Another group of 12 house officers, who joined the department during the week the study started, were invited to participate as negative controls because they had no prior exposure to known SARS patients.
Over the next week, people who received mindfulness training drank significantly less than they had during the week before the study started, but people in the relaxation group did not drink significantly less.
The study started during the early phases of pregnancy of these women, and is ongoing.
The study started in December 2010; during the first year, participants were enrolled at nine sites in Europe Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Swedenn [two sites] and the UK).
These 50 patients were the first (randomized) patients included in the study, so the study started, and then during the process it was decided on how many patients were still needed.
Most patients had taken NSAIDs during the month prior to the study start, but in most cases, consumption was occasional.
The use of prescribed medications taken during the 6 months preceding the study start was assessed by self-reporting.
In addition to these objectives, the clinical effectiveness of revaccination against different outcomes will be evaluated in the subset of participants who have received more than a dose of PPV-23 prior to the study start or during the study period.
To minimize sampling bias, every 5th name was selected from both alphabetical databases of individuals who had attended the clinics at least once during the 12 months prior to the study start date of April 1 , 2003
The start date for AEs that were present at the study start and that worsen during the study should be reported as the date the events worsened, not the date the events began pre-study.
