It was not even possible to ascertain this information from the charity's accounts as the post was vacant for at least three months before Peter Cardy joined from the Mulitiple Sclerosis Society.
Unfortunately, there is no way to ascertain this impact from the present study, and thus suggests future work should focus on prospective study designs.
No information regarding causes of death was available in these data sources and no additional funding was available to ascertain this information from the death certificate registries.
If patients were able to provide only an estimate for date or duration of these activities, we used the range midpoint for analyses; if patients were unable to provide an estimate, or if the date of symptom onset reported by the patient was later than the date of diagnosis, we ascertained this information from medical or employer records when possible.
We ascertained this with information from patients, carers, case managers, clinicians, and clinical records.
However, as the qualitative data was collected within the first few months of discontinuation, it was not possible to ascertain from this analysis why so many women continued to attend their three-monthly follow-up visits after their discontinuation from gel.
What we are unable to specifically ascertain from this study is the overall incidence and greater epidemiological picture of shigellosis in this setting.
55 Again, it is difficult to ascertain, from this and other studies, a clear understanding of the interaction between age and sex in the development of statin-induced muscle disorder in older adults.
It is also not possible to ascertain from this study if variations in reported rates of assessment across each of the psychosocial domains reflects resource issues and/or attitudinal issues on the part of the health professional or consumer, or both.
Although there is no reason to believe responses on survey design would differ by location we cannot ascertain that from this study.
