• Methods and analysis This study is a longitudinal questionnaire-based study with three predefined time points spanning the acceleration, peak and deceleration phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. (bmj.com)
  • Methods: A case-control study of 107 GDM cases and 214 controls (matched 1:2 on age, race/ethnicity, and gestational week of blood draw) was conducted within the prospective NICHD Fetal Growth Studies-Singleton Cohort (2009-2013). (nih.gov)
  • Design Multiphase, prospective mixed methods study. (bmj.com)
  • METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Biological samples such as blood, saliva, urine, fat, peritoneal fluid and-if found-endometrial tissue or fibroids as well as detailed clinical and intraoperative data will be collected from women undergoing surgery and participating in the study after informed consent. (ox.ac.uk)
  • METHODS: Newly employed workers (n = 1,107) underwent repeated nerve conduction studies (NCS), and periodic surveys on hand symptoms and physical work exposures including average daily duration of wrist bending, forearm rotation, finger pinching, using vibrating tools, finger/thumb pressing, forceful gripping, and lifting >2 pounds. (cdc.gov)
  • Understanding the relative contribution of multiple factors such as variation in study methods, changes in diagnostic and community identification, and potential changes in risk factors is an important priority for the ADDM Network and for CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to identify prognostic factors that may have clinical utility in predicting poor outcome on measures of pain and function in individuals with PFP. (nih.gov)
  • The objective of the study was to analyze the outcome of different stages of chronicity in patients with chronic low back pain treated with a multidisciplinary therapy. (lww.com)
  • Objective The study investigated the effects of a short video app guided loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on college students' mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychological capital, and suicide ideation. (suicideinfo.ca)
  • Objective -To systematically review the scientific literature to identify, assess the quality of, and determine outcomes of studies conducted to evaluate the use of pheromones for treatment of undesirable behavior in cats and dogs. (avma.org)
  • OBJECTIVE-To examine the longitudinal association of fat mass-and obesity-associated (FTO) variant with obesity, circulating adipokine levels, and FTO expression in various materials from human and mouse. (harvard.edu)
  • These theories may help guide future studies to explore whether inheritance of epigenetic modifications due to endocrine disruption exposure is possible in humans. (cdc.gov)
  • This prospective longitudinal study examined mortality rates among 1829 youth (1172 male and 657 female) enrolled in the Northwestern Juvenile Project, a study of health needs and outcomes of delinquent youth. (northwestern.edu)
  • However, these studies did not mention the use of neurobehavioural responses of premature newborn infants in the neonatal period (prior to term age) to predict global and motor outcomes prior to the end of the first year. (bvsalud.org)
  • While many studies have investigated asthma as a risk factor for RA [4], less is known about how RA and asthma contribute to clinical outcomes [5]. (nih.gov)
  • Consensus discussions with the patient and public involvement group of the Therapies for Long COVID in non-hospitalised individuals: From symptoms, patient reported outcomes and immunology to targeted therapies (TLC Study) confirmed face validity. (bmj.com)
  • Cohort prospective studies investigating adherence to the Mediterranean diet and health outcomes. (cambridge.org)
  • But more recently, a growing number of studies have shown that anxiety or depression may increase the risk of poor disease outcomes such as relapse, hospitalization, and intestinal surgery ( 12 - 15 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The current study will expand on existing follow-up to ascertain the occurrence of select fatal and nonfatal health outcomes and to relate these outcomes with reported Great Lakes fish consumption, recent and long-term. (cdc.gov)
  • We investigated associations between long term dietary and supplemental intake of calcium with all cause mortality as well as with cardiovascular mortality in a large population based prospective study of Swedish women. (bmj.com)
  • Protocol for a longitudinal, prospective cohort study investigating the biology of uterine fibroids and endometriosis, and patients' quality of life: the FENOX study. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Future studies should identify the most promising modifiable risk factors and preventive interventions, explore the causes of death among delinquent female youth, and examine whether minority youth express suicidal intent by putting themselves at risk for homicide. (northwestern.edu)
  • The aim of this study was to examine changes in self-rated health (SRH) and quality of life (QoL) among a cohort of adult Syrian refugees before and after resettlement in Norway. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We used a prospective longitudinal study design with two assessment points to examine changes in health among adult Syrian resettlement refugees in Lebanon accepted for resettlement in Norway. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Three-level mixed effects models were fit using Stata 16 SE to examine cross-sectional associations as well as predictors of longitudinal changes in stigma toward EVD survivors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hence, the present study was undertaken to examine the development of HRQL from six months up to twenty-four months after intensive care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patients who later died reported worse HRQL at each assessment point compared with patients who filled in all six questionnaires, whereas those who dropped out of the study for other reasons were quite similar to patients who filled in all questionnaires. (lu.se)
  • A prospective follow-up study was conducted of 179 participants in a randomised clinical trial. (nih.gov)
  • Prospective longitudinal clinical study. (lww.com)
  • This prospective longitudinal clinical study with a 6-month follow-up compared the outcome of different stages of chronicity in 387 patients with chronic low back pain treated with a multidisciplinary therapy. (lww.com)
