Fear of Recurrence Linked to Lower Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors
A cross-sectional study of 120 Chinese stroke patients found fear of recurrence was associated with lower quality of life, with ...
Tag: Cross-sectional Study
Male partners rarely join clinic visits in Kampala LARC decisions, study finds
A mixed-methods study in Kampala found that although 96% of women said partners discussed contraception with providers, only 10% of ...
Lipid and Inflammatory Markers Show Weak, Inconsistent Links to Macular Degeneration
A cross-sectional analysis of 4,748 adults found that lipid and inflammatory biomarkers showed only nominal or model-dependent associations with age-related ...
Patients, Families and Nurses Define a Good Death in Palliative Care Study
A mixed-methods study in BMC Palliative Care combined a Good Death Scale survey of 135 participants with qualitative content analysis, ...
Older Age, More Children Linked to Delayed Shelter Entry Among Abused Women in Hong Kong
A cross-sectional study of 681 women in Hong Kong crisis shelters found that older maternal age, older child age, and ...
Four in Five Adults with Excess Weight in Cameroon Misjudge Their Body Size
A cross-sectional study of 1,139 adults in Buea, Cameroon, found poor agreement between measured and perceived weight status, with 82.8 ...
Waist-to-weight index linked to carotid artery thickening in rural China study
A cross-sectional study of 2,260 older adults in rural northern China found that the weight-adjusted waist index was significantly associated ...
Relative Age Effect Shapes Youth Table Tennis Selection in China
A cross-sectional study of 1,322 Chinese youth table tennis players found a significant relative age effect in national-level competition but ...
Ultrasensitive test reveals interleukin 13 links to lipids, not lupus activity
An ultrasensitive single-molecule assay in 313 lupus patients found serum interleukin 13 unrelated to disease activity or autoantibodies but independently ...
Research report: Association between platelet-to-albumin ratio and major depressive disorder: findings from a Chinese clinical cohort supported by population-based evidence
A cross-sectional study of a US population survey and a Chinese clinical cohort found that a higher platelet-to-albumin ratio was ...
Nearly All Older Heart Failure Patients Show Loss of Intrinsic Capacity, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 215 hospitalized older adults with heart failure in Wuxi, China, found that 99.5 percent had impairment ...
Fibromyalgia Tied to Far Higher Odds of Severe Coronary Artery Disease in Angiography Patients
A cross-sectional study of 347 angiography patients found fibromyalgia was independently associated with about 26-fold higher odds of severe coronary ...
Placental Bacteria Found in Over 40% of Preterm Births at Ugandan Hospital
A cross-sectional study of 383 women at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda found aerobic bacterial culture positivity in placental ...
Machine Learning Maps Three Fatigue Subgroups in Breast Cancer Patients
A cross-sectional study of 1,005 breast cancer patients identified three fatigue subgroups and found perceived stress, depression, and self-compassion were ...
Six in Ten Clinicians at Ethiopian Hospital Show Good Pediatric Pain Care
A cross-sectional study of 181 health care professionals at an Ethiopian specialized hospital found 61.9 percent demonstrated good pediatric pain ...
Hookworm Prevalence Fell Sharply in Rural China After Integrated Control Pilot
A repeated cross-sectional study in six rural Chinese villages found hookworm prevalence fell from 4.76% to 1.06% after a one-year ...
Depression and Somatization May Link Night Eating Symptoms to Poor Sleep
A study of 460 preclinical medical students found that depressive symptoms and somatization statistically mediated the association between night eating ...
Many Colorectal Cancer Patients Are Malnourished Before Surgery, Iranian Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 105 Iranian colorectal cancer patients found that 54.3% had moderate-to-severe malnutrition and 40% faced critical nutritional ...
Blood markers shift with chemotherapy in Ghanaian breast cancer patients
A cross-sectional study of 120 Ghanaian participants found that chemotherapy-experienced breast cancer patients showed significantly lower red blood cell, haemoglobin, ...
Facial Skin Aging in Chinese Women Shows Structural Shifts After the Mid-Thirties
A cross-sectional study of 547 Chinese women aged 18 to 65 found that declines in dermal collagen relative to elastin, ...
