14, 15 In brief, the baseline survey of 2292 participants was carried out from 2004 to 2006.
In brief, the baseline study population consisted of 438 school children, 10-11 years of age, who volunteered after informed consent given by the parents.
29 In brief, the baseline survey included a self administered questionnaire on health behaviour, health status, signs of depression, and medical history.
In brief, since the baseline health check, there have been 3 follow-up assessments, including a postal questionnaire at 18 mo, a repeat (second) health-check visit (1998 2000) including a questionnaire, and a further postal questionnaire (2002 2004).
In brief, the SDPP baseline study group consists of 3,128 men and 4,821 women aged 35 56 years, characterized in 1992 1994 (men) or 1996 1998 (women) using questionnaires and OGTTs.
12 In brief, the initial baseline sample included 3777 community dwellers, aged 65 or more, randomly selected from the electoral rolls in 75 different sites of two French administrative districts (Departments of Gironde and Dordogne).
A brief section in the baseline questionnaire will be used to assess characteristics including age, gender, marital status, ethnicity, level of education, health background, employment information, sleep habits, smoking habits, alcohol habits and general nutrition habits.
For the first 9 months of the study the research assistant also performed a brief physical examination during the baseline visit that measured knee range of motion.
The brief telephone baseline assessment (adapted from Hodgins et al. 2009) will include a demographic profile (age, sex, education, marital status, income, ethnicity and racial status, employment status) and a gambling, mental health and treatment history including a timeline interview of types of gambling (online, land-based), frequency, and money spent for the past three months [ 48, 49].
In brief, the source population for the baseline survey comprised 31,694 men and women aged ≥65 y who were living in Ohsaki City, northeastern Japan, on 1 December 2006.
For the patients in intervention group, we strongly encouraged them to stop smoking, and received brief smoking cessation advice after the baseline interview, which consist of 5 8 minutes' discussion with member of professional group about their smoking habits.
