Target Population
This group may be selected based on demographic factors, health conditions, or other relevant criteria.
Identifying and understanding the target population is crucial for ensuring the relevance, generalizability, and impact of research findings.
Effective target population selection can optimize study outcomes and improve the applicability of results to real-world settings.
Leveraging AI-driven tools like PubCompare.ai can help researchers efficiently locate and evaluate the most suitable target populations, enhancing the reproducibility and accuracy of their studies.
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Literature search strategy
((definition*[Title/Abstract] OR consensus[Title/Abstract] OR standard*[Title/Abstract]) AND |
(sedentary[Title/Abstract] OR sitting[Title/Abstract] OR reclining[Title/Abstract] OR |
stationary[Title/Abstract])) AND (time[Title/Abstract] OR duration*[Title/Abstract] OR |
bout*[Title/Abstract] OR pattern*[Title/Abstract] OR interruption*[Title/Abstract] OR |
break*[Title/Abstract] OR type*[Title/Abstract] OR characteristic*[Title/Abstract] OR intermittence*[Title/Abstract]) |
The Steering Committee identified the most common key terms reported and deliberated through a short survey and email communication to arrive at draft definitions for each term, important caveats for certain age and ability groups, examples to assist with interpretation and, when available, references for the proposed definition. The final list of terms included stationary behavior, sedentary behavior, standing, screen time, non-screen-based sedentary time, sitting, reclining, lying, and sedentary behavior pattern. This process also led to the development of a conceptual model to help position the key terms in relation to one another. The draft definitions, caveats, examples, references, and conceptual model were included in a survey developed for distribution to participating SBRN members. The survey asked participants to assess the clarity of, and agreement with, the conceptual model and proposed definitions (using a five point scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree), while also providing an opportunity for general comments. Consensus was determined a priori to have been achieved if ≥75% of respondents strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with a particular question (see Additional file
Input from all participants, including the Steering Committee, was consolidated (by MST, SA, JDB) and revisions to the conceptual model, definitions, caveats, examples, and references were made by the Steering Committee. The draft manuscript, including the revised conceptual model and definitions, was sent to all participants for additional review and comments. After additional revisions, a revised draft of the manuscript was resent to all participants for comments, group consensus, and assessment of likelihood of use. Finally, the further revised manuscript (third review) was recirculated to the project participant group for final comments and sign-off for submission.
Location of the study area in Panji, Kota Bharu district, Kelantan, Malaysia (Source:ArcGis Software version 10.2; source of shape file: Department of Drainage and Irrigation, obtained with consent)
We tested a multivariable model by using eight explanatory (or independent) variables and one outcome (or dependent variable). The dependent variable was glycemic control (HbA1c) in binary form (< 7.0 versus ≥ 7.0) while a set of independent variables included gender, age, body mass index, diabetes treatment, duration of diabetes mellitus, systolic blood pressure, status of co-morbidity and low-density lipoprotein level. Since data was not collected in a prospective manner, the model developed could only be used to test for an association between the independent variables and the outcome; rather than to identify and determine the risk factors or determinants for HbA1c (14 (link)–15 (link)).
The findings obtained from the validation were then analysed. The statistics such as r-squared and coefficients derived from the samples were compared with the respective true values (parameters) in the targeted population. The analysis was conducted using logistic regression where the sample sizes (n = 30, 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 500, 700 and 1,000) were selected at random. From the results, guidelines of sample size estimation for logistic regression based on the concept of event per variable (EPV) and sample size formula (n = 100 + xi, where x is integer and i represents the number of independent variables in the final model) were introduced.
After the guidelines of the sample size were identified, these guidelines (based on EPV and sample size formula) were re-evaluated based on another extremely large population with total population of 70,899 records. This population was also from ADCM 2009 registry but included all notification records from participating health clinics in 2009. The approach in the analysis of the logistic regression model is similar to the approach of analysis as presented in
For data management, single imputation technique was applied to replace the missing values where the missing in numerical values were replaced with mean and missing in categorical values were replaced with mode. The logistic regression was conducted without stepwise method (enter method). All the analyses were carried out using IBM SPSS version 21.0 (IBM Corp. Released 2012. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 21.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.).
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Inclusion and exclusion criteria for patients
Patient inclusion criteria: |
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• Fulfilment of ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for a primary depressive episode (i.e., not secondary to known organic or other psychiatric disorder) • Referral to a treatment package for single-episode depression • Age between 18 and 65 years |
• Psychosis or psychotic symptoms • History of severe head trauma involving hospitalization or unconsciousness for more than 5 min • Known, substantial structural brain abnormalities • Insufficient Danish language skills to complete questionnaires and cognitive testing |
• Severe somatic disease • Contraindications for MRI (e.g., metal implants, claustrophobia, or back problems) |
• Use of psychotropic drugs • Exposure to radioactivity > 10 mSv within the last year • Pregnancy or breastfeeding |
The target population selected was people aged 45 and above. The missing rate of the dependent variable values was 18.18%, and 15,636 participants were included in the study after excluding those with missing key variable values. The total missing rate for the remaining values of all variables was 1.33%, so we directly excluded participants with missing variable values, and the final number of samples included in the study was 15,428. Data inclusion process are shown in Fig.
Data inclusion process
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This group may be selected based on demographic factors, health conditions, or other relevant criteria.
Identifying and understanding the target population is crucial for ensuring the relevance, generalizability, and impact of research findings.
Effective target population selection can optimize study outcomes and improve the applicability of results to real-world settings.
Researchers can leverage AI-driven tools like PubCompare.ai to efficiently locate and evaluate the most suitable target populations, enhancing the reproducibility and accuracy of their studies.
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When selecting a target population, researchers may consider factors such as sample size, which can be calculated using online tools or statistical software like SAS version 9.4, Stata 14, or SPSS version 24.
Flow cytometry techniques, such as CFSE and FACSAria III or LSRFortessa, may also be used to analyze and characterize the target population.
By optimizing the target population selection, researchers can enhance the relevance, generalizability, and impact of their findings, leading to more accurate and reproducible research outcomes.