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Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, Joshua Okyere, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu et al. • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(2022)
Abstract Background Each day, an estimated 800 women die from preventable pregnancy and childbirth related complications, where 99% of these avoidable deaths happen in low-and middle-income countries. Skilled attendance during antenatal car...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-05137-5
JE Brazier, D Rowen, I Mavranezouli, A Tsuchiya et al. • Health Technology Assessment
(2012)
Objectives: Generic preference-based measures such as EQ-5D are widely used to estimate quality-adjusted life-years but may not be available or, more importantly, appropriate in some medical conditions. Condition-specific preference-based m...
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DOI: 10.3310/hta16320
Grethe Albrektsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Ivar Heuch, Maja‐Lisa Løchen et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
(2023)
Background The atherosclerotic effect of an adverse lipid profile is assumed to accumulate throughout life, leading to increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI). Still, little is known about age at onset and duration of unfavorable lipid...
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DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.030010
Xue Yang, Jian Chen, An Pan, Jason H.Y. Wu et al. • Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
(2020)
BackgroundTo examine the prospective association between higher blood pressure (BP) and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults.MethodsA total of 9,642 middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults (≥45 ye...
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DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2019.0081
Yuxi Liu, Yanlin Cao, Yugang Li, Siyuan Liu et al. • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
(2025)
Focusing on vaccines available to adults and not in the immunization schedule, this study investigates the preferences and factors influencing adults in selecting vaccination clinic locations. It aims to provide strategic insights for boost...
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DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2442104
Takawira C Marufu, Jane Coad, Zaki Albelbisi, Tim Carter et al. • Digital Health
(2026)
Objective Children and young people (CYP) presenting in mental health crisis to acute paediatric settings represent a growing clinical and system-level challenge. These environments, primarily designed for physical healthcare, frequently la...
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DOI: 10.1177/20552076261431890
Christopher J Brady, R Chase Cockrell, Lindsay R Aldrich, Meraf A Wolle et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research
(2023)
BackgroundAs trachoma is eliminated, skilled field graders become less adept at correctly identifying active disease (trachomatous inflammation—follicular [TF]). Deciding if trachoma has been eliminated from a district or if treatment strat...
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DOI: 10.2196/41233
Janey Sewell, Carole Kelly, Adamma Aghaizu, Hannah Kitt et al. • JMIR Research Protocols
(2025)
BackgroundDue to advances in treatment, HIV is now a chronic condition with near-normal life expectancy. However, people with HIV continue to have a higher burden of mental and physical health conditions and are impacted by wider socioecono...
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DOI: 10.2196/58531
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...
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DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-92
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...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12910-021-00728-x
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...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106287
Hang Xiong, Puqing Wang, Yueji Zhu • Data in Brief
(2016)
Empirical studies on social diffusions are often restricted by the access to data of diffusion and social relations on the same objects. We present a set of first-hand data that we collected in ten rural villages in central China through ho...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.02.081
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...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12955-025-02432-5
Gaurav Batta, Deepak Khushalrao Mundhe, R. Vishnuprasad, Anshita Batta et al. • Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
(2025)
Introduction:
Patient satisfaction surveys are widely used in European countries to ensure high-quality healthcare through systematic feedback. India, through its National Health Mission, is now adopting this practice to measure satisfactio...
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DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_430_25
Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah, Eugene Budu, Cyprian Issahaku Dorgbetor, Rabbi Tweneboah et al. • BMC Public Health
(2026)
Abstract Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose a significant public health challenge globally, negatively impacting reproductive health and increasing the likelihood of infertility, complications during pregnanc...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-28423-9
Dianne Nicol, Jane L Nielsen • eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania)
(2005)
This paper reports the results of an empirical study of the Australian medical biotechnology industry, involving surveys and interviews with participants in research institutions, companies and diagnostic facilities. Despite ongoing concern...
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A. G. Volevodz • Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta
(2015)
RETRACTEDThe article contains the findings of a research into particular aspects of use of identity documents with personal biometric data. It considers the international safety standards of documents with biometric data worked out by the I...
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DOI: 10.24833/2071-8160-2015-1-40-193-208
Hugh C. Dyer, Leon Mangasarian • Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
(1989)
This wide-ranging study surveys the present state of international relations as an academic field. It locates and assesses recent developments in the field - in short, what is being done where, by who...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20275-1
Haaris Siddiqi • Voices in Bioethics
(2021)
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ABSTRACT
Rohingya women face challenges that ought to be acknowledged and addressed to ensure that when they seek health care, they can act autonomously and decide freely among available options. ...
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V. V. Tsibenko • Международная аналитика
(2024)
The article analyses the current state and development of International Relations research in Turkey, with an emphasis on the possible causes of its periphery status and the growth points for the formation of independent theoretical approac...
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DOI: 10.46272/2587-8476-2024-15-2-92-105