BACKGROUND This study examined the sociodemographic and perceived environmental factors associated with public bicycle use among Taiwanese urban adults. METHODS A random-digit-dialing telephone-based cross-sectional survey was administered to Taiwanese urban adults aged 20-64 years in 2015. Data on sociodemographic variables, perceived environmental factors (for attributes identified in the I...

We investigated cross-sectional associations of neighborhood deprivation, problems, safety, and cohesion with circulating levels of fibrinogen, interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein (n = 5370) and longitudinal associations with changes in IL-6 over a 3-4 year period (n = 946). In cross-sectional analyses, higher levels of neighborhood deprivation and problems were associated with higher levels ...

AIMS To describe and evaluate trends in the use of stimulant drugs over a 5-year period using an under-studied data collection method. DESIGN Repeated-measures cross-sectional survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Annual magazine-based survey targeting people who use stimulant drugs in dance contexts. MEASUREMENTS Life-time use prevalence (ever used), age of first use, current use prevalence (...

BACKGROUND Job-exposure matrices (JEMs) applicable to the general population are usually constructed by using only the expertise of specialists. AIMS To construct a population based JEM for chemical agents from data based on a sample of French workers for surveillance purposes. METHODS The SUMEX job-exposure matrix was constructed from data collected via a cross-sectional survey of a sample...

OBJECTIVE Induced abortion is widely practiced in China. However, the information on induced abortion is limited. A national cross-sectional survey was designed to determine the risk factors of induced abortion among Chinese women with one child. METHODS We sampled 16,881 Chinese women with one living child for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect induced abortion and rel...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate practice behaviours of Swedish physicians with regard to discussing the impact of cancer treatment on fertility with paediatric oncology patients and their parents, and to identify factors associated with such discussions. METHODS A cross-sectional survey study was conducted targeting all physicians in Sweden working in paediatric oncology ca...

OBJECTIVES To provide a detailed and current characterisation of funding of a representative sample clinical trials. We also aimed to develop guidance for standardised reporting of funding information. METHODS We addressed the extent to which clinical trials published in 2015 in any of the 119 Core Clinical Journals included a statement on the funding source (eg, whether a not-for-profit orga...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine whether the actual time patients spend waiting is correlated with overall patient satisfaction scores. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey study conducted in an outpatient ophthalmology clinic. The actual time each patient waited to be called by the provider was recorded, and a survey was given at the end of the visit. RESULTS There w...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research was to determine both the fertility characteristics of married adolescent women in Denizli province center and the adolescent pregnancy rate and also some factors that could occur with adolescent pregnancy. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Denizli province center in the year 2001. According to the Turkish Demographic Health Survey ...