Sentences with phrase «likely as the control group»

Young women plagued by UTIs who drank an additional 6 cups of water each day were nearly half — 48 percent — as likely as a control group to have another infection, the study showed.

Following the results for up to 24 months, the study found that participants were roughly twice as likely as the control group to take action on a second behavior.

Not exact matches

In another trial of the same program, participants were twice as likely to be employed as the control group at their child's second birthday.

The study groups were similar in most respects, and also the frequency of perinatal hospital practices that are likely to influence breastfeeding, such as early mother — newborn contact and rooming - in, was identical between intervention and control groups (Table 2).

In addition, there was no effect on breastfeeding duration when the pacifier was introduced at 1 month of age.280 A more recent systematic review found that the highest level of evidence (ie, from clinical trials) does not support an adverse relationship between pacifier use and breastfeeding duration or exclusivity.281 The association between shortened duration of breastfeeding and pacifier use in observational studies likely reflects a number of complex factors such as breastfeeding difficulties or intent to wean.281 A large multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 1021 mothers who were highly motivated to breastfeed were assigned to 2 groups: mothers advised to offer a pacifier after 15 days and mothers advised not to offer a pacifier.

Experience from other countries suggests that a majority - commanding group of parties is more likely to control the government the fewer parties there are in the group was well as greater the ideologically similarity between them.

As it appears increasingly likely that Hillary Clinton will be the next president, many conservative outside groups are stressing the importance of maintaining Republican control of the Senate as a check on her presidencAs it appears increasingly likely that Hillary Clinton will be the next president, many conservative outside groups are stressing the importance of maintaining Republican control of the Senate as a check on her presidencas a check on her presidency.

Plans to overhaul the city's sex education curriculum, offer more birth control to women and join a national group of city legislators to promote a unified urban agenda are also likely to figure prominently in her last year as Speaker.

The research team found that IED - diagnosed group was more than twice as likely to test positive for toxoplasmosis exposure (22 percent) as measured by a blood test, compared to the healthy control group (9 percent).

People in the fastest declining group were still 30 percent less likely to die of cancer when the results were adjusted to control for factors such as smoking, diabetes and heart disease, among others.

Children shown the adverts were no more or less likely than the control group to perceive tobacco smoking as appealing and all three groups understood that smoking more than ten cigarettes a day was harmful.

And, the control group — who just got cake with no message — was twice as likely to resist versus the shame - triggered group.

When they controlled for factors such as age, body mass index, smoking status, and alcohol consumption, the researchers found that people in the low physical - activity group were 10 % less likely to have had an infection than those in the sedentary group.

Six months later, the women who participated in the weight - loss program were more than twice as likely as the women in the control group to have experienced an improvement in their hot flash symptoms.

However, a retrospective epidemiological study by Fort, et al. showed that teenaged children with a diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease were significantly more likely to have received soy formula as infants (18 out of 59 children; 31 percent) when compared to healthy siblings (nine out of 76, 12 percent) or control group children (seven out of 54; 13 percent).

It was revealed that these patients were double as likely to suffer from heart disease compared to the control group of the same aged subjects.

Silver CREST students were also 21 % more likely to take a STEM AS level subject than control group students.

What's more, students who were eligible for free school meals and took part in a CREST Silver Award were 38 per cent more likely to take a STEM subject at AS Level than the matched control group.

The oversight and governance challenge is a catch - 22: any governing body that actually holds states» feet to the fire will most likely drive pushback from state - and local - control advocates; any group that defers to those advocates will most likely be so powerless as to be ineffective.

The research also found that: students who took a Silver CREST achieved half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result compared to a statistically matched control group; students who undertake a CREST Silver Award are 21 per cent more likely to take a STEM AS Level.

The main limitation of this approach is that there are likely to be differences between the two groups that can not be controlled for, such as school or class.

Compared with a control group, children who went through the Perry program were 22 percent more likely to finish high school and were arrested less than half as often for felonies.

Given the promising results of this initial study, it is likely that the Foundation will deepen their learning this coming summer by using a control group to examine growth in matched peers as well as dig in more deeply to document the specific practices that high quality programs are using to support positive outcomes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines bullying as «any unwanted aggressive behavior (s) by another youth or group of youths... that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated.

Gourkow found the cats who received treatment were significantly more likely to be rated as content (remember, all of the cats were identified as frustrated) than the cats in the control group.

