The DiSA-UMH Study: A prospective cohort study in health science students from Miguel Hernández University

Introducción: La edad adulta es una etapa importante para el establecimiento de hábitos dietéticos y estilos de vida que pueden estar implicados en el desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas posteriormente. El estudio de cohortes prospectivo con seguimiento a 3 años DiSA-UMH nació con el objetivo de determinar el estado nutricional, estilos de vida y la salud, evaluar los posibles cambios de estos durante el seguimiento y ver cómo influyen en la aparición y desarrollo enfermedades crónicas.Material y Métodos: La información basal de 1204 estudiantes de ciencias de la salud de entre 18 y 35 años de la Universidad Miguel Hernández fue recogida entre los años 2006 y 2012. Todos los participantes autocumplimentaron un cuestionario que incluía un cuestionario de frecuencia de alimentos, preguntas sobre actividad física, consumo de tabaco, alcohol, uso del etiquetado nutricional, peso, talla, tensión arterial sistólica y diastólica y estado de salud, así como preguntas sobre la presencia de diversas enfermedades. Con el fin de validar la información autoaportada, se realizaron específicamente diversos estudios de validación con diferentes submuestras. Tras el cuestionario basal, se les preguntó a los estudiantes para obtener medidas antropométricas y muestra de sangre en ayunas. Para valorar la evaluación de ingesta dietética se recogieron entre 3 y 9 recordatorios de 24 horas realizados por teléfono durante un año.Resultados: En 2015 finalizó el trabajo de campo del primer seguimiento de 3 años, estando aún en marcha el segundo periodo de 3 años de seguimiento. Aunque las tasas de retención durante estos periodos fueron de 59,2% y 52,2% respectivamente, las pérdidas de seguimiento se produjeron de forma aleatoria, ya que las características generales de los que participan y no participan en el seguimiento eran similares.

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Interprofessional education for health science students’ attitudes and readiness to work interprofessionally: a prospective cohort study

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy ◽

10.1016/j.bjpt.2018.09.003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 337-345 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Young Joo Kim ◽

Jennifer C. Radloff ◽

C. Kim Stokes ◽

Christine R. Lysaght

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Cohort ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Health Science ◽

Science Students ◽

Health Science Students ◽

Students Attitudes

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Changes in Physical Activity Among University Students in Indonesia from Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Population and Social Studies ◽

10.25133/jpssv302022.009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 128-146

Author(s):

Dicky Moch Rizal ◽

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Rakhmat Ari Wibowo ◽

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Cohort Study ◽

University Students ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

Activity Level ◽

Health Science ◽

Science Students ◽

Health Science Students ◽

Containment Measures

University life is an important phase for forming healthy physical activity habits among university students. However, little is known about the change in physical activity level during the COVID-19 pandemic among university students in Indonesia, which has a low stringency index. A retrospective cohort study was conducted among students of Universitas Gadjah Mada (n=153) from October to November 2020, where there were asked to recall their physical activity level and type of physical activity engaged in at four points of time: before the pandemic, early pandemic, Ramadan period, and relaxation period. Then, we conducted three-way mixed analyses of variance followed by Bonferroni’s post hoc comparisons tests to compare the mean difference of total moderate-vigorous physical activity with a subject over time and between subgroups in a similar time. Containment measures during the pandemic resulted in a 69.4-minute drop (95% confidence interval: 40.1 to 98.7 minutes, p<.001) of total moderate-vigorous physical activity. While the relaxation of containment measures could restore non-health natural science students’ physical activity to the pre-pandemic amount, it did not influence health science students’ physical activity. Our findings provide evidence that pandemic situations in a low stringency index country also affected physical activity behavior among university students. More efforts are needed to increase university students’ physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among health science students.

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Risk of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in babies born to ‘O’ positive mothers: A prospective cohort study

Kathmandu University Medical Journal ◽

10.3126/kumj.v7i1.1758 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 11-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

