• Methods Using ego-alter dyads from the egocentric network data as the unit of analysis, we conduct logistic regressions to investigate the association between ego and alter exercise and eating behaviours. (lse.ac.uk)
  • This mixed-methods study investigates whether dog owners with stronger relationships with their dogs experience better mental health. (frontiersin.org)
  • 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)
  • Therefore, the present study aimed to determine whether the association between fathers' weight status and their children's weight status is mediated by fathers' and children's movement behaviours (i.e. physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST)). Methods: Cross-sectional data of 899 European fathers and their children were analyzed. (ugent.be)
  • Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we studied 363 T2DM patients in 32 general practices in 2011 and 2012. (eur.nl)
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS Study design and protocol We carried out a cross-sectional study over 7 months (1 February to 31 August 2017), using the immunization centers and outpatient consultation units of two government health facilities (Mankon Sub-Divisional Hospital and the Bamenda Regional Hospital) in Bamenda. (deepdyve.com)
  • The methods used to assess the conditions have changed during the pandemic as the amount of literature and types of studies increased. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: Four hundred forty-seven registered nurses who provide direct patient care completed a cross-sectional survey on presenteeism, its antecedents and consequences, and demographics. (cdc.gov)
  • METHODS: This multicenter, cross-sectional study enrolled 1,238 individuals from 10 towns in the Fuyuan area, Yunnan Province, China. (who.int)
  • METHODS: This comparative study evaluated pre- and post-30-min active and passive indoor group WPS. (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)
  • Objectives Many studies have investigated multimorbidity, whose prevalence varies according to settings and data sources. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity in a Northern Italian region, to investigate its distribution by age, gender and citizenship and to analyse the correlations of diseases. (bmj.com)
  • This is the first study conducted in Italy to assess the prevalence and pattern of multimorbidity and its distribution by age, gender and citizenship. (bmj.com)
  • Rural sub-Saharan Africa is at an early stage of economic and health transition [ 4 ] but there is currently very little published information on the prevalence of vascular risk factors in the population, although such data will be essential in planning future health services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Among other projects, it included a cross-sectional survey of the prevalence of vascular risk factors in the adult population of Agincourt, which we report here. (biomedcentral.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)
  • The study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and associated factors among medical students in Nigeria. (researchsquare.com)
  • [ 3 ] studies have shown that the prevalence of depression is higher among medical students than their peers in other faculties. (researchsquare.com)
  • [ 9 ] A study in a medical school in Nigeria revealed that the prevalence of stress among medical students is very high. (researchsquare.com)
  • [ 10 ] This supports the need for studies on prevalence of depression among medical students. (researchsquare.com)
  • Thus, it has been postulated that mechanisms to facilitate early detection including prevalence studies, counselling services and treatment of depression among medical students should be provided in medical schools. (researchsquare.com)
  • Yet recent epidemiological studies suggest that the prevalence of NCD multimorbidity is high and increasingly the norm for patients in high income settings [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • Unlike case-control studies, they can be used to describe, not only the odds ratio, but also absolute risks and relative risks from prevalences (sometimes called prevalence risk ratio, or PRR). (wikipedia.org)
  • The prevalence of overweight, obesity, blood type O, and rhesus positive observed among students in this study is largely similar to what has been reported in published studies in Ghana and from other countries. (hindawi.com)
  • The prevalence increases with the age of the population studied. (medscape.com)
  • Males and females are affected equally by nail psoriasis, and the prevalence of nail psoriasis increases with the age of the population studied. (medscape.com)
  • Participants included all subjects from the baseline phase of the RaNCD study (n = 10,047). (nature.com)
  • These data will be compared in due time to a cohort of participants with proven late-onset AD. (nih.gov)
  • 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)
  • Participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (1999-2018) were included in this cross-sectional study. (frontiersin.org)
  • A total of 45,023 participants were included in this study, representing 191 million residents in the United States. (frontiersin.org)
  • 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)
  • Participants 214 patients residing in one of the selected facilities during data collection period. (bmj.com)
  • Setting and participants US-based studies identified in a search of ClinicalTrials.gov with depression as the condition, enrolling ages 18 and older, and completed between 1 January 2008 and 1 May 2019. (bmj.com)
  • Systematic random sampling technique was employed to select study participants. (hindawi.com)
  • 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)
  • METHOD: Aggregated data on 8,928 participants. (lu.se)
