• METHODS: One thousand female patients in the child bearing period (age 18-45 yrs) were included in this study. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • METHODS: Cross-sectional study with an electronic questionnaire distributed to 28 762 hospital employees in southern Sweden. (lu.se)
  • Methods/Approach A cross-sectional study on commercial drivers was conducted at the largest government bus/truck station in Peshawar, Pakistan. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of the present study was to investigate if time since schizophrenia diagnosis, body mass index (BMI), sex, metabolic syndrome, alcohol use, smoking, alanine transaminase (ALT), and body fat percentage (as measured by bioelectrical impedance) were associated with HS, determined by computed tomography (CT), in a population of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.METHODS: Moderate to severe HS (40 CT Hounsfield units as threshold) was determined utilizing non-contrast enhanced CT. (aau.dk)
  • Methods A total of 194 patients with FBSS, who met the study inclusion criteria, were included in this analysis. (medsci.org)
  • Methods We performed a cross-sectional study that employed a post hoc risk factor analysis of ED patients ≥18 years who were screened for HIV between 27 November 2018 and 26 November 2019, at a single urban, quaternary referral academic hospital. (bmj.com)
  • Analytical studies seek to establish relationships and associations between two or more phenomena (called variables in the analysis process), and descriptive studies are only about the detailed and organized description of one or more phenomena, the quality of data required for study in addition to the systematization and standardization of the collection methods, also the strategy adopted to obtain them, which is called the design or, more correctly, the study design. (bvsalud.org)
  • The methods used to assess the conditions have changed during the pandemic as the amount of literature and types of studies increased. (cdc.gov)
  • A study of the impact of health education methods used in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS among a cross-section of the sexuality active population in Lusaka Urban / Mary Kaumwa Mulwila, Josephine Muvuma Himoonga, Esnart Shakulipa Namakando. (who.int)
  • In medical research, social science, and biology, a cross-sectional study (also known as a cross-sectional analysis, transverse study, prevalence study) is a type of observational study that analyzes data from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time-that is, cross-sectional data. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although communication strategies might to some extent contribute to the management of minor ailments, the results of this observational study also indicate that it is important for a physician to pay attention to the mood of the patient who enters the consulting room. (nivel.nl)
  • This retrospective and cross-sectional study aims to identify the risk factors associated with clinical insomnia in FBSS patients. (medsci.org)
  • Kim, S.H. Clinical insomnia and associated factors in failed back surgery syndrome: a retrospective cross-sectional study. (medsci.org)
  • a retrospective cross-sectional study that analyzed electronic medical records of 401 children. (bvs.br)
  • A retrospective analytical cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary hospital and training institution in Baguio City, the Philippines from March 2020 to March 2021. (who.int)
  • A retrospective study reported that patient age, white blood cell count, and laterality are key factors distinguishing testicular torsion from acute scrotum. (medscape.com)
  • Lung function in primary Sjögren's syndrome: a cross sectional and longitudinal study. (bmj.com)
  • Sex Differences in Poststroke Cognitive Impairment: A Multicenter Study in 2343 Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke. (medscape.com)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) in areas of rural Alabama, USA, that have sanitation deficits. (cdc.gov)
  • This study aimed to determine the prevalence of antibiotic therapy in patients with COVID-19 infection and explore the association of antibiotic prescribing with patients' demographics and clinical characteristics. (who.int)
  • a comparative cross-sectional study of 150 axial spondyloarthritis and 150 orthopedic back pain patients. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Burden of disease and impact on quality of life in chronic back pain - a comparative cross-sectional study of 150 axial spondyloarthritis and 150 orthopedic back pain patients. (iasp-pain.org)
  • A comparative cross-sectional study among 790 randomly selected new cases of TB (395 each treated with 4RH and 6EH during the continuation phase) was conducted in nine health centers and one hospital in three zones in southwestern Ethiopia. (msh.org)
  • The study determined the prevalence of allergic rhinitis and its associated risk factors in these vendors. (scirp.org)
  • Results of the study show a prevalence of 43% of allergic rhinitis among vendors. (scirp.org)
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) survey [10] showed the existence of allergic rhinitis with differences in prevalence between countries ranging from 7.5% in Ethiopia to 49% in Ivory Coast. (scirp.org)
  • However, this association is not widely known in developing countries because the majority of epidemiological studies on air pollution from road traffic and allergic rhinitis are done in developed countries. (scirp.org)
  • Most case-control studies collect specifically designed data on all participants, including data fields designed to allow the hypothesis of interest to be tested. (wikipedia.org)