As described above, the Working Group is concerned that a shift to generally permitting non-licensee majority ownership or control likely creates disproportionate regulatory complexity and risk when weighed against the likely benefits as currently observed through the ABS experiences in Australia and England and Wales to datAs described above, the Working Group is concerned that a shift to generally permitting non-licensee majority ownership or control likely creates disproportionate regulatory complexity and risk when weighed against the likely benefits as currently observed through the ABS experiences in Australia and England and Wales to datas currently observed through the ABS experiences in Australia and England and Wales to date.

There are many reasons why this young group's preferences swing in the opposite direction of their parents», but the likeliest is that they witnessed the 2008 financial crisis firsthand and don't feel comfortable or in control as stakeholders of this system.

A randomised controlled trial of a version of Group Triple P for fathers in New Zealand has shown that when men are treated as active participants in the parenting process, rather than being assumed to be there to play a supporting role, men are just as likely as their partner to actively participate in group sessGroup Triple P for fathers in New Zealand has shown that when men are treated as active participants in the parenting process, rather than being assumed to be there to play a supporting role, men are just as likely as their partner to actively participate in group sessgroup sessions.

«None of these effects were apparent in the control group, indicating that the reported findings may not be considered natural processes but likely occurred as a result of parents» participation in Triple P.»

A study published in Psychological Science found that when participants engaged in expressive writing (i.e., writing about their deepest emotions related to their relationship), they were more likely to use positive and negative emotion words — such as happy and love — during daily exchanges with their significant others compared to participants in a control group asked to write about simple day - to - day activities.2 Importantly, the study revealed that increases in the use of positive emotion words were associated with higher levels of relational stability.

The quasi-experimental design reduces spillover effects and makes it easier to implement the program, but does not eliminate the possibility of selection bias.35, 36 The use of prospectively defined controls at quasi-experimental sites likely contributed to minimized discrepancies in outcomes between randomization and quasi-experimental groups.37 For several parenting outcomes, such as discipline practices, findings were of similar magnitude and direction at randomization and quasi-experimental sites, but statistically significant at only quasi-experimental sites, where the sample size was larger; they were significant in the pooled sample, as well.

As well as showing larger unfavorable effects on school performance and receipt of special educational services than did the full sample, program group adolescents with younger siblings were more likely than their control group counterparts to be suspended or expelled from and to drop out of school - perhaps because they were also more likely to provide care for their siblingAs well as showing larger unfavorable effects on school performance and receipt of special educational services than did the full sample, program group adolescents with younger siblings were more likely than their control group counterparts to be suspended or expelled from and to drop out of school - perhaps because they were also more likely to provide care for their siblingas showing larger unfavorable effects on school performance and receipt of special educational services than did the full sample, program group adolescents with younger siblings were more likely than their control group counterparts to be suspended or expelled from and to drop out of school - perhaps because they were also more likely to provide care for their siblings.

In another trial of the same program, participants were twice as likely to be employed as the control group at their child's second birthday.

Analyses regarding the KEEP intervention found that those in the intervention group were nearly twice as likely to experience a positive placement exit as the control group, but were no more or less likely to experience a negative exit as the control group.

For example, in our longitudinal, multi-site study of adolescents at risk for depression, we found that teens who participated in a group cognitive - behavioral prevention program were less likely to experience a depressive disorder at nine -(Garber et al., 2009) and 32 -(Beardslee et al., in press) months follow - up, relative to at - risk teens who were assigned to a treatment - as - usual control group.

Analysis showed that after the intervention, mothers in the Healthy Families group were significantly less likely to have babies categorized as low birth weight than control group mothers.

68 % less likely to have clinically - concerning language development problems, as measured by a trained assessor (10.5 % of Child FIRST children had such problems versus 33.3 % of control group children).

Two studies have analysed cost effectiveness of CBT for severe health anxiety delivered in a conventional face - to - face format compared with treatment as usual using data from randomised controlled trials.8, 9 In the first study, it was found that CBT but not the control condition reduced consumption of primary and secondary healthcare contacts, but total costs were unchanged in both conditions.8 In the second study, a large - scale randomised trial, the health economic analyses showed that there were no significant differences between the two treatment conditions.9 In both of the above studies, CBT was superior in reducing health anxiety symptoms compared with treatment as usual, which means that as costs were similar across groups, CBT is likely to be the more cost - effective treatment option.

Douglas was only rated as weak on controlling for confounds as the study reported that the index group in this study were significantly more likely to be younger, live in a more deprived area and have experienced parental separation, divorce or death than the control group, yet these variables were not discussed in the method or controlled for in the analyses.