  • METHOD: Aggregated data on 8,928 participants in the national follow-up programs for CP for the respective countries were used. (lu.se)
  • This cross-sectional study involved 412 participants aged 18 to 46 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. (hindawi.com)
  • Participants Survey data were collected from 1445 patients, 333 of whom were complainants (patients who had filed a complaint about being harmed in healthcare) and 1112 regular patients (patients recruited from healthcare units). (bmj.com)
  • Questionnaires were administered to the study participants to obtain relevant information. (who.int)
  • Researchers can compare the CNS test results from NHANES III with data from two different kinds of neurotoxic exposure studies: (1) where participants are tested at one time and their performance is related to measures of chronic exposure to potential neurotoxicants, and (2) investigating the short- term effects of exposure to neurotoxicants. (cdc.gov)
  • 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 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)
  • Njim, Tsi 2019-02-01 00:00:00 Abstract We assessed the accuracy of the Nelson, Best Guess and Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) formulae in estimating weight in a suburban Cameroonian pediatric population, by conducting a cross-sectional study using 544 children aged 1 month to 12 years. (deepdyve.com)
  • National data sets should be studied further to assess medication-use patterns among older adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Longitudinal studies or intervention studies confirming these findings are however warranted to make meaningful recommendations for health intervention and policy. (ugent.be)
  • 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)
  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies and other pharmacoepidemiologic research should emphasize nonlethal side effects, efficacy, risks, compliance, and cost-effectiveness of medications. (cdc.gov)
  • World Health Organization standard 2006 was used to analyse anthropometric data. (hindawi.com)
  • The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of Chinese urologists and analyse its potential affecting factors. (hkmj.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)
  • A meta-analysis study in 2018 indicated that the DMFT index of Iranian children and adults is 2.30 and 8.60, respectively 2 . (nature.com)
  • Since there are few investigations about DMFT and nutritional status in Iran, this study was conducted to investigate the association between DMFT index and nutritional status based on HEI-2015 among Iranian adults. (nature.com)
  • 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)
  • We performed a cross sectional random sample survey of adults aged over 35 in Agincourt (population ≈ 70 000). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Subsequently, hookworm in Alabama received limited attention until a study published in 2017, reporting 19/55 positive stool samples by qPCR for N. americanus hookworms and 4/55 for Strongyloides stercoralis roundworms, from a cohort of mostly adults living with poor sanitation conditions in Lowndes County ( 17 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This is a summary of a preprint research study , "Discordance Between Self-reported and Lab-Measured A1c Among US Adults With Diabetes: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013-2020)," written by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, published on medRxiv, and provided to you by Medscape. (medscape.com)
  • We used data from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 38,978 adults aged 18 years or older from 6 states: Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. (cdc.gov)
  • Several studies have examined sociodemographic characteristics associated with SSB intake among a nationally representative sample of US adults (3,16-19). (cdc.gov)
  • State-specific information on SSB intake is limited, and only a few studies have examined associations between behavioral factors and SSB intake among US adults. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, a study reported that obese adults and those who were not trying to lose weight had higher mean calorie intake from SSBs (17). (cdc.gov)
  • Another study found no differences in SSB intake by physical activity and smoking among adults aged 20 to 39 years (19). (cdc.gov)
  • Our objective was to describe SSB intake (regular soda/fruit drinks) in adults by using a state-specific data source and to examine the associations between SSB intake and sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics. (cdc.gov)
  • A cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire was answered by 107 physicians at a tertiary-care hospital in Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • Information was obtained from 522 medical students that were eligible to participate in the study using self-administered structured questionnaire. (researchsquare.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)
  • Total of 150 patients were enrolled in the study period from May 2021 and October 2021 whose clinical profile, sociodemographic and biochemical variables were assessed. (nepjol.info)
  • Malički, Mario (2021) Attitudes and practices of open data, preprinting, and peer-review-A cross sectional study on Croatian scientists . (irb.hr)
  • 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)
  • A healthy diet was associated with a decrease in DMFT score in the studied population. (nature.com)
  • Results The study population included 622 026 men and 751 011women, with a mean age of 66.4 years. (bmj.com)
  • The study aimed to analyze impacts of long COVID on the general health and psychosocial well-being of the Pakistani population. (medrxiv.org)
