Sentences with phrase «few study participants»

A few study participants also had income from actively managed rental properties.

Too few study participants reached old age during the study to provide reliable data on that score, but the researchers plan to continue following the same people in an attempt to answer that question, says Singh - Manoux, who is also a professor of epidemiology at University College London, in the U.K.

Also, few study participants reported heavy drinking, and the study did not account for some potential risk factors of melanoma, such as sun - protection behaviors.

Not exact matches

Participants were asked to not only guess what their partner's reservation price (the lowest price they would accept), but also questions that were designed to show how they perceived their partner — the study's authors were curious as to whether certain negotiation tactics might lead to a likability cost, even if they resulted in a few more dollars for the partner.

A few of these include a too - small sample size and the simple fact that the participants knew what was being studied and were aware of the hypothesis.

Interestingly, the study also suggested that participants weren't consciously aware that they liked people less when they had too many or too few Facebook friends.

Bloom and Liang found study participants who worked from home also put in more hours and took fewer sick days, thanks to not having to commute as well as the ability to start earlier in the day.

PsyBlog sums up one study on the subject which entailed showing some research participants a video on the idea that stress can be enhancing: «This led to them reporting better performance at work and fewer psychological problems over the subsequent two weeks.

The few studies I've seen that look at how whole fruits work in the body have only been positive, even when participants eat up to 20 pieces of fruit each day.

Participants in a study reported more satisfaction with their diet when chickpeas were included, and they consumed fewer processed food snacks during test weeks in the study when chickpeas were consumed.

A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a range of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower depressive symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to report feeling stressed a year after participation.

The study did not have enough participants to determine incidence of diagnosable postpartum depression, nevertheless, women in the treatment group had significantly lower total Postpartum Depression Screening Scale scores with significantly fewer accompanying symptoms of depression.

However, there were too few participants in the two studies to conclude whether B12 supplementation during pregnancy may reduce the risk of preterm birth.

However, some caution in the interpretation of the results is necessary, as underlined in an accompanying editorial by Salvatore Petta, MD, PhD, of the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Di.Bi.M.I.S., University of Palermo, Italy, and Giulio Marchesini, MD, of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), «Alma Mater» University, Bologna, Italy., In fact, the study included only an elderly Caucasian population and there were few participants in the no - coffee or no - tea control groups, which limit a straightforward conclusion about the effect of coffee and tea on the liver..

And scientists who conduct human challenge studies, which typically involve a few dozen participants, say they have critical benefits: In addition to saving time and money, they can reveal harm caused by a potential drug or vaccine before it enters large - scale human efficacy trials.

Study participants were younger, more educated, more affluent and fewer were Hispanic whites than in the U.S. population.

Based on findings from other studies, VanEpps says there is a potential concern that people who cut calories in one meal might «make up» for the calorie reductions later, whether at dinner or via snacking, though there is little evidence that participants in these studies were aware that lunches ordered in advance had fewer calories.

During all study visits, fewer than 10 percent of the participants were taking medications for depression.

«Most participants in our study found it quite difficult to check their email only a few times a day,» says Kushlev.

A few years ago, cognitive psychologist Axel Cleeremans of the Université Libre de Bruxelles attempted to replicate a classic study by John Bargh of Yale University, in which some participants were primed, without realizing it, with concepts associated with old age.

A fourth article looks at inaccessible research, noting that «half of health - related studies remain unreported, and few study protocols and participant - level datasets are accessible.»

Over the seven - day study period, participants had significantly fewer minutes of daily sedentary time and more daily minutes of active time than controls.

A few weeks later, however, Earthman was speeding up a 3.2 - kilometer hill with 20 other young participants in a study, called AltitudeOmics, that has now produced a dozen publications.

In one of the few studies on the subject, Wyatt and colleague Sara Oswalt compared responses to mental health concerns from the nearly 28,000 undergraduate and graduate student participants in the American College Health Association - National College Health Assessment II.

