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Melanie Arnold; Stacie Merritt; Kathryn Mears; Anna Bryan; Jane Bryce – Research Ethics, 2024
This article describes our efforts to screen and enrol clinical trial participants conscientiously in the COVID-19 pandemic setting. We present the standard screening and enrolment process prior to, and our process of adapting to, the pandemic. Our goal was to develop a way to screen and enrol people for clinical trials that was both equitable and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
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Wang, Lei; Zheng, Ruixuan; Xu, Ying; Zhou, Ziyun; Guan, Ping; Wu, Yanling; Zhou, Jian; Cheng, Zaohuo; Zhang, Lili – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a serious neurodevelopmental disorder with no clinical biomarker. This study used untargeted metabolomic analysis to identify metabolic characteristics in plasma that can distinguish ASD children. 29 boys with ASD (3.02 ± 0.67 years) and 30 typically developing (TD) boys (3.13 ± 0.46 years) were recruited.…
Descriptors: Males, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Control Groups, Biochemistry
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Seyed Hadi Moosavinejad; Mohammad Javad Tarrahi; Zohrah Fathian-Dastgerdi – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common cancer diagnosed worldwide. CRC can be effectively prevented or treated if detected early, through screening. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the influencing factors of CRC screening participation in 50-70-year adults in Iran. Method: A total of 354 adults who never participated in the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cancer, Screening Tests, Physical Health
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Mustafina, Aigul; Amitov, Sultankozha; Ma, Joyce Lai-Chong – SAGE Open, 2022
This study investigated both the risk factors and the protective factors against peer rejection at multiple levels in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their typically developing peers. Using standard sociometric procedure, we studied the peer rejection of 108 children with ADHD (aged 7 to 12) and their classmates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Control Groups
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Yi-Ling Chien; Yueh-Ming Tai; Yen-Nan Chiu; Wen-Che Tsai; Susan Shur-Fen Gau – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
The mediators of real-world executive functions in autism during the transition into adulthood are mainly unknown. This study aimed to identify the mediators for the behavioral and cognitive domains of real-world executive functions in late adolescent and young adult autistic populations. We followed up 289 autistic children (aged 11.6 ± 3.8, male…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Executive Function, Metacognition, Correlation