BK Kalakheti ◽

R Singh ◽

NK Bhatta ◽

A Karki ◽

N Baral

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Blood Group ◽

Prospective Cohort Study ◽

Bilirubin Level ◽

Prospective Cohort ◽

Serum Bilirubin ◽

Serum Bilirubin Level ◽

Health Science ◽

Abo Incompatibility ◽

Laboratory Services

Introduction: Hyperbilirubinemia in a neonate is one of the most common problems that may occur in 60-70 % of term and 80% of preterm babies. It is known to be associated with significant morbidity like neonatal bilirubin encephalopathy and even death. Clinically, and almost exclusively ABO incompatibility occur in ‘A' and ‘B' blood group babies of O ‘+ve' mothers. These babies are reported to be at high risk of severe hyperbilirubinemia (serum bilirubin level more than 16 mg/dl). Objectives: To find out the incidence of hyperbilirubinemia in babies born to ‘O' positive mothers. To estimate the risk of ABO incompatibility in babies born to ‘O' positive mothers. Materials and methods: A prospective cohort study conducted in B. P. Koirala institute of Health Science (Department of Pediatrics and Dept. of Gynae and Obstetric) from July 2002 to June 2003. A total of 199 women having ‘O' positive blood group admitted to the Department of Gynae and Obstetric were included in the study. A piloted proforma was used to collect information. The blood group of neonates was tested by tile and slide method and serum bilirubin was estimated by diazo method in the Central Laboratory Services and Emergency laboratory of BPKIHS. The data was observed and analysis was carried out using statistical software SPSS-10. Results: Total 37 (18.5%) babies had developed hyperbilirubinemia and among them 14 (38%) were from group of babies having ‘O' Positive blood group and 23 (62%) were from group of babies having other than ‘O' Positive blood group. There was 2.6 times higher chance of having hyperbilirubinemia in the babies with ABO incompatibility than ‘O' Positive babies after adjusting other significant variables. Conclusion: Among different significantly associated variables, ABO incompatibility was found to be a major risk factor for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.It was seen that neonate with ABO incompatibility had two times higher chances of having hyperbilirubinemia than those babies with O ‘+ve' blood group. This finding in BPKIHS suggests that there is a need of screening cord blood bilirubin and continuous monitoring of bilirubin level in the hospital especially among ABO incompatible neonates. Key words: Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal Jaundice, ABO-incompatibility doi: 10.3126/kumj.v7i1.1758 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2009), Vol. 7, No. 1, Issue 25, 11-15

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Program specific admission testing and dropout for sports science students: a prospective cohort study.

Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Tidsskrift ◽

10.7146/dut.v9i17.15540 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (17) ◽

pp. 55-70

Author(s):

Lotte Dyhrberg O'Neill ◽

Mette Krogh Christensen ◽

Maria Cecilie Vonsild ◽

Birgitta Wallstedt

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Cohort Study ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Prospective Cohort ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Science Students ◽

Sports Science ◽

Early Dropout ◽

University Setting

Recent research in medical education suggests that program specific admission testing could have a protective effect against early dropout. Little is known about the effect of program specific admission testing on dropout in other areas of higher education. The aim of this paper was to examine if admission strategy was also independently associated with dropout for sports science students in a university setting. The study design was a prospective cohort study with a 2 year follow-up. The population was 449 sports science students admitted to a university in the years 2002-2007. The analysis used was multivariate logistic regression and the predictors examined were: admission group (grade-based or admission tested) as well as educational and socio-demographic variables. The outcome was dropout within 2 years of study start. Admission testing offered superior protection against dropout compared to grade-based admission. This result may fit with elements of previous dropout theory, student-environment fit theory and perhaps also with self-efficacy theory. Nyere forskning inden for medicinsk uddannelse indikerer at uddannelsesspecifikke optagelsesprøver kan have en beskyttende effekt i forhold til tidligt studiefrafald, men for andre universitetsuddannelser end Medicin synes denne sammenhæng endnu ikke at være blevet grundigt belyst. Formålet med dette studie var derfor at undersøge, om optagelsesprøver også beskyttede mod tidligt frafald blandt idrætsstuderende på universitetet. Studiedesignet var et prospektivt kohortestudie med to års opfølgning. Populationen var 449 idrætsstuderende, som blev optaget på Syddansk Universitet i årene 2002-2007. Data blev analyseret med multivariat logistisk regression, og følgende typer af prædiktorer for frafald blev undersøgt: Optagelseskvote (kvote 1 eller kvote 2 udprøvede), andre uddannelsesrelaterede variable samt udvalgte socio-demografiske variable. Effektmålet var studiestatus (frafaldet/ikke-frafaldet) to år efter studiestart. Vi fandt, at optagelsesprøver (kvote 2 udprøvning) virkede beskyttende i forhold til tidligt studiefrafald på idrætsstudiet sammenlignet med karakterbaseret optagelse (kvote 1 optagelse). Dette resultat kunne være i overensstemmelse med dele af allerede eksisterende frafaldsteorier, student-environment fit teori og måske også med self-efficacy teori.

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