Sample Examples!

STUDY: Measuring Effectiveness of DOLOPLUS-2 Pain-Reporting Scale

Subjects were selected from among a population of elderly patients with dementia (who were) being treated in the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at Osaka University Hospital. The study included subjects who were 65 years old or older who were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and who had the ability to communicate and understand a pain-reporting scale. Subjects who had been diagnosed with other (non-Alzheimer’s) forms of dementia were excluded. Over a one-year data collection period, 73 patients consented to participate in the study. Half of the patients were randomly selected and assigned to the experimental group. The other half, also randomly selected, were assigned to the comparison group.

STUDY: Comparing Perceptions of Women-Centered Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth at Birth-Centers, Clinics, and Hospitals in Japan

Subjects were drawn from among a population of women who gave birth at either a birth-center, a clinic, or a hospital at 13 settings near Tokyo and near Kobe, Japan. The study included women who had a single-child birth, including births by cesarean section or preterm births, who were hospitalized during the research period (May-October 2010). Subjects could also read and write Japanese. Subjects who were in seriously poor physical condition were excluded. In total, 248 women participated in the study.