• 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)
  • 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: This was a cross-sectional study, in which questionnaires were collected from 495 students attending public and private schools of the urban area of the city of Várzea Grande, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. (who.int)
  • Methods/Approach A cross-sectional study on commercial drivers was conducted at the largest government bus/truck station in Peshawar, Pakistan. (bmj.com)
  • Methods The study will make use of an intervention mapping framework and a sequential, explanatory mixed methods design. (researchgate.net)
  • Describe the risk associated with specific underlying conditions from the two cohort studies and studies using other methods. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the outpatient department of Bishoftu Hospital from June 2019 to March 2020. (who.int)
  • Methods: Participants in the population-based New Hampshire Skin Cancer Study provided detailed risk factor data, and subsequent cancers were identified via linkage with the state cancer registry. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants included all subjects from the baseline phase of the RaNCD study (n = 10,047). (nature.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)
  • 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)
  • This cross-sectional study involved 412 participants aged 18 to 46 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. (hindawi.com)
  • A total of 4,878 participants (male: 48.2%) from 4 consecutive cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2014) were included in this study after a rigorous screening process. (frontiersin.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)
  • Systematic random sampling technique was employed to select study participants. (hindawi.com)
  • 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)
  • Objectives: To investigate participants' experience of Cognitive Functional Therapy by comparing those who reported larger or smaller improvements with treatment, potentially yielding insight into the implementation of this approach. (researchgate.net)
  • Participants Preprints and final journal publications of 67 interventional and observational studies of COVID-19 treatment or prevention from the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register published between 1 March 2020 and 30 October 2020. (bmj.com)
  • Participants: The study includes 2,532 patients from the National Swedish Septoplasty Register undergoing septoplasty with or without additional turbinoplasty on the indication of nasal obstruction in 2014-2019. (lu.se)
  • 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)
  • Results: A total of 1506 (92.9% males) participants were recruited into the study, with mean age and age range of 37.1ï ±8.7 and 18-68 years respectively. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • We aim to investigate the association of the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) with the prevalence of hypertension in a large multiracial population in the United States. (frontiersin.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)
  • 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)
  • Patient demographics, surgeon characteristics, and concurrent diagnostic factors affecting the prevalence of meniscus repairs in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction (ACLR) by community-based orthopaedic surgeons have not been fully studied. (nih.gov)
  • 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 therefore aimed to evaluate the prevalence, correlates and patterns of waterpipe users among young people in a diverse ethnic urban area of the UK. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of SARSCoV-2 infection in Burkina Faso and to use the initial cycle threshold (Ct) values of RT-PCR as a tool to monitor the dynamics of the viral load. (bvsalud.org)
  • ABSTRACT The aim of this cross-sectional study was to measure the prevalence, severity and type of wife abuse experienced by ever-married women attending primary health centres in Medina, Saudi Ara- bia. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • A 2021 study found that UPFs were associated with a 22% increased risk for future depression, which took 2-10 years to develop. (medscape.com)
  • Systematic review and study repositories and grey literature sources were searched in August 2021 and guidelines identified for the eCOVID19 Recommendations Map were screened (November 2021). (bvsalud.org)
  • Methodology: Between September 2021 and February 2022, oropharyngeal and/or nasopharyngeal swab samples of consecutively selected COVID-19 symptomatic and apparently healthy workers from the Wahgnion mining site in the South-western Burkina Faso who consented to the study were collected according to the two weeks shift program and tested for SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PCR assay. (bvsalud.org)
  • Méthodologie: Entre septembre 2021 et février 2022, des écouvillonnages oropharyngés et/ou nasopharyngés de travailleurs symptomatiques COVID-19 et apparemment en bonne santé sélectionnés consécutivement du site minier de Wahgnion dans le sud-ouest du Burkina Faso qui ont consenti à l'étude ont été prélevés selon les deux programme de quart de semaines et testé pour le SRAS-CoV-2 à l'aide d'un test RT-PCR. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • The detailed methodology and design of the RaNCD study has been published in 2019 15 . (nature.com)
