Phone Number Research Articles

Safety of Janssen Ad26.COV.S and Astra Zeneca AZD1222 COVID-19 Vaccines among Mobile Phone Users in Malawi: Findings from a National Mobile-Based Syndromic Surveillance Survey, July 2021 to December 2021

The safety profiles of the Ad26.COV2.S and AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccines have not been described in the general population in Malawi. We present self-reported adverse events (AE) following the receipt of these vaccines in Malawi as part of a national syndromic surveillance survey. We conducted phone-based syndromic surveillance surveys among adults (≥18 years) with verbal consent. We used secure tablets through random digit dialing to select mobile phone numbers and collected data electronically. Survey questions included whether the respondent had received the COVID-19 vaccines, whether they had experienced any AE following vaccination, and the severity of the AE. We used multivariable analysis to identify factors associated with self-reported AE post-COVID-19 vaccination. A total of 11,924 (36.0%) out of 33,150 respondents reported receiving at least one dose of either Ad26.COV2.S or AZD1222 between July–December 2021; of those, 65.1% were female. About 49.2% of the vaccine recipients reported at least one AE, 90.6% of which were mild, and 2.6% were severe. Higher education level and concern about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines were associated with AE self-report (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] 2.63 [95% CI 1.96–3.53] and 1.44, [95% CI 1.30–1.61], respectively), while male gender and older age were associated with reduced likelihood of AE self-report (AORs 0.81, [95% CI 0.75–0.88], 0.62 [95% CI 0.50–0.77], respectively). Ad26.COV2.S and AZD1222 vaccines are well-tolerated, with primarily mild and few severe AE among adults living in Malawi. Self-reporting of AE following COVID-19 vaccination is associated with gender, age, education, and concern about the safety of the vaccines. Recognizing these associations is key when designing and implementing COVID-19 vaccination communication messages to increase vaccination coverage.

Effects of Technology and Cybercrimes on Business and Social Media

In today’s world, technology has become an ever-growing factor in our lives and ever since COVID-19, we have seen the rise of a digital, AI, world. Technology has greatly developed, evolved, and impacted the world since 2020. It has made lives more accessible in terms of communication and interactions. Instead of commuting to work every day, many businesses turned to ZOOM or TEAMS calls. Instead of having a meet-up with friends, you could Facetime. The world was forced to move online leaving the real world behind. However, many people overlook technology’s impact on today’s world. Cybercrime and cyberattacks are some of the many problems that continue to arise. With the sudden move to the online world, cybersecurity was a term many people hadn’t grasped yet, leading many people to not understand the risk of not protecting their data online. Advancing technology has made many cybercrimes more common because people have personal information online linking bank accounts, addresses, and phone numbers left unprotected. Different cyber attacks include malware and ransomware attacks, identity theft and fraud, phishing and spear phishing, cyber espionage, cyber extortion, crypto-jacking, etc. The sectors that have been most affected are business and social media with Identity theft, spear-phishing, and fraud as leading attacks. The leading cybercrimes for these sectors are identity theft and ransomware attacks. For future generations, people have to learn about cybersecurity and cybercrime. This paper explains what cybercrime and cyber attacks are and how to protect and prevent these attacks.

