The journal is characterized by the rapid reporting of reviews, original research, modeling and clinical studies across all ... A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study Triangulated with Qualitative Study Hsai NM, Matsui M, Ng CFS, Khaing CT, Imoto A, Sayed ... Willingness-to-Pay and Benefit-Cost Analysis of IPL for Rosacea Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study in China Deng Q, Zhang S, ... Patient-Reported Outcomes and Impact of Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Gelhorn HL, ...

Clinical and pharmacological studies throughout the drug development process on relevant compounds including bronchodilators ( ... Reviews Basic science studies that shed light on disease pathogenesis or the mode of action of treatment modalitiesSystematic ... peer-reviewed journal of therapeutics and pharmacology focusing on concise rapid reporting of clinical studies and reviews in ... Sweepers lung disease: a cross-sectional study of an overlooked illness among sweepers of Pakistan ...

Study Design. The study had a cross-sectional design.. Setting and Sample. The participants were frontline health care ... This study is the first to use the Chinese version of the ATIHCTS, and our aim was to test if the developed Chinese ATIHCTS is ... In the study of Darlow et al, they explored the impact of a pre-registration IPE immersion program on long-term outcomes in a ... In the study of Curran et al, two main factors were extracted: "quality of care" and "time constraints."8 Hayashi et al ...

The study is cross sectional, including patients with COPD (n=437) and CHF (n=388), registered in the patient administrative ... 5Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Background: ... Study design. The study design was cross-sectional by using a postal questionnaire. The study was approved by the regional ... Method: The study is cross sectional, including patients with COPD (n=437) and CHF (n=388), registered in the patient ...

Though many studies have been performed to elucidate the association between circulating vitamin D and prostate cancer, no ... Only prospective studies examining the associations of circulating 25[OH]D concentration with prostate cancer were eligible for ... more studies are needed. Keywords: vitamin D, prostate cancer, dose-response meta-analysis ... Nineteen prospective cohort or nested case-control studies were included. Higher 25[OH]D concentration was significantly ...

A large cross-sectional study of 6148 healthy subjects showed an association between leptin and PWV. In resistant hypertensive ... Several cross-sectional studies showed an association between hypoadiponectinemia and arterial stiffness.25-27 A meta-analysis ... The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the University of Verona. The study was conducted in accordance with the ... Study sample was small and for this reason we could not have found some significant differences for study variables with low ...

Methods: The study included prospective cross-sectional and case-control studies, and was executed in the Affiliated Hospital ... Study Setting. The prospective cross-sectional and case-control data were selected for analysis. All the enrolled subjects came ... Anxiety is associated with diminished exercise performance and quality of life in severe emphysema: a cross-sectional study. ... Consistent with the studies of most scholars,27-30 women are susceptible to the development of depression and/or anxiety, both ...

... a cross-sectional study Odd Lindell, Sven-Erik Johansson, Lars-Erik Strender ... Medical databases in studies of drug teratogenicity: methodological issues Vera Ehrenstein, Henrik T Sørensen, Leiv S Bakketeig ... The cohort of young Danish farmers - A longitudinal study of the health effects of farming exposure Grethe Elholm, Øyvind ... Hepatitis C virus infection and risk of cancer: a population-based cohort study Lars Haukali Omland, Dora Körmendiné Farkas, ...

This was a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study with a convenience sample. Data were collected through an online ... a cross-sectional study. Arch Osteoporos. 2021;16(1):148. PMID: 34606032. doi:10.1007/s11657-021-01021-5 ... Study Population and Procedures. The study sample consisted of postmenopausal women with severe osteoporosis, defined as those ... These findings on impaired HR-QoL confirm previous findings from other studies. A study by de Oliveira Ferreira et al reported ...

This cross-sectional study was approved by the local Human Research Ethics Committee (protocol number: 4.079.866). ... Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 1277 participants who answered a web-based open survey with ... The pilot study participants were not included in the main study.. The web-survey was prepared in Google Forms, and the link ... 31. Richards L, Paskov M. Social class, employment status and inequality in psychological well-being in the UK: cross-sectional ...

