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11 Citations
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A Focus Group Interview Study of the Experience of Stress amongst School-Aged Children in Sweden

  • Alexandra Warghoff,
  • Sara Persson,
  • Pernilla Garmy and
  • Eva-Lena Einberg

The study explored experiences of stress in children aged 10–12. An inductive qualitative design was used. Ten focus group interviews were conducted with Swedish schoolchildren (n = 42) aged 10–12. The interviews were audio-recorded, tran...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,852 Views
15 Pages

Identification of Factors Necessary for Enabling Technology-Based Dietary Record Surveys: A Qualitative Focus Group Interview with Japanese Dietitians

  • Yuko Tousen,
  • Chifumi Shimomura,
  • Ai Yasudomi,
  • Yukie Kaneda,
  • Nanako Nishiwaki,
  • Mayumi Fujita,
  • Hiroko Oya,
  • Toshiro Kobori,
  • Masuko Kobori and
  • Hidemi Takimoto

18 October 2022

Weighed food records together with an in-person interview approach constitute the most basic methods used to estimate energy and nutrient intakes in dietary surveys. In the background of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic, the need for non-face-to...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,653 Views
11 Pages

The purpose was to investigate stress among adolescents (16–19 years old) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Focus group (n = 9) interviews with students at upper secondary schools (16–19 years old, n = 41) were cond...

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2 Citations
5,954 Views
16 Pages

Although patients with hypovolemic shock are common in clinical practice, nursing students have little chance of coming across them during their practicum. The main focus of this qualitative study was to explore the elements essential for a virtual r...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,244 Views
23 Pages

26 November 2023

The family environment plays a crucial role in creating the health behaviours of children and youth. This study aimed to explore the attitudes of parents with children aged 7–12 who represent an influential environment for creating the eating b...

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  • Open Access
1,010 Views
23 Pages

Components and Application Plans for Designing a Korean Forest Therapy Prescription Model: Using Case Examination and a Focus Group Interview (FGI)

  • Pyeongsik Yeon,
  • Neeeun Lee,
  • Sinae Kang,
  • Gayeon Kim,
  • Youngeun Seo,
  • Sooil Park,
  • Kyungsook Paek,
  • Saeyeon Choi,
  • Seyeon Park and
  • Jeonghee Lee
  • + 2 authors

Background: Although forest therapy services in South Korea have demonstrated mental and physical effects, there is no established system for forest therapy prescriptions. To this end, it is necessary to devise a systematic model for the introduction...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,641 Views
17 Pages

28 July 2022

Food waste in the food service industry is global and affects the whole world. Despite the fact that food service establishments are significant food waste producers, they have received less academic attention than other food waste producers. The aim...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,028 Views
20 Pages

30 December 2023

Nutrition education is a long-term process that should cover various population groups. A special focus should be placed on children, adolescents and their parents. The aim of this research was to find out the opinions of parents of primary school pu...

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26 Citations
5,556 Views
18 Pages

Virtual reality programs are being actively utilized in various education fields, but not many have been developed/used in nursing. This study aimed to explore the essential components and improvements needed in an adult nursing VR-based simulation t...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,021 Views
20 Pages

Modifiable lifestyle behaviors, such as lack of physical activity, smoking, and unhealthy diet, are associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases in postmenopausal women, in addition to other risk factors, such as aging and physiological change...

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1,859 Views
12 Pages

The Relational Experience of Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Family Caregivers: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis Study

  • Jani Lamarche,
  • Faye Ajmera,
  • Jonathan Avery,
  • Ghizlène Sehabi,
  • Sophie Lebel and
  • Rinat Nissim

Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) affects approximately 50% of family caregivers. While FCR in cancer patients has been well-documented, less is known about the experience of FCR in family caregivers. This study aimed to qualitatively explore the disti...

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8 Citations
4,272 Views
15 Pages

1 April 2024

Background: Vaccine hesitancy, delaying or refusing to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines, impedes the progress of achieving optimal HPV vaccine coverage. Little is known about the sources of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine hesitancy a...

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7 Citations
3,325 Views
11 Pages

Introduction: Ethiopian Health Extension Workers provide facility-based and outreach services, including home visits to manage sick children, aiming to increase equity in service coverage. Little is known about the scope of the outreach services and...

