Atopic diseases and airway-related symptoms in Bavarian children before starting primary school: Time trend analyses

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of height-adjustable standing desks on time-series variation in sedentary behavior (SB) among primary school children. Thirty-eight children aged 11–12 years (22 boys and 16 girls) from two classes at a primary school in Nagano, Japan, participated in this study. One class was allocated as the intervention group and provided with individual standing desks for 6 months, and the other was allocated as the control group. Time spent in SB, light-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) was measured using accelerometers (ActiGraph) at baseline and follow-up. Time spent in SB was significantly lower by 18.3 min/day on average in the intervention class at follow-up (interaction effects: F(1, 36) = 4.95, p = 0.035, η2 = 0.082). This was accompanied by a significant increase in time spent in MVPA (+19.9 min/day on average). Our time-series analysis showed significant decreases in SB during school time, while no change in SB was found during non-school time. This result indicates that the use of standing desks promotes an overall reduction in SB with no compensatory increase during non-school time.

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Combining cohort and period methods for retrospective time trend analyses of long-term cancer patient survival rates

British Journal of Cancer ◽

10.1038/sj.bjc.6601295 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 89 (7) ◽

pp. 1260-1265 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

H Brenner ◽

C Spix

Keyword(s):

Cancer Patient ◽

Time Trend ◽

Patient Survival ◽

Survival Rates ◽

Trend Analyses

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Hospital Records of Pain, Fatigue, or Circulatory Symptoms in Girls Exposed to Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Cohort, Self-Controlled Case Series, and Population Time Trend Studies

American Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/aje/kwz284 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 189 (4) ◽

pp. 277-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Reimar Wernich Thomsen ◽

Buket Öztürk ◽

Lars Pedersen ◽

Sia Kromann Nicolaisen ◽

Irene Petersen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Papillomavirus ◽

Hpv Vaccine ◽

Time Trend ◽

Hpv Vaccination ◽

Case Series ◽

Public Confidence ◽

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome ◽

Hospital Records ◽

Trend Analyses ◽

Increased Risk

Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has been associated with subsequent diffuse symptoms in girls, reducing public confidence in the vaccine. We examined whether girls have nonspecific outcomes of HPV vaccination, using triangulation from cohort, self-controlled case series (SCCS), and population time trend analyses carried out in Denmark between 2000 and 2014. The study population consisted of 314,017 HPV-vaccinated girls and 314,017 age-matched HPV-unvaccinated girls (cohort analyses); 11,817 girls with hospital records (SCCS analyses); and 1,465,049 girls and boys (population time trend analyses). The main outcome measures were hospital records of pain, fatigue, or circulatory symptoms. The cohort study revealed no increased risk among HPV vaccine-exposed girls, with incidence rate ratios close to 1.0 for abdominal pain, nonspecific pain, headache, hypotension/syncope, tachycardia (including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), and malaise/fatigue (including chronic fatigue syndrome). In the SCCS analyses, we observed no association between HPV vaccination and subsequent symptoms. In time trend analyses, we observed a steady increase in these hospital records in both girls and (HPV-unvaccinated) boys, with no relationship to the 2009 introduction of HPV vaccine to Denmark’s vaccination program. This study, which had nationwide coverage, showed no evidence of a causal link between HPV vaccination and diffuse autonomic symptoms leading to hospital contact.

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Time-Trend Analyses of Bleeding and Mortality After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention During Out of Working Hours Versus In-Working Hours

Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions ◽

10.1161/circinterventions.114.002206 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Bilal Iqbal ◽

Ramzi Khamis ◽

Charles Ilsley ◽

Ghada Mikhail ◽

Tom Crake ◽

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Keyword(s):

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽

Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽

Time Trend ◽

Working Hours ◽

Coronary Intervention ◽

Trend Analyses ◽

Percutaneous Coronary

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Time trend analyses of child pedestrian morbidity in Japan

Public Health ◽

10.1016/j.puhe.2016.08.014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 141 ◽

pp. 74-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

S. Nakahara ◽

M. Ichikawa ◽

T. Sakamoto

Keyword(s):

Time Trend ◽

Trend Analyses

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AWARENESS, ACCESSIBILITY AND ABILITY TO USE COMPUTERS BY PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS

EPRA International Journal of Research & Development (IJRD) ◽

10.36713/epra2773 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 552-557

Author(s):

Dr. Thadei Kiwango

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Government School ◽

Out Of School Time ◽

School Time ◽

Arusha Region ◽

Primary School Pupils ◽

Out Of School ◽

At Home

This paper is a determination of use of digital technology for instructional purposes in out of school environment. The paper specifically explores the awareness of primary school pupils on the significance of using computers, access to computers and the ability to use computers. A total of 458 pupils were selected from 9 primary schools in three (3) divisions of Meru District in Arusha Region. The findings of the study shows that only 18.8% of pupils were aware of the usefulness of computers, while even smaller percentage of pupils (9.6%) had computers at home. On the other hand, only 16.6% of pupils could use computers. On the basis of the findings, it could be inferred that although some pupils are aware that computers can potentially facilitate learning, they are not adequately available at home, while also quite few pupils can use them. On the basis of these observations; the government, school administrators and other stakeholders in education should work together to raise pupils’ awareness of the usefulness of computers, along with making computers available and enabling pupils to make use of them to improve learning both in regular classroom and out of school time. At the bottom line, studies that are geared towards exploring the robust approaches which not only can raise pupils’ awareness but can more importantly make families see the importance of availing computers to their school children while at the same time encouraging pupils to use computers to improve their learning at school and out of school time are inevitable.

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