A retrospective cross-sectional study design was used to collect seven-year data from January 2014 to December 2020 at Dilla ... Study Design and Study Population. Study Setting. The study was conducted in the Gedeo Zone, which is located in the southern ... Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Dilla University Referral Hospital from January 2014 to ... a cross-sectional diagnostic study. BMC Infect Dis. 2013;13(1):1-8. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-133 ...

109. Ren J, Liu C, Gao QS, Yang L, Huang X, Guo Q. Use of appropriate healthcare technologies: a cross-sectional study in rural ... The knowledge, ability, and skills of primary health care providers in SEANERN countries: a multinational cross-sectional study ... 188 This is supported by studies from many settings in LMICs. Multiple studies report on the success of PHC systems in the ... Drawing from published studies, this review analyses how PHC services can be utilized and strengthened to help prevent and ...

A cross-sectional study of the current treatment patterns in noninfectious uveitis among specialists in the United States. ... The license for Ozurdex is primarily based on HURON, a Phase III posterior segment uveitis study. This study, published in 2011 ... Rituximab in intractable ocular lesions of Behcets disease; randomized single-blind control study (pilot study). Int J Rheum ... or 4-weekly in the SHIELD study, and 300 mg 2- or 4-weekly or 150 mg 4-weekly in both the INSURE and ENDURE studies. Primary ...

This was a prospective cross-sectional study conducted at 39 government owned lower primary care level facilities (HC IIs-IVs) ... Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study reviewed 9899 antibiotic prescriptions at 39 health centers following a drug ... a cross-sectional study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2019;8(1):1-7. doi:10.1186/s13756-019-0620-5 ... cross-sectional descriptive study. Pan African Med J. 2012;12(1):103. ...

A cross-sectional institution-based study was conducted among computer-using bank workers in Gondar city from April to June, ... The main objective of the study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of CVS among bank workers in Gondar city, ... Methods: A cross-sectional institution-based study was conducted among computer-using bank workers in Gondar city from April to ... An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 5 to June 15, 2015 in Gondar city, northwest Ethiopia. Gondar ...

30 A cross-sectional study among 646 health discipline students in Turkey investigated their perceptions of and readiness for ... an exploratory cross-sectional study. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2021;14:3463-3483. doi:10.2147/JMDH.S344729 ... a cross-sectional study. Nurse Educ Today. 2022;112:105333. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105333 ... The present study uses data from an ongoing IPL study14 among professional students attending different health, social and ...

Methods: A cross-sectional study focusing on the prevalence and risk factors of CMBs was conducted in stroke-free elderly from ... In our cross-sectional study, we found that the prevalence of CMBs in stroke-free community elderly was 12.6% and increased ... Hence, we performed a cross-sectional study with 3T MRI to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of CMBs, including ... Study Participants. The Wuliqiao cohort is an ongoing longitudinal community-based study designed to assess risk factors of ...

15. OSullivan B, Joyce C, McGrail M. Rural outreach by specialist doctors in Australia: a national cross-sectional study of ... One national cross-sectional survey during COVID-19 identified that GPs in the most disadvantaged areas, and GPs in rural areas ... Although there are no rural-specific figures, a national cross-sectional survey of Australian doctors during the COVID-19 ... Southern Cross University; 2015.. 31. Peiris D, Wirtanen C, Hall J. Aeromedical evacuations from an east Arnhem land community ...

We included studies describing dosage adjustment and factors determining LVX pharmacokinetics, or pharmacokinetic– ... Inconsistent conclusions were derived from studies of the influence of sex on the pharmacokinetics of LVX, which might be ... pharmacodynamic studies exploring how best to prevent the emergence of resistance to LVX. The full text of each included ... Pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic studies have raised concerns about suboptimal patient outcomes with the use of LVX for ...

Methods: A retrospective observational cross-sectional study in which we analyzed the preoperative data of 1401 Egyptian myopic ... a hospital-based cross-sectional study clinical. Ophthalmology. 2016;10:2369-2376. ... This study is a retrospective study in which we analyzed the preoperative data of 1401 patients (1401 eyes) who underwent ... The mean age of our study subjects was 28.1± 5.79 years, with a range from 18 to 40 years. In contrast, the study by AlMahmoud ...

