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ArticleBMC public health2025

Cutting through the fog: recognising brain fog as a significant public health concern.

Darren Haywood, Susan L Rossell, Nicolas H Hart

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Article in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Exploring behavioural motivations of treatment refusal in cancer: a Q-methodological approach.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Darren HaywoodHuman Performance Research Centre, INSIGHT Research Institute, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Moore Park, Sydney, 2030, NSW, Australia. darren.haywood@uts.edu.au.
Susan L RossellDepartment of Mental Health, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.
Nicolas H HartHuman Performance Research Centre, INSIGHT Research Institute, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Moore Park, Sydney, 2030, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain fog is a highly common condition that can have significant impacts on quality of life and functioning. Most people will experience a condition, illness, or infection that might result in the development of brain fog. We provide a call to action to minimise the impacts of brain fog.

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Public HealthHumansQuality of LifeAIDSBrain fogCall to actionCancerCognitive impairmentCOVIDHIVKidney diseaseNeurocognitionPublic health

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PMID40170152
PMCPMC11959835

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