Factors affecting postpartum infection: A systematic review

Background: Puerperal infection is used to describe any bacterial infection of the reproductive tract after delivery. Identifying the factors affecting postpartum infections can reduce the risk and complications of such factors and postpartum maternal mortality. Objective: This structured study was designed to evaluate factors affecting postpartum infections. Methods: In this study, after selecting Scopus, PubMed, SID, and Web of Science electronic databases, all observational studies (cohort and case-control) available and published in Farsi and English to investigate factors affecting postpartum infections were searched. The search was performed using the terms postpartum, infection, wound infection, puerperium, reason, risk factor, and their equivalent Persian words from 2010 to November 2019 regardless of publication status. Results: Out of the 3227 studies obtained, 19 were reviewed after removing irrelevant articles, duplicates (shared in databases), and animal samples. Age, level of education, delivery method, presence of episiotomy, anemia due to postpartum hemorrhage, interventions and manipulations during childbirth, prenatal hygiene, Povidone Iodine usage before delivery to wash the vagina, antibiotic prevention, increased labor duration, obesity, and the presence of bacteria were common symptoms affecting postpartum infection. Conclusion: In this study, the factors affecting postpartum infection have been identified, some of which are avoidable. Identifying these factors helps reduce postpartum infections and their complications.

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Computational Experiment Study on Selection Mechanism of Project Delivery Method Based on Complex Factors

Mathematical Problems in Engineering ◽

10.1155/2014/701652 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Xiang Ding ◽

Zhaohan Sheng ◽

Jianguo Du ◽

Qian Li

Keyword(s):

Project Performance ◽

Project Delivery ◽

Main Task ◽

Delivery Method ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Project Complexity ◽

Design Build ◽

Delivery Planning ◽

Project Delivery Method ◽

Design Construction

Project delivery planning is a key stage used by the project owner (or project investor) for organizing design, construction, and other operations in a construction project. The main task in this stage is to select an appropriate project delivery method. In order to analyze different factors affecting the PDM selection, this paper establishes a multiagent model mainly to show how project complexity, governance strength, and market environment affect the project owner’s decision on PDM. Experiment results show that project owner usually choose Design-Build method when the project is very complex within a certain range. Besides, this paper points out that Design-Build method will be the prior choice when the potential contractors develop quickly. This paper provides the owners with methods and suggestions in terms of showing how the factors affect PDM selection, and it may improve the project performance.

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Factors affecting eating habits and knowledge of edible flowers in different countries

Open Agriculture ◽

10.1515/opag-2020-0208 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 67-81

Author(s):

Raquel P. F. Guiné ◽

Sofia G. Florença ◽

Ana Cristina Ferrão ◽

Maša Černelič Bizjak ◽

Blanka Vombergar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Statistical Tools ◽

Chi Square ◽

Classification Analysis ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Classification And Regression

Abstract The use of edible flowers (EF) in gastronomy is gaining popularity; however, there is still a lack of information about the factors that most contribute to the acceptance of this product. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the habits associated with the usage of EF in gastronomy in three different countries (Portugal, Slovenia, and Brazil) and also to evaluate the major determinants for those habits. In addition, the level of knowledge was also investigated, particularly with regard to the aspects such as perceived risks of toxicity and pesticides. For that, a questionnaire survey of self-response was carried out on a sample of 559 participants, from the above-mentioned countries. To analyse the data, basic descriptive statistical tools were used combined with crosstabs and chi-square tests. Finally, a tree classification was performed using the classification and regression trees algorithm. The results revealed that, regardless of the country, the participants were familiar with the use of EF in gastronomy. The participants had, in general, already consumed EF, and their use was more popular between the Portuguese participants, being the Brazilian those who used them less. Significant differences were found between the countries in the form of consumption of EF and also in the types of EF consumed. There were also significant differences regarding the reasons for eating EF. The classification analysis showed that the country and the level of education were the major determinants for the consuming habits and knowledge about EF. This study highlighted that eating habits are very dependent on the customs and traditions of each country and helped understanding the factors that most affect the participants’ attitudes towards the consumption and knowledge of EF.

