Sentences with phrase «limitation of the study»

One limitation of this study is that it doesn't take into account the overwhelming influence race and country of origin play on comfort level with the evangelical label.

One of the limitations of this study is that due to the relatively low number of vegans, they lumped together those following a vegan diet with vegetarians that also consumed milk, eggs and fish.

The limitations of this study should be noted.

A major limitation of this study is that it can not assess which interpretation of the available evidence is truly accurate.

«Whilst the industry notes the survey size limitations of the study at just 60 people, claims that energy drinks are uniquely contributing to hospitalisations is simply not right.

A limitation of this study is the use of a data collection period that fails to capture seasonal variations.

If others are interested in reading her discussion of this point, it's in the section «Strengths and limitations of this study» starting in the 4th paragraph, including:

Another limitation of our study is the possibility of selection bias.

The convenience sampling frame (including recruitment via social media) is a limitation of this study, because it prevents us from calculating a response rate as it is unknown how many eligible participants were invited to the study / saw the advertisement.

One limitation of the study was sample size.

One final limitation of our study relates to the generalizability of the findings.

The limitations of the study are the relatively homogenous group that responded to both phases of the study.

The methodological and reporting limitations of these studies prevented us from analysing the data in RevMan (RevMan 2014).

In their own abstract, they write: «An important limitation of the study is that aggregated data of a large birth registry database were used and adjustment for confounders and clustering was not possible.»

A further limitation of the study is in blinding.

The main limitation of this study was the small number of participants recruited.

The limitations of this study include possible selection bias and recall bias.

Despite the limitations of this study, the finding that shortened breastfeeding duration is associated with pacifier use in a cohort of US women is important.

An important limitation of the study is that aggregated data of a large birth registry database were used and adjustment for confounders and clustering was not possible.

The authors note the main limitation of their study was the selection bias inherent to voluntary registries and reflected in the high proportion of women receiving DMT.

Dutt acknowledges this limitation of the study but argues that «it's highly unlikely that there is a systemic deficit in the quality of just the female applicants worldwide.»

While «most studies (90 %) demonstrated significant improvements on at least one outcome indicator,» with effect sizes «moderate to large,» several limitations of the studies are also discussed.

A limitation of this study is that the method of acupuncture did not fully mimic traditional Chinese medicine which could include herbal mixtures, so that additional factors beyond acupuncture weren't added to the study data.

A limitation of the study was that because the aim was to provide evidence of the added value of radiofrequency denervation in a multidisciplinary setting, as done in daily practice, participants and clinicians were not blinded.

«Time and resources often prevent us from performing large well - powered studies but as long as the limitations of the study are borne in mind when interpreting the findings then the conclusions will not be misleading.»

One of the limitations of the study was that the component of the trial that studied which students sought help for depression did not have a control group.

«Vortioxetine in depression: No hint of added benefit: Inadequate limitation of the study pool for the indirect comparison with citalopram.»

The researchers note some strengths and limitations of their study.

The study authors noted that the major limitations of the study are its retrospective nature and the long time interval over which it occurred.

One limitation of this study is that many earthquakes in Texas and Oklahoma have occurred on previously unmapped faults.

Di Biase said another limitation of the study is that not all hospitals have the experience and equipment necessary to properly perform catheter ablation.

Qin said the main limitation of this study is that it required women to recall their diet up to one year before the study, which introduces the possibility of recall bias and inaccurate reporting.

One limitation of the study is that it couldn't determine effects from newer flame retardant chemicals because they are not currently reported by NHANES.

Another limitation of the study was that researchers did not analyze a blood biomarker called C - Reactive Protein (CRP) as a measure of inflammation to select patients to be enrolled into the study.

One limitation of the study is that it only assessed Chinese leaders and subordinates — so the findings may not be applicable across all countries and cultures.

The authors note some limitations of their study, including the fact that the results weren't assessed in «blinded» fashion.

A limitation of the study, noted by the authors, is that Audubon members and the MTurk population as a whole believe more strongly in the occurrence of climate change and its human causes than the average U.S. citizen.

A limitation of the study is that it says nothing about possible pre-existing neurobiological differences between the groups, an explanation for the observed differences that is equally valid.»

The researchers note that a limitation of the study is the relatively small number of people on which xenodiagnosis was attempted.

Gibbons said limitations of the study included that it was a retrospective review of data collected earlier and that participants were all referred to a specialized center for tests of the autonomic nervous system and may not reflect the overall community.

One key limitation of this study was that questions about the Ebola vaccine were hypothetical; it is unknown if findings would apply to an actual vaccine.

One limitation of the study is that it counted only soldiers who showed signs of PTSD or depression within 30 days of returning from combat.

Several limitations of the study are noted in the article, including that it was not powered to detect differences in clinical events or safety end points.

One limitation of the study was that medical codes were used to identify people with traumatic brain injury and some cases may have been missed.

A limitation of the study is that the authors did not have information about patient adherence to treatment for OSA using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device; however, when they excluded all patients who had an insurance claim for a CPAP machine, all the original associations they found except one remained significant.

Another limitation of the study was that there was substantial statistical heterogeneity, and the existing data do not clarify whether depressive symptoms are the result of critical illness, or if post-ICU depressive symptoms mainly reflect illness before ICU admission or are a result of hospitalization.

The big limitation of studying humans, of course, is that you can't manipulate people as you can laboratory animals.

Our results may simply reflect a limitation of our study,» Gebreab said.

Dr. Squires and her team notes that the limitations of the study come from the known data quality possibly having inconsistencies in reporting across countries and data coordination failures known to affect cross-national datasets.

A limitation of the study is that the physicians performing the angioplasties can not be blinded to the treatment group that patients are assigned to, Engstrøm said.