To ensure reliability, coding was compared and discussed with senior study members (JB and BB), and a final selection and appropriate labeling of identified themes was determined.
"We think this suggests that the dogs were trying to figure out what the novel words meant," Gregory Berns senior study author and neuroscientist at Emory University, tells me.
"When you cover the uninsured, emergency room use goes up by a large magnitude," said senior study author and MIT economics professor Amy Finkelstein.
"There is a real need for additional research on the severity, the course, and the persistence of mental health problems over time," said Sarah Woolf-King, Ph.D., M.P.H., senior study author and assistant professor in the psychology department at Syracuse University in New York.
If the children's responses raised any concerns for the interviewer, ALSPAC's child protection procedures were adhered to, with a report on the interview being immediately sent to senior study staff and appropriate agencies contacted if necessary.
This requires a clear structured and harmonised training programme for both junior and senior study personnel across the various countries and study sites.
PGC is the SENIOR study principal investigator and contributed to writing of the manuscript.
I think my colleague, and senior study author, Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, pretty much nailed the interpretation by saying: "Overall, our results suggest that butter should neither be demonized nor considered 'back' as a route to good health.
We gratefully acknowledge the work of Faith D. Lees in coordinating the SENIOR study intervention, data collection, and data management.
The correlates of physical function identified in the SENIOR study include both modifiable and un-modifiable factors, suggesting that physical function can be improved from interventions addressing these factors.