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5 Citations
3,774 Views
18 Pages

The provision of knowledge-based palliative care is rare in nursing homes. There are obstacles to practically performing this because it can be difficult to identify when the final stage of life begins for older persons. Educational interventions in...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,607 Views
16 Pages

Self-Learning about Herbal and Dietary Supplements: Perspectives Using the Theoretical Domains Framework

  • Mohd Shahezwan Abd Wahab,
  • Wan Nur Syamimi Wan Ismail,
  • Aida Azlina Ali,
  • Norkasihan Ibrahim,
  • Noordin Othman,
  • Nurul Aqmar Mohd Nor Hazalin,
  • Khang Wen Goh and
  • Long Chiau Ming

Background: Self-learning (SL) is a process in which individuals take the initiative to acquire knowledge with or without the help of others. Knowledge about herbal and dietary supplements (HDS) is important for pharmacists. Unfortunately, there is l...

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9 Citations
3,061 Views
17 Pages

Needs, Preferences, and Values during Different Treatment Decisions of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

  • Anna Koot,
  • Romana Netea-Maier,
  • Petronella Ottevanger,
  • Rosella Hermens and
  • Peep Stalmeier

20 July 2021

Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the needs, preferences, and values of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and the physicians treating patients with DTC regarding two different treatment decisions, namely: the exten...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,004 Views
17 Pages

29 January 2022

This study’s objective was to understand the physical activities and sports-related needs of people with disabilities in South Korea and how those needs should be reflected in policy and practice to improve these people’s quality of life....

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  • Open Access
63 Citations
12,785 Views
16 Pages

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Self-Isolation on Students and Staff in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study

  • Holly Knight,
  • Sophie Carlisle,
  • Mórna O’Connor,
  • Lydia Briggs,
  • Lauren Fothergill,
  • Amani Al-Oraibi,
  • Mehmet Yildirim,
  • Joanne R. Morling,
  • Jessica Corner and
  • Holly Blake
  • + 3 authors

This qualitative study explored the impact of COVID-19 self-isolation and social restriction measures on university students, through the perspectives of both students and the staff supporting them. The study comprised 11 focus groups (students) and...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,996 Views
21 Pages

23 March 2015

During 2013 and 2014, five focus-group interviews were conducted in Norway, Chile and Argentina in order to understand better how professors at social work programs understand professional issues and controversial social policy issues in their countr...

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822 Views
15 Pages

20 September 2025

Background/Objectives: With the acceleration of population ageing the need for integrated support in healthcare and caregiving is increasing, and the societal demand for improved service quality is also increasing. This study aims to explore how mult...

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29 Citations
5,773 Views
12 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a vast influence on Swedish society. Related recommendations and political decisions have greatly affected schools. This study aimed to describe school nurses’ experience working in Sweden during the pandemic in 2020. Th...

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7 Citations
15,392 Views
15 Pages

30 November 2022

Nurses who take care of patients with hematology have more difficulty in therapeutic communication. The aim of this study is to explore the therapeutic communication experiences of nurses caring for patients with hematology and the meaning of the ess...

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4 Citations
4,670 Views
15 Pages

Office workers spend up to two-thirds of their working hours sitting and are less physically active than other occupational groups. It is necessary to develop an effective approach to promote physical activity among office workers. We conducted a foc...

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1,520 Views
22 Pages

This study aims to evaluate the impact of integrating the Social, Ecological, Technological Systems (SETS) keyword coding—which categorizes sustainability themes into social, ecological, and technological dimensions—into seafood consumpti...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,271 Views
14 Pages

Muslim women’s perceptions of cultural, religious, and secular determinants of physical activity have been studied for many years, with information typically acquired through focus groups or interviews. Multiple reviews synthesizing the researc...

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3 Citations
2,252 Views
13 Pages

Integrated Care Model Salut+Social Assessment by Professionals, Informal Caregivers and Chronic or Social Dependent Patients: A Qualitative Study

  • Ester Gavaldà-Espelta,
  • Maria del Mar Lleixà-Fortuño,
  • Carina Aguilar Martín,
  • Macarena Pozo,
  • Maria Ferré-Ferraté,
  • Begoña Tomàs-Navarro,
  • Claudia Curto-Romeu,
  • Jorgina Lucas-Noll,
  • Jordi Baucells-Lluis and
  • Carmen Ferré-Grau
  • + 1 author

We explored the views of the professionals (from primary care and social services) and users (caregivers and patients) who participated in the clinical trial of the Salut+Social integrated care model to identify the implementation barriers and facili...