2490. Improving Hepatitis C Continuum of Care in an Outpatient Internal Medicine Population

Abstract Background According to the WHO, approximately 71 million people are infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and more than 400,000 people die each year due to HCV-related liver diseases. Since the advent of safe and highly effective direct-acting antivirals (DAA) in 2014, treatment for HCV has been revolutionized with cure rates exceeding 90%. Although the detection of undiagnosed HCV infection itself likely has some inherent benefit, the impact of screening is greatly reduced if it does not lead to treatment and cure. Studies on the HCV continuum of care have concluded many patients are lost at each stage, highlighting the need to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and at-risk populations about hepatitis testing, referral, support, and care. A practical model to help fill care gaps in urban internal medicine clinics and improved treatment enrollment and adherence is necessary, which in turn will improve public health outcomes. Methods The objective of the study is to improve the continuum of care of HCV, from diagnosis to treatment of the disease at the outpatient Faculty Medical Center (FMC) Internal Medicine Clinic, and identify hurdles to treatment. We enrolled 31 patients who screened positive for hepatitis C antibody into a pooled cohort, where biweekly telephone encounters were initiated for 3 months to facilitate close follow-up, including scheduling labs and office visits and facilitating subspecialty referrals. (Table 1). Hepatitis C Continuum of Care Workflow HCV labs include HCV viral load and genotype, Fibroscan, Hepatitis B surface antigen, and antibody, Hepatitis A antibody, and HIV 1/2 antibody test. Results Six months post-study, 7 out of 31 (22%) patients enrolled in our intensive follow-up completed treatment. Among the patients who were lost to follow-up, the most common issue encountered was following up with specialists (58%). The most common communication barrier was patients having inactive phone numbers. Results Conclusion Our next step is to establish an HCV clinic within our FMC Internal Medicine Center to expand access to care for HCV-affected patients. The HCV clinic will include coordination with the Infectious Diseases specialist through E-Consult and TriHealth Specialty Pharmacy. The impact will be early treatment of HCV-affected patients, improved treatment success which ultimately reduces the risk of transmission and progression of the disease, and improved quality of life. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

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Parents-Teachers’ Collaborative Strategies and Challenges in Managing Truancy in Public Primary Schools in Tabora, Tanzania

This study examined the collaborative strategies used by parents and teachers in managing pupils' truancy in government primary schools in Tanzania and the challenges they faced. The study was conducted in six primary schools in Kaliua district, Tabora region. A mixed-methods research approach with the convergent parallel design was employed. One hundred seventy-four (174) participants were involved, including the District Primary Educational Officer, Ward Educational Officer, parents, and teachers. Data were collected through interviews, questionnaires, and documentary reviews. Qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis, whereas the quantitative data were evaluated descriptively using SPSS version 26 to compute the frequency, mean, and percentages. The findings revealed that communication between parents and teachers, parents and teachers' meetings, classroom attendance, and local government involvement were being used in managing truancy. Besides, it was noted that challenges emerged when using the mentioned strategies. These challenges were mainly on the parents' side. Such challenges including parents' phone numbers being unavailable, parents’ nonattendance to school meetings, and unchecked classroom attendance. This study concludes that collaboration between parents and teachers allows them to nurture pupils while they are at home and at school. The study recommends that the government needs to educate parents to ensure effective collaboration with teachers to reduce or eliminate truancy among pupils.

Foreign experience in training operators of the Emergency Assistance System for the population via a single telephone number 112

For a person who finds himself in a situation where there is a threat to his life or health, or the life or health of his relatives, the time within which the competent authorities will come to his aid is critically important. In order to respond to emergencies in a timely manner, Ukraine has established a mechanism for responding to citizens' appeals. This mechanism includes the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the National Police of Ukraine, emergency (ambulance) medical care, emergency gas service and other emergency services. However, it is not entirely convenient to call these services for help, as the call is made by different phone numbers and in situations where a variety of phone numbers will lead to a loss of time and serious consequences.
 Ukraine's integration into the European community requires our country to review the mechanisms for protecting a person in an emergency situation. It is established that the main purpose of implementing the system of emergency assistance to the single telephone number 112 in Ukraine is to provide timely assistance to European level with the ability to communicate in foreign languages, prompt involvement of necessary emergency services, which is a decisive factor in providing assistance, emergency response.
 The article also considers the issues of training employees who receive calls to the single emergency number «112», their interaction with each other during the performance of duties at emergency response centers, as well as their interaction with employees who directly provide assistance to scene. It is established that the training of operators who organize the rescue operation is carried out at the police academy.
 The training system for 112 Centre operators in Estonia is one of the best in the world and can be borrowed for implementation in Ukraine. At the same time, the «Emergency Assistance System for the Population via a Single Phone Number 112» is a rather complex mechanism for the implementation of which, in addition to analysing positive foreign experience, it is necessary to involve a fairly wide range of specialists from various fields, and therefore to create an appropriate regulatory framework to regulate the interaction between different response services.

