• In a cross-sectional observational study, a total of 163 subjects with severe asthma were compared with 158 subjects whose asthma was controlled by low doses of inhaled corticosteroids (median dose of beclomethasone equivalents 666 ยตg). (ersjournals.com)
  • It is often a type of observational study, although it can also be structured as longitudinal randomized experiment. (wikipedia.org)
  • This was a cross-sectional observational study that evaluated male patients aged 25 years or older undergoing treatment at the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, who were considered eligible for the study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Participants A cross-sectional study combining the use of questionnaires and laboratory analysis was conducted in 171 pregnant women with no signs or symptoms of urinary tract infection (1 case was excluded). (bmj.com)
  • In 2019, we enrolled 392 participants in a cross-sectional study for suspected coccidioidomycosis in emergency departments and inpatient units in Coccidioides -endemic regions. (cdc.gov)
  • Systematic random sampling technique was employed to select study participants. (hindawi.com)
  • For this cross-sectional analysis, we used the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging baseline data (2011-2015) of 22,091 randomly selected participants of Black, East Asian, South or Southeast Asian (SSEA) and White race/ethnic backgrounds, aged 45-85 years with available information on the presence or absence of self-reported prevalent low trauma fractures and femoral neck BMD (FNBMD) measurement. (springer.com)
  • 16 years were included in the study and constituted from all study participants. (who.int)
  • In the cover letter participants were informed about the study, the survey specifically - its aims and content - and informed that their participation was voluntary. (ucd.ie)
  • however, our study included 638 participants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Nearly half of the study participants (50.4%) reported adequate knowledge about analgesia for obstetric pain. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Study participants were asked to complete a questionnaire that included questions on NK, resources and perceptions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Basketball sports clubs in Lebanon should start to budget for hiring a dietitian or carrying out nutrition education campaigns that are based on analyses of incorrect responses of our study participants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present study utilized cross-sectional data for 3,847 WWRP participants collected between September 2018 and April 2020. (health.mil)
  • failed verification] Longitudinal studies do not require large numbers of participants (as in the examples below). (wikipedia.org)
  • Qualitative longitudinal studies may include only a handful of participants, and longitudinal pilot or feasibility studies often have fewer than 100 participants. (wikipedia.org)
  • METHOD: We conducted a prospective longitudinal study with 174 participants randomly assigned to two groups: SUS Group and Streamline Group. (scielo.br)
  • A cross-sectional study was conducted including 425 participants registered to the health centers of Babol city, Mazandaran province, Iran. (coventry.ac.uk)
  • Participants completed 2 study visits. (cdc.gov)
  • This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 on 536 women health care workers who randomly selected from health care setting Babol/Iran. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This large-scale, multicenter, non-interventional, cross-sectional study examined the activity status of COPD patients in Japan and explored factors related to PA. (dovepress.com)
  • Cross-sectional multicenter study of patients with urea cycle disorders in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions on mental health is being studied. (frontiersin.org)
  • This study highlights the need for specific prevention and intervention mechanisms related to the COVID-19 pandemic in different population groups. (frontiersin.org)
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the differences between the prevalence and impact factors of adolescent dissociative symptoms (ADSs) by using sex-stratification during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (nature.com)
  • The ADSs seemed to be prevalent in Hangzhou City, studied during the COVID-19 pandemic. (nature.com)
  • In recent studies, there was increasing recognition that the mental harm reduction of COVID-19 pandemic caused the consideration of potential impact factors 17 . (nature.com)
  • This study was conducted to compare methods of contraception, abortion, and unintended pregnancies in those served by the health centers of Babol city in Iran, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (coventry.ac.uk)
  • A longitudinal study (or longitudinal survey, or panel study) is a research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over long periods of time (i.e., uses longitudinal data). (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Cohort studies are one type of longitudinal study which sample a cohort (a group of people who share a defining characteristic, typically who experienced a common event in a selected period, such as birth or graduation) and perform cross-section observations at intervals through time. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some of the disadvantages of longitudinal study are that they are time-consuming and expensive. (wikipedia.org)
  • The questionnaire was based on a prior study that included verified and validated scales, which consisted of 23 questions separated into four sections. (biomedcentral.com)