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12 Citations
5,245 Views
15 Pages

Background: Our understanding of gambling relapse is limited despite the damaging consequences affecting many aspects of the gambler’s life. Paradoxically, regardless of these negative consequences problem gamblers (PGs) continue to relapse, se...

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8 Citations
6,477 Views
14 Pages

Evaluating the Digital Transformation Performance of Retail by the DEA Approach

  • Ling-Jing Kao,
  • Chih-Chou Chiu,
  • Hung-Tse Lin,
  • Yun-Wei Hung and
  • Cheng-Chin Lu

13 June 2022

In recent years, under the impact of digitization, all industries around the world have undergone unprecedented changes. Such changes have not only altered people’s consumption behavior but have also forced enterprises to accelerate the pace of...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,275 Views
17 Pages

10 January 2023

Holiday vouchers are a tool that have been used for 40 years to encourage employees’ access to vacation and have been highlighted during the recent pandemic, when governments used them to support the tourism industry. Using a naturalistic inqui...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,451 Views
18 Pages

1 November 2024

We developed a basic lightweight powered wheelchair model using a participatory action design (PAD). We conducted two types of research to identify users’ desires and satisfaction with wheelchairs: one focused on identifying the problems and ne...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,166 Views
39 Pages

18 December 2024

Defects in apartment buildings significantly impact the convenience and safety of residents, and their prevalence has been steadily increasing. This study prioritizes the key defects in apartment buildings to enhance quality management. The primary c...

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9 Citations
4,495 Views
12 Pages

Patients’, Pharmacy Staff Members’, and Pharmacy Researchers’ Perceptions of Central Elements in Prescription Encounters at the Pharmacy Counter

  • Susanne Kaae,
  • Lotte Stig Nørgaard,
  • Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong,
  • Anna Birna Almarsdottir,
  • Mette Kofoed,
  • Rami Faris Daysh and
  • Nima Jowkar

Background: Studies suggest that the way pharmacy counselling takes place does not fully support patients in obtaining optimal medicine use. To understand the basis of current challenges in pharmacy counselling, we investigated which selected related...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,582 Views
22 Pages

PhD students’ poor mental health has been increasingly concerning. However, challenges among PhD students studying aboard are understudied. The Educational and Life Transitions (ELT) model postulates that international PhD students are subject...

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17 Citations
7,133 Views
10 Pages

Background: This study develops a school nurse competency framework for continuing education based on focus group interviews and a literature review. Methods: This study uses a qualitative content analysis with 12 school nurses. Six school nurses ver...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,602 Views
14 Pages

Support Needs and Expectations of People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Carers in Everyday Life: A European Study

  • Connie Lethin,
  • Elizabeth Hanson,
  • Eleni Margioti,
  • Carlos Chiatti,
  • Cristina Gagliardi,
  • Carlos Vaz de Carvalho and
  • Agneta Malmgren Fänge

30 June 2019

The aim of this study was to describe the needs and expectations of support within everyday life among community-dwelling people living well with an early stage dementia and their informal carers. The study employed a qualitative design. Data were co...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,143 Views
10 Pages

The aim of this qualitative study was to describe the factors that motivate older people to volunteer and how volunteering influences their social inclusion and communality. Data were collected using focus group interviews in 2020–2021 from old...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,226 Views
18 Pages

Tensions and Paradoxes of Stigma: Discussing Stigma in Mental Health Rehabilitation

  • Jenny Paananen,
  • Camilla Lindholm,
  • Melisa Stevanovic and
  • Elina Weiste

Mental illness remains as one of the most stigmatizing conditions in contemporary western societies. This study sheds light on how mental health professionals and rehabilitants perceive stigmatization. The qualitative study is based on stimulated foc...

