To tackle the increasing prevalence of CVD, the management of CVD has advanced recently through introducing novel techniques for managing CVD. This section introduces the updated approach in managing CVD in China, highlighting recent advances in CVD management, the role of rehabilitation, and the pote...
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are important measures of efficacy in the context of clinical trials but are sometimes identified as time and resource intensive to study participants and site personnel. The objective of this research was to evaluate the amount of time that participants spend completi...
A semi-open questionnaire was used, and the importance of each outcome was assessed according to the ranking method for outcomes described in the WHO Handbook for Guideline Development (2nd Edition) [Citation38]. The questionnaire consisted of three parts. The first part collected basic information...
49. Streiner DL, Norman GR: Health measurement scales: a practical guide to their development and use 2nd edition. Oxford, England: Oxford Univer- sity Press; 1995. 50. Williams SA, Swanson MS: The effect of reading ability and response formats on patients' abilities to respond to a ...
Doses are titrated to achieve individualized glycemic goals but may need to be decreased in comparison with earlier stages of CKD due to reduced insulin clearance and other changes in metabolism with advanced CKD.78 In T2D, advanced CKD is a risk factor for hypoglycemia29,79 and, when possible...
In our study, coronary tortuosity was indeed associated with advanced age and hypertension, and was substantially more common in the right coronary artery and in patients with previous coronary revascularizations. In patients undergoing PCI, severe coronary tortuosity has been associated with increased ...
I go on to show that this is because men who just cross the threshold do not appear to benefit from taking advanced and higher-level academic qualifications relative to their counterfactual (vocational) education choices, whilst women do. This section focuses on the contributions to the literature...
As part of the multi-country I-O Optimise research initiative, this population-based study evaluated real-world treatment patterns and overall survival (OS) in patients treated for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) before and after public reimbursement of immuno-oncology (I-O) therapies...
[33,34,35,36]. Closing these gaps would help to facilitate tool use, advance the systematic measurement of research partnerships and drive improvements in research partnership science [8,35]. The accuracy of research findings and partnership measurement of outcomes and impacts can be advanced when...
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