Pressure ulcers were considered present if a patient developed a PU grade 2 or worse. If a patient had a PU grade two or worse at the first visit, that PU lesion was excluded from the reg- istration of PUs until the PU healed. Patients with an already present PU grade two or worse ...
Education Ranking of the highest level of school completed or the highest degree received from −1 (Less than 1st grade) to 15 (Doctorate degree) 11.093 10.137 Log(Income) Log of total family income received in 2015 from all sources, before taxes and other deductions 10.727 11.655 Smoke If...
Studies with a score of 8 to 10 were assessed as qualitatively of methodological excellence, with a grade of between five and seven being of good quality, with a rating of three to four being of moderate quality, and a rating of less than three being of low quality [29]....
The inclusion criteria for study selection were (1) peer-reviewed articles written in Chinese or English, (2) study participants were children and adolescents with age ranges or mean ages between 6 and 18 years, or enrolled in grade 1 through grade 12, (3) observational or experimental study...
First, the search was restricted to studies or papers published in English that used quantitative or mixed methods instruments to assess HIL and related constructs. Therefore, some relevant instruments may have been missed. Second, even though the COSMIN checklist and guideline for systematic reviews...
GRADE: Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation HDL: High-density lipoprotein HR : Hazard ratio LDL: Low-density lipoprotein NOS: Newcastle–Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale PROSPERO: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews ...
there was no reporting guideline available that provided a scoring scheme for the reporting quality. As a consequence we could not grade the reporting quality of the identified articles resulting in a descriptive description of the results. Finally, the appraisal of health literacy instruments was li...
The questionnaire comprised nine sections and included closed and open questions and statements which respondents were asked to grade on a five-point Likert scale of ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’ with additional options of ‘don’t know’ and ‘not applicable’. The statements were ...
After adjusting for grade, socio-economic status and access to health care per municipality, schools closer to the nearest municipal waste incineration plant were associated with an increased prevalence of wheeze and headache; there was no evident relationship between the distance of schools from such...
The technology for capturing 360° video content and delivering it to users in a VR HMD is generally low-cost and not technically overwhelming. Basic consumer-grade HMD devices and cameras are sufficient to capture and run 360° videos typically at a low-cost. Interactive activities can be desi...