retrospective design
collocation in Englishmeaningsofretrospectiveanddesign
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retrospective
adjective
uk/ˌret.rəˈspek.tɪv/us/ˌret.rəˈspek.tɪv/
relating to or thinking about ...
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design
noun
uk/dɪˈzaɪn/us/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
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Due to this study'sretrospectivedesign, biases are possible in the recall of childhood experience, especially as all participants were currently depressed.
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A limitation of our study was theretrospectivedesign.
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Theretrospectivedesignalso creates a limitation regarding performance bias.
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In addition, aretrospectivedesignmay reduce the ability to identify risk factors for readmission (4;22).
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Among these, three studies used aretrospectivedesign, nine were prospective and open label, and one study was double blinded.
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The regression results provide evidence of cost savings due to home monitoring; however, the results of the analysis are limited due to theretrospectivedesign.
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Given the cross-sectionalretrospectivedesignof the study, participants were unable to complete the postal questionnaire at a consistent time point postoperatively.
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Since the study used aretrospectivedesign, the actual temporal sequence of the events can only be inferred from the nature of some variables under analysis.
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The studies of this review were seemingly prospective, although very variable follow-up times and other inconsistencies point toward the possibility of retrospective designs.
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First, the vast majority of studies used retrospective designs, asking adult bipolar individuals to recall their childhood histories.
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The prospective character of this study and the selection of non-depressed subjects allow for the identification of risk factors not influenced by the biased answers in retrospective designs.
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