  • Participants included all subjects from the baseline phase of the RaNCD study (n = 10,047). (nature.com)
  • The Tehranian women were selected randomly from participants of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) and the Ghazvinian females from patients who came to public health centers. (nih.gov)
  • This cross-sectional study involved 412 participants aged 18 to 46 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. (hindawi.com)
  • Systematic random sampling technique was employed to select study participants. (hindawi.com)
  • These study participants were provided with appropriate personal protective equipment to deliver healthcare to patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 and were involved in aerosol generating procedures. (bmj.com)
  • Results The average age of study participants was 35.8 years and 68.1% (286/420) were women. (bmj.com)
  • All 420 study participants had direct contact with patients with covid-19 and performed at least one aerosol generating procedure. (bmj.com)
  • During the deployment period in Wuhan, none of the study participants reported covid-19 related symptoms. (bmj.com)
  • Despite being at high risk of exposure, study participants were appropriately protected and did not contract infection or develop protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2. (bmj.com)
  • For this study, the participants were interviewed, and their responses were recorded on a questionnaire capturing information on demographics, COVID-19 status, duration of symptoms and long COVID symptoms. (medrxiv.org)
  • The main objective of this study was to assess determinants of the acceptance of the Internet use for provision of chosen health care services remaining in the scope of current nationwide eHealth initiative in Poland. (springer.com)
  • Therefore, the objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of overweight and obesity among the Yi nationality in an autonomous prefecture. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With regard to prevalent diseases, a cohort study conducted in Sweden, with the objective of assessing the association between breastfeeding and hospitalizations for infectious diseases in children up to four years of age, revealed that the risk of hospitalizations for infectious diseases decreased with EBF duration. (bvs.br)
  • In medical research, cross-sectional studies differ from case-control studies in that they aim to provide data on the entire population under study, whereas case-control studies typically include only individuals who have developed a specific condition and compare them with a matched sample, often a tiny minority, of the rest of the population. (wikipedia.org)
  • Longitudinal studies differ from both in making a series of observations more than once on members of the study population over a period of time. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, in modern epidemiology it may be impossible to survey the entire population of interest, so cross-sectional studies often involve secondary analysis of data collected for another purpose. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • A healthy diet was associated with a decrease in DMFT score in the studied population. (nature.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we found a higher 1-year prevalence of self-reported hand eczema among Swedish healthcare workers than reported in the general population. (lu.se)
  • The study aimed to analyze impacts of long COVID on the general health and psychosocial well-being of the Pakistani population. (medrxiv.org)
  • The aim of the present study was to investigate if time since schizophrenia diagnosis, body mass index (BMI), sex, metabolic syndrome, alcohol use, smoking, alanine transaminase (ALT), and body fat percentage (as measured by bioelectrical impedance) were associated with HS, determined by computed tomography (CT), in a population of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. (aau.dk)
  • Several studies have shown that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing to epidemic proportions at an alarming rate in the Chinese population [ 2 , 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the current study, we aimed to identify risk factors for HIV infection in an emergency department (ED) population. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions The study ED services a high-risk population with regard to HIV infection. (bmj.com)
  • Increasingly more people with HF are living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), but only a few small-scale studies have focused on social support in this population. (diva-portal.org)
  • These characteristics make cross-sectional studies particularly useful for studying the prevalence a of a particular phenomenon, whether it is assumed to be the cause or the consequence, or both, in a defined population. (bvsalud.org)
  • Examples of cross-sectional studies, probably one of the most popular, are population censuses (demographic), systematically carried out by many countries in order to identify characteristics of their populations at a given time, analyze their evolution over time, and to establish some relationships between these features that deserve to be analyzed 3,4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Considering common risk approach, dentistry should work together with health promotion for the studied population of workers in order to meet the oral treatment needs and prevent new tooth losses. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies have shown that COVID-19 does not affect all population groups equally. (cdc.gov)
