Cross-sectional, observational studies
Quality of observational studies in prestigious journals of occupational medicine and health based on Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: a cross sectional study
... and cross-sectional studies published in the four journals of occupational medicine and health included in the present study, 11 years after the dissemination of the STROBE ...numerous ...
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Prospective, retrospective, and cross-sectional studies
... Study designs that can be analyzed with χ 2 -tests One reason that χ 2 -tests are so popular is that they can be used to analyze a wide variety of study designs In addition to controlled experiments, they are widely used ...
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Observational Cross Sectional Study on Blood Donors
... were not accepted. The majority of donors were between 13 to 15gm percent [3]. Blood groups being the simple and most appropriate genetic markers still continue to rule in studies of human population variation and ...
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PROMETHEUS: an observational, cross-sectional, retrospective study of hypertriglyceridemia in Russia
... miologic studies suggests that non-fasting TGs may be a better predictor of cardiovascular disease [4, ...confirmatory studies in this setting. Additional studies in this setting that have the ...
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Downregulation of PHEX in multibacillary leprosy patients: observational cross sectional study
... Once the inflammatory mediator production in response to M. leprae or vitD deficiency could not con- tribute to the altered PHEX expression in the patients evaluated, a direct effect of M. leprae becomes a plausi- ble ...
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Is histologic esophagitis associated with dental erosion: a cross-sectional observational study?
... previous studies evaluating an association between GERD and dental erosions in chil- dren and adolescents [4, ...these studies being defined by an abnormal pH study in two, abnormal endoscopy and/or ...
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NHS health checks: a cross sectional observational study on equity of uptake and outcomes
... Some studies have used a theoretical model of health behaviour change [29], to explain non- attendance [20, 30–32], whilst the inverse care law also goes someway to explaining this likelihood ...
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Antibiotics prescription in dental implants: salutary or grievous a cross sectional observational study
... Several studies have investigated causes of failure and recommended measures to reduce its chances 4-9 ...some studies found no advantage of antibiotics in ordinary dental implants insertion 11,12 , many ...
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Skin hydration of the heel with fissure in patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional observational study
... many studies showing demon- strable improvements in skin condition compared to use of a moisturizer with placebo base cream, although no conclusive recommendations were reached in a systematic ...
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Role of MR imaging in the evaluation of etiology of seizures: an Observational Cross Sectional Study
... However, according to study by Mohammadi et al., 17 only (29.27%) had abnormality on MRI. The most common imaging findings were gliosis in 10 (10.4%), dysmyelination 6 (7%), hemorrhage in 5 (5.2%) and brain dysgenesis in ...
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Organisational Culture in Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
... Our data are consistent with those suggesting that leadership can be harnessed to transform organisational function [17]. However, most work regarding organizational strategy has been done in the acute care sector and ...
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Assessment of Nursing Care Skills in Neonatal Unit: A Cross Sectional Observational Study
... Showed that the respondents' overall attitude towards hand hygiene was unsatisfactory, showing a weak moderate attitude (54.73%). More than ninety percent of healthcare workers were aware of hand hygiene in avoiding ...
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Missed nursing care in newborn units: a cross-sectional direct observational study
... In our secondary analysis we developed a measure that aggregated all the (observable) tasks done per baby, the NCI. The mean proportion of expected tasks done per baby was 60% overall. The threshold recommended by local ...
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Remission in schizophrenia: results of cross-sectional with 6-month follow-up period and 1-year observational therapeutic studies in an outpatient population
... multicenter studies with sites in different regions, including rural ...was observational in a naturalistic setting and did not assume randomization or a blinded design; nevertheless the clinical and ...
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Prevalence of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional, observational study
... few studies have examined autonomic dysfunction or its correlation within this high-risk ...previous studies on cardiac autonomic function (CAF) in obesity and metabolic syndrome have been performed in ...
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A cross-sectional observational study assessing the clinical profile of patients with iron deficiency anaemia
... through oesophageal varices or gastric ulcers, all of which contribute gradually to iron deficiency anaemia. Our study had some limitations. We included patients with severe anaemia is our study. Whether our findings can ...
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CXC chemokine superfamily induced by Interferon-γ in asthma: a cross-sectional observational study
... In this study, sputum IP-10 and Mig levels in asthma differed among the 3 granulocytic subtypes while not between the clinical asthma severities. Additionally, CXCR3 ligands were positively related to the total pro- ...
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Ultrasonic evaluation of the abductor hallucis muscle in hallux valgus: a cross sectional observational study
... As the muscle size characteristics of the abductor hallucis muscle did not vary significantly between the mild, moderate and severe stages of hallux valgus it may be that morphological changes to the muscle occur early ...
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Microvascular retinopathy and angiographically-demonstrated coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional, observational study
... Population-based studies have found that venular dilatation is associated with increased car- diac events but a relationship of retinal microvascular abnormalities with coronary artery dis- ease has been more ...
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A cross sectional observational study of child restraint use in Queensland following changes in legislation
... international studies, the driver’s use of a restraint has been found to be predictive of whether children are restrained and this pattern is likely to be relevant in Queensland ...
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