A face-to-face adherence discussion will take place at the initial visit and at each study visit thereafter, emphasising the importance of following study guidelines and the instructions about taking the study product.
In every case, prior informed consent was obtained before the interview and the sampling procedures were undertaken, and participants were given an explanation of the methodology, aims, and expected outcomes of the study, following the ethical guidelines adopted by the American Anthropological Association [ 21].
The study are reported following the STROBE guidelines for cohort studies (for more details see Additional file 1).
Informed consent was obtained from all participants to the study following the guidelines of ESOMAR, the World Association for Social, Opinion and Market Research (including their Guideline on Interviewing Children and Young People).
This session will include: The importance of following study guidelines for adherence to once daily study product Instructions about taking study pills including dose timing, storage, and importance of taking pills whole, and what to do in the event of a missed dose.
A core group of senior clinicians supervised patient care throughout the study period, following the management guidelines for pediatric DSS at HTD.
The visual acuity was evaluated following the guidelines of the study protocol of the "Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Research Group ETDRSRS) [ 23].
Animal procedures were carried out in this study following the ethics guidelines on animal handling as required by Yale University.
Finally, we encourage the improvement of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies, following the STARD guidelines (Bossuyt et al, 2003a, 2003b).
We performed a prospective descriptive study, following the guidelines of the Declaration STROBE for observational studies, where the sample consisted of 2494 feet from 1247 individuals (all Caucasian), of which 173 were men (13.9%) and 1074 women (85.1%).