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974 Views
21 Pages

18 June 2025

The expectations, plans and goals of future pastors are developed and consolidated during theological studies. These plans and expectations, and the career strategies based on them can have a decisive influence on how gender-based differences with re...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,196 Views
14 Pages

When the COVID-19 virus hit the world, immigrants were overrepresented among those infected. In Norway, throughout the pandemic, there were far higher infection rates in people of Somali and Pakistani descent than in the rest of the population. The f...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
13,460 Views
16 Pages

Linking Human Perceptions and Spotted Hyena Behavior in Urban Areas of Ethiopia

  • Julie K. Young,
  • D. Layne Coppock,
  • Jacopo A. Baggio,
  • Kerry A. Rood and
  • Gidey Yirga

15 December 2020

Humans have shaped carnivore behavior since at least the Middle Paleolithic period, about 42,000 years ago. In more recent times, spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in Ethiopia have adapted to living in urban areas, while humans have adapted to living...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,653 Views
17 Pages

21 October 2024

This study investigates the perspectives of key stakeholders—teachers, principals, and parents of students with disabilities—regarding the 2022 Revised Curriculum, which integrates sustainability and climate change education into the Crea...

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  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,010 Views
13 Pages

Facilitators of Physical Activity: Voices of Adolescents in a Disadvantaged Community

  • Linus Jonsson,
  • Christina Berg,
  • Christel Larsson,
  • Peter Korp and
  • Eva-Carin Lindgren

Despite increasing socioeconomic inequalities in the health and well-being of adolescents, the voices of adolescents in disadvantaged communities regarding facilitators of physical activity (PA) have received relatively little attention. In response,...

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5 Citations
5,351 Views
14 Pages

It is not uncommon for teachers to face challenging behavioral issues in their classrooms, including disruptive, aggressive, or insulting behavior toward peers or adults. In this paper, we describe what knowledge, skills, and support is needed among...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,873 Views
20 Pages

9 November 2023

Optimal nutrition is one of the most significant environmental factors affecting human health. The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of primary school students aged 7–9 towards nutrition considering three fundamental components: kno...

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3 Citations
8,393 Views
16 Pages

23 November 2021

A transport business that has reached financial sustainability is one that is providing a service at a price that not only covers its costs but also creates a profit for upcoming contingencies. A focus on rail infrastructure financial sustainability...

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17 Citations
6,002 Views
26 Pages

Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s leading cause of mortality, with a high burden especially among vulnerable populations. Interventions for primary prevention need to be further implemented in community and primary health care settings. C...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,758 Views
16 Pages

A Qualitative Study of the Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing ‘Sit-To-Stand’ Desks in Vocational Education and Training

  • Mara Kirschner,
  • Rianne H.J. Golsteijn,
  • Sanne M. Sijben,
  • Amika S. Singh,
  • Hans H.C.M. Savelberg and
  • Renate H.M. de Groot

While it has been shown that interrupting a person’s sedentary behaviour has the potential to improve cognitive, physical and mental health, a large part of time that students spend in school is sedentary. As research has shown that approximate...

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4 Citations
2,911 Views
11 Pages

Distress of Educators Teaching Nursing Students with Potential Learning Disabilities: A Qualitative Analysis

  • Mari Murakami,
  • Hiromi Kawasaki,
  • Zhengai Cui,
  • Hiroko Kokusho and
  • Masayuki Kakehashi

18 February 2023

Clinical training at Japanese nursing universities has an increasing need for individualized learning support for students with potential learning disabilities. Despite a high interest in student support, educators’ difficulties are neglected....

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5 Citations
3,740 Views
40 Pages

28 September 2023

Previous studies on residential satisfaction factors (RSFs) overlooked residents’ psychological needs. To bridge this gap, we linked RSFs to the Modified Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs (MMHN) through a three-step qualitative and quanti...

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7 Citations
2,593 Views
15 Pages

Exploring Transfer Potentials of the IMPROVEjob Intervention for Strengthening Workplace Health Management in Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Germany: A Qualitative Study

  • Anke Wagner,
  • Brigitte Werners,
  • Claudia Pieper,
  • Anna-Lisa Eilerts,
  • Tanja Seifried-Dübon,
  • Matthias Grot,
  • Florian Junne,
  • Birgitta M. Weltermann,
  • Monika A. Rieger and
  • Esther Rind

Micro- and small-sized enterprises (MSE), and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Germany are often burdened with high levels of psychosocial stressors at work. The IMPROVEjob intervention was originally developed for general practice teams,...

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