Re-evaluating the relationship between appointment nonattendance and appointment lead time

The relationship between socioeconomic indicators during pregnancy and gynecological appointment at any time after childbirth

BACKGROUND The rates of receipt of postnatal care vary widely between high and low-middle income countries. This study aimed to examine the association between indicators of socioeconomic status during pregnancy and gynecological appointment at any time after childbirth (GA). METHODS a prospective cohort study with pregnant women recruited from 10 primary care clinics of the public sector in ...

Lead time for appointment and the no-show rate in an ophthalmology clinic

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between the time in advance an appointment is scheduled and the no-show rate. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted in an outpatient ophthalmology clinic. Appointment data were analyzed for 51,529 ophthalmology appointments in the computerized scheduling database during a 12-month period. RESULTS The a...

The 10-minute appointment.

the relationship between critical thinking and reading strategies

during the process of reading, sometimes learners use ineffective and inefficient strategies and some factors may influence their use of strategies. perhaps critical thinking is one of these factors. this study aims to identify those categories of reading strategies that are mostly used by iranian efl learners and to see if there is any significant relationship between the critical thinking abi...

the relationship between collocational competence and listening comprehension

پس از پیدایش روش تدریس ‏‍tpr توسط جیمز اشر که توجه و تآکید بسیاری بر مهارت شنیداری داشت زبانشناسان همواره در صدد یافتن راههایی برای بهبود این مهارت در زبان آموزان می باشند. از طرفی جی-آر-فرث که از پیشگامان زبانشناسی می باشد بر تآثیر لغات و بویژه گروه کلمات که اغلب در گفتار با هم می آیند (هم آیی کلمات)تأکید بسیار کرده است. به این دلیل و به منظوربررسی رابطه بین این دو عامل یعنی درک شنیداری و دانش...