  • METHODS: Cross-sectional study with an electronic questionnaire distributed to 28 762 hospital employees in southern Sweden. (lu.se)
  • This paper describes the results of the cross sectional analyses of phases 2 and 3 of the respiratory health study of European carbon black workers. (bmj.com)
  • Of 60 caregivers screened, 37 were enrolled, and 34 (77% female, 38% black/African-American, 32% Hispanic/Latino, 21% non-Hispanic white, 9% multiethnic) completed the study and were included in analyses (Peapod receipts were incomplete or unavailable for 3 subjects who completed the study). (cdc.gov)
  • Cross-sectional data were collected over a 12-week period from May to August 2020 using an online survey. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We performed a secondary analysis of data from the baseline survey of the Good Schools Study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • survey: 52 [10ยท8%] of 483), despite receiving these procedures. (scienceopen.com)
  • The cross-sectional survey research design was used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. (scirp.org)
  • An electronic cross-sectional survey was distributed to fellows and program directors participating in 49 American Head and Neck Society fellowships. (nih.gov)
  • We merged health expenditure data with individual employees' survey data using secure study ID numbers. (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a prototype surrogate system driven by sensor technology and multi-sourced heterogeneous data analytics, for gait and balance assessment and monitoring. (bvsalud.org)
  • RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: The US Military Health System (MHS) is a global health care network with a diverse population that is more representative of the US population than other study cohorts and with fewer disparities in health care access. (cdc.gov)
  • Anthropometric measurements such as skinfolds and circumferences and bioelectrical impedance (a method used to estimate the amount of lean tissue) will allow cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between obesity and risk of disease. (cdc.gov)
  • This study holds implications for clinical providers and policymakers in Egypt regarding screening and prevention of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). (bmj.com)
  • Each imaging study was interpreted twice by 4 observers who were blinded to signalment and clinical information of the patients. (avma.org)
  • This study aimed to examine the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of men's intentions to recommend professional help-seeking to their partners if they display postpartum mood and anxiety disorders and to explore the relationship between gender-role conflict and the intention to recommend help-seeking. (mdpi.com)
  • Only 11 programs were started in nonmetropolitan areas over the study period, he noted during the featured clinical research presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2021 virtual meeting. (medscape.com)
  • All pregnant women, over 18 years old, who attended the public and private antenatal clinics at Cork University Maternity Hospital from September to October 2020 were eligible to participate in this study. (ucd.ie)
  • The results of the study showed that, there was significant relationship between number of pregnancy and social capital ( P = 0.039). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Design -Prospective cross-sectional study. (avma.org)
  • Cross-sectional study Time series Repeated measures design Shadish, William R. (wikipedia.org)
  • The present study was limited by its small sample size and cross-sectional design. (bmj.com)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study from 7 September to 23 October 2022, in which we included Pregnant Syrian women aged 18 and above. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A school-based, two-center cross-sectional study was conducted in Hangzhou City, China, between January 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022. (nature.com)
  • The findings prompt for longitudinal studies and interventions to define the mechanisms in severe asthma. (ersjournals.com)
  • Neurobiological studies indicated that active, early and effective identification and treatment interventions on early stressful adolescent experiences were very important for the prevention and treatment of adolescent dissociative disorder (ADD) 16 . (nature.com)
  • Further study of interventions designed to reduce overtreatment of hypertension and diabetes is needed to fully understand the potential links between polypharmacy and potential of harms of condition-specific overtreatment. (bmj.com)
  • Stunting was a highly prevalent problem in the study area. (hindawi.com)
  • Diabetes and hypertension are highly prevalent risk factors for frail elders, this study provides specific detail about treatment intensity and surrogate outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • This study aimed to (1) investigate the proportion of overall PA indicators that are explained by step-based metrics and (2) study step accumulation patterns relative to achievement of public health recommendations in children who are overweight and obese. (jmir.org)
  • This cross-sectional study documented food purchasing patterns and assessed acceptability during a field test of a commercial IGS. (cdc.gov)
  • This paper focuses particularly on the impact of prison play visits as an alternative to 'standard' visiting procedures. (ed.gov)