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Analysis of Factors Affecting Technological Innovativeness in Engineering Enterprises in Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology ◽

10.52339/tjet.v34i1.454 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Emmanuel A. Mjema

Keyword(s):

Innovation Management ◽

Positive Culture ◽

Key Factors ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Fundamental Innovation ◽

Local Material ◽

The Right

This paper discusses the technological innovativeness in engineering enterprises in Tanzania and analyses the factors affecting the innovativeness. It starts by analyzing various concepts regarding innovation, then analyzed from documentary review factors affecting innovativeness and then analyzed the innovativeness in Tanzanian enterprises.From the documentary review it was learnt that the following key factors influence technological innovativeness: Existence of innovation management; Existence of market to absorb the products of innovation; Existence of partnership between the universities and the firms; Existence of positive culture and politics towards innovation; The governmentplaying its role to influence innovation; Existence of the right knowledge; and Ability of the enterprises to access to financing institutions that support innovation.The research shows that there is hardly any fundamental innovation in Tanzania, what is presented as innovation is the copying of technologies and manufacture them using local material. Theresearcher established the following factors affecting the innovativeness of engineering enterprises in Tanzania: Level of education among the entrepreneurs in engineering enterprises; financing for the enterprises in Tanzania; partnership with R&D institutions; innovativeness culture; and market for Tanzanian products.

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Tools for evaluation of restriction on auditory participation: systematic review of the literature

CoDAS ◽

10.1590/2317-1782/20152015008 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 400-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Valquíria Conceição Souza ◽

Stela Maris Aguiar Lemos

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Hearing Aids ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Web Of Science ◽

The Elderly ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Aural Rehabilitation ◽

Isi Web Of Science ◽

Hearing Handicap ◽

Bibliographic Collection

PURPOSE: To systematically review studies that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation in adults and the elderly.RESEARCH STRATEGY: Studies from the last five years were selected through a bibliographic collection of data in national and international journals in the following electronic databases: ISI Web of Science and Virtual Health Library - BIREME, which includes the LILACS and MEDLINE databases.SELECTION CRITERIA: Studies available fully; published in Portuguese, English, or Spanish; whose participants were adults and/or the elderly and that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.DATA ANALYSIS: Initially, the studies were selected based on the reading of titles and abstracts. Then, the articles were fully and the information was included in the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist.RESULTS: Three-hundred seventy studies were found in the researched databases; 14 of these studies were excluded because they were found in more than one database. The titles and abstracts of 356 articles were analyzed; 40 of them were selected for full reading, of which 26 articles were finally selected. In the present review, nine instruments were found for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.CONCLUSION: The most used questionnaires for the assessment of the restriction on auditory participation were the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE), Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), and Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening (HHIE-S). The use of restriction on auditory participation questionnaires can assist in validating decisions in audiology practices and be useful in the fitting of hearing aids and results of aural rehabilitation.

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Parental Factors Affecting the Incidence of Infantile Colic: A Systematic Review

Journal of Pediatrics Review ◽

10.32598/jpr.9.2.930.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 105-114

Author(s):

Mahbobeh Firooz ◽

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Fereshteh Eidy ◽

Zohreh Abbasi ◽

Seyed Javad Hosseini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Data Extraction ◽

