Sentences with phrase «lack of studies regarding»

It is not recommended during pregnancy due to lack of studies regarding it's safety.

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Sent to New York by the Government to study education, he was disgusted by what he regarded as the lack of real spirituality in the churches.

Indeed, Vincent Gouttebarge's pilot study found that a lack of support from teammates (and trainers) can actually be a contributory factor with regard to mental health problems.

Other studies have reported a lack of correlation between confidence and knowledge or between confidence and clinical practices regarding breastfeeding.15, 18

Studies have demonstrated common themes in the experiences of PTSD due to childbirth as: (a) perceived lack of communication by medical staff; (b) fear of unsafe care; (c) lack of choice regarding routine medical procedures; (d) lack of continuity of care providers; and (f) care being based solely on delivery outcome (Beck, 2004a).

The study notes some limitations, including a primarily male sample and a lack of specific information regarding past 30 - day use of other illicit drugs and alcohol.

A limitation of this work is a lack of consistency between studies regarding the definition of «long - term» night shift work, with definitions including «working during the night» and «working at least three nights per month.»

A series of studies spearheaded by our co-author Paul Eastwick has shown that people lack insight regarding which characteristics in a potential partner will inspire or undermine their attraction to him or her (see here, here, and here).

Although non-invasive methods to explore brain function in humans such as functional imaging and EEG / MEG have been informative regarding the potential role of a given brain area in a particular cognitive function, they lack the necessary temporal and spatial resolution to study brain microcircuits.

While the bulk of earlier studies looked primarily at the association between diabetes and increased risk of dying from cancer, research was lacking in regards to specific types of cancer that exhibited the strongest association with diabetes.

https://deniseminger.com/2010/06/20/a-closer-look-at-the-china-study-dairy-and-disease/ In her link, she point out possible confounding factors in the china study regarding the association of dairy and htn, (Lack of vegetables, excess sodium, high body weight, and high caloric intake, to name a few.)

Since there is a lack of clarity regarding how using peak TASK and average TASK might affect the touches of an EMG study, and since MVIC is the most common normalization method, MVIC is commonly recommended, at least for slow speed muscle actions (Burden, 2010; Ball & Scurr, 2013).

Dr. Appel expressed concern about the lack of evidence - based studies regarding satiety and suggested that it might be preferable to ask Dr. Rolls to focus on energy density.

To support its claim regarding the supposed lack of evidence for the success of school choice programs, CBTA points to a few studies of school voucher programs.

In another study in which elementary school parents were asked about their views regarding alternative assessment, most parents admitted having difficulty expressing their opinions because of lack of general knowledge about assessment (Robinson, 1996).

Taking into consideration the lack of evidence in the record of this case with regard to the landlord's knowledge of the vicious propensities of the dog, the conflicting studies about how best to control the dog bite «epidemic» mentioned herein, and the problems inherent in defining what constitutes a «mixed - breed» pit bull, the matter of creating a new standard of liability is fraught with problems and is beyond the sphere of resolution by any appellate court.

There is also inconsistency regarding studying anxiety and depressive symptoms as a single «internalizing domain» or as two clinically - distinct presentations.6, 7 Similar issues with how to classify symptoms are reflected in the lack of consensus as to whether emotional problems should be conceptualized and studied in a categorical versus dimensional fashion.8 Diagnostic criteria (DSM - IV - TR) 9 are often inappropriate for young children and do not capture developmentally - salient types of impairment (e.g., disruption in family routine), which make it difficult to apply psychiatric research methods.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

This is consistent with previous studies reporting good general knowledge but lack of awareness about specific risks for an unborn child and specific benefits of quitting.11, 25 Attitudes regarding smoking and the health of the woman's baby, however, contradicted the apparent level of knowledge — significantly more smokers than non-smokers believed that «if you are exposed to a lot of smoke from other people you might as well keep smoking yourself».

Interpersonal family stress contributes to relationship breakdown and lack of perceived social support, and high expressed emotion may contribute to relapse.21 Family - focused treatment has been shown to reduce recurrence when used as an adjunct to medication for bipolar disorder.38 It is initiated once stabilisation of mood has been effected after an acute episode, and includes the patient and at least one significant family member (eg, parent or spouse).39 The underlying focus of family - focused treatment is to provide education regarding the recent illness episode; this includes exploring possible causes and the patient's personal triggers, discussing the importance of medication, differentiating between the person and the illness, and enhancing positive family relationships.40 Improved positive communication appears to be a key mechanism in this approach.38, 41 Recent studies suggest greater benefits in reducing depressive rather than manic relapses.23, 38,42

Lack of information regarding the characteristics of children (e.g., native language, order and number of siblings) is another limitation of the study.

Buist and Janson's (2001) study is of moderate quality overall, with a weak rating for the lack of description regarding control of confounding variables.

During the early 1960s, psychological studies were conducted by Stanford University psychology professor Walter Mischel regarding the self - control instincts — or lack thereof — of humans.