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The journey to healing: exploring travel challenges and associated costs for cancer care at a tertiary care centre in Puducherry, Southern India – a mixed methods study

Objectives This study aims to assess travel time, associated costs, challenges and factors influencing healthcare facility choices among persons with cancer in Southern India. Design An explanatory ...
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Effectiveness of exercise-based sports injury prevention programmes in reducing injury rates in adolescents and their implementation in the community: a mixed-methods ...

1 Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore 2 National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore 3 ...
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Influences on the mental health and well-being of retired professional athletes from high contact team sports: a mixed methods systematic review

Objective To report the prevalence of mental health symptoms and influencing factors in retired professional high contact team sport (HCTS) athletes. Design Mixed-methods systematic review. Data ...
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QQM Checklist enhances research quality appraisal across quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods

Evaluating research quality is central to building scientific knowledge, yet social sciences often face challenges due to methodological limits and disciplinary biases in existing tools. A new study ...
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Barriers to and facilitators of exercise in children with asthma: protocol for a qualitative meta-synthesis

Introduction With the increasing prevalence of asthma in children, exercise has become an essential component of asthma management, playing a significant role in improving overall health and quality ...