BACKGROUND The study was set up to assess the effect of recruitment methods on participation rate, response bias and cardiovascular risk factor estimates. METHODS Two random samples of men and women in Halifax County aged 25-74 were drawn from the same sampling frame. Their respective sizes were 1007 (NSHHS) and 3036 (MONICA) people. Recruitment by Nova Scotia Heart Health Survey (NSHHS) was ...

BACKGROUND When compared with the conventional surgical evacuation for the treatment of miscarriage, medical evacuation has been largely accepted as an effective and safe management. However, there is a lack of data on the long-term reproductive outcome of these two treatment modalities, which is crucial in patient counselling. The current study evaluates and compares the long-term fertility an...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In Andalusia there were no studies including a representative sample of children and adolescent population assessing growth and weight increase. Our objectives were to develop reference standards for weight, height and BMI for the Andalusian pediatric population, from 3 to 18 years of age for both genders, and to identify the final adult height in Andalusia. SUBJECTS...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there were discrepancies between what medications frail elderly outpatients took and what physicians thought they took and whether discrepancies put patients at risk of taking inappropriate drugs and of increasing the potential for drug interactions. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Day Hospital Program at St Mary's of the Lake Hospital in Kingston, Ont. PARTICIP...

The threat of so-called rapid or abrupt climate change has generated considerable public interest because of its potentially significant impacts. The collapse of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation or the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, for example, would have potentially catastrophic effects on temperatures and sea level, respectively. But how likely are such extreme climatic changes? Is it ...

RECENT surveys of drinking habits in both Great Britain (Stacey and Davies, 1970; Ritson, 1975; Kinder, 1977) and Ireland (Fitzpatrick, 1972; Irish Council of Churches, 1974) have indicated that, whereas the majority of teenagers drink in moderation and responsibly, the minority who drink heavily experience problems and are a major cause of concern. The work of Blaney and McKenzie (1979) on adu...

proposal for health human resources advanced over the past decade was a comprehensive “pan-Canadian” strategy for educating, recruiting, licensing and equipping doctors that was recommended by a blue-ribbon panel called Task Force Two in 2006. The comprehensive plan, A Physician Human Resource Strategy for Canada: Final Report, urged wholesale reforms in five areas related to physician supply —...

BACKGROUND Recruitment and retention of participants are critical to the success of a randomised controlled trial. Gaining the views of potential trial participants who decline to enter a trial and of trial participants who stop the trial treatment is important and can help to improve study processes. Limited research on these issues has been conducted on healthy individuals recruited for preve...

INTRODUCTION The successful recruitment and retention of participants is integral to the translation of research findings. We examined the recruitment and retention rates of racial/ethnic minority adolescents at a center involved in the National Institutes of Health Obesity Research for Behavioral Intervention Trials (ORBIT) initiative by the 3 recruitment strategies used: clinic, informatics, ...

BACKGROUND SPARCLE is a cross-sectional survey in nine European regions, examining the relationship of the environment of children with cerebral palsy to their participation and quality of life. The objective of this report is to assess data quality, in particular heterogeneity between regions, family and item non-response and potential for bias. METHODS 1,174 children aged 8-12 years were se...