  • East-West Center, Population and Health Studies. (who.int)
  • RESULTS: Sixteen percent (n=440 742) of the study population was multimorbid. (lu.se)
  • Longitudinal Assessment of Sleep Apnea in the Year After Stroke in a Population-Based Study. (medscape.com)
  • I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. (medrxiv.org)
  • Together with other studies showing a high degree of polypharmacy this study points to a clinical and scientific need to analyze polypharmacy regimes on the way to a more personalized therapy of major depressive disorder. (elsevier.com)
  • Method: The study was conducted on 50 consecutive patients with TBI based on the assessment of clinical history for epilepsy and MMSE for cognitive impairment. (who.int)
  • Periodontal Disease Treatment After Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: The PREMIERS Study, a Randomized Clinical Trial. (medscape.com)
  • To determine the influence o f b ody mass index (BMI) on cognition in euthymic bipolar patients and healthy matched controls in a post hoc study of 2 cross-sectional and longitudinal exploratory studies. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Job strain and cardiovascular risk factors: a cross sectional study of employed Danish men and women. (bmj.com)
  • 10 However, other types/designs of research studies are becoming increasingly important in evidence-based practice, such as diagnostic testing, risk factors for disease and prevalence studies, 10 hence systematic reviews in this area have become necessary. (bmj.com)
  • Beyond the pure description of phenomena, cross-sectional design is also useful in studies that investigate causal and effect relationships, which seek, at least preliminarily, to analyze the relationships between risk factors, determinants and what are supposed to be their consequences or effects (outcomes), such as diseases, sequelae and damages or even advantages (protection) of any kind. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cross-sectional studies are descriptive studies (neither longitudinal nor experimental). (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, cross-sectional studies are very useful in descriptive studies when used in studies that are proposed to be analytical, the results must be interpreted by researchers with good experience in that specific field of knowledge, using a lot of caution and common sense. (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)
  • This study aimed to evaluate the baseline characteristics of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, after receiving first or second doses of COVID-19 vaccine. (magiran.com)
  • In this cross-sectional study, we examined 100 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection after vaccination and collected demographic characteristics and history of underlying diseases, lung involvement, and severity of the disease, as well as the type of vaccine received and the duration of onset of the diseases symptoms after vaccination. (magiran.com)
  • Title : Buprenorphine prescription dispensing rates and characteristics following federal changes in prescribing policy, 2017-2018: A cross-sectional study Personal Author(s) : Roehler, Douglas R.;Guy, Gery P.;Jones, Christopher M. (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics, surgical outcomes and factors influencing surgical outcomes of women presenting with obstetric fistulas at a Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia . (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of Chinese urologists and analyse its potential affecting factors. (hkmj.org)
  • The main characteristic of cross-sectional studies is that the observation of variables, whether they are cases, individuals, or other types of data, is performed in a single moment (the same), when the researcher records a "photograph" of the facts (variables) of interest and not the "movie" of its evolution 1,2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout and its association with work productivity among academic staff. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this study, we aimed to assess and compare burden of disease, functional capacity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients with orthopedic chronic back pain patients (OBP). (iasp-pain.org)
  • 1-3 Systematic reviews have been used to develop guidelines and to answer important questions for evidence-based practice 3 , 4 and CA to assess the quality of studies that have been included is a crucial part of this process. (bmj.com)
  • The study indicated that the WHOQOL-BREF may be a reliable and valid tool to assess quality of life of Chinese urologists. (hkmj.org)
  • The aim of this study was to assess the QOL of Chinese urologists from a nationwide survey 10 to explore the possible influencing factors of QOL, and to generate public attention on the issue of QOL of the current medical community. (hkmj.org)
  • Further studies are needed to assess long-term outcomes and factors influencing surgical outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is a major advantage over other forms of epidemiological study. (wikipedia.org)
  • The RaNCD study is part of a Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran (PERSIAN), which has been started by enrolling 10,047 adults aged 35-65 since 2014. (nature.com)
  • This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 using data from the baseline phase of the Ravansar non-communicable disease (RaNCD) cohort study in Ravansar, Kermanshah province, western Iran. (nature.com)
