The epidemiologic studies are either descriptive or analytical studies. Descriptive studies include case reports, case series reports, cross-sectional studies, surveillance studies, and ecological studies whereas analytical studies are either experimental or observational. Case–control and cohort studies are the type of observational studies out of which the latter is usually the prospective st...

BACKGROUND Violence committed by patients and their families and visitors against Emergency Department staff in the United States is common and detrimental to staff well being, morale, and care practices. Hospitals losses occur due to decreased staff retention, prestige, and patient and visitor satisfaction. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the baseline survey reported here was to identify and descri...

This article explores the relationship between the job characteristics underlying the Goldthorpe model of social class (work monitoring difficulty and human asset specificity) and those underlying theories of technological change (routine and analytical tasks) highlighted as key drivers for growing inequality. Analysis of the 2012 British Skills and Employment Survey demonstrate monitoring diff...

the paper has been performed to review library administrators' strategic planning role to improve the library staff of medical sciences university of iran. the study is survey-descriptive. the statistical population consists of 50 library administrators working in iran medical sciences university, but 44 subjects responded to the questionnaire used to gather data. the reliability (91.7%) w...

OBJECTIVE A study of ankylosing spondylitis in Jordan, which has been under investigated in this region. METHODS Twenty two patients were studied according to standard methodology during a period of four years. Information on HLA, the presence of uveitis, cardiac disease, and peripheral arthritis was recorded. Other variables such as age, sex, employment, and level of disability were also rec...