Analisis Kesesuian Gambar Dan Penggunaan Kata Dan Tanda Baca Pada Media Spanduk Berbasis Digital

This research aims to analyze the suitability of images and the use of words and punctuation on digital media. The research method used was observation of a digital banner displaying an image of a chair with the words "UP TO 50% OFF" and an image of a meatball bowl with a discount offer of up to 50% as well as the information "Weekend Special Delicious Food Menu." The research results showed that the use of an image of a chair and the meatball bowl effectively supports the message you want to convey. The color design chosen, such as the dominance of orange on the meatball banner, gives an impression that matches the characteristics of the food offered. The use of the word "delicious" in the text "Weekend Special Delicious Food Menu" provides added value in arousing the reader's appetite. In addition, the arrow pointing to the text "Home Delivery" on the meatball banner helps convey delivery service information clearly. The "Order Now" instruction with the addition of a telephone number and website address provides clear guidance to consumers for placing an order. The use of punctuation, such as commas and periods, on the banner effectively separates the information and improves readability. Punctuation helps readers clearly understand any information presented, such as phone numbers and website addresses.

Prevalence and determinants of health literacy among the adult population of Qatar.

Health literacy (HL) is both a direct determinant and a mediator of health outcomes. Research on the prevalence and determinants of HL in terms of its functional, communicative, and critical domains is scarce in the state of Qatar and its surrounding regions. Thus, this study aims to fill the knowledge gap in this area, estimate the levels of functional, communicative, and critical health literacy among the general adult population, and identify its determinants in the state of Qatar. An analytical cross-sectional study with a disproportionate stratified random sampling technique was conducted in 2022. A representative sample of phone numbers was obtained from the Cerner database at Hamad Medical Corporation and approached via well-trained data collectors. A socio-demographic and health-relevant factor questionnaire and the validated All Aspects of Health Literacy scale (AAHLS) were used to collect the data on functional, communicative, and critical HL and their determinants. Descriptive analysis, independent sample t-test, ANOVA, and linear regression were used and yielded the outcomes on HL levels as low, adequate, and high in percentages and the HL determinants. A total of 770 participants were included. The study found that 41.5%, 29.3%, and 29.2% of them have adequate, high, and low overall HL levels consecutively. People who participated in the study are older adult, are of Arabic ethnicity, are of Qatari ethnicity, have a lower level of education, have close relatives with a lower level of education, have a lower income, are non-migrants, are not living within a family, sought medical care within the last week, and who do not know if they have a chronic disease or do not have lower overall HL levels compared to the other groups. After linear regression analysis, only the participant's level of education and "last time sought medical care within last week" variable predict the overall HL score. Almost half of Qatar's adult population has an adequate HL level, comparable to the HL levels in other regions, despite the limitation in comparison due to variation in context and the HL measurement tools used. The possible determinants are amenable factors to focus on while designing HL interventions and providing healthcare.

The lifeline and advanced practice nursing/intervention prevention perspective

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (hereinafter referred to as The Lifeline) is a national effort to provide mental health crisis support for individuals or 3rd parties (requesting help for others) via a three-digit phone number. Since July 2022, the Lifeline is part of a national effort to assist individuals who are suicidal, homicidal, or distressed. Over half of suicides in the United States are completed with a gun, hence the need for an effort to focus on prevention related to a growing tragic loss of life. Psychiatric mental health nurses can be part of the prevention focus by promoting and discussing The Lifeline resource with patients, families, and colleagues. The majority of individuals requiring psychiatric-mental health services are living in the community and not institutionalized; therefore, The Lifeline is an invaluable resource to support wellness and well-being.

Facilitated WhatsApp Support Groups for Youth Living With HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: Single-Arm Pilot Intervention Study.