  • This was a panel of two cross-sectional studies conducted in Manaus in 2015 and 2019. (scielosp.org)
  • Objectives: The aim of this study is to analyse previous literature conducted on strategies that enhance resilience in ICU nurses to cope with workplace adversities beyond the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • As the literature grew, CDC investigators categorized the literature by study design. (cdc.gov)
  • Design Cross sectional study. (bmj.com)
  • We searched PubMed and Web of Science for articles on BCd or UCd and BP or HTN in nonoccupationally exposed populations and extracted information from studies that provided sufficient data on population, smoking status, exposure, outcomes, and design. (nih.gov)
  • Design: Non-interventional, cross-sectional study with an Interpretive Description framework. (researchgate.net)
  • Design: A cross-sectional survey-based study. (jcadonline.com)
  • The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Residential greenness and blood lipids in urban-dwelling adults: The 33 Communities Chinese Health Study. (naturalmedicinejournal.com)
  • A 2017 study found that 17.3 million adults in the United States had a depressive episode in the previous year. (greatist.com)
  • The objective of this study was to systematically review peer-reviewed articles on cigarette smoking initiation and effective prevention efforts among young adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study focused on adults aged 45 years or older who responded yes to the question "During the past 12 months, have you experienced confusion or memory loss that is happening more often or is getting worse? (cdc.gov)
  • the results, however, are inconclusive because of the limited number of representative population-based studies of never-smokers. (nih.gov)
  • In this population-based cross-sectional study, a representative sample of 5720 women aged 18-74 years, were included. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Cross-sectional studies are descriptive studies (neither longitudinal nor experimental). (wikipedia.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 study was to investigate the situation of mental health status among medical staff following COVID-19. (medscimonit.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)
  • A new Department of Defense policy recognizes the private nature of mental health care and is part of a larger DOD effort to reduce the stigma that is often associated with seeking help for mental health. (health.mil)
  • More than 10 years earlier, Nakagawa and Nishijo (1996) conducted a review of cadmium exposure and HTN and found that, although general population studies had reported positive associations of blood cadmium (BCd) and urinary cadmium (UCd) with BP, inverse associations had been reported in studies of residents or workers with known environmental or occupational exposures. (nih.gov)
  • Nakagawa and Nishijo (1996) interpreted these differences as an effect of low versus high exposures to cadmium, identified exposure misclassification as a limitation of studies conducted before the 1970s when cadmium measurements were semiquantitative, and also noted failure to account for the influence of smoking as a concern. (nih.gov)
  • The PrediCTS cohort study enrolled newly hired clerical, service and construction workers in several industries in the USA, evaluated CTS using symptoms and nerve conduction studies (NCS), and estimated exposures to computer work using a job exposure matrix. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Data from two large cohorts in two different countries showed no association between computer work and new cases of CTS among workers in diverse jobs with varying job exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • Baseline performance levels for individuals (i.e. norms) can be established for use in future studies of home and work exposures to toxic substances. (cdc.gov)
  • Secondary analysis of cross-sectional hospital nurse survey data from eight countries. (nih.gov)
  • In this cross-sectional study, data from the Ravansar non-communicable diseases cohort study were analyzed. (nature.com)
  • Data were collected as part of a cross-sectional survey study using a probability-based internet panel of U.S. travelers in June 2017. (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • A cross-sectional study using data from a large community-based ACLR registry was performed. (nih.gov)
  • Main outcome measures Study characteristics and discrepancies in (1) results reporting (number of outcomes, outcome descriptor, measure, metric, assessment time point, data reported, reported statistical significance of result, type of statistical analysis, subgroup analyses (if any), whether outcome was identified as primary or secondary) and (2) spin (reporting practices that distort the interpretation of results so they are viewed more favourably). (bmj.com)
  • Data from this study are available in OSF project file ( https://osf.io/5ru8w/ ). (bmj.com)
  • The present study used longitudinal data from two large complementary cohorts to evaluate a possible relationship between CTS and the performance of computer work. (cdc.gov)
