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Demonstration of high value care to improve oral health of a remote Indigenous community in Australia

Sanjeewa Kularatna, Ratilal Lalloo, Jeroen Kroon, Santosh K. K. Tadakamadla et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2020)

Abstract Background The oral health of Indigenous children in remote communities is much worse than other population groups in Australia. Providing and maintaining an oral health service is challenging due to the remoteness of communities, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01300-8

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

Web-based versus simulation-based refresher training in newborn life support

Kathleen Parthey, Anne Goldhahn, Anselm Linke, Katja Raberger et al. • Resuscitation Plus (2026)

Background: Regular training for healthcare professionals in newborn life support is life-saving. Web-based refresher has the potential to be non-inferior to simulation-based refresher training. Methods: The multicenter non-inferiority rand...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101382

The effect of structured medication review followed by face-to-face feedback to prescribers on adverse drug events recognition and prevention in older inpatients – a multicenter interrupted time series study

Joanna E. Klopotowska, Paul F. M. Kuks, Peter C. Wierenga, Clementine C. M. Stuijt et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2022)

Abstract Background The effectiveness of interventions to improve medication safety in older inpatients is unclear, given a paucity of properly designed intervention studies applying clinically relevant endpoints such as hospital-acquired p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03118-z

Metabolic Flexibility to Predict Lifestyle Interventions Outcomes (MEPHISTO): Protocol for Predictive Validation Study and Randomized Controlled Trial

Monika Ludlova, Kateřina Koudelková, Jitka Pallova, Barbora Koudelkova et al. • JMIR Research Protocols (2025)

BackgroundWeight loss is a cornerstone of obesity treatment and diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2D) prevention, but its implementation in clinical practice is limited by its perceived burden and variability in response. Personalizing interventio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/67570

Artificial intelligence-driven anthropometric assessment for young children: evaluating the accuracy and practicality of a digital image-based length and weight prediction tool

Fabian Yap, Daniel Chan, Mei Chien Chua, Matthew Hadimaja et al. • BMJ Health & Care Informatics (2025)

Background Monitoring early childhood growth is vital, as growth faltering could indicate nutritional or health issues requiring prompt intervention. Our study’s aim was to assess the performance of a length-weight artificial intelligence (...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjhci-2025-101540

Effectiveness and Related Factors of Narrative Messages in Correcting Health-Related Misinformation: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Hiroko Okada, Rie Yokota • JMIR Research Protocols (2025)

BackgroundThe internet and social media have become essential sources of health information for patients and citizens; however, they often disseminate misinformation that lacks scientific evidence. Health-related misinformation can undermin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/69414

Implementing and Evaluating a National Integrated Digital Registry and Clinical Decision Support System in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (Early Psychosis Informatics Into Care): Co-Designed Protocol

Siân Lowri Griffiths, Graham K Murray, Yanakan Logeswaran, John Ainsworth et al. • JMIR Research Protocols (2024)

BackgroundEarly intervention in psychosis (EIP) services are nationally mandated in England to provide multidisciplinary care to people experiencing first-episode psychosis, which disproportionately affects deprived and ethnic minority yout...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/50177

Behind the scars: adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury disorder show profound personality pathology

Manuela Gander, Kirstin Goth, Josef Fritz, Kathrin Sevecke • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (2026)

Abstract Background Non-suicidal self-injury is a significant clinical concern in adolescent psychiatry and frequently co-occurs with a range of psychiatric disorders, including mood disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13034-026-01075-8

Identification of brain regions predicting epileptogenesis by serial [18F]GE-180 positron emission tomography imaging of neuroinflammation in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Vera Russmann, Matthias Brendel, Erik Mille, Angela Helm-Vicidomini et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2017)

Excessive activation of inflammatory signaling pathways seems to be a hallmark of epileptogenesis. Positron emission tomography (PET) allows in vivo detection of brain inflammation with spatial information and opportunities for longitudinal...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.04.003

Early Retinal Microvascular Alterations in Young Type 1 Diabetic Patients without Clinical Retinopathy

Alexandra Oltea Dan, Alin Ștefănescu-Dima, Andrei Teodor Bălășoiu, Ileana Puiu et al. • Diagnostics (2023)

The purpose of this study is to identify and quantify preclinical changes with the help of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) within the retinal microcirculation of young type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients without clinical signs of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13091648

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

From Connectivity to Controllability: Unraveling the Brain Biomarkers of Major Depressive Disorder

Chunyu Pan, Ying Ma, Lifei Wang, Yan Zhang et al. • Brain Sciences (2024)

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a significant neurological condition associated with aberrations in brain functional networks. Traditional studies have predominantly analyzed these from a network topology perspective. However, given the ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14050509

Dataset on perception of public college students on underage drinking in Nigeria

Olujide A. Adekeye, Emmanuel O. Amoo, Sussan O. Adeusi, Olufunke O. Chenube et al. • Data in Brief (2019)

Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among youths in Nigeria. Underage drinking poses a serious public health problem in most colleges and despite the health and safety risk, consumption of alcohol is rising. Having recourse t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103930

Trends in Proportion of Delirium Among Older Emergency Department Patients in South Korea, 2017–2022

Jeongmin Moon, Seonji Kim, Daesung Lim, Ho Kyung Sung et al. • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2025)

Introduction: Delirium is a critical neuropsychiatric condition that surged among older adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, likely due to social isolation resulting from distancing measures. In this study we exam...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5811/westjem.41507

“I think it's something that we should lean in to”: The use of OpenNotes in Canadian psychiatric care contexts by clinicians

Iman Kassam, Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Keri Durocher, Brian Lo et al. • Digital Health (2022)

Background OpenNotes is the concept of patients having access to their health records and clinical notes in a digital form. In psychiatric settings, clinicians often feel uncomfortable with this concept, and require support during implement...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076221144106

The Association of Social Determinants of Health Screening With Developmental and Social-Emotional Outcomes in Children Enrolled in Head Start

Elizabeth K. Farkouh, Loren L. Toussaint, Brian A. Lynch • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2025)

Introduction/Objectives: Social determinants of health (SDOH) have the potential to differentially impact child developmental outcomes. This study examined whether scores on the Environmental Screening Questionnaire (ESQ), a newly developed...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501319251384525

Lifestyle Change Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Diabetes or Kidney Disease

Lori L. Sanderson MSW, MPH • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2010)

The purpose of this research letter is to report on the availability of evidence-based interventions for promoting lifestyle change in children and adolescents with diabetes or kidney disease. References for this review were obtained using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2150131909358185