  • The new ASAS classification criteria for axial SpA can reliably classify patients for clinical studies and may help rheumatologists in clinical practice in diagnosing axial SpA in those with chronic back pain. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions and Clinical Relevance -Despite variation among horses, BAL fluid cytologic counts were repeatable over short and long periods and samples can be used for longitudinal studies as a diagnostic tool of pulmonary inflammation in horses with RAO. (avma.org)
  • The present study was designed to determine the effect of treatment duration on metabolism as well as metabolic alterations after treatment in comparison with baseline in patients with prolactinoma in Iranian individuals. (jdeponline.com)
  • Anthropometric data and metabolic variables were studied at baseline and at 3 and 6 months after normalization of PRL. (jdeponline.com)
  • Longitudinal cognitive development of children born to mothers with opioid and polysubstance use. (nature.com)
  • We performed a retrospective cohort study of 87 infants treated for NAS and evaluated at 2 years of age. (nature.com)
  • Design Prospective longitudinal cohort study. (bmj.com)
  • STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, descriptive study. (lu.se)
  • CONCLUSION: Detailed knowledge about the differences between groups and changes over time may aid us in the communication with patients and in the design of intervention studies focusing on improvement of the support and rehabilitation of patients with head and neck cancer. (lu.se)
  • This study is limited by the fact that it focuses on doctors only and is survey based without further qualitative interviews of participants. (bmj.com)
  • Effects of HIV-1 in these studies may have been obscured by a lack of adjustment for prestudy treatment with antimalarial drugs (which might be more common in HIV-1 patients with recurrent fevers [ 27 ]) and by their inherent dependence on the relative survival of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected participants, given the increased case fatality of malaria among HIV-infected patients ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In the Fibroids and Endometriosis Oxford (FENOX) study, we combine the investigation of fibroids and endometriosis, and plan to collect high-quality tissue samples and medical data of participants over a time frame of 5 years after surgical intervention. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Study participants are 18,963 middle-aged women and men who are New York State fishing license holders and who reside in 16 New York counties that border Lakes Ontario and Erie. (cdc.gov)
  • This longitudinal professional survey aims to understand the evolving and cumulative effects of working during the COVID-19 outbreak on the psychological well-being of doctors working in emergency departments (ED), intensive care units (ICU) and anaesthetics during the pandemic. (bmj.com)
  • This study aims to determine when evacuation for SA and SI is most likely to occur based on the absolute and relative number of months in a deployed setting. (suicideinfo.ca)
  • The current study aims to more firmly establish the link between organochlorine exposure and endocrine disruption. (cdc.gov)
  • To update previous meta-analyses of cohort studies that investigated the association between the Mediterranean diet and health status and to utilize data coming from all of the cohort studies for proposing a literature-based adherence score to the Mediterranean diet. (cambridge.org)
  • We utilized data coming from all cohort studies available in the literature for proposing a literature-based adherence score. (cambridge.org)
  • By using data from the cohort studies we proposed a literature-based adherence score that can represent an easy tool for the estimation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet also at the individual level. (cambridge.org)
  • The duration of the study, including the enrollment period, will be 36 months. (cmdir.org)
  • The study duration is 36 months. (cmdir.org)
  • A one-year prospective longitudinal data set was created from patient-held family planning cards of 4,678 reproductive-age women living in a demographic surveillance site in rural northern Malawi. (guttmacher.org)
  • Data from the study will be used to characterize the disease course of MTM and determine which outcome measures will be the best to assess the efficacy of potential therapies. (cmdir.org)
  • Using three waves of survey data from a representative sample in the Western Urban and Western Rural districts of Sierra Leone, this study examines factors associated with self-reported personal stigma toward Ebola survivors (11 items, α = 0.77) among 1008 adults (74.6% retention rate) from 63 census enumeration areas of the Western Rural and Western Urban districts of Sierra Leone. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Here we combine data from a long-term prospective study of medical student selection and training, with an experimental approach in which a large number of assessors used a paired comparison technique to predict outcome. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data from a large-scale prospective study of students applying to UK medical schools in 1990 were used to identify 40 pairs of doctors, matched by sex, for whom personal statements and referees' reports were available, and who in a 2002/3 follow-up study, one pair member was very satisfied and the other very dissatisfied with medicine as a career. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, the identified prevalence of ASDs has increased significantly in a short time period based on data from multiple studies including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. (cdc.gov)
  • A growing number of studies have linked greenspace exposure to suicide, but findings are inconsistent. (suicideinfo.ca)
  • Findings from this study could inform and improve existing public health recommendations on contaminated Great Lakes fish consumption. (cdc.gov)
  • Ornoy A. The impact of intrauterine exposure versus postnatal environment in neurodevelopmental toxicity: long-term neurobehavioral studies in children at risk for developmental disorders. (nature.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Self-reported exposures showed consistent risks across different exposure models in this prospective study. (cdc.gov)