  • Data from 1,160 breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer survivors participating in the American Cancer Society's National Cancer Survivor Transition Study were examined. (cdc.gov)
  • The application of data science to the large and complex information relevant to both individual and community health must address several challenges. (cdc.gov)
  • The first challenge is integration with large data elements from various sources, different data structures, and unstandardized contents in relation to their meaning. (cdc.gov)
  • Another challenge is to synthesize data from various study designs, including cross-sectional, case-control, and longitudinal cohort designs. (cdc.gov)
  • Using the national data from China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) in 2017, 169,989 migrants were included in this study. (bvsalud.org)
  • We extracted the following data from each study selected: the measure of initiation used, age range of initiation, age range of study population, data source, target population, sampling method, and sample size. (cdc.gov)
  • We summarized the primary findings of each study according to 3 research questions and categories of data (eg, sociodemographic) that emerged during the data extraction process. (cdc.gov)
  • Although human data are preferred, MRLs often must be based on animal studies because relevant human studies are lacking. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • It may precede other cardiometabolic risk factors, as mentioned in the study of Gong et al. (frontiersin.org)
  • 1 This study supports a meta-analysis demonstrating that acute exposure to green space has a beneficial effect on cardiometabolic markers of health. (naturalmedicinejournal.com)
  • Conclusions The study ED services a high-risk population with regard to HIV infection. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions The COVID-19 preprints and their subsequent journal publications were largely similar in reporting of study characteristics, outcomes and spin. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions: Our population-based study indicates an increased cancer risk after NMSC that cannot be fully explained by known cancer risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • A cross-sectional survey was conducted as part of a behavioral health epidemiological consultation at a U.S. Army division (n=5,842) during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. (health.mil)
  • New evidence was added to guidelines, reviews and primary studies included in the 2020 review. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of this study is, therefore, to assess Zika knowledge among international travelers, predictors of Zika knowledge, and the association between Zika knowledge and use of personal protective measures. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, we designed this cross-sectional analysis to assess whether dietary magnesium intake modifies the association of vitamin D and insulin resistance. (frontiersin.org)
  • OBJECTIVES To assess respiratory morbidity over several cross sectional phases in the European carbon black manufacturing industry. (bmj.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)
  • The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of Chinese urologists and analyse its potential affecting factors. (hkmj.org)
  • 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)
  • Low Skeletal Muscle Mass and the Incidence of Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. (medscape.com)
  • The aim of this study was to examine the associations between birth weight and lung function in a cohort of women aged 60-79 years and to combine these results with those from other published studies in a systematic review and meta-analysis. (bmj.com)
  • As in primary studies and systematic reviews, conducting and reporting of overviews must meet appropriate quality standards. (psicothema.com)
  • 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)
  • The results of this study imply that patients can achieve the same level of communication effectiveness with their physicians using IT-mediated communication as they would in comparable FtF interactions, but patients view FtF communication to be a more favorable medium than IT-mediated communication. (jmir.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)
  • 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)
  • A detailed literature search was used to identify all published studies of the association, and meta-analysis was used to pool the results from our study and all published studies. (bmj.com)
  • These conflicting results may be due to the small sample sizes of most studies and differences between studies in the range of potential confounding factors that were taken into account. (bmj.com)
  • The study concluded that any variability in resource allocation results in a corresponding variability in service delivery by WWDAs in Kenya. (academicjournals.org)
  • Objective To compare results reporting and the presence of spin in COVID-19 study preprints with their finalised journal publications. (bmj.com)
  • Results Of 67 included studies, 23 (34%) had no discrepancies in results reporting between preprints and journal publications. (bmj.com)
  • Results from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) showed that higher intake of UPF was significantly associated with a faster rate of decline in both executive and global cognitive function. (medscape.com)