In this study population, the most frequent symptoms were irritability, physical symptoms, and anxiety, with distribution of ... Prevalence, impacts and medical managements of premenstrual syndrome among female students: Cross-sectional study in College of ... 15 In this study, 65% (Table 1) of women complained of physical symptoms, including edema, higher than in other studies that ... The population studied included 60 women of a gynecoid biotype, ie, with body-fat distribution in lower body,22 with a mean age ...

Study Design and Procedure. In this cross-sectional study, participants were directly invited to take part in the study by ... Effects of job strain on fatigue: cross-sectional and prospective views of the job content questionnaire and effort-reward ... Limitations of the Study. Although this study analyzed a considerably large dataset, representative of the population of long- ... Objective and Hypotheses of the Study. In view of the aforementioned considerations, the objective of this study was to test ...

12. Wu RH, Li Q, Tan Y, Liu XY, Huang J. Depression in silent lacunar infarction: a cross-sectional study of its association ... In this study, we did not find changes in the FA value and the number of fiber bundles in the corpus callosum, Fornical ... In the present study, DTT was applied in each subject for examining white matter tracts. DTT is a novel technique progressed ... 17. Li M, Sui R, Zhang F, Zhao M, Li G, Zhang L. Clinical study on the diffusion tensor imaging of cerebellum in patients with ...

This cross-sectional, retrospective study analyzed medical and pharmacy records over 1 year for patients in the US aged 18-64 ... or the end of the study period (12 months). Demographic and clinical predictors of adherence were examined via multiple ... and to identify subgroups of patients with high duloxetine persistence and adherence.Study design: ... The objectives of this study were to examine the predictors of adherence to and persistence with duloxetine therapy among ...

Study Design and Subjects. This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the pulmonology outpatient department of the ... The limitations of our study are as follows. First, it was a single-center study of COPD outpatients, and only one advanced ... some studies have found an association between female sex and poor inhaler technique. A multinational study enrolling 3681 ... 3 Taking into account the results of several studies and our own study, inhaler errors can be clearly linked to disease control ...

... a cross-sectional, survey was conducted between April and December 2018 among European AATD expert pulmonologists identified ... The study was carried out according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the prevailing norms for performing ... The study was approved by the Phillips University of Giessen and Marburg (Germany) ethics committee on December 12th, 2017, no ... Study Design. Investigation about variability of prescription of AT and associated factors was identified as a research ...

Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate Factors Relating to Daily Step Counts and Physical Activity in Japanese Patients with Chronic ... Our study has some limitations, which must be considered. This was a cross-sectional study in which it is difficult to ... Study Design. This was a multicenter, non-interventional, cross-sectional study conducted between 14 September 2018 and 2 ... A Non-Interventional, Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate Factors Relating to Daily Step Counts and Physical Activity in Japanese ...

Optimal dosing of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with chronic heart failure: a cross-sectional study in ... This study was consistent with other similar studies done in England that reported 69%31 and also in line with the study done ... From a total of 388 study patients approached, 132 study participants were excluded from the study due to their follow-up ... a cross-sectional study. BMC Res Notes. 2018;11(1):209. doi:10.1186/s13104-017-2820-5 ...

Influence of complete spinal cord injury on skeletal muscle cross-sectional area within the first 6 months of injury. Eur J ... However, in a study designed to measure the exercise adherence rate of 17 individuals with chronic SCI when FES cycles were ... Using magnetic resonance imaging, loss of muscle cross-sectional area below the level of injury has been reported to be 18%-46 ... increase in the cross-sectional area of the vastus lateralis muscle in individuals with SCI after FES cycling for 30 minutes ...

Keywords: medication non-adherence, medication beliefs, psychological confounders, cross-sectional studies, rheumatoid ... This is the first cross-sectional study that aims to examine associations between beliefs about medication and non-adherence in ...