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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Long-term follow-up"”.
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Long Term Follow-Up of Morbidity and Quality of Life Associated With Isolated Gastroschisis
… a difficult neonatal course, they experience few long-term complications. However, information regarding long-term outcomes is based on limited studies that lack specificity. Therefore, we aimed to study the long-term morbidity and quality of life in children born with gastroschisis in a large and …
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Long-term follow-up of neonates who have been immunized with hepatitis B vaccine
Although the short-term effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccine has been well established, few long-term studies of the effectiveness of this vaccine in neonates who are born to HBsAg positive mothers have been undertaken. It is also not known if supplementary doses of vaccine are required to protect …
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Long-term Follow-up Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Contextual Understanding and Technology-led Solutions
… death and disability. Collecting outcome data at follow-up is crucial for both the clinical management of patients, and for wider research efforts. This data helps to decrease the number of deaths and disabilities caused by injuries worldwide. However, outcome data are generally not reliably or …
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Selection, Training and Career Development of Naval Officers : A Long-Term Follow-Up Using Multivariate Techniques
… of candidates' behaviour in individual and group tasks and interview, performance in psychological tests, and headmasters' reports, and has remained essentially unchanged to the present day. 3. Selected candidates were given extensive training initially in general naval matters, later in …
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Mothers and Children Treated for Maternal Substance Use: A Mixed Methods Approach
… use interventions promote positive short-term outcomes for these families, although more long-term evidence is needed. Emerging evidence points to several treatment processes by which integrated programs enhance client outcomes, yet more research is needed here as well. For this research, …
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Feasibility evaluation and long-term follow up of a family-based behaviour change intervention for overweight children (GOALS)
… challenge of the 21st century. Whilst evidence supports a family-based lifestyle approach to childhood obesity treatment, research is needed to understand how interventions work and how practitioners can effectively support families to sustain behavioural changes in the long-term. This thesis …
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Efficacy of an Early Biopsychosocial Intervention for Patients with Acute Temporomandibular Disorder-Related Pain: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study
A long-term follow-up (LTF) study was conducted to further evaluate the efficacy of a biopsychosocial intervention for acute high risk (HR) temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients. Subjects from Gatchel and colleagues' one-year outcome study (Gatchel, Stowell, Wildenstein, Riggs,&Ellis, 2006) …
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Long term follow up of rotator cuff Magnetic resonance imaging changes in patients who underwent acromioplasty without repair of full thickness supraspinatus tendon tears
… 10 years after unrepaired full thickness supraspinatus tears in a population of patients that had acromioplasty done for symptomatic impingement with a rotator cuff tear.
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Functioning, disability, health and quality of life in adults with cerebral palsy more than 25 years after selective dorsal rhizotomy: a long-term follow-up study during adulthood
… muscle tone. SDR gained increasing acceptance following the work of Peacock and Arens in the 1980s, and although a large number of studies have demonstrated the benefits of this procedure, they largely comprise relatively short-term follow-up assessments in children and adolescents. There is …
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Detection of Novel Genomic Markers for Predicting Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients by Integrative Analysis of Copy Number Aberrations and Gene Expression Profiles: Results from a Long-Term Follow-Up
… and gene expression profiles correlated with long-term follow-up data successfully identified potential prognostic markers predicting survival and tumor recurrence in patients with HCC who underwent surgical resection.
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Multidisciplinary management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrom Type 1 in children admitted to Red Cross War Memorial Hospital: A case series describing long-term effects on pain, function and quality of life
… the disease burden is high and can lead to long-term impairment and disability. Current guidelines for the management of paediatric CRPS are mostly extrapolated from adult data. Literature regarding treatment and long-term prognosis of paediatric CRPS is sparse and often lacks well-defined …
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Aspiration Thrombectomy as the Sole Treatment for Acute and Sub-acute Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) of the Lower Extremity: mid and long-term clinical results
Purpose: To determine the feasibility of aspiration thrombectomy as the sole treatment for acute and sub-acute deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremity by evaluating the mid and long-term clinical results of aspiration thrombectomy treatment. Patients and methods: During a five year period …
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Treatment Outcomes and Stability in Extraction vs. Non-Extraction Adult Anterior Open Bite Patients
… lead to improved treatment outcomes and better long-term stability.Methods: The pre- and post-treatment records of adult orthodontic patients with AOB were previously obtained through the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (National Dental PBRN) as part of a larger study. These …
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Motivating safety belt use at a hospital setting: towards an effective balance between extrinsic incentives and intrinsic commitment
… a number of shortcoming, including limited long-term evaluation data, excessive costs, short-lived intervention effects, and program delivery by outside agencies rather than indigenous personnel. The present study attempted to overcome these disadvantages. Specifically, the "Buckle-up for …
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Long-term impacts of antenatal corticosteroid exposure and preterm birth
… are recommended for women at risk of preterm birth before 35 weeks’ gestation for reducing the significant neonatal morbidity and mortality caused by preterm birth. The long-term impacts of both preterm birth and antenatal corticosteroids are incompletely understood. The aim of this work …
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Early prediction of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in newborn infants in a resource-limited setting
… conditions and limited capacity for long-term follow-up. In such settings, accurate case definition and early prediction of HIE and outcome may assist with the appropriate allocation of resources. The amplitude-integrated electro-encephalogram (aEEG) is an ideal tool to use for …
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An Evaluation of Presurgical Psychological Screening as a Predictor of Outcome for Total Disc Replacement
A long-term follow-up study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of presurgical psychological screening (PPS) in predicting the response to treatment by patients undergoing Total Disc Replacement (TDR). Subjects participated in a psychological screening prior to surgery and were given a prognosis …
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Comparative profiles of currently active and formerly active participants in a cardiac risk reduction program
… the incidence of coronary heart disease. The group (cardiac or intervention), status (active or inactive), time (1982-83 baseline period, 1983-84 short-term follow-up period, and 1986 long-term follow-up period), and the group and status combination (cardiac active (CA), cardiac inactive (CI), …
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Increasing safety belt usage through personal commitment: a church-based pledge card program
… when traveling. Data were collected at predetermined time periods on Sunday mornings between January 29 and May 20, 1984. The study consisted of five phases: Unannounced Baseline, Announced Baseline, Pledge Period, Follow-Up, and Long-Term Follow-Up. Ten percent of 441 individuals attending …
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