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Classifying patients with non-specific chronic low back pain using the impact stratification score in an online convenience sample
BackgroundIn 2014, the National Institute of Health Pain Consortium’s research task force (RTF) on research standards for chronic low back pain...
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Predictive models for perceived convenience of accessing outdoor activities among elderly with physical disabilities in rural China
BackgroundThe elderly, especially those with physical disabilities, often encounter barriers that prevent them from accessing outdoor activities....
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Convenience, efficacy, safety, and durability of INSTI-based antiretroviral therapies: evidence from the Italian MaSTER cohort
BackgroundIntegrase strand transferase inhibitors (INSTI), including raltegravir (RAL), elvitegravir (ELV), and dolutegravir (DTG), have demonstrated...
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Exploring the use of cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs in a convenience sample
BackgroundThe use of cannabis as medicine (CaM) both prescribed and non-prescribed has increased markedly in the last decade, mirrored in a global...
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A single-center, open-label trial on convenience and complications of rechargeable implantable pulse generators for spinal cord stimulation: The Recharge Pain Trial
Rechargeable implantable pulse generators (r-IPGs) have been available for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) claiming to offer a longer service life but...
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Factors and key problems influencing insured’s poor perceptions of convenience of basic medical insurance: a mixed methods research of a northern city in China
BackgroundThis study aimed to explore the factors that affect insured’s perceptions of convenience of the basic medical insurance (PCBMI) in Harbin,...
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Reassurance Techniques Do Not Significantly Impact Confidence in Biosimilars for Psoriasis: A Survey of a Convenience Sample of Individuals with Self-Identified Psoriasis
IntroductionBiosimilars are underutilized, and negative perceptions may hinder their acceptance by patients. Psychologic interventions have not been...
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An updated analysis of safety climate and downstream outcomes in two convenience samples of U.S. fire departments (FOCUS 1.0 and 2.0 survey waves)
BackgroundThe Fire service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey is an assessment tool comprised of psychometrically validated metrics of...
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Factors Associated with Willingness to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in a Large Convenience Sample
Willingness and reasons to be vaccinated against COVID-19 were examined among 26,324 respondents who completed a survey on willingness and questions...
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Polyaphron Dispersion Technology, A Novel Topical Formulation and Delivery System Combining Drug Penetration, Local Tolerability and Convenience of Application
Topical formulation and delivery technologies for pharmaceutical application should simultaneously address efficacy, safety and convenience of...
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Decoding semi-automated title-abstract screening: findings from a convenience sample of reviews
BackgroundWe evaluated the benefits and risks of using the Abstrackr machine learning (ML) tool to semi-automate title-abstract screening and...
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Sample size determination for external pilot cluster randomised trials with binary feasibility outcomes: a tutorial
Justifying sample size for a pilot trial is a reporting requirement, but few pilot trials report a clear rationale for their chosen sample size....
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Secular trends and customer characteristics of sweetened beverage and water purchasing at US convenience and other small food stores, 2014–2017
BackgroundCardiovascular health is linked to sugar- and artificially-sweetened beverages (SSBs and ASBs). Prior studies document declines in SSB...
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Is convenience really king? Comparative evaluation of catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in the public and private healthcare sectors of Viet Nam: a longitudinal patient cost study
BackgroundIn Viet Nam, tuberculosis (TB) represents a devastating life-event with an exorbitant price tag, partly due to lost income from daily...
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3D printing and intelligent technology increase convenience, reliability, and patient acceptance of ostomy nursing: a randomized controlled trial
Traditional ostomy bags commonly cause skin allergy and inflammation around the stoma, as well as leakage. This study aimed to examine the effect of...
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Reported patterns of va** to support long-term abstinence from smoking: a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of vapers
BackgroundE-cigarettes are the most popular aid to smoking cessation attempts in England and the USA. This research examined associations between...
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Translation, cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Hamilton Anxiety Scale among a sample of Portuguese adult patients with mental health disorders
BackgroundOnly a few anxiety assessment tools that nurses may administer are validated forthe Portuguese population exist in the literature. Thus,...
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Laparoscopic surgery in 3D improves results and surgeon convenience in sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity
PurposeAdvanced laparoscopic procedures are still challenging. One critical issue is the lack of stereoscopic vision. The aim of this surgical study...
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Heterosexual Cisgender Men Partnered with Transgender Women Exhibit Higher HIV/STI Sexual Risk than Their Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Counterparts: Findings from a U.S.-Based Convenience Sample Recruited Online
Cisgender men are frequently vectors for HIV transmission among transgender women. Despite this, the correlates of sexual risk among these men remain...
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Season of birth and schizotypy in a sample of undergraduate students
PurposeIn line with the psychotic continuum theory, the study of psychometric schizotypy in non-clinical samples has been proposed as a convenient...