  • We performed a secondary analysis of data from the baseline survey of the Good Schools Study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Operationalizing essential services : package delivery in the public sector in Dhaka City : baseline findings from a cross-sectional study / Shamsuddin Alamgir, Subrata Routh, Masud Reza. (who.int)
  • Objectives To describe how the methodological quality of primary studies is assessed in systematic reviews and whether the quality assessment is taken into account in the interpretation of results. (bmj.com)
  • Objectives The aim of this study was to develop a critical appraisal (CA) tool that addressed study design and reporting quality as well as the risk of bias in cross-sectional studies (CSSs). (bmj.com)
  • The detailed methodology and design of the RaNCD study has been published in 2019 15 . (nature.com)
  • Design Cross sectional, quantitative survey, part interview and part self completion, administered in respondents' homes. (who.int)
  • Design Cross sectional study. (bmj.com)
  • This is because when reading any type of evidence, being critical of all aspects of the study design, execution and reporting is vital for assessing its quality before being applied to practice. (bmj.com)
  • In observational studies normally four types of study design are used: case series studies, cross-section studies, case-control studies and cohort studies. (bvsalud.org)
  • Of course this type of design is appropriate for problems with prolonged or chronic evolution and is not generally suitable for the study of acute situations, when the interest is the incidence b of new events. (bvsalud.org)
  • As the literature grew, CDC investigators categorized the literature by study design. (cdc.gov)
  • DESIGN: A nationwide extended cross-sectional hypothesis - generating family study between 1997 and 2015. (lu.se)
  • Aims: To study the incidence of epilepsy and cognitive impairment following TBI and correlate the findings with radiological abnormalities. (who.int)
  • Cross-sectional studies involve data collected at a defined time. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cross-sectional data cannot be used to infer causality because temporality is not known. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cross-sectional studies may involve special data collection, including questions about the past, but they often rely on data originally collected for other purposes. (wikipedia.org)
  • The use of routinely collected data allows large cross-sectional studies to be made at little or no expense. (wikipedia.org)
  • A natural progression has been suggested from cheap cross-sectional studies of routinely collected data which suggest hypotheses, to case-control studies testing them more specifically, then to cohort studies and trials which cost much more and take much longer, but may give stronger evidence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cross-sectional studies using data originally collected for other purposes are often unable to include data on confounding factors, other variables that affect the relationship between the putative cause and effect. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cross-sectional studies can contain individual-level data (one record per individual, for example, in national health surveys). (wikipedia.org)
  • This cross-sectional study used data of all Basque Country citizens over 14 years of age (n = 1,964,337) collected in a period of 2 years. (nih.gov)
  • In this cross-sectional study, data from the Ravansar non-communicable diseases cohort study were analyzed. (nature.com)
  • In this type of scientific research the researchers do not interfere with the phenomena under study, only observe in a systematic and standardized manner, collecting and recording information, data or materials that spontaneously occur at a particular time of the health-disease process, or along its natural evolution, and then proceed with its description and/or analysis. (bvsalud.org)
  • In this type of scientific investigation researchers do not interfere in the phenomena under study, they only observe them in a systematic and standardized way, collecting and registering information, data or materials (such as blood, biopsies and other examples) that occur spontaneously at a given moment in the health-disease process, or during its natural evolution, and then proceed to its description and/or analysis 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of cross-sectional studies is to obtain reliable data that make possible to generate, robust conclusions, and create new hypotheses that can be investigated with new research. (bvsalud.org)
  • In this cross-sectional study, all traffic accident victims (n=2015) referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia during 2015-2016 were selected by the census method. (magiran.com)
  • The approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China. (hkmj.org)
  • The majority of evidence from LMICs consists of small-scale qualitative studies by the United Nations and non-governmental organisations [ 5 - 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In a cross-sectional survey, a specific group is looked at to see if an activity, say alcohol consumption, is related to the health effect being investigated, say cirrhosis of the liver. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cross-sectional survey. (hkmj.org)
  • This cross-sectional survey was conducted in a company in the state of São Paulo. (bvsalud.org)
  • The findings of this study reveal that many factors, including using vehicle safety tools and time and location of the accidents have been implicated in the severity of accident-related injuries. (magiran.com)