  • Several predictive studies have been performed using neonatal and maternal risk factors to predict the outcome of development in preterm newborn infants at different ages 10-14 . (bvsalud.org)
  • In the COPD and Asthma Outcome Study (CAOS), HRQL was assessed in 291 AECOPD patients 6 months after ICU care in the United Kingdom using the EuroQoL 5-Dimension (EQ-5D) and 20-item Airways Questionnaire (AQ20) instruments [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Evaluating aspects of the development of preterm infants when they are still in hospital would be a precautionary approach in studying the trajectory of these children. (bvsalud.org)
  • Earlier studies did not consistently show these effects, but these were cross-sectional and/or hospital-based ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • It is in this sense that the aim of the present study was to evaluate the perspectives of users of the cervical cancer detection service in two health centers of a Mexican province. (scirp.org)
  • longitudinal results are presented in the current article. (lu.se)
  • The results were contrasted using measurements of HRQL in two reference groups, one with COPD and another without COPD, both derived from the general population in the same region as the studied ICUs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Results of studies comparing different grades of chronicity in therapy for chronic low back pain have not been published so far. (lww.com)
  • According to the results of this study, patients with chronic low back pain also derive significant benefit from a multidisciplinary treatment strategy in higher stages of chronicity. (lww.com)
  • Results -Studies provided insufficient evidence of the effectiveness of feline facial pheromone for management of idiopathic cystitis or calming cats during catheterization and lack of support for reducing stress in hospitalized cats. (avma.org)
  • Although informative, such studies do not address the actual predictive utility of personal statements, and whether selectors can identify those applicants who will eventually be successful or happy in their career, particularly when UCAS/UCCA personal statements are not structured to help selectors make their judgments. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A prospective study of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. (lu.se)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'A prospective study of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. (lu.se)
  • Reduced Quality of Life in Patients with Pituitary Dysfunction after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Prospective Longitudinal Study. (lu.se)
  • Another effect of the way child abuse and neglect have been studied, according to Young-Bruehl, was to close off consideration of how children themselves perceive maltreatment and the importance they place on adults' attitudes toward them. (wikipedia.org)
  • A mailed follow-up health survey is being conducted in a large established and well-characterized cohort of adults enrolled in the New York State Angler Cohort Study (NYSACS). (cdc.gov)
  • In most of the indicators studied, a high percentage of dissatisfaction was obtained. (scirp.org)
  • Prospective studies examining iron status in pregnancy and gestational diabetes (GDM) risk are limited and conflicting. (nih.gov)
  • Future studies should pursue a better understanding of how personal characteristics and perceptions, including psychosocial distress, fear, and perceived infection risk serve as pathways for stigma in communities affected by infectious disease. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Across these independent studies, shared risk factors for RA and airway disease were determined to include older age, cigarette smoking, lower socioeconomic status, infections and microbial dysbiosis, occupational exposures and air pollutants, and poor nutrition [6, 7]. (nih.gov)
  • The updated search was performed in an overall population of 4 172 412 subjects, with eighteen recent studies that were not present in the previous meta-analyses. (cambridge.org)
  • Study Population -Reports of prospective studies published from January 1998 through December 2008. (avma.org)
  • Studies have estimated that chronic HCV infection will develop in 5.8%-7.2% of all perinatally exposed (i.e., exposed during pregnancy or delivery) infants and children ( 13 , 14 ), and curative direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy can be administered beginning at age 3 years ( 15 , 16 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Epidemiological studies conducted to date in adult populations provide evidence that airway diseases, including both asthma and COPD, are associated with increased incidence of RA. (nih.gov)
  • However there are few studies which assess the validity of such information for predicting unhappiness or dissatisfaction with a career in medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Medical school selectors do not wish only to select academically able students who can cope academically with the medical course, but also want to assess motivation for studying medicine, becoming a doctor, and for a lifetime of practising medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study identified key individual and psychosocial characteristics which may predict higher levels of stigma toward infectious disease survivors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It is expected this study will provide clear evidence of the psychological impact of COVID-19 on doctors and will allow present and future planning to mitigate against any psychological impact. (bmj.com)
  • At the beginning of the chronic phase post stroke, this mismatch group was still present in one of our earlier studies: in a group of 32 stroke patients at six months post stroke, one in five showed a good observed UL function but low perceived UL activity [ 13 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Basic attentional processes and their impact on developmental trajectories in fragile X syndrome were assessed in a 3-year prospective study. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Nonpharmacologic preventive measures include modification of general lifestyle factors, such as increasing weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening exercise, which epidemiologic studies have linked to lower fracture rates, and ensuring optimum calcium and vitamin D intake as adjunct to active antifracture therapy. (medscape.com)