6, 19 Consequently, most analysts using this approach have focused on the most significant conditions (eg, prevalent, contributing to high levels of mortality or disability), such as heart disease.
Inappropriate attendance in antenatal care services (21.1%), late or wrong diagnosis (12.6%), inadequate management immediately after delivery (9.6%), no monitoring of blood pressure and other vital signs (9.2%) were the most prevalent factors contributing to the severe morbidity under study.
Similarly, a study on 1630 stage 3 and 4 Danish cancer patients identified the most prevalent symptoms contributing to a deterioration of QOL (Johnsen et al, 2009) as being fatigue (57% severe 22%) followed by reduced role function, insomnia and pain (Johnsen et al, 2009).
In Brazil, according to data obtained from the first five years of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, MRSA strains were among the most prevalent pathogens and contributed to 56% of the nosocomial and community infections [ 8].
With the aging of the population in the United States, OA, as the most prevalent form of arthritis, contributes considerably to the economic and social burden on the health care system [ 2].
Loose stool was the most prevalent factor found to contribute to FI in subjects living at home (H, 11 [37%]), but it was found significantly more often in the acute and rehabilitation ward subjects (A, 20 [67%]; R, 17 [57%]), but was significantly less prevalent in the nursing home subjects (N, 6 [20%]) (Table 2).
This requires decisions about which initial codes are most prevalent or important, and which contribute most to the analysis.
This required decisions about which initial codes were most prevalent or important, and which contributed most to the analysis [ 4].
The structure suggests that MG-Hs, as the most prevalent AGEs in humans, may contribute to ligand-induced RAGE signaling.