  • Some frailty indices may be more applicable for use in population health studies, whereas others are best suited for clinical screening [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Conclusively, the accuracy of all three formulae was clinically unacceptable in our study population, suggesting the need for studies aimed at deriving more accurate formulae adapted for use in our context. (deepdyve.com)
  • However, no data exist to our knowledge on the accuracy of these formulae in a Cameroonian pediatric population. (deepdyve.com)
  • Studies have shown that COVID-19 does not affect all population groups equally. (cdc.gov)
  • The study covered in this summary was published on medRxiv as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. (medscape.com)
  • The full text of the study can be found on medRxiv.com. (medscape.com)
  • Attitudes towards open peer review, open data and use of preprints influence scientists' engagement with those practices. (irb.hr)
  • We first developed a 21-item questionnaire called Attitudes towards Open data sharing, preprinting, and peer-review (ATOPP), which had a reliable four-factor structure, and measured attitudes towards open data, preprint servers, open peer-review and open peer-review in small scientific communities. (irb.hr)
  • The NHANES used the method of "stratified multistage probability sampling," and this study is a weight analysis following the NHANES analytic guidance. (frontiersin.org)
  • Since NHANES provides cross-sectional data, this study cannot determine cause and effect. (medscape.com)
  • CNS data from NHANES III can be used to assess precisely the effect of factors such as age, sex, educational level, socioeconomic level, and chronic alcohol intake. (cdc.gov)
  • Inflammation plays a pivotal role in hypertension, as a large number of studies have already demonstrated that systemic inflammation levels of patients with hypertension are elevated, which are closely associated with arterial stiffness ( 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Results Data gathering was completed for 214 patients, 104 (48%) of whom were prescribed ≥9 medications. (bmj.com)
  • Results 725 studies involving 156 634 patients met inclusion criteria. (bmj.com)
  • In this study, we aimed to analyze the hospitalization costs for immobile patients with hemorrhagic stroke (IHS) or ischemic stroke (IIS) in China and to determine the factors associated with hospitalization costs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present study was derived from a research project of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China, which aimed to develop a standardized nursing intervention model (SNIM) among immobile patients with stroke. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Raising positive expectations helps patients with minor ailments: a cross-sectional study. (nivel.nl)
  • 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)
  • This study aims to quantify guideline adherence in Dutch general practices providing care to T2DM patients and explores the association between guideline adherence and patients' health outcomes. (eur.nl)
  • Design Cross-sectional survey of patients using a study-specific questionnaire. (bmj.com)
  • Data from 417 patients with Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stages I (29.5%), II (43.9%), III (23.5%), and IV (3.1%) were evaluated. (dovepress.com)
  • Results from recent studies have indicated that patients with better knowledge of their A1c level experience better overall care and diabetes management, and they have better knowledge of medication, better adherence, and increased treatment satisfaction. (medscape.com)
  • From April 2014 to December 2020, we consecutively enrolled 12, 597 migraine patients in 10 headache or neurological clinics, of which 7643 agreed to participate in the study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Existing studies have shown that decrease of physicians' diagnostic uncertainty has reduced the rates of antibiotic prescription for patients in primary care 9 . (nature.com)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study of the first 100 patients hospitalised at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas (Lima, Peru) who were positive for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR during the period 30 March to 20 June. (ecancer.org)
  • [ 4 ] The study looked at retrospective data from three German cross-sectional independent national studies on patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. (medscape.com)
  • The study group included 28 patients with chronic low back pain treated with opioid therapy buprenorphine (n=10), tramadol (n=8), oxycodone (n=6), morphine (n=3), fentanyl (n=1). (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • Survey data was used to develop univariate and multivariate logistic regression models for six outcome variables originating from the items assessing the acceptance of specific types of eHealth applications. (springer.com)
  • Data were analysed using multivariate regression analyses. (nivel.nl)
  • Data were analyzed using STATA version 13 where binary logistic regression was fitted to identify independent predictors of unsuccessful treatment outcomes at 5 % significance level. (msh.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)
  • Cross-sectional studies are descriptive studies (neither longitudinal nor experimental). (wikipedia.org)
  • For instance, preliminary versions of this list focused on providing the latest information based on descriptive data. (cdc.gov)
  • Data generated were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS software version 20. (who.int)
  • Approval for the study was obtained from the ethical committee of the Northwest Regional Delegation for Health, Cameroon, as well as from the administrative authorities of the various hospitals used as recruitment sites. (deepdyve.com)
  • The present study was conducted in accordance to the ethical guidelines set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between social capital and childbirth behaviors in Iranian women employees. (biomedcentral.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)
