findings from the questionnaire

... reduce the generalizability of the results, and the findings may therefore not apply to the general population The present study and the study by Gjesdal and Bratberg [10] are to our knowledge the ... for these analyses Methodological issues The DWECS/DREAM study provides data from a large representative sample of the Danish working population Further, selection bias is minimized from the ... disability pensioned, emigrated or died They were excluded from the study, as they were no longer under risk of disability pension in the follow-up period from 1994 through 2004 This left a total...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:03

... Background • The degree of risk to the Army if the issue is not resolved • The degree to which the AMEDD is in control of the resolution of the issue • The specificity of the issue • Whether the future ... operations Nevertheless, given the commonality of the findings of the three separate teams during the three workshops pertaining to the HSS system, they deserve attention The workshops also show the importance ... importance to the Army, resolvable by the AMEDD, and tractable (will lend themselves to analysis) Furthermore, RAND recommended that the results from the analysis of these issues should enable the AMEDD...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 17:20

... submitted to the MOH’s Division of STI/HIV/AIDS for funding by the World Bank Mainstreaming within the Ministries of Education, Sports, and Youth Based on the findings from the pilot study, the Ministry ... used findings from the pilot study in their youth interventions Scaling up ARH activities in the experimental zones and in other areas of Senegal a Fifteen “Technical Forms” describing the nature, ... dissemination about the findings from the pilot project and the launch of the national ARH policy among regional and district level medical staff and their partners in the region of Kolda and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 17:20

... institutions about their social media activities Last year’s inaugural study was, from what we could tell, one of the first studies conducted of the institutions themselves about how they use social ... practices? How they staff their social media efforts? How are schools measuring the ROI or impact of social media initiatives? What contributes to the successful use of social media? What are the barriers ... involvement with the use of social media Another unit manages all of our social media activities, without any input from us Another unit manages all of our social media activities, with input from us...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20

... determine whether the difference between two groups was meaningful The difference between the two groups must have been statistically significant and the relative difference between the two groups ... medicines Summary Four themes from the 2010 NHQR and 2010 NHDR emphasize the need to accelerate progress if the Nation is to achieve higher quality and more equitable health care in the near future ... At the current rate of improvement, males should reach the achievable benchmark in a little over years, but females would not reach the benchmark for more than years l From 2005 to 2008, the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... in the retirement years when they may live on fixed incomes Over six in ten women working outside the home report that their employers offer them these benefits Despite the importance of these ... are the primary coordinators of health care for their children The vast majority of mothers select their children’s doctor (85%), take them to doctor’s appointments (84%), and ensure that they ... and the Internet The Internet plays the greatest role for women in their thirties and forties, acting as the leading source for almost a third of women in these age groups Older women are the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... maximize the probability of high impact assignments within the shorter time frame Another strategic issue raised by the evaluation results is program design The study raises the question of whether ... program on the Fellow, the Pfizer workgroup, and the company Partner Organization respondents were asked about goals and scope of work, achievements, and the impact of the program on the Partner ... visited the work site and in some cases reviewed the systems changes resulting from the Fellow's recommendations In total, the research team conducted over 100 NGO Partner interviews Members of the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... the conception, design and coordination of the SHIELD study and helped to draft the manuscript KF performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the ... perception of their disabilities (e.g., Health Assessment Questionnaire, Barthel Index, and Modified Rankin scale) [25,27,28] The EQ-5D has performed equally well when compared with other generic ... respondents, without clinical or laboratory confirmation These limitations are the same for most survey-based methodologies Conclusion The EQ-5D results from the SHIELD survey show that respondents with...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... used for the analysis of the growth data With respect to the applied amendment (CCB) the evaluation of the growth vitality of forest tree species plants at the evaluated age also comprised the nutrient ... representation in the stand composition) from each taxon used for the reforestation of the state of reclamation “A” and “B” Fig Tilia cordata Mill and Pinus nigra Arn in the treatment with the application ... the treatment with the application of CCB J FOR SCI., 55, 2009 (3): 137–144 Fig Fraxinus excelsior L in the treatment with the application of CCB Fig Populus tremula L in the treatment with the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... from month to month and for which data were not available to validate these reports These items include queries on the number of times the team met with each other, the senior leadership or the ... months The robustness of these findings provides additional validation of the responsiveness and stability properties of the TCT Measure validity Construct validity Table presents findings from the ... within the first six months of the intervention These findings attest to the value of these measures for detecting change and tracking the course of implementation progress Construct validity for the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... the data analyses, and drafted the paper; LG conducted the statistical analyses and contributed to the interpretation of findings and writing of the paper; VMM collaborated on the design of the ... encourages the seeking of professional help for problems that are assumed to derive from individual distress, or from the internalization of the stigma ascribed to homosexuality by some [58] Further, the ... global social support using items from the MOS Social Support Scale [48] Respondents were asked about the amount of support they had received from others in the past weeks in areas (i.e., daily...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... about the relative safety of other tobacco products: findings from the ITC collaboration Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2007, 9:1033-1042 Fagerstrom K: The nicotine market: an attempt to estimate the ... were asked whether they are a lot less harmful or less harmful Respondents who said “no” were asked whether they are more harmful or the same A dichotomous measure was created with the correct ... treated as the appropriate answer At each wave knowledge about the cancer risk posed by nicotine was assessed by asking respondents whether the statement The nicotine in cigarettes is the chemical...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... hospitalization) At baseline, the patients were asked about the frequency of exacerbations in the previous year The number of exacerbations during the year after the baseline visit was recorded ... evaluate the degree of emphysema [13] The CT scans were evaluated at the central imaging unit at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Emphysema was assessed by the percentage of the lung ... To compare the limits of agreement between % and number/ml, the data were log transformed before calculating the limits of agreement These data were then back-transformed to express the limits...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... is given by the following formula: W = W1 * W2 * f1 * f2 * f3 * f4 where W1 = the inverse of the probability of selecting the school W2 = the inverse of the probability of selecting the classroom ... Forms 2–4) In the following factors, the "Never or Zero" category was recoded as "No" and the rest of the categories as "Yes" During the past 30 days, how often did you go hungry because there was ... highlight the significance of truancy in the social discourse in developing countries, there is need to estimate its prevalence and associated factors There is however limited information about the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... schedule for the HSE 2007 screening thresholds were defined on the basis of subscale total scores only, computed on the basis of the algorithm provided by the questionnaire authors on the SDQ website ... controlled for by the introduction of a random intercept to the model Nevertheless, given the clearly hierarchical nature of the data and the risk of dependency amongst residuals from observations ... disorders [35, 36] The exclusion of the impact supplement from the survey pack may have reduced the reliability of the screening thresholds for conduct and emotional disorders as defined by the respective...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... interesting to note that when the data from the 131 CIOs who responded to the survey was cross-referenced, the answers did not vary significantly from the IT managers surveyed While the significance of ... Examine the evolving role of IT managers, including the CIO In general, the findings of the survey were consistent across regions, company size, industry and roles (All regions represented in the ... Brand (customer service, marketing, etc.) Other Figure 5: IT managers expect their areas of responsibility to shift over the next three years The findings of the 2010 IBM Global IT Risk Study revealed...

Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2015, 23:16

... MCI and the number of IP falls or the presence of non-accidental falls in the past 12 months Furthermore, the SC R inclusion of different blocks of covariates in the model attenuated the association ... Given the rapid aging occurring in Europe, the scarcity of studies on MCI and D falls, and a complete lack of studies on this topic from Ireland, the aim of the present TE work was to evaluate the ... individuals Study design and sample Data from the first wave of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) was analyzed The full description of the survey and the sampling procedures can be found...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 22:05

... prior to the transition, and then was sharply reduced in FY 2001, the year of the move to the San Antonio ALC The transition from the San Antonio ALC to the Oklahoma City ALC also affected other ... little purchasing of these items by other organizations The first purchasing organization is the Oklahoma City ALC, which received the F100 workload from the San Antonio ALC after the Base Realignment ... the Strategic Sourcing Analysis Tool within AFKS In this section, we review each of the data sources that we used.2 Data from the Air Force included those from the following sources: The...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... by the primary IHSS caregiver (according to provider); whether consumers thought that the distance between their homes and the homes of their providers affected the care that they received from ... Costa.21 The “other” race was 22.3% (153 out of 685) The “other” category does not include non-responses; 685 answered for either one of the races or several of the races (the latter coded as “other”) ... that the consumer is their parent, 9.2% say the client is their child, 3.0% say the client is their spouse, and 62.0% have another kind of relationship.24 Note, in comparing the two, that the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... includes the HAQ and SF-36 As part of the current study, from 1st August 2006 to 31st December 2007, patients were also asked to complete the EQ5D at baseline and the month assessment The data from these ... utility values, rather than a single imputation as performed here Furthermore, the ability to predict the SF-6D and EQ5D from the HAQ is complicated by the weighting of items in the EQ-5D and SF-6D ... predicted from the HAQ is better estimate than the mean SF-6D predicted from the HAQ than the SF-6D when using the methods of Bansback, et al [8] In previous studies in RA using direct measurement, the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20