  • Success rate for fistula repair was 83%at 2 weeks post-operative.Study findings were inadequate to show a significant association between successful repair and factors in the model. (bvsalud.org)
  • In economics, cross-sectional studies typically involve the use of cross-sectional regression, in order to sort out the existence and magnitude of causal effects of one independent variable upon a dependent variable of interest at a given point in time. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study was conducted to investigate the association between decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index and nutritional status measured by Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015), in Iranian adults. (nature.com)
  • The goal of this study is to characterize profiles of social media engagement regarding the influenza vaccine and their association with knowledge and compliance in order to support improvement of future web-associated vaccination campaigns. (jmir.org)
  • Sexually transmitted infections prevalence study methodology : guidelines for the implementation of STI prevalence studies. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the severity of injuries due to traffic accidents using the Haddon matrix. (magiran.com)
  • The aim of this study was to explore factors related to perceived social support in a large cohort of individuals with HF living with an ICD. (diva-portal.org)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Cross-sectional studies. (who.int)
  • A cross-sectional study, including 1255 subjects aged 20-75 years, was carried out in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan province from 2007 to 2008. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study investigated the long-term associations of TBI and TBI severity with stroke risk in military veterans. (medscape.com)
  • Conclusions Cochrane reviews fared better than systematic reviews published in paper based journals in terms of assessment of methodological quality of primary studies, although they both largely failed to take it into account in the interpretation of results. (bmj.com)
  • 1 - 3 A recent review showed that lack of adherence to a priori defined validity criteria may help explain why primary studies on the same topic provide different results. (bmj.com)
  • RESULTS: In the present study, 145 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (mean age 42.2 years (SD ± 13.8)) were included, with 88 (60.7%) being male. (aau.dk)
  • The association between the explanatory variables and outcome of HS was assessed using multivariable logistic regression.RESULTS: In the present study, 145 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (mean age 42.2 years (SD ± 13.8)) were included, with 88 (60.7%) being male. (aau.dk)
  • Results: The incidence of epilepsy after TBI was found to be 40% in our study. (who.int)
  • This booklet lists results from the ACHS I and ACHS II surveys and studies that have been published in scientific journals and presented at scientific meetings. (cdc.gov)
  • Using social media is negatively linked to compliance with seasonal influenza vaccination in this study. (jmir.org)
  • This study aimed to explore parental acceptability of HPV vaccination for their daughters in Morocco. (who.int)
  • This study examines to what extent GPs display both strategies during consultations for minor ailments and investigates how each of these relate to the patients' perceived health, consultation frequency and medication adherence. (nivel.nl)
  • The authors recommended a validation study for the purported health benefits of blood type diets. (hindawi.com)
  • 6 ] conducted the first study to examine the association between blood type diets and biomarkers of cardiometabolic health in experimental and control groups. (hindawi.com)
  • Previous studies revealed that during epidemic periods of infectious diseases, many medical staff, especially those who served on the front line, were prone to mental health problems. (medscimonit.com)
  • In health the most frequent researches are done in the form of observational studies. (bvsalud.org)
  • These studies, even if purely observational and descriptive, are very useful in the field of Public Health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Few studies were found to report oral health conditions in economically active adults. (bvsalud.org)
  • Institutes of Health, a process in the first study, ACHS I, to develop a follow-up study were eligible to participate in started in 2011. (cdc.gov)
  • study, ACHS II, included measurements of PCBs, eval- uation of questions on health issues identified in ACHS I, and additional assessments of dioxin-like compounds. (cdc.gov)
  • Study selection 965 systematic reviews (809 Cochrane reviews and 156 paper based reviews) published between 1995 and 2002. (bmj.com)
  • Critical appraisal of the methodological quality of primary studies is an essential feature of systematic reviews. (bmj.com)
  • We compared the approaches used for quality assessment of primary studies by Cochrane systematic reviews with systematic reviews published in paper based journals. (bmj.com)
  • Cross-sectional studies are very susceptible to recall bias. (wikipedia.org)
  • All eligible adult ICD recipients in the Swedish ICD registry were invited to participate in this cross-sectional study. (diva-portal.org)
  • The younger adult workers in this study showed better oral conditions and an increase in tooth loss was observed in the older individuals. (bvsalud.org)
  • A cross-sectional study was conducted through structured questionnaires to collect the demographical information of the participating medical staff via WeChat following COVID-19 crisis. (medscimonit.com)