  • Improvements in coverage and data quality of the national ED dataset, and the addition of an appropriateness field, would make this dataset an effective monitoring tool to evaluate interventions addressing this issue. (liverpool.ac.uk)
  • Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has selected reducing SSB intake as a target behavior for preventing and controlling obesity and supports states in working on state-level data to prioritize subgroups that may need more targeted interventions for SSB reduction. (cdc.gov)
  • State-based surveillance data are needed to document baseline and postintervention SSB consumption to monitor the impact of CDC funding of state-based interventions to prevent and control obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • This analytical cross-sectional study was carried out among 226 undergraduate medical students. (nepjol.info)
  • Diabetes and hypertension are highly prevalent risk factors for frail elders, this study provides specific detail about treatment intensity and surrogate outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • The study outcomes were doctor visits and hospitalizations in the previous 12 months, and unmet surgical needs. (scielosp.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)
  • Data on the patient's history of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, clinical findings, nail involvement, and patient- and practitioner-reported outcomes were collected from standardized questionnaires. (medscape.com)
  • In this cross-sectional study, data from the Ravansar non-communicable diseases cohort study were analyzed. (nature.com)
  • The Vienna Transdanube Aging (VITA) study searches for early markers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by examining the mental status in a community-based cohort of 606, 75-years old volunteers that are then related to various clinical and genetic analyses. (nih.gov)
  • 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)
  • Finland does not have a national follow-up program for individuals with CP and therefore a study cohort was used instead. (lu.se)
  • Outpatients aged ≥ 40 years with confirmed COPD diagnosis and pulmonary function test data were enrolled. (dovepress.com)
  • Considering oncological treatments 30 days before COVID-19 diagnosis, our data did not reveal an increased mortality. (ecancer.org)
  • Design Cross-sectional study based on administrative data. (bmj.com)
  • Design Cross sectional study. (bmj.com)
  • The present study was limited by its small sample size and cross-sectional design. (bmj.com)
  • As the literature grew, CDC investigators categorized the literature by study design. (cdc.gov)
  • Design: Data collected from Chinese industrial workers during a cross-sectional study were reanalyzed. (cdc.gov)
  • The study sample included a relatively small number of people with diabetes. (medscape.com)
  • The data did not differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. (medscape.com)
  • The HEI-2015 score was calculated based on data obtained from Food Frequency Questionnaire and categorized into quartiles. (nature.com)
  • The questionnaire had 6 sections covering demographic data, knowledge, attitudes and practice towards reporting medical errors, perceived causes of and frequency of medical errors in their hospital and personal experiences of medical error reporting. (who.int)
  • Le questionnaire présentait six sections couvrant les données démographiques, les connaissances, les attitudes et les pratiques vis-à-vis de la notification des erreurs médicales, les causes perçues et la fréquence des erreurs médicales dans leur hôpital ainsi que les expériences personnelles en matière de notification. (who.int)
  • Interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data. (hindawi.com)
  • The goal of our study was to construct and validate such a questionnaire and use it to assess attitudes of Croatian scientists. (irb.hr)
  • Setting The study was conducted in primary and secondary care in three county councils in southeast Sweden by means of a survey questionnaire despatched in January 2017. (bmj.com)
  • Survey data suggests substantial numbers of children in this region may be exposed to raw sewage, which is itself a major public health concern. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The objective of this study was to investigate associations between accelerometer measurements of physical activity and psychosocial variables in older people. (nih.gov)
  • An accelerometer provided step count and physical activity intensity data throughout each 24-hour period for 1 year. (nih.gov)
  • However, a limitation of these studies is that they have combined work pace and physical work demands in one exposure measure, making it difficult to identify the specific factors associated with occupational accidents, which is critical for evidence-based prevention of occupational accidents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data for this study were collected as part of a statewide faith-based physical activity program for African Americans. (cdc.gov)
  • The aims of this study were to investigate and describe the use of AFOs in children with CP in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Scotland, and Denmark, and compare AFO use between countries and by gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) level, CP subtype, sex, and age. (lu.se)
  • Moreover, in a recent retrospective study, researchers revealed that assessing systemic inflammation helped in predicting the risk of hypertension ( 7 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • A retrospective study from 2014 reports that nail involvement in psoriasis is a significant predictor of the patient also having psoriatic arthritis. (medscape.com)