Mobile technology can support HIV care, but studies in youth are limited. In 2014, youth receiving HIV care at several health care facilities in Nairobi, Kenya spontaneously formed peer support groups using the social media platform WhatsApp. Inspired by youth-initiated groups, we aimed to evaluate the use of WhatsApp to deliver a social support intervention to improve HIV treatment and psychosocial outcomes in youth. We developed a facilitated WhatsApp group intervention (named Vijana-SMART), which was grounded in social support theory and guided by the design recommendations of youth living with HIV. This paper evaluates the intervention's acceptability and pre-post changes in health outcomes. The intervention involved interactive WhatsApp groups facilitated by study staff for 6 months, with each group having approximately 25 members. Study staff sent weekly structured messages, and the message content was based on social support theory and encouraged unstructured peer-to-peer messaging and support. We conducted a single-arm pilot among 55 youth living with HIV aged 14-24 years recruited from a government health care facility serving a mixed-income area of Nairobi. At enrollment and follow-up, self-report questionnaires assessed acceptability; antiretroviral therapy (ART) information, motivation, and behavioral skills (IMB); depression; social support; stigma; resilience; and ART adherence. All participants received the intervention. We used generalized estimating equations (GEEs) clustered by participant to evaluate changes in scores from baseline to follow-up, and correlates of participant WhatsApp messaging. The median participant age was 18 years, and 67% (37/55) were female. Intervention acceptability was high. All participants reported that it was helpful, and 73% (38/52) sent ≥1 WhatsApp message. Messaging levels varied considerably between participants and were higher during school holidays, earlier in the intervention period, and among youth aged ≥18 years. IMB scores increased from enrollment to follow-up (66.9% to 71.3%; P<.001). Stigma scores also increased (8.3% to 16.7%; P=.001), and resilience scores decreased (75.0% to 70.0%; P<.001). We found no significant change in ART adherence, social support, or depression. We detected a positive association between the level of messaging during the study and the resilience score, but no significant association between messaging and other outcomes. Once enrolled, it was common for participants to change their phone numbers or leave the groups and request to be added back, which may present implementation challenges at a larger scale. Increased IMB scores following WhatsApp group participation may improve HIV outcomes. Increased stigma and decreased resilience were unintended consequences and may reflect transient effects of group sharing of challenging experiences, which should be addressed in larger randomized evaluations. WhatsApp groups present a promising and acceptable modality to deliver supportive interventions to youth living with HIV beyond the clinic, and further evaluation is warranted. ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05634265); https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05634265.

Is life brighter when your phone is not? The efficacy of a grayscale smartphone intervention addressing digital well-being

In response to the growing public concern about digital well-being, many tools have been developed for individuals to reduce their screen time. An understudied but promising self-nudge intervention is turning off smartphone screen colors (i.e., grayscaling). Since a grayscale setting is available on all smartphones, it has the potential to be an easily implemented intervention. The main aim of the current study was to assess the efficacy of a grayscale intervention by addressing its effects on both objective smartphone behavior as well as on daily subjective indicators of digital well-being. Participants’ smartphone use was tracked for 2 weeks ( N = 84). The first week served as a baseline measure, followed by a 1-week grayscale intervention. Findings indicate that daily screen time was significantly reduced by 20 min, yet the daily number of phone unlocks did not change, suggesting deep-rooted checking habits. Moreover, grayscaling improved perceived control over one's smartphone use, and reduced perceived overuse, online vigilance, and stress, but did not affect productivity or sleep quality. Overall, findings indicate that grayscaling is an effective strategy to reduce screen time and improve digital well-being.

PSIX-24 Social Trust in a Small Dairy Farmer Organization in Southeast Brazil

Abstract The objective of this study was to analyze the social trust in a group of dairy farmers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The related Association of Dairy Producers (ADP) is like most small rural organizations present in Brazil that emerged to meet the public policies. Current assessment had three stages: a) identifying producers; b) applying the surveys; and c) data analyses. The producer association was unable to provide some basic information about its members (such as phone number), which signals a lack of trust. To identify the ADP members, it was necessary to visit the milking parlor expansion tanks to find such contact. Another situation reinforced the first impression regarding the lack of social trust: an ADP member did not authorize the access to to the research conduct the surveys for the members that used the expansion tank installed on his land. The surveys were then conducted at four out of five locations where expansion tanks were installed. Among the ADP members surveyed, 68.75% answered the survey. Approximately 82% of respondents indicated caution when dealing people in general (inside or outside the ADP). Although there was an indication of lack of social trust, 54.4% of producers trusted entirely the ADP; 22.7% partially trusted; 13.6% were indifferent; 4.5% had low trust, and 4.5% did not trust. When voluntary participation in decision in the association activities was questioned, 68.2% of the surveyed members answered “actively participate”, 31.8% “participate without actions,” and none of the surveyed members admitted no participation. Approximately 82% of the surveyed members had a positive perception of the association, while 18% believed it was not properly managed and inferred no longer assist with it in the future. A greater participation in the association activities may have not being observed due to the fact that current association was transitioning into a cooperative business model at the time of current data collection. For 18.25% of the members, the two main causes of the distrust in the recently created agricultural cooperative was related to: a) the requirement to obligatory become a member; and b) the delay in the construction completion of the dairy processing plant. The results suggest that producers show signs of general social distrust, indicated by concerns regarding the advantages, disadvantages, or even the risks associated with becoming members of the agricultural cooperative. Nonetheless, the vast majority of producer members trusted in the association. Further assessment is warranted to investigate if the source of general social mistrust observed erupted from internal (local community) or external (city, state, and federal public policies) venues of the society.

Assessing the Quality of Recruitment Information on Skull Base Surgical Fellowship Program Websites.

Introduction The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), North American Skull Base Society (NASBS), American Rhinologic Society (ARS), and American Neurotology Society (ANS) fellowship directories are important information repositories for skull base surgical fellowship programs. However, there is limited research on the amount and depth of information available through these resources. The objective of the present study is to assess Web site accessibility and information availability for individual fellowship programs listed within the AANS, NASBS, ARS, and ANS fellowship directories. Methods Lists of all accredited skull base surgical programs were obtained from the AANS and NASBS fellowship directories. Duplications in listed programs were removed, and systematic queries via an online search engine were conducted to identify fellowship Web sites. From each available Web site, information pertaining to 24 different variables was collected and organized into two categories-recruitment and education. Differences in the availability of information on recruitment and education were then compared across Web sites and contextualized relative to other surgical specialties. Results After excluding duplicates, 113 fellowship programs were identified, of which 99 (87.6%) had accessible Web sites. Of the 48 listed by the NASBS, direct Web site links were available for 33 (68.8%), email contacts were accessible for 32 (66.7%), and phone numbers were listed for 6 (12.5%). Of the 39 programs listed by the AANS, none included Web site links, 38 (97.4%) provided an email contact, and 39 (100%) listed a departmental contact telephone number. All 28 (100%) programs listed by the ANS provided a phone and email contact in addition to a Web site link to each institutional Web site. Of the 33 programs listed by the ARS, 29 (88%) had a departmental contact telephone number, 31 (94%) had an email contact available, and 4 (12%) had a program Web site link directly available from the database Web site. Of the 99 total programs, fellowship Web sites displayed an average of 5.46 (42.0%) of the 13 recruitment features and 4.80 (42.6%) of the 11 education features. Programs in the geographic Northeast were significantly less likely to present information pertaining to recruitment ( p = 0.023). Furthermore, programs in geographic Northeast and West were significantly less likely to present information focused on surgical training and/or education ( p = 0.006). Conclusion Although many skull base fellowship programs have maintained comprehensive program Web sites, certain critical aspects remain deficient, and some programs provide little to no information. Providing more detailed information about programs can prove mutually beneficial for fellowship program directors and candidates.

Prevalence of behavioural and biological risk factors for non-communicable diseases among the population of Moscow

Introduction. High mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Russia and worldwide, as well as the need to assess effectiveness of the government initiatives aimed at preventing the NCD spread, substantiate monitoring of the dynamics in prevalence of the NCD main risk factors in the region.&#x0D; The purpose was to study the prevalence of risk factors in the Moscow residents over seventeen years.&#x0D; Material and methods. 805 Moscow residents over seventeen years participated in a telephone survey (2022). Mobile and landline phone numbers were selected using a random, systematic, stratified, dual-frame sampling method applied according to the main module of the STEPS questionnaire, with some questions from the expanded module.&#x0D; Results. The monitoring results allowed identifying prevalence of the NCD behavioural and biological risk factors among Muscovites associated with the use of nicotine-containing products, alcohol, vegetables/fruits, and salt consumption, adherence to physical activity, high blood pressure, high glucose and cholesterol levels, a history of cardiovascular diseases, cervical cancer screening, and the use of certain medications and alternative medicine. Specifically, 29% of those surveyed consumed tobacco products, 13% had excessive alcohol use in the past month, 14% were regular salt users, 53% did not consume enough fruits and vegetables, and 20% did not meet WHO standards for physical activity. Health care providers had ever told 44% of those surveyed that they had high blood pressure, 16% that they had high sugar, and 32% that they had high cholesterol level.&#x0D; Limitations. The study was conducted as a telephone survey, so we were unable to obtain physical/biochemical data or investigate the impact of visual presentation on respondents.&#x0D; Conclusion. The information obtained can make a contribution to the existing public health programs and can be useful as a basis for future strategies aimed at combating NCDs.

Indonesian Blogger Analyzing Bjorka Hacker

Indonesia is a target for international hackers. Weak public data security systems and the negligence of those who are authorized to guard data are used by hackers. Sensitive citizen data such as identity cards, family card numbers, cell phone numbers, passport numbers, and so on are weighted by Bjorka hackers. The Indonesian government found it difficult to arrest Bjorka and even arrested several times the wrong person he thought was Bjorka. This research tries to describe bloggers in Indonesia in an effort to clarify the figure of Bjorka. Researchers use Discourse/Non-Discourse Analysis. Indonesian bloggers believe that Bjorka is not a foreigner. By analyzing Indonesian Bjorka English, bloggers find Indoglish: “because since,” “a noise,”. Bjorka's excessive knowledge of Indonesians per case also indicates that he is part of Indonesia. He knows about the Munir, Denny Siregar, Puan Maharani, and Permadi Arya cases. Bjorka has higher political motives than economic ones. Bjorka's actions are not just data theft. He is part of a political game that is not visible to the eye. Bjorka was part of a power struggle.

Contextual Reinforcement, Entity Delimitation and Generative Data Augmentation for Entity Recognition and Relation Extraction in Official Documents

Transformer architectures have become the main component of various state-of-the-art methods for natural language processing tasks, such as Named Entity Recognition and Relation Extraction (NER+RE). As these architectures rely on semantic (contextual) aspects of word sequences, they may fail to accurately identify and delimit entity spans when there is little semantic context surrounding the named entities. This is the case of entities composed only by digits and punctuation, such as IDs and phone numbers, as well as long composed names. In this article, we propose new techniques for contextual reinforcement and entity delimitation based on pre- and post-processing techniques to provide a richer semantic context, improving SpERT, a state-of-the-art Span-based Entity and Relation Transformer. To provide further context to the training process of NER+RE, we propose a data augmentation technique based on Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPT). We evaluate our strategies using real data from public administration documents (official gazettes and biddings) and court lawsuits. Our results show that our pre- and post-processing strategies, when used co-jointly, allows significant improvements on NER+ER effectiveness, while we also show the benefits of using GPT for training data augmentation.

The effects of working conditions on work life in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) patients

Introduction: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a common autoinflammatory disease, especially in Mediterranean populations. FMF typically occurs with fever and serositis attacks and can negatively affect the individual's life. In our study, we aimed to investigate the effects of working conditions and the disease course on the work life of FMF patients.&#x0D; Methods: The adult patients with pathogenic or likely pathogenic mutations in the MEFV gene who applied to our medical genetic outpatient clinic of the Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University between 01.01.2010 and 01.08.2020 were included in our study. We created a questionnaire of 34 questions, which included sociodemographic data, information about the FMF course of the patients, and the effects of work conditions and FMF on the work life of these patients. The questionnaire link, created over Google Drive, was sent to the patient's current mobile phone numbers via text message, and the answers received until 31.12.2020 were evaluated.&#x0D; Results: A total of 154 survey responses were obtained, and 113 were eligible for our study. Twenty-four of 104 (23.1%) participants who have worked in any job so far stated that they have changed or quit their jobs because of increased or worsening FMF attacks. Of 72 participants who have been working actively for the last year, 4 (5.6%) of them we are reported that they have a health problem in the workplace due to FMF disease. The statistically significant relationships were found between the FMF-induced changing or quitting job and the attack number in the last year regardless of attack severity, work-related adverse psychological effects, the mode of transportation to work, and the physical conditions in the working environment.&#x0D; Conclusion: We suggest that the regulation of work environments, considering the factors that trigger attacks in FMF patients, will contribute to the increase in quality of life and work performance in these patients.

