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Showing 1 to 20 of 167 for “"incidence rate"”.
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Effectiveness of a Shoulder Strengthening Intervention on the Incidence Rate of Glenohumeral Joint Instability Injuries
… joint is a factor that could affect the rate of injuries that occur at the joint. The CKCUEST has been shown to be an effective test for assessing the dynamic stability of the glenohumeral joint. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> The purpose of this study is to determine if identifying …
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Incidence rate of fluoroquinolone resistant gram-negative rod bacteremia among allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant patients during an era of levofloxacin prophylaxis
… (FQ) may be leading to increasing rates of gram-negative rod (GNR) bacteremia in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. We set out to describe time trends in the incidence rates (IR) of GNR bacteremia and FQ-resistant GNR bacteremia in HCT recipients during an era of …
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A new hybrid model of dengue incidence rate using negative binomial generalised additive model and fuzzy C means model a case study in Selangor
… and non-climatic factors that influenced dengue incidence rate (DIR) in Selangor, Malaysia. Results show that the climatic factors such as rainfall with current month up to 3 months and number of rainy days with current month up to lag 3 months are significant to DIR. Besides, the interaction …
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Incidence and determinants of change of initial HAART regimen among outpatient HIV infected adults at the University of Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
… treatment program. It is important to know the incidence rate of initial HAART regimen change, the reasons and factors associated with change of the initial HAART regimen in Zambia. This study was designed to determine the incidence rate and factors associated with change of initial HAART …
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Computational Modeling of Lower Extremity and Thoracolumbar Spine Response in Automotive and Spaceflight Landing
… standardized vehicle crash test performance, the incidence rate of lower extremity injuries remains virtually unchanged over the past 15 years. On the other hand, multiple retrospective studies have found that the incidence rate of thoracolumbar spine injuries have increased over the last decade.
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Improving Physician Behavior with an Obstetric Dashboard
… shoulder dystocia), with a recommended benchmark rate of less than 5.0% (Leapfrog) to reduce the occurrence of severe anal sphincter injuries. AIM STATEMENT: The aim of the primary phase was to reduce the episiotomy utilization by individual providers outside of the national benchmark by 10% and …
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Evaluation of injury surveillance data collected during major multisport games: Informing a standardized prospective injury surveillance system for the Canada Games
… Canada Games (CG). The first, examined the interrater reliability of coding of injury information collected using the injury surveillance system employed at the CG. The injury report form data from the 2017 and 2019 CG was independently coded by two researchers with sports medicine backgrounds …
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The Incidence and Prevalance of Cervical Cancer in Vietnamese Women (1993-1995): A Analysis of SEER Reported Cases
… that U.S. Vietnamese women had the highest incidence rate (43.0/100,000). The current study examines whether U.S. Vietnamese women are more likely to have cervical cancer in comparison to Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and other Asian subgroups. Methods: SEER data of cervical …
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Cardiometabolic Diseases and HIV Infection: The Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
<p>Objectives: To determine the incidence rate of diabetes, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular (CVD) events in a retrospective cohort of HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected individuals. And to evaluate the association of these outcomes with exposure to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) …
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The burden of Perinatal Tuberculosis in HIV-infected mothers and their infants
… Prevalence of maternal M.tb infection and the incidence rate of maternal TB disease and infant M.tb infection and TB disease in this cohort is also investigated. The protocol (Part A) outlines the study design and the methodology of the research for this sub-analysis. The literature review …
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Empowering women's self-care: a participatory approach to prevent HIV/AIDS for women and children in Northeast Thailand.
… there has been a general reduction in the incidence rate of HIV infection in all but one special population group: married women and their offspring whilst the incidence rate is relatively low (1.2%) it has remained steady for a number of years. This participatory approach aims to …
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Violence against women : epidemiology and pathology of femicides and suspected sexual homicides in Cape Town : a 10-year follow-up study
… research in 1999 reported a rape homicide incidence rate of 12.3/1000 female rapes reported to the police in Cape Town while the National study performed by Abrahams et al in 1999 reported an incidence rate of 10.9/1000 female rapes reported to the police in South Africa (SA). These high …
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Factors influencing the incidence rates of injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry
… analysis of variance revealed that the injury incidence rate for the seafarers in the study group was significantly higher (mean 14.4 injuries) in the first quarter of each multi week work period ( "swing") (P=0.001), compared to means of 4.125 and 2.44 and 4 for the subsequent quarters. For …
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Natural History and Affecting Factors on Progression of Prehypertension and Prediabetes
… health behaviors. RESULTS: The 8-year cumulative incidence rate of HTN in those with optimal, normal, and high-normal blood pressure (BP) was 175, 386 and 615 per 1,000 person-year respectively. In the Cox proportional hazard model, changes of CVD risk factors such as abstinence from drink, …
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Physical Activity and Psychiatric Hospitalizations among Canadian Adolescents and Young Adults: A Longitudinal Study Utilizing Record Linkage
… and young adults (AYAs; 12-24 years) and incidence of psychiatric hospitalizations.Methods: We used data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS; 2001-2014) linked to the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD; 1999-2018). Physical activity was measured among AYAs from the CCHS, and …
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Mental health and asthma control during pregnancy: investigating underlying immune mechanisms
… were followed throughout their pregnancies. Incidences of uncontrolled asthma and exacerbations were measured throughout gestation. At 18 and 30 weeks of gestation, monocyte inflammatory profile was examined using flow cytometric analysis of cell surface molecules (FACS) and peripheral blood …
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Illness and injuries in athletes with visual impairment at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
… medical teams in implementing prevention strategies. Few studies have evaluated the incidence of illness and injuries amongst athletes with impairment. For this reason, a novel web based injury and illness surveillance system (WEBIISS) was developed for use by the team physicians at the …
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DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL ABUSE OUTCOME IN MENTAL ILLNESS:THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT
… illness on drug abuse (c); we found that the incidence rate for drug abuse (SA) would be expected to increase by a factor of 1.387, (IRR,1.387; CI,1.270-1.515; P =0.000) for every one-unit increase in mental illness (M1), while holding all other variables in the model constant. In the second …
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The burden of tuberculosis in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis therapy at Livingstone hospital, Port Elizabeth
… dysfunction. Despite this, there is a paucity of incidence data on TB in dialysis patients in high burden settings such as South Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of TB in chronic kidney disease stage 5 patients on dialysis (CKD-5D) at a single centre in the Eastern …
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Estimation of hidden carriers of infectious diseases
… methods. We first present a simple comparison of incidence numbers between datasets with varying levels of completion, approximating different degrees of random sampling. We then use the Chao estimator to obtain a ratio of total cases to observed cases. Finally, we employ several other methods to …
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