Observation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Incidence and mortality of hip fractures in the United States.

12 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Understanding the incidence and subsequent mortality following hip fracture is essential to measuring population health and the value of improvements in health care. OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in hip fracture incidence and resulting ... Read more...

Indicators of hearing protection use: self-report and researcher observation.

29 Sep 2009 Hearing protection devices (HPD) are commonly used to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss. There is a large body of research on hearing protection use in industry, and much of it relies on workers' self-reported use of hearing ... Read more...

Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation.

24 Sep 2009 Research on surgical interventions is associated with several methodological and practical challenges of which few, if any, apply only to surgery. However, surgical evaluation is especially demanding because many of these challenges coincide. In ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Observation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Incidence and mortality of hip fractures in the United States. 12 Oct 2009
• Surgeons continue to debate place of randomized trials of surgical procedures. 12 Oct 2009
• Estimates of risk, empirical treatment observations, and unexpected laboratory findings reveal the complexity of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Indicators of hearing protection use: self-report and researcher observation. 29 Sep 2009
• Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation. 24 Sep 2009
• Tools for direct observation and assessment of clinical skills of medical trainees: a systematic review. 21 Sep 2009
• The association of body mass index with health outcomes: causal, inconsistent, or confounded? 13 Sep 2009
• Thyroid hormone therapy for obesity and nonthyroidal illnesses: a systematic review. 6 Sep 2009
• The intergenerational continuity of observed early parenting: a prospective, longitudinal study. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of different viewing perspectives on somatosensory activations during observation of touch. 30 Aug 2009
• Taking up the challenge of measuring prolonged pain in (premature) neonates: the COMFORTneo scale seems promising. 30 Aug 2009
• Standardised Observation Analogue Procedure (SOAP) for assessing parent and child behaviours in clinical trials. 30 Aug 2009
• Description of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 9-step severity scale applied to participants in the Complications of Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial. 30 Aug 2009
• A randomized trial comparing the efficacy and safety of intravitreal triamcinolone with observation to treat vision loss associated with macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion: the Standard Care vs Corticosteroid for Retinal Vein Occlusion (SCORE) study report 5. 30 Aug 2009
• Experiments and observations: how William Beaumont and Alexis St. Martin seized the moment of scientific progress. 17 Aug 2009
• Registries for robust evidence. 17 Aug 2009
• Systematic review: elective induction of labor versus expectant management of pregnancy. 16 Aug 2009
• The need for validation of statistical methods for estimating respiratory virus-attributable hospitalization. 11 Aug 2009
• Motor learning is optimally tuned to the properties of motor noise. 11 Aug 2009
• Longer-term treatment of patients with bipolar disorder: a 9-month observational study in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Observation'

Definition: The act of regarding attentively and studying facts and occurrences, gathering data through analyzing, measuring, and drawing conclusions, with the purpose of applying the observed information to theoretical assumptions. Observation as a scientific method in the acquisition of knowledge began in classical antiquity; in modern science and medicine its greatest application is facilitated by modern technology. Observation is one of the components of the research process.

Descriptor UI: D019370

Alternative terms: Observation;

Allowable Qualifiers: methods;

Tree Number: E05.581.249;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: observation only as a scientific method, as "Langerhans, a genius at observation", "the father of clinical observation"; not for "electron microscopy observations on pleistocene tissues" or "historical observations on dental care" or "observations on difficult children" or "diagnostic observations on hypertension"