On the basis of the Population Intervention Comparison Outcome (PICO) 24 approach, the search was structured by combining MeSH terms/EMTREE terms and/or free-text form related to population (eg, parturition and vaginal birth), intervention (eg, perineum and perineal support) and outcomes (eg, OASIS, perineal trauma and Apgar scores), see online supplementary additional file 1.
Similarly, terms related to problems or disorders such as depression and anxiety were also excluded from the search strategy, and a decision was made to identify all possible studies on the basis of population, technology and intervention only.
Nevertheless, the report goes on to say how all the published tables will be the basis of population data informing all future development interventions.
Legislative districts in every state are now being reapportioned strictly on the basis of population.
Harper further proposes to allocate the federal money only on the basis of population and population growth.
Injury rates were calculated on the basis of 100,000 population using population estimates from Statistics Canada.
There was no time limit set for the search and the keywords used were search terms and synonyms formulated on the basis of the population (patients), the intervention (coaching), and the outcomes (health behaviour, self-care, and health outcomes).
The evaluation covered study population, intervention, measurement of effect, data presentation and analysis (Table 1).
