This pilot study estimates the proportion of abortion patients accompanied by a male partner, the proportion agreeing to couples counseling and describes couples' experiences with the counseling.
Considering the proportion agreeing on a valid indication for MRE, only two indications exceeded 80%%: the initial diagnosis and follow-up of Crohn's disease [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18].
Pupils in schools located in the Northern zone have the highest proportion agreeing to the right for rest and leisure.
This lack of significant change for nutrition may be related to the already high proportion agreeing with these measures at baseline (i.e. ceiling effects).
Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS v 19.0 (proportion agreeing (score = 4 or 5), disagreeing (score = 1 or 2) and neither agreeing/disagreeing (score = 3) for each item).
The majority of PNs and GPs correctly agreed with the statement that "most chlamydia infections are asymptomatic" in women (88% vs 90%) with a slightly lower proportion agreeing with this statement for men (82% vs 74%).
However, there was a steady decline in the proportion agreeing and a corresponding increase in the proportion answering "don't know," indicating an erosion in public awareness about radon (15% in 1990 to 27% in 1997).
Thus we wanted to screen enough children to detect a difference in the proportion agreeing to participate in the intervention of 15%, assuming 45% for the Usual care and 60% for the MI feedback condition.
An intervention trial to reduce smoking involving the recruitment of adolescents [ 18] found that monetary incentives significantly improved response rates and had a positive effect on their willingness to participate further and the proportion agreeing to be contacted about a planned intervention was significantly higher.
Irish fishermen have traditionally been paid by way of a share of the money made from the catch, divided in the proportions agreed by the owner.