  • This exploratory study aims to examine how sexual minorities in middle school use social media, who they are connected to and for what purposes, and the associations between these behaviors and mental well-being compared with their heterosexual peers. (jmir.org)
  • Studies on sexual minority youths' use of web-based communication technologies are rarely compared with their heterosexual peers. (jmir.org)
  • Further effort could be directed towards empowering and supporting care staff on system, procedure and practice change and engaging management to translate training activities into practice. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These results corroborate other studies regarding COVID-19 and mental health. (frontiersin.org)
  • 4 He reported that most of the respiratory morbidity studies have either methodological shortcomings or lack the necessary detail for confident interpretation of the results. (bmj.com)
  • Results from a field study of police working either day shift or rotating shifts every 20 to 180 days revealed that police on rotating shifts reported much more stress related to interpersonal relationships. (cdc.gov)
  • We aimed to develop and implement evidence-informed, validated tools to measure mistreatment during childbirth, and report results from a cross-sectional study in four low-income and middle-income countries. (scienceopen.com)
  • Elaborating on the latter point during a discussion of the results, study coauthor Jay S. Giri, MD, MPH, also from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, observed that although the data showed rural areas are left behind, not every part of an urban area acts like the area more generally. (medscape.com)
  • Performance assessment calls for clearly defined indicators of each outcome, methods to measure them, strategies for collecting data, and procedures for the synthesis and regular reporting of results. (who.int)
  • With greater study duration, more patients would be enrolled strengthening the power of the study. (bmj.com)
  • Risk adjustment systems may enable population stratification programmes to be developed and become instrumental in implementing new models of care.The objectives of this study are to evaluate the capability of ACG-PM, DCG-HCC and CRG-based models to predict healthcare costs and identify patients that will be high consumers and to analyse changes to predictive capacity when socio-economic variables are added. (nih.gov)
  • Patients with more severe disease are increasingly likely to have impaired lung function as studies have shown that despite the use of high doses of inhaled and oral corticosteroids, severe asthma is associated with a component of airflow obstruction that appears either nonreversible or at best difficult to reverse 1 , 6 . (ersjournals.com)
  • COVID-19 screening scores of asymptomatic patients undergoing a medical procedure, showing an ROC curve with an AUC of 0.71 (95% CI: 0.64-0.78). (ajtmh.org)
  • The study population comprised 409 patients (218 men). (researchsquare.com)
  • The local Ethics Committee approved the study protocol and all patients signed an informed consent form prior to their inclusion in the study. (bvsalud.org)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study of patients with hypertension attending the cardiology clinic of a tertiary care hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. (cdc.gov)
  • This study provides preliminary evidence supporting the feasibility of using a sensor-technology-augmented system to manage the gait and balance of community-dwelling older adults. (bvsalud.org)
  • Data from the first 12 months (age, sex, area deprivation index, diagnoses, procedures, prescriptions and previous cost) were used to construct the explanatory variables. (nih.gov)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate graduate medical student's beliefs of LBP and what influences them. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between social capital and childbirth behaviors in Iranian women employees. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The current study aims to investigate if different measures related to online psychosocial well-being and online behavior correlate with social media fatigue. (emerald.com)
  • OBJECTIVES: To describe the exposure due to hygiene procedures and investigate the associations between occupational hand washing, use of non-sterile gloves, and hand disinfectant and self-reported hand eczema. (lu.se)
  • The study in- volved 1070 adolescents selected from 35 schools using a multistage cluster sampling method. (who.int)
  • The majority of evidence from LMICs consists of small-scale qualitative studies by the United Nations and non-governmental organisations [ 5 - 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Selection criteria Primary qualitative studies focusing on care occurring during labour, childbirth, and/or immediately postpartum in health facilities, without any restrictions on locations or publication date. (scienceopen.com)
  • Laboratory studies in which nuisance variables could be controlled were suggested for investigating some of the effects of shift work. (cdc.gov)
  • Different studies in Ethiopia showed socio-demographic, obstetric, and health services related factors as determinants for institutional delivery service utilization. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 401 family caregivers of children with chronic diseases at the National Institute of Health in Mexico City. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Findings of this study are of tremendous significance to D1B players in Lebanon in terms of improving the athletes' physical health and performance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the oral health status, sociodemographic and behavioral factors on the maturation pattern of normal oral mucosa applying multivariate models. (bvsalud.org)
