Sentence examples for preceding assessment from inspiring English sources

Thereafter change between a measurement and its preceding assessment was assessed by using Wilcoxon's signed rank test and the Friedman's test for change across the whole follow up period.

When considering the significance of such correlations, however, it is important to keep in mind that AEs were collected as spontaneous reports weekly and measured discrete, new events with an onset in the preceding week, while the PSQI is designed to assess sleep quality during the month preceding assessment [ 51].

For each outcome variable, we examined whether baseline mood (i.e., mood assessed prior to the initiation of treatment), as well as mood at the immediately preceding assessment point, prospectively predicted outcomes over 3 years in multivariate repeated-measures analyses.

Thus, the preceding assessment of the ManuFuture Vision 2020 generation and implementation process is based on criteria, that have been derived from pragmatic validity criteria currently discussed in scientific literature [25] and that primarily reflect practical experience with facilitating "futuring" activities 'in the real world' [15, 31].

Oliguria was defined as the production of <500 ml of urine in the 24 h <span class="lh">preceding assessment.

Grip strength exclusions included recent pain in the wrist or hand or a history of surgery on the upper extremity in the 3 months preceding assessment.

Our analysis of symptom change following amalgam removal challenges the preceding assessments of the safety of dental amalgam.

During the 24 h preceding assessments, participants were required not to undertake moderate to vigorous PA/exercise or consume alcohol, nor to eat and/or consume caffeine during the preceding 2 h; drinking water was permitted; where relevant, participants were instructed to take their medications as usual.

This is a strength of the study, given that the exposure (body composition or obesity measures) preceded assessment of structural damage.

Although assessment of the exposure preceded assessment of the end point we regard our study as cross-sectional, because the time period between observation and assessment of depressive symptoms was relatively brief (median: 5 weeks and 5 days, range: 0 21 weeks).

The MDS also includes assessment of psychotropic medication use in the seven days preceding the assessment, including antidepressant use.