Scientific Information ◽

Physical Factors ◽

Infantile Colic ◽

Parental Factors ◽

Factors Affecting

Context: Infantile Colic (IC) is an essential problem in infancy that is influenced by factors related to infants and parents. The parental factors associated with colic have not been comprehensively assessed. Objectives: The present systematic review was conducted to investigate the parental factors affecting the incidence of IC. Data Sources: Databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Google scholar, as well as Scientific Information Database (SID), and Magiran (Iranian websites) were searched to identify all eligible papers concerning parental factors affecting infantile CI. The registration number of this study was CRD42020163518 in the PROSPERO database. Study Selection: A total of 423 relevant articles published up to the end of December 2019 were assessed. The selected articles were screened based on duplicated, eligibility criteria, and quality appraisal. The main inclusion criteria were observational studies and articles in Persian and English languages. Data Extraction: The Mesh keywords and Boolean operators included (“risk factors” OR “causality”) AND (“parents” OR “fathers” OR “mothers”) AND (“infant”) AND (“colic”). Consequently, 18 papers were thoroughly studied and the related data were extracted. Two researchers independently performed the data extraction and quality assessment based on the STROBE checklist from the observational studies. The information of selected studies was recorded in a table, i.e. consisted of authors’ names, purpose, design, population, and main results. Results: Final articles consisted of 10 prospective, 6 cross-sectional, and 2 case-control studies. Eventually, the effective factors were placed in 6 categories, as follows: psychological factors, physical factors, taking medications, perinatal factors, family’s socioeconomic status, and maternal diet. The most important characteristics predisposing to IC were parental depression, anxiety, smoking, maternal history of migraine, young age, primiparity, low family support, high socioeconomic status, high-risk pregnancies, and delivery, taking antibiotics, as well as the consumption of celery, onions, and bananas. Conclusions: Various parental factors affect the incidence of colic. Identifying these risk factors and accurate planning can be beneficial in the prevention and treatment of IC.

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Livelihood assessment of avocado growing in western Kenya and its socioeconomic implications using agricultural extension services

International Journal of Agricultural Extension ◽

10.33687/ijae.006.02.2286 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 71-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ouma George ◽

Odhiambo G. Duncan ◽

Musyimi David ◽

Kwach Johnson

Keyword(s):

Cultural Practices ◽

Lake Victoria ◽

Social Scientist ◽

Agricultural Extension ◽

Lake Victoria Basin ◽

Extension Services ◽

Western Kenya ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Secondary Sources

Avocado (Persia americana) is an important world crop. In Kenya, it has become a very important crop but its production is limited by several factors. Studies were conducted in the Lake Victoria Basin counties of Bunyala in Busia, Kisumu, Muhoroni, Nyando and Rachuonyo in western Kenya to investigate the socioeconomic factors affecting Avocado production. Information were collected from focus group discussions, key informants, individual interviews and secondary sources. Statistical Package for Social Scientist was used to analyze data collected interpreted and reported. The objectives were to assess how Avocado growers in western Kenya using Agricultural extension services affects the Livelihood of farmers considering their level of education and extension services and the implication it has on their decisions making to invest in Avocado production. There was positive relationship within the participating farmers as relates their level of education, income and availability of extension services that led to high adoption of inputs, choice of rootstocks to grow the crop, varieties chosen, planting, cultural practices harvesting, storage and marketing.

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Factors Affecting the Number of Citations to Clinical Therapeutic Articles Mentioning Level of Evidence

Modern Care Journal ◽

10.5812/modernc.101287 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Hossein Beydokhti ◽

Nosrat Riahinia ◽

Hamid R Jamali ◽

Saeid Asadi ◽

Seyed Mohammad Riahi

Keyword(s):

Web Of Science ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Background Level ◽

Clinical Papers ◽

Level Of Evidence ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Article Type ◽

Pearson Correlation Test ◽

Level I ◽

Number Of Citations

Background: Level of evidence (LoE) is a hierarchical system for classifying the quality of studies. Objectives: This study examined the factors affecting the number of citations to clinical articles related to the treatment of human diseases that have included the LoE in their abstracts. Methods: A total of 3,683 therapeutic articles published between 2011 and 2013 that mentioned the LoE in their abstract and were indexed in PubMed and Web of Science were retrieved. The LoE and type of study design were extracted from abstracts and other bibliographic and citation information was obtained from PubMed and Web of Science databases. Independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation test and linear regression were used to analyze the relationship between the variables. Results: Articles with level I evidence had the lowest frequency (290, 7.9%) and articles with level IV had the highest frequency (1,831, 49.7%). Five-year citations ranged from zero to 215, with a median of 13 citations. The median values of five-year citations from level I to level V were 20.5, 15, 14, 11, and 6 citations, respectively. Evaluation of the models to examine the factors affecting the number of citations showed that the change of evidence-level from level I to V reduced the number of citations (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Journal Impact Factor, LoE, number of references, number of authors, number of title words, number of pages, article type and subject category accounted for about 25% of the variation in five-year citations of clinical papers. Clinical papers with high LoE (levels I & II) received more citations over a five-year period than those with lower LoE (levels III & IV).

