Academic Articles & Research Papers

Temporal Trends in the Prevalence of Frailty in England From 2002 to 2022, With Forecasts to 2040: Longitudinal Secondary Analysis of a National Cohort Study.

The influence of deprivation and pregnancy planning on multiple health behaviour change before pregnancy: a secondary analysis of the Scottish Maternal and Infant Nutrition Survey.

Relationship between triglyceride-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-glucose-body index and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional cohort.

Vulnerability to climate-driven pathogen-specific diarrheal diseases: secondary analysis from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study and Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa follow-up.

Association between wealth status and health insurance enrollment among women aged 15-49 years in Tanzania: a secondary analysis of the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey.

Global burden and trends of tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer in adolescents and young adults: a secondary analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.

Prevalence, risk-factors and early prediction of impaired kidney function among indigenous adults in Odisha, India: A secondary analysis.

Burden of cardiovascular diseases in the Asia-Pacific region from 1990 to 2023, with forecasts to 2050: a secondary analysis of the Global Burden of disease study 2023.

Quantifying interprovincial health and poverty disparities in Afghanistan: a secondary analysis of national survey and administrative data.

Spatiotemporal distribution of timely measles-containing vaccine coverage among children born in Hebei Province during 2019-2023: a secondary analysis of provincial routine immunisation registry data.

School-University Links for Evidence-Informed Practice

A range of studies has identified barriers to evidence-informed practice in schools, many of which recommend school-university links as a means for removing these barriers. In England, public policy also promotes school-university partnersh...

Internet in the life of Russian youth

Background. The active development of information and communication technologies has led to the fact that the Internet has taken an important place in the daily life of a modern person. Today there is no such area of life of people where th...

«Being Together» in Pandemic Conditions: Social Cohesion Challenges of the Contemporary Ukrainian Society

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the Ukrainian society social cohesion challenges in the pandemic conditions of digitally mediated interactions. Based on the results of qualitative sociological research, as well as a secondary an...

Regional, subregional and country-level full vaccination coverage in children aged 12–23 months for 34 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a global analysis using Demographic and Health Survey data

Objective This study estimated the proportion of children aged 12–23 months who were fully vaccinated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), explored geographical disparities across subregions and countries, and identified country-level factors assoc...

Linking Spiritual and Religious Coping With the Quality of Life of Community-Dwelling Older Adults and Nursing Home Residents

Objective: This study examined the effect of Positive and Negative Spiritual and Religious Coping (SRC) upon older Brazilian’s quality of life (QOL). Method: A secondary analysis of data collected from 77 nursing home residents (NHRs; M age...

Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with cognitive-behavioral interventions for depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of sham-controlled randomized trials

IntroductionDepressive disorders are a prevalent psychiatric condition; major depressive disorder (MDD) specifically affects approximately 5.7% of adults worldwide and is associated with high levels of disability and disease burden. Althoug...

Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Protocol for a Sub-analysis of the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium Observational Study

IntroductionNeurological manifestations and complications in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients are frequent. Prior studies suggested a possible association between neurological complications and fatal outcome, as well as the exis...

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

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...

Toward an integrated approach for mental health and psychosocial support and peacebuilding in North-East Nigeria: programme description and preliminary outcomes from ‘Counselling on Wheels’

Background Despite theoretical support for including mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) with peacebuilding, few programmes in conflict-affected regions fully integrate these approaches. Aims To describe and assess preliminary o...

Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 analogs on prolactin levels: A secondary analysis of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial.