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{"title":"Experience of observation skill workshop intervention for ophthalmologists in fellowship training.","authors":"Snigdha Snigdha, Avinash Pathengay, Anamika Patel, Shefali Pandey, Shobha Mocherla, Ruby Kala Prakasam","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.148008.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.148008.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To gauge the impact of an interventional workshop conducted to measure the observation skills of 34 postgraduates during induction into an ophthalmology fellowship.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A seven-hour workshop was conducted with the ophthalmology trainees. Trainees from the 2022 batch of ophthalmology fellowships (21 females and 13 males) were included in the study. The pre-workshop assessment comprised two non-clinical images to spot the difference and five clinical images from various subspecialties of ophthalmology. This was followed by workshop and Post workshop assessment. The pre- and post-observation grades of participants were then compared by masked ophthalmologists. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare scores at two time points, with a p-value < 0.05 for statistical significance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Statistical analysis revealed that the observation skill score was significantly higher after the workshop intervention (M _d = 4.00, n = 34) compared to the pre-workshop score (M _d = 1.85, n = 34), p-value = 0.000.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Workshops on specific/selected foundational skills, such as observation skills and communication skills, must be integrated into the curricula of basic medical degree and specialty medicine to equip medical professionals with attentive observation and deep learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"524"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11484534/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142461537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Centering Social Justice and Equity in Research on Accessibility to Public Buildings for Individuals with Mobility Disabilities: A scoping review.","authors":"Sidhiprada Mohapatra, G Arun Maiya, Ullas U Nayak, Leno Benny, Joanne Watson, Amit Kinjawadekar, Rama Devi Nandineni","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.153797.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.153797.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To explore how principles of social justice and equity are integrated into research concerning accessibility to public buildings for individuals with mobility disabilities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Utilising a scoping review methodology to assess literature based on the criteria set by the Joanna Briggs Institute, seven databases were screened. Studies were selected using the framework: \"persons with mobility disabilities\" AND \"accessibility\" AND \"public buildings\". A theoretical framework helped to extract codes and develop themes through an inductive-deductive analysis method. The results are presented descriptively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The examination of 84 studies uncovered a complex interplay between agencies, systemic challenges, discriminatory practices, and societal attitudes perpetuating marginalisation of individuals with mobility disabilities in their access to public buildings. The recommendations emphasize importance of practical measures, research imperatives, and policy developments to promote inclusivity. We present a 'Ten-step approach' to integrate social justice and equity into research on accessibility in public buildings for people with mobility disabilities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Integrating diversity, active participation, and inclusive methodologies are essential to address systemic issues, discriminatory practices, and societal attitudes that hinder accessibility and inclusion. Collaborations with diverse stakeholders are crucial for policy changes, resource allocation, and advancing social justice and equity in accessibility research and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"930"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11490833/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142461534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of priming duration and rhizosphere bacteria metabolite concentration on the germinability of cowpea, soybean, sesame, and okra seeds.","authors":"Oghenerobor Akpor, Ayotunde Ajinde, Tolulope Ogunnusi","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.137322.4","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.137322.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seed priming enhances germination and growth, which are important determinants of crop yield. This study was carried out to assess the effect of priming duration and metabolite concentration on the priming of five (5) different crops, using the metabolites of five (5) bacterial isolates. The crop seeds were treated in the cold-extracted metabolites of the five isolates at five (5) different priming durations (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 h) and then in five metabolite concentrations (200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 mg/L) of the five extracted metabolites at the optimal priming duration determined in the first experiment. Characterization of the cold-extracted metabolites was also carried out using gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Results revealed that priming cowpea and soybean for longer durations (< 3 h) could hinder their growth and development. Lower concentrations were observed to be optimal for cowpea and soybean, but for sesame and okra, there was no detectable pattern with metabolite concentration. The GC-MS revealed the presence of some molecules (e.g. hexadecanoic acid) that have shown plant growth promotion potential in other studies. This study showed that seeds with large endosperm, such as, cowpea and soybean, are more prone to the deleterious effects of treatment for longer durations. Further experiments should be carried out to isolate and purify the bioactive moieties for further studies and onward application.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"12 ","pages":"781"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11450368/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142380421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plasma glucose, HbA1c, insulin and lipid profile in Sudanese type 2 diabetic patients with cardiovascular disease: a case control study.","authors":"Salsabbil Idris Abdallah, Nuha Eljailli Abubaker, Mariam Abbas Ibrahim, Ahmed Abd Alla, Rami Adam Humaida","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.110927.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.110927.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its consequences are a serious global public health issue. By 2030, the number of people with type 2 diabetes is predicted to reach 439 million. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the plasma levels of glucose, HbA1c, insulin, and lipid profile in Sudanese T2DM patients. <b>Methods:</b> This case control study included 165 Sudanese patients with diabetic type 2 and a cardiovascular condition as cases and 165 diabetic type 2 volunteers without a cardiovascular disorder as controls. The concentrations of plasma glucose, HbA1c, and lipid profile were assessed using a Mindray BS-480 auto-chemistry analyzer, and insulin was analyzed using a Cobase 411 auto analyzer. The collected data were analyzed using statistical tools for social science computer programs (SPSS version 21). <b>Results:</b> According to the findings, (59.4%) of patients between the ages of (50-69). Females made up 50.9%. (38.2%) of patients had an illness duration of between (8-15 years). (41.8%) of individuals did not have hypertension. There was a substantial rise in BMI, FBG, HbA1c, HDL-C, and insulin among diabetics with cardiovascular disease compared to diabetics without cardiovascular disease (p-value = 0.001, 0.000, 0.018, and 0.000). Females had significantly higher blood TC, LDL-C, HDL-C, and BMI than males (p-values = 0.000, 0,001, and 0.000, respectively). There were significant positive correlation between FBS, HBA1c, insulin and duration of disease (r=0.155, p, value=0.005) (r=0.160, p, value=0.004)(r=0.103, p. value=0.061)respectively, while there were significant negative correlation between TC, TG,LDL-C, HDL-C and duration of disease (r=-0.152, p, value= 0.006)(r=-0.023, p, value=0.678)(r=-0.113, p, value= 0.040)(r=-0.145, p, value=0.008)respectively. <b>Conclusion:</b> When comparing diabetics with cardiovascular disease to diabetics without cardiovascular disease, there was a substantial rise in BMI, FBG, HbA1c, HDL-C, and insulin. FBS, HBA1c, insulin, and illness duration all had a strong positive connection.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"472"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11499864/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142497692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Occurrence of pathogenic yeast <i> </i>species in artisanal cheeses from Boyacá, Colombia, including fluconazole resistant isolates.","authors":"Zilpa Adriana Sánchez Quitian, Guisell Mariana Pérez Rozo, Carolina Firacative","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.152447.3","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.152447.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Yeasts are widely known for their application in food production, but also because of their clinical significance. As human pathogens, several species of yeasts, mainly of the genus <i>Candida</i> and other closely related genera, are responsible for a great number of life-threatening infections. The occurrence of yeasts in cheeses, including pathogenic species, has been largely studied, yet the antifungal susceptibility of these microorganisms is rarely reported. Here, we identified the species and determined the antifungal susceptibility profile of 45 yeast <i>Candida</i> isolates recovered from artisanal cheeses from 20 cities in Boyacá, Colombia. Among the species, <i>Pichia fermentans</i> (28.9%) prevailed, followed by <i>Pichia kudriavzevii</i> (24.4%), <i>Kluyveromyces marxianus</i> (22.2%), <i>Clavispora lusitaniae</i> (11.1%), <i>Candida inconspicua</i> (6.7%) <i>Candida parapsilosis</i> (4.4%) and <i>Meyerozyma guillermondii</i> (2.2%). Notably, all seven species have been globally reported, to a greater or lesser extent, to cause fungemia and other invasive infections with high mortality rates. Remarkably, together with the intrinsically resistant <i>P. kudriavzevii</i>, most isolates of <i>P. fermentans, C. inconspicua</i> and <i>C. parapsilosis</i> were resistant to fluconazole, one of the most common drugs to treat candidiasis. Our findings highlight the importance of exploring the ecological niches of pathogenic yeasts, together with their antifungal susceptibility, considering that the emergence of resistance in non-commensal opportunistic pathogens poses a serious threat to public health.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"789"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142497709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Case Study on Assessing AI Assistant Competence in Narrative Interviews.","authors":"Chitat Chan, Yunmeng Zhao, Jiahui Zhao","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.151952.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.151952.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Researchers are leading the development of AI designed to conduct interviews. These developments imply that AI's role is expanding from mere data analysis to becoming a tool for social researchers to interact with and comprehend their subjects. Yet, academic discussions have not addressed the potential impacts of AI on narrative interviews. In narrative interviews, the method of collecting data is a collaborative effort. The interviewer also contributes to exploring and shaping the interviewee's story. A compelling narrative interviewer has to display critical skills, such as maintaining a specific questioning order, showing empathy, and helping participants delve into and build their own stories.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This case study configured an OpenAI Assistant on WhatsApp to conduct narrative interviews with a human participant. The participant shared the same story in two distinct conversations: first, following a standard cycle and answering questions earnestly, and second, deliberately sidetracking the assistant from the main interview path as instructed by the researcher, to test how well the metrics could reflect the deliberate differences between different conversations. The AI's performance was evaluated through conversation analysis and specific narrative indicators, focusing on its adherence to the interview structure, empathy, narrative coherence, complexity, and support for human participant agency. The study sought to answer these questions: 1) How can the proposed metrics help us, as social researchers without a technical background, understand the quality of the AI-driven interviews in this study? 2) What do these findings contribute to our discussion on using AI in narrative interviews for social research? 3) What further research could these results inspire?</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings show to what extent the AI maintained structure and adaptability in conversations, illustrating its potential to support personalized, flexible narrative interviews based on specific needs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results suggest that social researchers without a technical background can use observation-based metrics to gauge how well an AI assistant conducts narrative interviews. They also prompt reflection on AI's role in narrative interviews and spark further research.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"601"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11564924/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Community preventive behaviour and perception on the severity of COVID-19 disease in Indonesia, 2021-2022: Structural equation modelling.","authors":"Tris Eryando, Tiopan Sipahutar, Sandeep Poddar","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.135262.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.135262.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study investigated the determinants of community preventive behavior in complying with the Indonesian regulations to prevent COVID-19 local transmission.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study used to collect the data via an online cross using a form created from a google questionnaire forms. A total of 1,802 respondents were gathered at a single point in time. The authors used the Health Belief Model (HBM) approach to measure and create a model for the prevention of local transmission of COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study found that more than half of the respondents still had low perceived susceptibility (16%) and severity (43%). There were only 3% respondents with perceived barriers and 19% with strong self-efficacy. The findings showed that self-efficacy and perceived barriers had statistically significant relationships with preventive behavior (p-value <0.05). The goodness of fit index showed that the proposed model was not fit for the data (RMSE<0.080, GFI>0.950, AGFI>0.950, SRMR<0.100), which means that it was not fit to describe the empirical phenomenon under study.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study found that more than half of the respondents still had low perceived susceptibility (84%) and severity (67%), but more than half had high perceived benefits (54%). Only a few respondents had significant barriers to implementing COVID-19 transmission prevention behaviours (3%). Still, most respondents had low perceived self-efficacy (81%), and only 60% had good behaviours related to COVID-19 prevention. In the context of COVID-19 preventive behaviour, we recommended to improve perceived susceptibility and severity by providing the correct information (which contain information about how people susceptible to the virus and the impact of infected by the virus) with the local cultural context.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"12 ","pages":"966"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11377921/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142153540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Case Report: Post-operative mitral valve replacement complicating with a large cardiac mass and the role of TEE in Imaging.","authors":"Narasimha Pai D, Chaithra Nayak, Padmanabh Kamath, Syed Waleem Pasha, Deepa Noronha","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.145007.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.145007.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Postoperative complications are an integral part of valve surgery. Common complications include hematomas, bleeding, valve dehiscence, paravalvular leak, and acute PV thrombosis. With the available data from published articles, the rate of all valve-related complications is 0.7 to 3.5% per patient annually. [1] The pathology involved is multifactorial, often blood vessel injury leading to bleeding and hematoma. Although postoperative complications are evident, incidental diagnosis of a cardiac mass in an asymptomatic and hemodynamically stable patient postoperatively is crucial, requiring non-invasive imaging for immediate surgical action.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>A woman in her 50s presented with chief complaints of worsening dyspnoea with suddenonset and chest pain. Clinical findings showed apex shifted downward and outward, wide split S2, and a mid systolic murmur radiating to the mid axillary line. Twelve-lead ECG showed LA enlargement, that aligned with X-ray findings. 2D Echocardiography revealed MVP with severe MR and a dilated LV. The patient underwent successful mitral valve replacement as per ACC/AHA class I recommendation. However, postoperative TTE showed a remarkably large mass measuring 5.6 cm*4.6 cm in the RA. Reexploration was performed, followed by mass excision. Plenty of organized clots were seen compressing the RA. TEE showed no evidence of mass. Following stabilization,the patient was discharged considering optimal INR values and prosthetic valve function assessed by echocardiography. The patient's symptoms improved during the first follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although postoperative cardiac complications are common, appropriate diagnosis with TTE and TEE has benefited surgeons. TEE-guided reexploration aids surgeons in decision-making and strategic approaches. Failure to diagnose such complications in asymptomatic patients can ultimately complicate the procedure. Henceforth, sonographers must be skilled in the detection and identification of unusual complications to guide redo interventions. Such an approach minimizes mortality, redo procedures, and avoids CPB hence reducing long-term prognosis and outcomes with valve replacement.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":"306"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11489830/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142461533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A research data management (RDM) community for ELIXIR.","authors":"Flora D'Anna, Niclas Jareborg, Mijke Jetten, Minna Ahokas, Pinar Alper, Robert Andrews, Korbinian Bösl, Teresa D'Altri, Daniel Faria, Nazeefa Fatima, Siiri Fuchs, Clare Garrard, Wei Gu, Katharina F Heil, Yvonne Kallberg, Flavio Licciulli, Nils-Christian Lübke, Ana M P Melo, Ivan Mičetić, Jorge Oliveira, Anastasis Oulas, Patricia M Palagi, Krzysztof Poterlowicz, Xenia Perez-Sitja, Patrick Ruch, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Helena Schnitzer, Celia van Gelder, Thanasis Vergoulis, Daniel Wibberg, Ulrike Wittig, Brane Leskošek, Jiri Vondrasek, Munazah Andrabi","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.146301.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.146301.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research data management (RDM) is central to the implementation of the FAIR (Findable Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and Open Science principles. Recognising the importance of RDM, ELIXIR Platforms and Nodes have invested in RDM and launched various projects and initiatives to ensure good data management practices for scientific excellence. These projects have resulted in a rich set of tools and resources highly valuable for FAIR data management. However, these resources remain scattered across projects and ELIXIR structures, making their dissemination and application challenging. Therefore, it becomes imminent to coordinate these efforts for sustainable and harmonised RDM practices with dedicated forums for RDM professionals to exchange knowledge and share resources. The proposed ELIXIR RDM Community will bring together RDM experts to develop ELIXIR's vision and coordinate its activities, taking advantage of the available assets. It aims to coordinate RDM best practices and illustrate how to use the existing ELIXIR RDM services. The Community will be built around three integral pillars, namely, a network of RDM professionals, RDM knowledge management and RDM training expertise and resources. It will also engage with external stakeholders to leverage benefits and provide a forum to RDM professionals for regular knowledge exchange, capacity building and development of harmonised RDM practices, keeping in line with the overall scope of the RDM Community. In the short term, the Community aims to build upon the existing resources and ensure that the content of these remain up to date and fit for purpose. In the long run, the Community will aim to strengthen the skills and knowledge of its RDM professionals to support the emerging needs of the scientific community. The Community will also devise an effective strategy to engage with other ELIXIR structures and international stakeholders to influence and align with developments and solutions in the RDM field.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"13 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11474151/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142461518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food consumption and adherence to dietary guidelines among Jordanian children and adolescents.","authors":"Buthaina Alkhatib, Huda Al Hourani, Islam K Al-Shami, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh","doi":"10.12688/f1000research.138866.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/f1000research.138866.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Early-life food consumption patterns may affect children's health by increasing susceptibility to developing non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) in adulthood.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To evaluate Jordanian children and adolescents' energy and macronutrient intake and how closely they adhere to dietary recommendations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study used data from Jordan's Population-based Food Consumption Survey, a household population-based study conducted in Jordan between 2021 and 2022 (561 children and adolescents 8-19 years). Dietary intake was assessed using the two non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recall methods (24-h DR). The estimated food group and nutrient intakes were compared to nutritional recommendations, including MyPlate dietary guidelines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of overweight/obese individuals based on body mass index (BMI) was 44%, and the average waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was 24.7%. Compared to MyPlate dietary guidelines, children and adolescents had a higher added sugar intake (57g/day). Also, consuming vegetables, fruits, and dairy fell short of MyPlate dietary guidelines. The total discretionary calorie intake in children and adolescents was approximately one-third of the total energy intake.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The food consumption of Jordanian children and adolescents includes high intakes of discretionary calories, with a low intake of fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. The prevalence of overweight/obesity was elevated compared to international norms.</p>","PeriodicalId":12260,"journal":{"name":"F1000Research","volume":"12 ","pages":"1094"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11409655/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142282744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}