The phrase "achieve certain changes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of making specific modifications or improvements in a particular context.
Example: "In order to improve our workflow, we need to achieve certain changes in our current procedures."
Alternatives: "bring about specific changes" or "implement particular changes".
The dependent variable was the perceived need for LC, assessed with the question, "Do you need support, counseling, or more information to help you achieve certain lifestyle changes (e.g., diet, exercise, etc).?" The response options were yes/no (for explanatory variables see Table 1).
In a July 14 Science Times article on mild hypertension, Dr. Michael Alderman says that as a treatment, "life style modification doesn't work for most people". Although not everyone can successfully achieve certain life style changes, our clinical experience and review of the literature has shown that the benefit of life style modifications is overwhelming.
If someone started their career late – due to military service or graduate school – or is starting over after a career change, starting a family, illness or divorce, it could take a few years longer to achieve certain benchmarks.
Here we managed to achieve certain progress.
Engineered surfaces are commonly designed to achieve certain desirable functionalities.
We learned how to hold brush to achieve certain line qualities, how to mix certain pigments to achieve certain tones, and how to dye color through layers to achieve the transparency of the color effect.
Efficiency regards the needed effort to achieve certain objectives.
There is no doubt that this could achieve certain synergies.
Clinicians can use thresholds that either refer to an absolute score (e.g. clinicians can consider patients above a certain score as having achieved the outcome) or a change in score (e.g. clinicians can consider patients' HRQL as having improved or deteriorated if they achieve a certain change in score on an instrument of interest).
To facilitate interpretability of clinical trial results, researchers can report thresholds that either refer to an absolute score (e.g. one can consider patients above a certain score as having achieved the outcome) or a change in score (e.g. one can consider patients' PRO measure as having improved or deteriorated if they achieve a certain change in score).