In the study, MBSR participants reported significantly greater improvement in the ability to pay attention, and also made fewer mistakes on difficult cognitive tasks than those in the control group, which received patient education materials and supportive counseling.

Blood tests later confirmed that fewer than 40 % of the study participants on Truvada had been taking the pills daily.

«Creating images improved participants» memories and helped them commit fewer errors, regardless of what kind of list we gave them,» said Merrin Oliver, lead author of the study and a Ph.D. student in the educational psychology program in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State.

In a few weeks, meeting participants learned, enough data may be available from small phase I trials of a vaccine jointly made by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that began in September to launch efficacy studies.

Vandewalle's study, which involved three completely blind participants, found that just a few seconds of light altered brain activity, as long as the brain was engaged in active processing rather than at rest.

«We found that after 12 weeks of being on a moderate exercise program, study participants improved their neural efficiency — basically they were using fewer neural resources to perform the same memory task,» says Dr. Smith.

Most of the studies reviewed in the analysis had fewer than 25 participants.

The study's participants did not like the pain of receiving a shock, because they were willing to make about $ 0.30 less money per shock on average to receive fewer of them.

Instead of focusing on just a few pre-defined markers, metabolomics analysis allows for the determination of the study participants» metabolic profile, i.e. the concentrations of several metabolites.

A new study examining participants» relationship to alcohol after a month without drinking found that these individuals had fewer drinks per day, got drunk less often, and found it easier to refuse drinks six months after abstaining for a month.

In this study, fewer than 100 participants were instructed to continue with their normal diet for six weeks.

The study participants whose weight fluctuated the most during the first few weeks of the weight - loss program saw the worst outcomes by the end of the two - year program.

Data from 5,823 individuals was analyzed, taken from one of the few survey indexes which include values of telomere lengths for study participants.

But caffeine does have quite a few health benefits: Participants in a Johns Hopkins study experienced a boost in memory after consuming caffeine, with the effects lasting up to 24 hours.

Study participants consumed 84 extra calories more when seeing «low - fat» because it's automatically assumed the product has fewer calories.

In fact, the study was so successful — the participants displayed «excellent» blood sugar regulation and few adverse effects — that it could be the beginning of a whole new strategy for managing diabetes.

It turns out ambiance can make a real difference in terms of calorie consumption: When researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign made over a fast food restaurant with dimmer lighting and mellow music, the study participants consumed 175 fewer calories, on average.

The study focused on participants having mild cognitive impairment, due to the fact many were most likely going to develop Alzheimer's disease in just a few years.

The study participants also had much fewer asthma attacks.

Participants in a study reported more satisfaction with their diet when chickpeas were included, and they consumed fewer processed food snacks during test weeks in the study when chickpeas were consumed.

However, once you get through the transition, your body can quickly adapt and learn to function just as well only eating a few times a day: This study explains that in participants after 48 - hours of fasting,» cognitive performance, activity, sleep, and mood are not adversely affected in healthy humans by two days of calorie - deprivation.»

Yoga group participants reported fewer nonfatal «device - treated ventricular events» compared to controls as well as lower reported shock anxiety at the end of the study.

Along with these increased levels of Bifidobacteria, participants also experienced fewer gastrointestinal problems and more regular bowel function when compared to other women in the study who drank a banana - flavored beverage that did not contain any actual banana.»

The results revealed that the study participants showed fewer symptoms of gastrointestinal problems, including diarrhea, constipation, indigestion and abdominal pain following prebiotics supplementation.

Furthermore, the studies were generally of poor study design with few participants and lack of control group.

One 2002 study found that participants who consumed 7 or more cups of coffee per day cut their risk of developing type II diabetes in half, compared to those who consumed 2 or fewer cups per day.2 If the thought of drinking 7 cups of coffee sounds nauseating, the good news is that you don't have to drink that much (and shouldn't, due to the negative side effects of that much caffeine) to receive a benefit.