  • MAIN RESULTS: This review update includes 68 studies, with 17 guidelines and 20 reviews added to the original 31 studies. (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)
  • The study outcomes were doctor visits and hospitalizations in the previous 12 months, and unmet surgical needs. (scielosp.org)
  • We will show the categorizing of the evidence, share with you the findings of those two large cohort studies, and review actions healthcare providers can take. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusion: This study innovatively uses tumor and Mohs micrographic surgery defect area as a measure of morbidity, allowing for identification of populations at need for improved education and prevention. (jcadonline.com)
  • Conclusion: In this large national patient cohort undergoing septoplasty, we found no differences in preoperative nasal obstruction or postoperative patient-rated outcome in men and women undergoing septoplasty, despite the fact that 72% of the patients were men. (lu.se)
  • Conclusion: This study demonstrated a high burden of abnormal lung function in patients attending clinics due to chronic respiratory symptoms. (who.int)
  • The NHANES used the method of "stratified multistage probability sampling," and this study is a weight analysis following the NHANES analytic guidance. (frontiersin.org)
  • A cross-sectional analysis by Schleu et al. (frontiersin.org)
  • There was no evidence of small study bias in this meta-analysis. (bmj.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)
  • Exploring the Relationship between Perfectionism and Pain in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study. (medscape.com)
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome and computer exposure at work in two large complementary cohorts. (cdc.gov)
  • Introduction: Several studies have shown an increased risk of cancer after non melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) but the individual risk factors underlying this risk have not been elucidated, especially in relation to sun exposure and skin sensitivity to sunlight. (cdc.gov)
  • We believe a longitudinal study is merited. (nih.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)
  • Respondents to the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study (33CCHS) survey and biomonitoring project in 11 districts in each of 3 different cities in Liaoning province, northeast industrialized China in 2009. (naturalmedicinejournal.com)
  • The associations of self-reported birth weight with adult lung function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV 1 ), forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory flow rate during mid expiration (FEF 25-75 ), all measured using standard procedures, were assessed in a cross sectional study of 2257 British women aged 60-79 years. (bmj.com)
  • Moreover, in a recent retrospective study, researchers revealed that assessing systemic inflammation helped in predicting the risk of hypertension ( 7 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Visual Recovery and Prognosis in the Treatment of Submacular Hemorrhage due to Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy and Retinal Arterial Macroaneurysm: A Retrospective Study. (medscape.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)
  • Thus, to understand human development, humans should be studied in their natural living environments where interactions could occur on a regular basis and over an extended period of time, and not by recreating artificial situations [14]. (researchgate.net)
  • however, the use of these biomarkers has been inconsistent across epidemiological studies of HTN and BP. (nih.gov)
  • This is one of the first large-scale studies (divided across 3 publications) to identify a direct association between green space in the proximal living environment and improvements in biomarkers of cardiovascular and metabolic health. (naturalmedicinejournal.com)
  • While a previous review of NDVI studies demonstrated that higher RGS levels were associated with multiple benefits to human health, this is one of the first times that biomarkers have been collected and analyzed in relation to access to green space. (naturalmedicinejournal.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Patients with a meniscus injury and primary ACLR between February 2005 and June 2010 were included in the study. (nih.gov)
  • Younger patient age, lower patient BMI, surgeon's sports medicine fellowship training, higher surgeon case volume, and higher site volume are associated with a higher likelihood of a meniscus repair in patients undergoing primary ACLR in a large cohort from a community-based ACLR registry. (nih.gov)
  • However, very few studies have examined patients' perspectives regarding the increased use of text-based communication versus face-to-face (FtF) communication. (jmir.org)
  • This study aimed to understand and compare the potential differences in patients' perceptions of communication effectiveness with their physicians through different modes of communication. (jmir.org)
  • With greater study duration, more patients would be enrolled strengthening the power of the study. (bmj.com)
  • Studies of the African American and Hispanic populations demonstrate that skin cancer presents at a later stage than compared with Caucasian patients, potentially due to lower awareness, more advanced stages at diagnosis, and barriers to healthcare access and utilization. (jcadonline.com)
