Mortality was also confirmed in the hospital and for patients who died at home, regular tracing and reminders for visits helped in ascertaining home-related mortality.
When a case of neonatal death was ascertained, a home-based interview with the mother who had lost a child (estimated at 150/year) was conducted.
To indirectly assess patients' postoperative functional status, we used data from the Home Health Agency file to ascertain use of home health services such as home health aide, physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and medical social services.
A secondary EOL outcome is the location of participant death (i.e., home, hospital, ICU, or nursing home) ascertained through the interviews with bereaved families and the dialysis social workers who cared for the patient prior to death.
Leisure-time physical activity in the past month was ascertained during the home interview.
Signs and symptoms were ascertained during weekly home visits from the time of maternal enrollment through 180 days following delivery.
Data linkage was used to examine retrospectively the service records of older individuals who had received a reablement service versus a conventional home care service to ascertain their use of home care services over time.
In them, monitoring the blood pressure at home is crucial in ascertaining what their blood pressure really is.
One problem is ascertaining who actually owns the note underlying each home loan.
Furthermore, Cameroon is home to two chimpanzee subspecies, which makes ascertaining the origins of these chimpanzees important for reintroduction planning and for scientific investigations involving these chimpanzees.
A study clinician assessed patients acutely in hospital (or at home if ascertained late).
