Therefore, a population-based study to measure QOL is needed.
This is the first population-based study to measure and self-report knowledge of symptomatic knee OA among workers.
Therefore, we conducted a population-based study to measure the economic burden of musculoskeletal disease in Korea using nationally representative data.
Developers of a trial of physical activity to prevent type 2 diabetes adopted a causal modelling approach that included a range of primary and desk based studies to design the intervention, identify suitable measures, and predict long term outcomes.
The variables used in this study to measure model constructs were mostly based on previous studies, although some measures were modified to adapt to this research (Table 2).
The population based study will measure differences in characteristics, behavior and attitudes of respondents from communities near to voucher facilities vs. respondents from communities far from voucher facilities but otherwise similar, as well as offer insights into preferences for the accredited services and reasons for use/non-use of these.
This study is the only population based study measuring chlamydia and associated factors in young Norwegian men and women in one county where the study sample is drawn from the national population register, which includes the entire population, and not from a selected group of individuals.
While the correlation between PrPSc and infectivity is not completely clear [6], cell based studies routinely measure the amount of PrPSc as an indicator of infectivity.
Number of hospital based and few community based studies have measured risk factors for fractures and low BMD in Saudi Arabia; however, these studies have reported limitations in generalizability and quality [ 3- 6].
Community based studies that measure sexual problems but report them as sexual dysfunction, have met with criticism [ 11].