  • Objective: Men represent more than two-thirds of septoplasty patients in many studies, but differences between men and women in terms of patient selection or outcome are seldom reported. (lu.se)
  • Additionally, large increases in digital information describing social correlates and determinants of health and the physical setting in which patients live. (cdc.gov)
  • Moreover, studies reported that the performance of dental treatments, such as orthodontics and tooth bleaching, could improve the satisfaction with dental appearance, perception of attractiveness and the quality of life of patients 7,20-21 . (bvsalud.org)
  • This study aimed to characterize the common chronic respiratory diseases, along with their lung function and possible determinants in symptomatic patients attending clinics at Bishoftu General Hospital, Ethiopia. (who.int)
  • Of the 82 patients included in the follow-up study, the longest duration of positive RT-PCR test, from the first positive to the first of the two negative RT-PCR tests, was 33 days (mean 11.6 days, median 10 days, interquartile range 8- 14 days). (bvsalud.org)
  • Contexte: Pour contrôler la propagation de la maladie à coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) causée par le syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère coronavirus-2 (SRAS-CoV-2), il est nécessaire d'identifier et d'isoler de manière adéquate les patients infectieux, en particulier sur le lieu de travail. (bvsalud.org)
  • One of the investigators (A.T.) encountered mined from police records or studies in hos- several cases of physical wife abuse during pital emergency departments or other health her practice in local primary health care care settings vary from those conducted in centres (PHCCs). (who.int)
  • 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)
  • This study aims to investigate whether women undergoing septoplasty differ from men in critical variables before and after surgery, in a large national sample of septoplasties. (lu.se)
  • The studies evaluating respiratory morbidity and mortality started in the early 1950s. (bmj.com)
  • In this issue, Dold and coworkers study benzodiazepine co-medication in a large cross-sectional sample drawn from a European multicentre study. (elsevier.com)
  • This is a major advantage over other forms of epidemiological study. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the current study, we aimed to identify risk factors for HIV infection in an emergency department (ED) population. (bmj.com)
  • Other studied patient factors were not associated with an increased morbidity. (jcadonline.com)
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the individual risk factors associated with the development of subsequent cancers after non melanoma skin cancer. (cdc.gov)
  • Part of this study was funded by the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Forida. (jcadonline.com)
  • Hypertension accounts for the largest number of deaths worldwide and is particularly harmful to the blood vessel, heart, kidney, and brain. (frontiersin.org)
  • Community greenness, blood pressure, and hypertension in urban dwellers: The 33 Communities Chinese Health Study. (naturalmedicinejournal.com)
  • The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), impact of events scale revised (IES-R), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale were used to evaluate depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and sleep quality, respectively. (medscimonit.com)
  • A 2013 study found depression can play a major role in high blood pressure. (greatist.com)
  • Development and External Validation of Machine Learning-Based Models for Predicting Lung Metastasis in Kidney Cancer: A Large Population-Based Study. (medscape.com)
  • The study consists of two cross-sectional surveys that were organized with young-adult students. (emerald.com)
  • The objective of our study was to summarize the current knowledge on young adult smoking initiation and effective prevention efforts targeting this population. (cdc.gov)
  • Previous clinical studies and randomized controlled trials have revealed that low serum vitamin D levels are associated with the risk of developing insulin resistance. (frontiersin.org)
  • Some studies have shown that dry eyes improve with HRT, but others have shown that HRT makes dry eye symptoms more severe. (healthline.com)
  • The largest cross-sectional study to date found that long-term HRT increases the risk and severity of dry eye symptoms. (healthline.com)
  • The researchers found that larger doses corresponded to worse symptoms. (healthline.com)
  • The study provides support for continuing efforts towards early detection and characterization of haemoglobinopathies to control the affected births in Pakistan. (who.int)
  • Studies have shown that COVID-19 does not affect all population groups equally. (cdc.gov)
  • Most studies have used cross-sectional designs and shown no association. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2015, a large-scale outbreak of Zika virus started in Brazil and spread rapidly throughout South America, Central America, and the Caribbean [ 1 , 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Dramatic increases melanoma skin cancers offer an excellent opportunity to study the in incidence have been documented in recent decades [2-4]. (cdc.gov)