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Cross-Sectional Studies: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Recommendations. [PDF]

Chest, 2020
Cross-sectional studies are observational studies that analyze data from a population at a single point in time. They are often used to measure the prevalence of health outcomes, understand determinants of health, and describe features of a population.
Xiaofeng Wang, Zhenshun Cheng
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Cross‐sectional studies – what are they good for? [PDF]

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2018
AbstractCross‐sectional studies serve many purposes, and the cross‐sectional design is the most relevant design when assessing the prevalence of disease, attitudes and knowledge among patients and health personnel, in validation studies comparing, for example, different measurement instruments, and in reliability studies.
U. Kesmodel
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A Cross-Sectional Study of Nemaline Myopathy [PDF]

Neurology, 2021
Nemaline myopathy (NM) is a rare neuromuscular condition with clinical and genetic heterogeneity. To establish disease natural history, we performed a cross-sectional study of NM, complemented by longitudinal assessment and exploration of pilot outcome measures.Fifty-seven individuals with NM were recruited at 2 family workshops, including 16 examined ...
Kimberly Amburgey, Meryl Acker, Samia Saeed, Reshma Amin, Alan H. Beggs, Carsten G. Bönnemann, Michael Brudno, Andrei Constantinescu, Jahannaz Dastgir, Mamadou Diallo, Casie A. Genetti, Michael Glueck, Stacy Hewson, Courtney Hum, Minal S. Jain, Michael W. Lawlor, Oscar H. Meyer, Leslie Nelson, Nicole Sultanum, Faiza Syed, Tuyen Tran, Ching H. Wang, James J. Dowling   +22 more
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Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in key cities of Brazil. A study in Joinville, Southern Brazil [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2021
Background: The Brazilian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (BCTRIMS) has launched an initiative to determine the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Brazil, based on key cities deemed representative of their regions in ...
Marcus Vinícius Magno Gonçalves, Fábio Siquineli, Flavio Diniz Ribas, Alexandre Luiz Longo, Claudio Henrique do Amaral, Edila Miers Chikota, Paulo Roberto Wille, Áudred Cristina Biondo Eboni, Rafaela Bittencourt Liberato, Rogério Rizo Morales, Jefferson Becker, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto   +11 more
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Intention of breastfeeding and association with sociodemographic, obstetric characteristics and experience with breastfeeding among pregnant women

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2023
Objectives: to estimate the intention of breastfeeding (IBF) duration and its association with sociodemographic, obstetric characteristics and experience with breastfeeding among pregnant women undergoing prenatal care.
Bárbara Moreira de Castilho, Renata Cordeiro Fernandes, Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann   +2 more
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Observational research methods—Cohort studies, cross sectional studies, and case–control studies

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012
Cohort, cross sectional, and case–control studies are collectively referred to as observational studies. Observational studies are often the only practicable method of answering questions of aetiology, the natural history and treatment of rare conditions
C.J. Mann
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Development of a critical appraisal tool to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies (AXIS)

BMJ Open, 2016
Objectives The aim of this study was to develop a critical appraisal (CA) tool that addressed study design and reporting quality as well as the risk of bias in cross-sectional studies (CSSs).
M. Downes, M. Brennan, H. Williams, R. Dean   +3 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with overweight in adults - Brazil, 2008-2009

Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2014
The worldwide overweight prevalence showed a rapid increase in recent decades, featuring a true global epidemic. The aim of this study was to determine the overweight prevalence (BMI ≥ 25kg/m2) and possible associations with socioeconomic and demographic
Vladimir Schuindt da Silva, Israel Souza, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca   +3 more
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Integrating clinical data from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies [PDF]

, 2014
Clinical trials are typically conducted over a population in order to illuminate certain characteristics of a health issue or disease process. These cross-sectional studies provide a snapshot of these disease processes over a large population but do not ...
Li, Y, Tucker, A
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Differential mortality and wealth accumulation [PDF]

, 1995
The issue of asset accumulation and decumulation is central to the life cycle theory of consumer behavior and to many policy questions. One of the main implications of the life cycle model is that assets are decumulated in the last part of life.
Attanasio, O., Hoynes, H.W.
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