Browsing by Subject "Longitudinal Studies"
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A conceptual framework for patient-centered fertility treatment.
(Reproductive health, 2017-09-07)BACKGROUND:Patient-centered care is a pillar of quality health care and is important to patients experiencing infertility. In this study we used empirical, in-depth data on couples' experiences of infertility treatment decision ... -
A latent factor linear mixed model for high-dimensional longitudinal data analysis.
(Statistics in medicine, 2013-10)High-dimensional longitudinal data involving latent variables such as depression and anxiety that cannot be quantified directly are often encountered in biomedical and social sciences. Multiple responses are used to characterize ... -
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Malaria Exposure and Changing Serostatus in a Malaria Endemic Area of Rural Tanzania
(Malaria Journal, 2017-08-02)<h4>Background</h4>Measurements of anti-malarial antibodies are increasingly used as a proxy of transmission intensity. Most serological surveys are based on the use of cross-sectional data that, when age-stratified, approximates ... -
A longitudinal study of epigenetic variation in twins.
(Epigenetics, 2010-08-16)DNA methylation is a key epigenetic mechanism involved in the developmental regulation of gene expression. Alterations in DNA methylation are established contributors to inter-individual phenotypic variation and have been ... -
A neural biomarker of psychological vulnerability to future life stress.
(Neuron, 2015-02-04)We all experience a host of common life stressors such as the death of a family member, medical illness, and financial uncertainty. While most of us are resilient to such stressors, continuing to function normally, for a ... -
A U-shaped Association Between Blood Pressure and Cognitive Impairment in Chinese Elderly.
(Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2017-02)<h4>Objectives</h4>Higher or lower blood pressure may relate to cognitive impairment, whereas the relationship between blood pressure and cognitive impairment among the elderly is not well-studied. The study objective was ... -
Adherence to diabetes guidelines for screening, physical activity and medication and onset of complications and death.
(J Diabetes Complications, 2015-11)AIMS: Analyze relationships between adherence to guidelines for diabetes care - regular screening; physical activity; and medication - and diabetes complications and mortality. METHODS: Outcomes were onset of congestive ... -
An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 1. Disability, quality of life, and pain outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: predicting likely individual patient outcomes for shared decision-making.
(Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2017-10)OBJECTIVE Quality and outcomes registry platforms lie at the center of many emerging evidence-driven reform models. Specifically, clinical registry data are progressively informing health care decision-making. In this analysis, ... -
An analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database, Part 2. Predictive model for return to work after elective surgery for lumbar degenerative disease.
(Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2017-10)OBJECTIVE Current costs associated with spine care are unsustainable. Productivity loss and time away from work for patients who were once gainfully employed contributes greatly to the financial burden experienced by individuals ... -
Assessment of symptomatic rod fracture after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity.
(Neurosurgery, 2012-10)<h4>Background</h4>Improved understanding of rod fracture (RF) in adult spinal deformity could be valuable for implant design, surgical planning, and patient counseling.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate symptomatic RF after ... -
Association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and obesity and hypertension in early adulthood: a population-based study.
(Int J Obes (Lond), 2011-06)OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, obesity and hypertension in young adults in a large population-based cohort. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The ... -
Baseline Visual Field Findings in the RUSH2A Study: Associated Factors and Correlation With Other Measures of Disease Severity.
(American journal of ophthalmology, 2020-11)<h4>Purpose</h4>To report baseline visual fields in the Rate of Progression in USH2A-related Retinal Degeneration (RUSH2A) study.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional study within a natural history study.<h4>Methods</h4>Setting: ... -
Birth cohort differences in the prevalence of longevity-associated variants in APOE and FOXO3A in Danish long-lived individuals.
(Exp Gerontol, 2014-09)Gene variants found to associate with human longevity in one population rarely replicate in other populations. The lack of consistent findings may partly be explained by genetic heterogeneity among long-lived individuals ... -
Cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive function in midlife: neuroprotection or neuroselection?
(Ann Neurol, 2015-04)OBJECTIVE: A study was undertaken to determine whether better cognitive functioning at midlife among more physically fit individuals reflects neuroprotection, by which fitness protects against age-related cognitive decline, ... -
Changes in neuroticism following trauma exposure.
(J Pers, 2014-04)Using longitudinal data, the present study examined change in midlife neuroticism following trauma exposure. Our primary analyses included 670 participants (M(age) = 60.55; 65.22% male, 99.70% Caucasian) who completed the ... -
Child welfare agency ties to providers and schools and substance abuse treatment use by adolescents.
(Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2011-01)Policy makers and advocates are increasingly encouraging child-serving organizations to work together. This study examined how child welfare agency ties with substance abuse treatment providers and schools correlated with ... -
Childhood bullying involvement predicts low-grade systemic inflammation into adulthood.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2014-05-27)Bullying is a common childhood experience that involves repeated mistreatment to improve or maintain one's status. Victims display long-term social, psychological, and health consequences, whereas bullies display minimal ... -
Community-Based Long-Term Care Services: If We Build It, Will They Come?
(Journal of aging and health, 2016-03)<h4>Objective</h4>This study examines the relationship between caregivers' perception of community-based long-term care (CBLTC) services and the service use.<h4>Method</h4>We used first two waves of the longitudinal data ... -
Comparison of Structural Disease Burden to Health-related Quality of Life Scores in 264 Adult Spinal Deformity Patients With 2-Year Follow-up: Novel Insights into Drivers of Disability.
(Clinical spine surgery, 2017-03)<h4>Study design</h4>This is a review of a prospective multicenter database.<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the relationship between preoperative disability and sagittal deformity in patients with high Oswestry Disability ... -
Credit scores, cardiovascular disease risk, and human capital.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2014-12-02)Credit scores are the most widely used instruments to assess whether or not a person is a financial risk. Credit scoring has been so successful that it has expanded beyond lending and into our everyday lives, even to inform ...
