Cross-Sectional Survey on Newborn Screening in Wisconsin Amish and Mennonite Communities

Newborn screening with tandem mass spectrometry: examining its cost-effectiveness in the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Panel.

OBJECTIVE To examine the cost-effectiveness of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in a neonatal screening panel for 14 fatty acid oxidation and organic acidemia disorders in the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program. STUDY DESIGN An incremental cost-effectiveness analysis with a hypothetical cohort of 100,000 infants was performed. A threshold of $50,000/QALY (quality-adjusted life-year) was used...

Cross-sectional survey of users of Internet depression communities

BACKGROUND Internet-based depression communities provide a forum for individuals to communicate and share information and ideas. There has been little research into the health status and other characteristics of users of these communities. METHODS Online cross-sectional survey of Internet depression communities to identify depressive morbidity among users of Internet depression communities in...

Screening chest radiography: results from a Greek cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND Public health authorities worldwide discourage the use of chest radiography as a screening modality, as the diagnostic performance of chest radiography does not justify its application for screening and may even be harmful, since people with false positive results may experience anxiety and concern. Despite the accumulated evidence, various reports suggest that primary care physician...

Onm-4: Body Mass Index and Sexual Function and Infertility in Women: A Cross- Sectional Survey

Background Infertility as the bitterest life experience can affect sexual function. Also, infertility is a reproductive health problem. Many studies showed that agitation, stress, depression, marital dissatisfaction and sexual dysfunction are psychological outcomes resulted from infertility. There are many factors influencing the female sexual function, one of them is body mass index. The prese...

ANES Cross-Sectional Survey