Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Food Science Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Optometry, Asia University, 500, Lioufeng Rd, Wufeng, Taichung 41354, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, 91, Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: kccheng@ntu.edu.tw.
Laboratory of Physiology, Genetics and Ethnopharmacology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed I University, Oujda 60000, Morocco. Electronic address: ziyyat@yahoo.fr.
Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
The number of adolescents reporting that they are stressed has more than doubled among both boys and girls. Most focus is given to girls because they typically not only report higher levels of stress ...
Eight focus groups were conducted with 39 adolescent boys aged 12-19 years enrolled in four schools in southern Sweden. The data was analysed inductively with conventional content analysis....
The analysis resulted in three categories: Stress perception - time as a key factor, Identifying stressors and levels of stress, and Silent struggles and distractions. The boys had experienced conside...
Adolescent boys might need assistance in identifying stress and clearly voicing their specific concerns. They should also be provided with spaces that are free from stigmatization and judgement. Paren...
To communicate the experience of developing concepts for the construction of a care model through focus groups....
An experience report on the development of concepts through remote focus groups with members of a research group from a public university in southern Brazil....
Focus groups were developed in which homogeneity and heterogeneity criteria were observed among participants. In addition to the concepts of the nursing metaparadigm, the concepts of care and family-c...
Despite the challenges of conducting remote focus groups, they were suitable for the collective construction of concepts for a nursing care model, allowing the interaction of participants from differe...
The aim of this study was to examine women's experience of menopausal transition and their expectations and wishes for support from healthcare. Further, to examine their knowledge about menopause and ...
Data was collected through three focus group interviews with 14 women experiencing menopausal symptoms. The qualitative analysis was transacted through systematic text condensation, where categories w...
The women in this study told us about being inadequately prepared for menopause through having insufficient knowledge of the menopausal transition. They experienced lack of clarity about where in the ...
This work indicates that women want more and improved information about menopause in order to be better prepared. Advice and treatment for menopausal healthcare care should be easily accessible for wo...
The working day of Norwegian GPs was turned on its head during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the extreme, ongoing pressure the GP service was under. We conducted a qualitative study of the GPs' percept...
Focus group interviews were conducted with 19 GPs from four medical practices in the county of Innlandet. The interviews were analysed using the systematic text condensation method....
The GPs described how they have coped with the extremely challenging demands on them. They expressed an expectation of rapid adaptability, and considered this a fundamental characteristic of the role ...
The GP service's adaptability during times of crisis depends on the GPs' strong individual and collective sense of responsibility and their ability to cope. The latter is the GP service's great streng...
Vaccination can protect vaccinated individuals and often also prevent them from spreading disease to other people. This opens up the possibility of getting vaccinated for the sake of others. In fact, ...
In order to best prepare medical students for their increasingly complex future career, interdisciplinary higher education is swiftly gaining popularity. However, the implementation of interdisciplina...
We conducted four semi-structured focus group interviews, of which two were held before, and two were held after the course. Seven MS and six CISS participated voluntarily. A pre-arranged interview gu...
The focus group interviews revealed three differences in epistemics between students in terms of 1) curriculum content, 2) educational formats and 3) student's competence perceptions. These factors in...
We conclude that factors that influence interdisciplinary learning are personal epistemics, individual learning preferences, and the synergy that is achieved throughout interdisciplinary learning. Org...
Rural populations consistently experience a disproportionate burden of cancer, including higher incidence and mortality rates, compared to the urban populations. Factors that are thought to contribute...
We conducted two semi-structured focus group interviews with cancer patients receiving active treatment for any type of cancer (n = 8). The participants were recruited from the rural areas of Hawaii, ...
Content analysis revealed that 47% of the discussions were related to CC-related challenges, including access to care (27.3%), insurance (9.1%), inter-island travel (6.1%), and medical literacy (4.5%)...
Our findings indicate that there are notable challenges in rural patients' experiences regarding their cancer care coordination. Specific factors such as the lack of oncologist and oncology services, ...
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The problem of a lack of nurses is expected to worsen in the future. With an ever-increasing number of elderly patients with multimorbidity and a shortage of healthcare professionals, primary care mus...
The aim of the study was to explore healthcare professionals' experiences of interprofessional collaboration in care for patients with multimorbidity in a community virtual ward in the Norwegian conte...
Focus group interviews were conducted in this qualitative exploratory study. A purposive sample of 17 healthcare professionals working in a community virtual ward in Norway was interviewed. Data were ...
The study results show that healthcare professionals recognise a need for patient involvement in the community virtual ward to offer more sustainable healthcare services at home. Furthermore, the resu...
We found that interprofessional collaboration in community virtual wards may be a sustainable way of organising healthcare services for patients with multimorbidity living at home. Interprofessional c...
The aim of this study was to gain insight in motivators and demotivators of the Dutch neurosurgical residents and neurosurgeons....
A mixed method study was conducted. A survey was sent by the Dutch Neurosurgical Society to all Dutch neurosurgeons and residents in the framework of the yearly national quality conference. The focus ...
The survey yielded a response rate of 47.3% of neurosurgeons and 72.5% of residents. 42.5% of residents participated in the focus groups. Overall, motivators according to residents and neurosurgeons w...
Neurosurgeons and residents in neurosurgery are mostly motivated by intrinsic motivators. Factors such as administrative burden, less perceived respect from patients and society, and increase in non-p...
Data sharing can accelerate scientific discovery while increasing return on investment beyond the researcher or group that produced them. Data repositories enable data sharing and preservation over th...
