Sentence examples for lay descriptions from inspiring English sources

New disability weights (DWs) were assigned to each disease: lay descriptions of the various health states that were predictable sequelae of each disease were fed into a web-based worldwide consultation, which conducted an iterative series of comparisons, one health state with another.

Kokanovic et al. have begun to reconcile lay descriptions with professional definitions of depression [ 27].

Medical labels were classified as "disease" more than their lay descriptions in two of three duplicate candidate conditions.

Providing information alone, however, even lay descriptions of scientific concepts, may be insufficient to support understanding and fully informed decisions about clinical trial participation [ 2- 4].

To minimize these issues, our research team used lay descriptions of illnesses in the questionnaire and had UNRWA social workers who were familiar with the study participants to conduct the survey.

Through this interface, it is possible for participants to link into a wealth of information that already exists for other purposes, such as lay descriptions required for grant applications and ethics approval.

Being a nervous person could be regarded as a lay description of the personality trait of neuroticism, which is a major risk factor for depression.

This population-based study revealed that 60% of CA victims had agonal respiration at the time of EMS call and lay rescuers' descriptions on breathing status were varied.

24 25 Considering the high frequency of agonal respiration, difficulties in differentiating CA by lay rescuers' descriptions of abnormal breathing and low risk of severe injury by CPR on non-CA victims, an active protocol for dispatchers to encourage lay rescuers to perform CPR presupposing an overdiagnosis of CA should be considered.

However, lay rescuers description of abnormal breathing may be inconsistent, and it is unclear how EMS dispatchers provide instruction for CPR based on the breathing status of the CA victims described by laypersons.

But the novella's strength lies in descriptions of the act of writing, and its ability to mediate these anxieties.