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An Empirical Investigation of Factors Affecting Web-Based and Face-to-Face Student Satisfactions with Course Website

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector ◽

10.4018/jisss.2012040102 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 19-32

Author(s):

Qidong Cao ◽

Xue Bai ◽

Thomas E. Griffin

Keyword(s):

Student Satisfaction ◽

Correlation Coefficients ◽

Online Students ◽

Web Based ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Face To Face ◽

Education Delivery ◽

Website Features ◽

Z Transformation

Course Websites have been considered an increasingly important part of online as well as face-to-face education delivery formats. While a vast body of literature has been devoted to comparison of the online and traditional face-to-face courses, little research of student satisfaction with respect to course Websites differentiated between the online and face-to-face students. In order to improve quality of course Websites, the effort was aimed at identifying important predictors of the satisfaction of online students and face-to-face students. This study conducted Fisher’s z transformation and test to compare correlation coefficients of each of Website features and the student satisfaction between two groups of student. Williams’ T-test was performed to compare correlation coefficients, with the student satisfaction, of different Website features within one group, online or face-to-face students. The results showed that online students and face-to-face students had different focuses on Website features. Educational administrators, instructors and system developers might accordingly apply limited resources on improvement of most important features to efficiently increase student satisfaction.

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Obesity and dental caries: systematic review

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0034-8910.2013047004608 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 799-812 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Alexandre Emidio Ribeiro Silva ◽

Ana Maria Baptista Menezes ◽

Flavio Fernando Demarco ◽

Fabiana Vargas-Ferreira ◽

Marco Aurelio Peres

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Dental Caries ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Positive Association ◽

Sufficient Evidence ◽

Inverse Association

OBJECTIVE Identifying, through a systematic literature review, evidence of a possible association between obesity and dental caries. METHODS A search of articles published between 2005 and January 2012 was performed in the Medline/PubMed, LILACS and Web of Science databases. The quality of scientific evidence of the selected articles was assessed by the items proposed for observational studies in the Downs & Black instrument. RESULTS Initially, 537 references were found; after checking the titles and abstracts by two independent researchers, twenty-eight articles were selected for complete reading. Ten of them that assessed the primary and/or permanent dentition observed a positive association between obesity and dental caries and one study found an inverse association. According to the Downs & Black classification, thirteen articles with good scientific evidence were found. CONCLUSIONS The present review did not find sufficient evidence regarding the association between obesity and dental caries, and it did not clarify the possible role of diet and other possible effect modifiers on this association.

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Association between fish intake and glioma risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of International Medical Research ◽

10.1177/0300060520939695 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (8) ◽

pp. 030006052093969

Author(s):

Honcho Lei ◽

Chiho To ◽

Unpeng Lei

Keyword(s):

Effect Size ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Fish Intake ◽

Random Effects Model ◽

Eligibility Criteria ◽

Fresh Fish ◽

Glioma Risk ◽

The Relationship

Objectives We investigated the association between the consumption of fresh and processed fish and glioma risk using a meta-analysis approach. Methods We selected and analyzed observational studies that discussed the relationships between fresh and processed fish intake on glioma risk from PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the SinoMed and Wanfang databases from inception to 31 March 2020. Studies were selected according to pre-established eligibility criteria and data were extracted separately by two researchers. A meta-analysis was conducted based on a random-effects model to provide pooled odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results Eight studies considered the relationship between fish intake (seven fresh and seven processed fish) and glioma risk and were included in this meta-analysis. The OR effect size for fresh fish intake and glioma risk was 0.72 (95%CI 0.53–0.97) and the overall OR effect size for processed fish intake and glioma risk was 1.88 (95%CI 1.06–3.34). Conclusion Dietary intake of fresh fish may reduce the risk of glioma, but consumption of processed fish may increase the risk of glioma. This study had some limitations, and further studies are therefore required to clarify the associations between fish intake and glioma risk.

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