  • Most studies in this area to date are cross-sectional and use self-report surveys to assess both bullying exposure and mental health, creating upward biases if traits such as negative affect make workers more likely to report both bullying and poor mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • Procedures: We used data from patient care workers at two Boston-area hospitals as part of the Harvard Center for Work, Health, and Wellbeing. (cdc.gov)
  • The objectives of this study were to identify the psychosocial profiles of family caregivers of children with chronic diseases and to establish the relationship between these profiles and sociodemographic variables. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A cross sectional mixed methods study of Phase 1 (first year) and Phase 3 (third and fourth year) current graduate medical students at the University of Warwick (MBChB) was conducted. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The study consists of two cross-sectional surveys that were organized with young-adult students. (emerald.com)
  • Hence this study was conducted in order to assess utilization of institutional delivery and related factors in Bench Maji zone, Southwest Ethiopia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • OBJECTIVES To assess respiratory morbidity over several cross sectional phases in the European carbon black manufacturing industry. (bmj.com)
  • This is the first report of the psychological impact of COVID-19 in the general Panamanian population and one of the only studies in the Latin American region and, therefore, contributes to research in the Latino population and lower-middle income countries. (frontiersin.org)
  • More females constituted the study population. (who.int)
  • the study population. (who.int)
  • The reason for this is that, unlike cross-sectional studies, in which different individuals with the same characteristics are compared, longitudinal studies track the same people, and so the differences observed in those people are less likely to be the result of cultural differences across generations, that is, the cohort effect. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, because of the repeated observation at the individual level, they have more power than cross-sectional observational studies, by virtue of being able to exclude time-invariant unobserved individual differences and also of observing the temporal order of events. (wikipedia.org)
  • No significant differences for all studied variables influenced the pattern of maturation of the oral mucosa except for alcohol consumption. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study investigated the impact of enforced home-working under lockdown on employee wellbeing via markers of stress, burnout, depressive symptoms, and sleep. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Future longitudinal studies could determine any bidirectional influences of mental well-being and social media use in sexual minorities during this difficult developmental period. (jmir.org)
  • To our knowledge, the present study is the first to evaluate the NK status of Division I Basketball (D1B) players /coaches in Lebanon. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present study was conducted in accordance to the ethical guidelines set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki. (bvsalud.org)
  • Face-to-face interviews were conducted on a representative rural adult sample in a cross-sectional study in China ( N = 2052). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cross sectional study was employed from September 1st - 30th, 2015 in Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia where 765 mothers who deliver 2 years preceding the study provided data for this research. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate whether EAT volume was associated with coronary artery calcification (CAC) in people living with diabetes, independently of confounding factors. (researchsquare.com)
  • Over time, many studies have sought to evaluate the influence of extrinsic factors (tobacco and alcohol consumption) and intrinsic factors such as sex and age in the process of oral epithelium maturation 2,7 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Another nationally representative study with a Norwegian sample of 65,648 respondents also found that 87 % of those with depression and 75 % with anxiety disorders had never sought any help [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Forty-four older adults (38 females) were recruited in this pilot study (mean age = 78.5 years, standard deviation [SD] = 6.2 years). (bvsalud.org)
  • Primary study outcomes were measurement of daily steps (over 14 consecutive days, using an activity monitor), assessment of activity time by activity intensity (using metabolic equivalents [METs]), and evaluation of correlation between PA and patient characteristics. (dovepress.com)
  • A two-stage assessment procedure was used to find out the ADSs. (nature.com)
  • this procedure allows the assessment of epithelial maturation process. (bvsalud.org)
  • The sample size was estimated from data obtained in a previous study 2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Longitudinal studies can be retrospective (looking back in time, thus using existing data such as medical records or claims database) or prospective (requiring the collection of new data). (wikipedia.org)
  • Most of the previous studies that often surveyed in schools where they spend most of their have assessed the relationship between bullying and time, and they are easily accessible ( 2 ). (who.int)