Weekly Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Risk of Importation — China, March 25, 2020

Background: The objective of the study was to estimate the risk of occupational skin diseases among workers who were exposed to animal manure during rice cultivation in India. Methods: Questionnaire based six month follow up study with weekly assessment of skin diseases in rice field workers from village Dabra, in Haryana state of India who were exposed to animal manure was carried out among the agricultural workers working in rice field along with dermatological examination of exposed parts. Results: Out of total 574, workers, 90 were excluded as per exclusion criteria. 71 workers out of 370 workers who were free from diseases at baseline survey data develop a new disease with cumulative incidence of 19.1%. There was higher prevalence of dermatitis among all of reported skin diseases. Conclusions: Exposure to animal manure mixed with standing water is a major risk factor among the workers working in rice field and attempt should be made to identify the type of dermatitis and relate its causative agent with any specific biological or chemical agents present in animal manure mixed with standing water of rice field.

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Weekly assessment of worry: an adaptation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for monitoring changes during treatment

Behaviour Research and Therapy ◽

10.1016/s0005-7967(98)00031-x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 36 (6) ◽

pp. 645-656 ◽

Cited By ~ 71

Author(s):

Joachim Stöber ◽

Jussara Bittencourt

Keyword(s):

Penn State Worry Questionnaire ◽

Penn State ◽

State Worry ◽

Weekly Assessment

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Home monitoring improves endpoint efficiency in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

European Respiratory Journal ◽

10.1183/13993003.02406-2016 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 1602406 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Kerri A. Johannson ◽

Eric Vittinghoff ◽

Julie Morisset ◽

Joyce S. Lee ◽

John R. Balmes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Trial ◽

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽

Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Vital Capacity ◽

Home Monitoring ◽

Interval Measurement ◽

Clinical Endpoints ◽

Home Based ◽

Weekly Assessment

The objective of this study was to investigate the reliability, feasibility and analytical impact of home-based measurement of forced vital capacity (FVC) and dyspnoea as clinical endpoints in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).Patients with IPF performed weekly home-based assessment of FVC and dyspnoea using a mobile hand-held spirometer and self-administered dyspnoea questionnaires. Weekly variability in FVC and dyspnoea was estimated, and sample sizes were simulated for a hypothetical 24-week clinical trial using either traditional office-based interval measurement or mobile weekly assessment.In total, 25 patients were enrolled. Mean adherence to weekly assessments over 24 weeks was greater than 90%. Compared with change assessment using baseline and 24-week measurements only, weekly assessment of FVC resulted in enhanced precision and power. For example, a hypothetical 24-week clinical trial with FVC as the primary endpoint would require 951 patients using weekly home spirometry compared with 3840 patients using office spirometry measures at weeks 1 and 24 only. The ability of repeated measures to reduce clinical trial sample size was influenced by the correlation structure of the data.Home monitoring can improve the precision of endpoint assessments, allowing for greater efficiency in clinical trials of therapeutics for IPF.

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Risk factors of intrauterine fetal death: a case control study at the maternity of Yaoundé Central Hospital

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20192406 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 2149

Author(s):

Romaric Joel Tetsiguia Momo ◽

Jeanne Hortence Fouedjio ◽

Florent Ymélé Fouelifack ◽

Robinson Enow Mbu

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Low Income ◽

Fetal Death ◽

Resistive Index ◽

Well Being ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Intrauterine Fetal Death ◽

Poor Countries ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Weekly Assessment

Background: Intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) is the death before the beginning of the work of the fetus from the 28th week of pregnancy or a fetus of weight greater than or equal to 1000g. It occurs in 98% in poor countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for IUFD in low-income countries.Methods: All the women with preeclampsia from 30 weeks onwards were enrolled in the study. The umblical artery (UA) Systolic-diastolic (S/D) ratio >2 standard deviation (SD) or UA-pulsatility index (PI) and UA-resistive index (RI) >2 SD were taken as abnormal. The middle cerebral artery (MCA) was visualised and cerebroumblical PI ratio calculated. MCA-RI<2SD was taken as abnormal.Results: Independent risk factors for IUFD are age over 30 years (ORa = 2.1, P = 0.052), (ORa = 2.4497, p = 0.01), household occupation (ORa = 2.0097, p = 0.0282), hypertension disorders (ORa = 2.11, p = 0.0176), antepartal haemorrhage (ORa = 3.9635, p = 0.000), multiparity (ORa = 13.3089, p = 0.0056).Conclusions: The main risk factors for IUFD identified in our study are maternal age greater than 30 years, hypertension, antepartal haemorrhage, multiparity, and the household profession. Any pregnant woman who has one of these factors should be follow-up closely during pregnancy with a weekly assessment of fetal well-being by the 28th week.

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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Uses Integer Programming for Scheduling Weekly Assessment Activities

INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics ◽

10.1287/inte.2018.0975 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 104-116

Author(s):

Álvaro García-Sánchez ◽

Araceli Hernández ◽

Eduardo Caro ◽

Gonzalo Jiménez

Keyword(s):

Integer Programming ◽

Weekly Assessment ◽

Assessment Activities

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Higher levels of pain readiness to change and more positive affect reduce pain reports – A weekly assessment study on arthritis patients

Pain ◽

10.1016/j.pain.2006.08.015 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 127 (3) ◽

pp. 204-213 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Elin B. Strand ◽

Robert D. Kerns ◽

Anne Christie ◽

Kjell Haavik-Nilsen ◽

Mari Klokkerud ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Positive Affect ◽

Readiness To Change ◽

Assessment Study ◽

Pain Reports ◽

Weekly Assessment

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Use of weekly assessment data to enhance evaluation of a subjective wellbeing intervention

Quality of Life Research ◽

10.1007/s11136-015-1150-0 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 517-524 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lucia Colla ◽

Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz ◽

Adrian J. Tomyn ◽

Ben Richardson ◽

Justin D. Tomyn

Keyword(s):

Subjective Wellbeing ◽

Assessment Data ◽

Weekly Assessment

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Inhibitory Effects of Diclofenac on Steroid Glucuronidation in Vivo Do not Affect Hair-Based Doping Tests for Stanozolol

10.20944/preprints201705.0174.v1 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Gergely Zachár ◽

Nawed I. K. Deshmukh ◽

Andrea Petróczi ◽

Andrea D. Székely ◽

Iltaf Shah ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Steroid Metabolism ◽

Brown Norway ◽

Inhibitory Effects ◽

Spot Urine ◽

Rat Study ◽

Weekly Assessment ◽

Urine And Serum ◽

Norway Rats

In vitro studies show that diclofenac inhibits enzymatic steroid glucuronidation. This study was designed to investigate the influence of diclofenac on the excretion of stanozolol and 3'-hydroxystanozolol via analyses in hair, blood and urine in vivo in a rat study. Brown Norway rats were administered with stanozolol (weeks 1-3) and diclofenac (weeks 1-6). Weekly assessment of steroid levels in hair was complemented with spot urine and serum tests. Levels of both stanozolol and 3'-hydroxystanozolol steadily increased in hair during stanozolol treatment and decreased post-treatment, but remained readily detectable for 6 weeks. In contrast, compared to control rats, diclofenac significantly reduced urinary excretion of 3’-hydroxystanozolol which was undetectable in most samples. This is the first report of diclofenac altering steroid metabolism in vivo, detrimentally affecting detection in urine, but not in hair which holds considerable advantages over urinalysis for anti-doping tests.

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