  • 416 (57.4%) of the studies posted some results. (bmj.com)
  • Compared with studies without results, studies with any results were more likely to have hypotheses, include drug treatment conditions, and to have publications related to the study. (bmj.com)
  • The results of the study showed that, there was significant relationship between number of pregnancy and social capital ( P = 0.039). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Opioid Therapy: Results of Pilot Cross-Sectional Study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mental health of students deteriorate when they begin studies in a medical school and remains poor throughout the period of training. (researchsquare.com)
  • [ 1 ] There is evidence that mental health of students deteriorate when they begin studies in a medical school and remains poor throughout the period of training. (researchsquare.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 5 ] in a systematic review of published data on blood type diet concluded that there was no scientific proof to assess the effectiveness of the blood type diet. (hindawi.com)
  • We set out to produce an interactive data resource to show savings in each NHS general practice, and to assess the current use of these medicines, their change in use over time, and the extent and reasons for variation in such prescribing. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The study indicated that the WHOQOL-BREF may be a reliable and valid tool to assess quality of life of Chinese urologists. (hkmj.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)
  • This study aimed to determine the association between factors relevant to diagnostic uncertainty and physicians' antibiotic-prescribing behaviour in primary care. (nature.com)
  • However, the effect of these factors on physicians' antibiotic-prescribing beahaviours has rarely been considered in existing studies. (nature.com)
  • No studies have been conducted to explain the effect of opioids in chronic non- cancer pain therapy on the neurotrophic factors level. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Data were extracted regarding inclusion and exclusion criteria, publications related to the study and specification of hypotheses. (bmj.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Studies show that the incidence of COPD has remained high in southwest China despite the 1976 National Stove Improvement Program for indoor air quality. (who.int)
  • We analyzed cross-sectional nationally representative data from the World Health Organisaion Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE), conducted in India during 2007. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Researchers have measured the degree of frailty using a critical mass of phenotypic components in the hypothetical cycle of frailty (Cardiovascular Health Study [CHS] index) [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cross-sectional studies can contain individual-level data (one record per individual, for example, in national health surveys). (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • We examined characteristics of the transparent reporting of depression treatment studies registered in ClinicalTrials.gov. (bmj.com)
  • This study investigated the possible relationship between hands-and-knees crawling and this gait pattern, as well as the association of foot rotation asymmetry and others comorbidities and specific intervention. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • Complete, transparent reporting of clinical trial data facilitates valid estimates of treatment efficacy. (bmj.com)
  • Furthermore, a simple frailty index with three components has been proposed based on the predictive validity of each component and its suitability for component assessment in clinical practice (Study of Osteoporotic Fractures [SOF] index) [ 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A total of 412 cases were excluded (306 did not meet the diagnostic criteria of migraine, and 273 did not have intact clinical data) in the data verification process, and 1626 cases who were diagnosed as probable migraine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Then, ideally hard cylinders with oblong cross sectional shapes and hard surfaces for different incidence angles are analyzed. (vde-verlag.de)
  • Three main themes emerged from the qualitative data: Sources of influence, influence of personal experience and influence of medical education. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Overweight and obesity were not associated with ABO blood groups or Rhesus in this study. (hindawi.com)
  • This is a major advantage over other forms of epidemiological study. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, few studies on this topic have been conducted in Italy, a country with universal healthcare and one of the most aged populations in the world. (bmj.com)
  • CONCLUSION: In this study, the use of AFOs in children with CP in countries with relatively similar healthcare systems, differed between countries, age, GMFCS level, and CP subtype. (lu.se)
  • Given that frailty syndrome is little discussed in the literature on the aging voice, the current study aims to examine the relationship between frailty and vocal biomarkers in older people. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From the analysis of this study, it is possible to perceive the relationship between foot rotation asymmetry and the previous acquisition of hands-and-knees crawling in Down syndrome. (bvsalud.org)
  • A signed informed consent was obtained from the parent or legal guardian of children recruited into the study. (deepdyve.com)
  • In this cross-sectional study, 361 children with or without foot rotation asymmetry were selected. (bvsalud.org)
  • The findings from qualitative data suggest how medical students form beliefs about the causes and management of LBP is complex. (biomedcentral.com)