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Sample size calculations for trials with time-to-event outcomes are usually based on the assumption that an event - prototypically death in survival analysis - occurs only once per sample unit. However, events like changes in disease status or switches between treatment modalities may repeat over time. In trials with s…

This letter to the editor critiques the recent study by Brune et al. (2025) comparing xABCDE and Broselow pediatric emergency backpacks. While appreciating the investigation, we raise two significant methodological concerns that limit the applicability of the study's conclusions. First, the implementation of the Brosel…

This study is the first to explore the relation between children's attachment classifications, assessed by Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation Procedure (SSP), and mothers' acceptance-rejection behaviors from the lens of Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory). As a pilot study, the sample consisted of 23…

INTRODUCTION: Identifying factors that enhance the stages of behavior change and nurses' readiness to evacuate patients during disasters can facilitate the proper management of the patient evacuation process in emergencies. This study aimed to identify the factors related to the stages of behavior change and nurses' re…

AIM: The effects of COVID-19 have brought numerous changes in society in the past several months. Lifestyles, business sectors, educational facilities and healthcare services have been greatly affected, causing individuals to be alarmed about future repercussions. This study investigated the various challenges of nursi…

The recent study by Kaiwen Wang et al., titled "Early postoperative acetylsalicylic acid administration does not increase the risk of postoperative intracranial bleeding in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage," explores the association between postoperative intracranial bleeding (PIB) and various risk fa…

INTRODUCTION: Simulation-based education has been particularly valuable as a preclinical training method that adequately prepares students for clinical practice, including simulation in educational programs enhances the quality of learning outcomes. However, relevant previous research has exhibited several crucial limi…

This study investigates the prevalence of mobile phone addiction among medical students and its relationship with depression, anxiety, and sleep quality. The study was conducted at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences from 2019 to 2021, and it included medical students at four different levels of training. Participan…

The study aims to verify the factorial structure of the self-compassion scale across different cultural contexts. The sample included 1039 students, divided into 521 students from Zagazig University (ZU) and 518 from Princess Nourah University (PNU) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which were chosen randomly. Expl…

Managing hypertension is not only concerned with lowering blood pressure (BP) by using antihypertensive medications but also aims at minimizing its consequences through adopting self-care. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of mobile application on self-care, BP control, self-efficacy and hypertensio…

The aim of this study was to explore the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on adolescents diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and their mothers. This exploratory study used a qualitative focus group approach. This study's sample group consisted in nine participants: five adolescents diagnosed with BPD…

INTRODUCTION: The present study aims to assess the quality, reliability and content of the information provided by the YouTubevideos on oral hygiene during orthodontic treatment, to reveal the efficacy of the videos for patients and to help dentists who use this platform as a source to guide their patients accurately.…

BACKGROUND: As a point of departure, this study assumes that teaching to impart knowledge is inseparable from its moral role to create an ethical citizenry, such as developing standards of academic integrity. AIMS: The study aims at delving into how different facets of the sense of (in)justice in the classroom may pla…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify ways parents comfort their children to help them cope and adapt to the stresses of the deployment of a mother or father in military service, as well as the reintegration process of the parent returning home. DESIGN AND METHODS: This qualitative study used a hermeneuti…

BACKGROUND: Quality control of residual white blood cells (WBCs) and red blood cells (RBCs) in leukoreduced plasma is mandatory. Although technological advances have been made, analysis of quality controls using routine hematology analyzers has not generally been introduced. The aim of this study was to evaluate if the…

Background In 2014, Kraft et al. assessed the temperament, home environment, and significant life events of 69 North American children who stutter to examine the combined and compounded effects of these individualized factors on mediating overt stuttering severity. The temperament domain of effortful control was singul…

PURPOSE: Parents' and children's lives are interwoven over the life course. Parents' positivity and negativity toward children relate to children's and parents' transitions, although the nature of this relationship is unclear. This study investigated the extent to which transitions-like those tied to residence, unions,…

Although Black adolescents have reported a lower prevalence of substance use relative to non-Hispanic Whites, Black youth are disproportionately affected by adverse social outcomes. Social scientists have highlighted that using a framework that includes perceived peer prejudice and teacher discrimination as social dete…

The paper reports on a validation study of the interactive fixed-base driving simulator of Inter-University Research Center for Road Safety (CRISS) that was effectuated in order to verify the CRISS driving simulator's usefulness at a tool for speed research on two-lane rural roads. Speeds were recorded at eleven measur…

This article outlines problems of implementation and clinical practice of randomised controlled trials in mental health services. Furthermore, it offers practical solutions taking into account the experiences with a randomisation process in a multi-site EC-funded (EDEN-) study on the evaluation of acute treatment in ps…