The Experiences of The Patients’ Relatives During COVID-19 Intensive Care Process: A Qualitative Study

This study is a qualitative study carried out to determine the experiences and opinions of the relatives of patients treated in intensive care with the diagnosis of COVID-19 during the pandemic process. A qualitative study using inductive content analysis. The relatives of 14 patients testing COVID-19 positive and treated in the intensive care unit were included in the study. The data were collected through online interviews with patient relatives. After the interviews, the data were recorded and analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. After completing the interviews with the relatives, 4 main themes and sub-themes were determined. Relatives of the patients expressed the importance of the patient in the intensive care unit in their lives as "congenital companion", "family elders", and " My mom!. In our study, it was determined that the relatives of the patients experienced fear, uncertainty, and personal, pandemic-related anxiety due to the process since their patients were in the intensive care unit. In the study, the doctors of the patients who were treated with the diagnosis of COVID-19 in the general intensive care unit were interviewed and their phone numbers were obtained in order to talk to the relatives of the patients.

Improving of the G2C Payment Mechanism as the Part of the Development of the Social Treasury Project Using the Russian National Payment System

The purpose of the study is to consider the possibility of improving the G2C payment mechanism in the context of the digital transformation of the social sphere, as well as to develop a methodological concept for a model for implementing a centralized payment service in the social sphere. The authors reviewed the proposals of Russian and foreign researchers to standardize forms of interaction between citizens and the state. Approaches to understanding the effectiveness of the social security model have been studied; the possibilities for improving state programs for the development of the social treasury and the national payment system have been analyzed; recommendations have been proposed based on the best payment solutions in the field of social security. Based on the results of the study, the authors developed a model of the centralized payment service “SBP ZH”, integrating SBP into the unified state information system for social security (USISSS), which simplifies the “client path” due to simple and convenient identification of beneficiaries of social assistance by phone number. The results of the implementation of the model will be: an increase in the number of recipients of social assistance among residents of populated areas of the country who do not have access to the Internet, and the population of new constituent entities of the Russian Federation (in the context of a lack of payment infrastructure), as well as an increase in the share of non-cash money turnover by 5–6%. The proposed measure for the implementation of the G2C payment mechanism works within the framework of such areas as the Social Treasury project and the Development Strategy of the National Payment System for 2021–2023.

Multilingual research assistants activate foreign-born persons to respond a survey in Finland

Abstract Background The decline in response rate is a major universal concern in population studies. This study demonstrates multilingual research assistants’ (n = 11) perceptions of the factors that influenced research participation in the National survey on health, well-being, and service use among the foreign-born population (MoniSuomi). Participation in the survey was possible via a questionnaire or a short interview by phone. Methods The interviewees were selected with purposeful sampling. Six semi-structured interviews with the research assistants were conducted in March 2023. The data were thematically analysed. Results Preliminary results can be arranged into three categories. The factors related to the 1) research assistant 2) responder and 3) research institute. The most influencing elements seemed to be the research assistant's ability to speak the participant's mother tongue, the participant's experience of inclusiveness, and their perception of the research institution. The response rate for those who were reached out by the multilingual research assistants was substantially higher (61.6%) compared to those whose phone number was not available (40.1%). The interviewees emphasized the importance of being involved additionally in the planning and reporting phases of a survey. Conclusions The findings of the study suggest that multilingual research assistants play an important role in activating foreign-born population to respond in a survey. However, participants’ experiences and the research institution's image are also to be considered. Key messages • Utilizing the knowledge of the target population is essential to the success of a survey. • Multilingual research assistants can represent the voice of foreign-born population during the conduction of a survey.