brief (2021)

The archaeological site of Březnice (Czechia) represents one of the large settlements of the Late Bronze Age (Ha A2/B1, 14C: 1124–976 BC) in Bohemia. The site became known mainly for a high number of so-called ‘trenches’, oblong pit feature...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106793

Datasets associated with investigating the potential for beneficial reuse of produced water from oil and gas extraction outside of the energy sector

Bridget R. Scanlon, Robert C. Reedy, Pei Xu, Mark Engle et al. • Data in Brief (2020)

The data in this report are associated with https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137085 [4] and include data on water volumes and water quality related to the major unconventional oil and gas plays in the U.S. The data include volumes o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105406

Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS) scale for long-term cancer survivors in a sample of breast cancer survivors

Foley Kristie, Ip Edward, Avis Nancy E • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2006)

Abstract Background This paper evaluates psychometric properties of a recently developed measure focusing on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of long-term cancer survivors, the Quality of Life in Adult Survivors scale (QLACS), in a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-92

Health-related quality of life in Chinese population with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a national multicenter survey

Rui Huang, Jian-Gao Fan, Jun-Ping Shi, Yi-Min Mao et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2021)

Abstract Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) is a multi-dimensional construct that can comprehensively evaluate the patient’s health status, including physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. In this study, we aimed t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-021-01778-w

Medical Informatics and Pediatrics

Kevin B. Johnson • Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (1995)

Decision support is an important area of medical informatics research. Computer-based decision-support tools facilitate diagnosis and the management of patients after a diagnosis has been established. Diagnostic decision-support tools, such...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170250077014

Secondary research use of personal medical data: patient attitudes towards data donation

Gesine Richter, Christoph Borzikowsky, Bimba Franziska Hoyer, Matthias Laudes et al. • BMC Medical Ethics (2021)

Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted once more the great need for comprehensive access to, and uncomplicated use of, pre-existing patient data for medical research. Enabling secondary research-use of patient-data is a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12910-021-00728-x

Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics

Julio Cesar Facelli, John F. Hurdle, Joyce A. Mitchell • IGI Global eBooks (2013)

In the last 50 years, computational applications have been developed to aid clinicians and researchers alike in the broad field of Biomedicine. Adopted early in the evolution of the field, the term medical informatics has been applied to th...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0122-2.ch013

Medical Informatics

Catherine Arnott Smith, Ellen Gay Detlefsen, Nancy Hrinya Tannery • Medical Reference Services Quarterly (2002)

This column reports the results of a survey conducted of medical librarian participants in medical informatics training at the University of Pittsburgh. This small study was undertaken in order to identify issues in training different kinds...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1300/j115v21n03_08

Subjective wellbeing and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from three population groups in Colombia

Lina Martínez, Isabella Valencia, Valeria Trofimoff • Data in Brief (2020)

This paper presents three data sets about the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and subjective wellbeing in Colombia for three population subgroups: adults (+18 years old), college students, and informal workers. The data w...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106287

The impact of technology on patient knowledge acquisition and retention of oral hygiene instructions and associated risks

Maram A. Aljabry, Khulud Alkadi, Mohammed Awawdeh • Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2023)

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess dental patients’ knowledge and perceptions of the risks associated with orthodontic treatment and oral hygiene instructions given at the start of their treatment regimen. Methods: The sample gro...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2022.101149

Exploring the determinants of patients’ continuance intentions in online health communities from the network effects perspective

Aihui Ye, Runtong Zhang, Hongmei Zhao • Health Informatics Journal (2024)

Objectives: Online health communities (OHCs) facilitate patient-physician interaction and the adoption of online health services. However, few studies explored the impact of network effects on patients’ continuance intentions in OHCs. This ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/14604582241300422

Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic- restrictions in Germany: a nationwide survey

Florian Herbolsheimer, Annette Peters, Sarah Wagner, Stefan N. Willich et al. • BMC Public Health (2024)

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions posed challenges to maintaining healthy lifestyles and physical well-being. During the first mobility restrictions from March to mid-July 2020, the German population was advised to stay...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17675-y

Patient-reported outcomes and measures for vaginal relaxation syndrome management: a systematic review

Hongqin Chen, Jian Meng, Qiao Li, Xin Luo et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2025)

Abstract Background The heterogeneity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in published clinical studies on vaginal relaxation syndrome (VRS) hinders cross-study comparisons and integration of ev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-025-02432-5

A Brief Intervention to Increase Uptake and Adherence of an Internet-Based Program for Depression and Anxiety (Enhancing Engagement With Psychosocial Interventions): Randomized Controlled Trial

Philip J Batterham, Alison L Calear, Matthew Sunderland, Frances Kay-Lambkin et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021)

BackgroundPsychosocial, self-guided, internet-based programs are effective in treating depression and anxiety. However, the community uptake of these programs is poor. Recent approaches to increasing engagement (defined as both uptake and a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/23029