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Maternal morbidity in Northern Nigeria: Perceptions, care-seeking and measurement within community settings
(University College London, 2019-07-28)Background: Maternal mortality is often described as the ‘tip of the iceberg’ with maternal morbidity as its base. However, little is known about how women perceive, seek care or are impacted by maternal morbidities, or ... -
Maximising the acceptability of extended time intervals between screens in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme: An online experimental study
(SAGE Publications, 2021-09)Objective The NHS Cervical Screening Programme plans to increase the screening interval from 3 to 5 years for women aged 25–49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV). This exploratory cross-sectional online ... -
Measurement challenge: protocol for international case-control comparison of mammographic measures that predict breast cancer risk
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-12)Introduction For women of the same age and body mass index, increased mammographic density is one of the strongest predictors of breast cancer risk. There are multiple methods of measuring mammographic density and other ... -
Measurement error, time lag, unmeasured confounding: Considerations for longitudinal estimation of the effect of a mediator in randomised clinical trials.
(2018-06)Clinical trials are expensive and time-consuming and so should also be used to study how treatments work, allowing for the evaluation of theoretical treatment models and refinement and improvement of treatments. These ... -
Measuring Life Events and Their Association With Clinical Disorder: A Protocol for Development of an Online Approach.
(2015-07-14)BACKGROUND: Severe life events are acknowledged as important etiological factors in the development of clinical disorders, including major depression. Interview methods capable of assessing context and meaning of events ...