Effect of Recombinant Human Epidermal Growth Factor Associated with Conventional Drug Therapy on the Dry Eye Symptom Score in Patients with Dry Eyes after Cataract Surgery: A Syste... by Changce Sun, Xiaojun Zhang

“…The success rate of the study group was greatly higher, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The fluorescein staining (FL) score of the research group after treatment was lower, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). …”
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A Comparative Study of Local Dietary Intake Among Subjects with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Attending Antenatal Care by Chibuike F. Chukwunyere, David O. Awonuga, Taiwo Olunuga, Ifeoma C. Udenze

“…There was also a statistically significant difference in subjects with mild and severe GH who consumed milk (p=0.003).…”
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The Effect of Health Anxiety on Subjective Happiness: Does Optimism Play a Protective Role? by Feridun Kaya, Gulin Yazici-Celebi, Muge Yilmaz

“…In addition to these results, statistically significant and positive correlations were determined between the optimism variable and subjective happiness variable. …”
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Evaluation of biomarkers for clinical activity of systemic lupus erhythematodes by Valentina Reshkova, Dobroslav Kyurkchiev, Simeon Monov

“…The analysis of biomarkers in serum is statistically significantly higher than healthy controls for human IFN-alpha and human sVCAM-1. …”
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Evaluation of the Macular, Peripapillary Nerve Fiber Layer and Choroid Thickness Changes in Behçet’s Disease with Spectral-Domain OCT by Mustafa Ataş, İsa Yuvacı, Süleyman Demircan, Emel Güler, Orhan Altunel, Emine Pangal, Altan Göktaş, Serap Sütbeyaz, Gökmen Zararsız

“…Macular thickness was thinner in patients with BD than in the control group; this result was statistically significant (P = 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in thickness between RNFL analysis of the patients with BD and control subjects. …”
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Reliability and Validity of Longshi Scale in Assessing the Activities of Daily Living of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury by Miaoling CHEN, Fubing ZHA, Fang LIU, Mingchao ZHOU, Yulong WANG, Jianjun LONG

“…Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of Longshi daily living ability rating scale(Longshi scale)in patients with spinal cord injury, and to provide objective basis for its wide application.Methods:A total of 412 patients with spinal cord injury(SCI)were selected from 60 medical institutions in China for the activities of daily living(ADL)assessment.Each patient was evaluated twice by both professionals(rehabilitation physician or therapist)and non-professionals(family member or companion of the patient).The Longshi scale and Barthel index were used for each assessment, and all assessments were required to be completed within the same day.The intraclass correlation coefficient(ICC)was used to analyze the correlation of scores on Longshi scale in different evaluators; the Kappa test was used to analyze the consistency of ADL rating in different evaluators; Barthel index was used as the criterion, and Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the criterion validity of Longshi scale;and compare the time spent in the evaluation of the two scales.Results:A total of 406 patients completed the scale evaluation effectively, with an effective rate of 98.5%.①The results of reliability test: Kappa test was used to evaluate the ADL level of the Longshi scale by professionals and non-professionals, with k value of 0.878 and 95%confidence interval(<italic>CI</italic>)of 0.839-0.917, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01).Intraclass correlation coefficient analysis was used to analyse the different of the scores of Longshi scale in different evaluators, with ICC value was 0.836, 95%<italic>CI</italic> was 0.805-0.863, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01).②The results of validity inspection: the Pearson correlation coefficient r value between the total scores on Longshi scale of the bedridden, domestic, and community groups and Barthel index was 0.711, 0.596 and 0.610, respectively, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001).③The results of time spent evaluation: compared with Barthel index(BI), both professionals and non-professionals took less time to evaluate Longshi scale than Barthel index, with statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:The Longshi scale has the advantages of being easy to understand and less time to evaluate.It is good reliability and standard validity in the evaluation of ADL for SCI patients, and it has better feasibility and can be popularized and applied in clinical practice.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Visual Performance and Optical Quality with a Rotationally Asymmetric Multifocal Intraocular Lens and an Apodized Diffractive Multifocal Intraocular Lens by Xiao Wang, Haixia Tu, Yong Wang

“…There was no statistically significant difference between groups in postoperative UDVA (p=0.186). …”
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Variation in Clinical Presentation, Metabolic Profile, Hormonal Parameters and Inflammatory Markers in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Morphology... by Sweekruti Jena, Ipsita Mishra, Anoj Kumar Baliarsinha, Debarchan Jena, Madhumita Debata

“…The mean hs-CRP was found to be higher in Group 2, which was statistically significant (P = 0.005). The mean AMH was higher in Group 1, which was statistically significant (P = 0.002). …”
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Fit accuracy and fracture resistance evaluation of advanced lithium disilicate crowns (in- vitro study) by Amro Khalil Fayed, Amir Shoukry Azer, Rewaa Gaber AboElhassan

“…However, an independent samples t-test indicated no statistically significant differences between the two groups (p = 0.141, p = 0.471). …”
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Femtosecond Laser Implantation of a 355-Degree Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment in Keratoconus: A Three-Year Follow-Up by Marwa Mahmoud Abdellah, Hatem Gamal Ammar

“…The mean sphere, cylinder, and spherical equivalent have been changed dramatically from preoperative to 3 month postoperative, which is statistically significant (P≤0.001), and the changes between 1 and 2 years and 2 and 3 years are also considerable and statistically significant; the K max and K min and K mean improved and the changes were statistically significant (P≤0.001), and the changes between one, two, and three years were also statistically significant. …”
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Efficacy Study on Training by Using Hydrogel to Improve Swallowing Function in Patients with Dysphagia after Stroke by HUANG Shaochun, XU Jianzhen, LIU Li, RAO Jiang, QIU Haiyan, YU Canping, ZHANG Jie, LI Shujie

“…The mean FOIS, PAS and the extubation rate of nasogastic tube were compared between the two groups before and after treatment.ResultsThere was statistically significant difference in FOIS grade in the control group before and after treatment (χ²=38.892, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001), while there was no statistically significant difference in PAS grade (χ²=11.987, <italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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The impact of firm-level innovation on labor productivity and employment in selected African countries by Zerayehu Sime, Getaw Tadesse

“…Regarding R&D innovation, except for production workers, all are negatively impacted and statistically significant. On employment creation, R&D has also a positive and statistically significant impact on employment except for permanent employees. …”
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White noise’s effect on premature infants’ physiological parameters during peripheral intravenous catheter insertion by Omolbani Rahimi, FatemehSadat SeyedNematollah Roshan, Leila Nikrouz

“…In terms of mean arterial blood pressure, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in any of the stages (p < 0.05). …”
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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…Length of stay and time to surgery was statistically significant shorter for patients who received fast-track care, a mean difference of 3.4 days and 6 hours, respectively. …”
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Examination of Business People’s Attitudes Towards Virtual Trade Fairs by Hakan Tunahan, Ayhan Bekar, Ayşegül Karataş

“…The only statistically significant relationship is the one between business people’s judgment on the industry's suitability of the business and their attitude towards virtual trade fairs.…”
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The Effect of Using Peer on Self-Care, Quality of Life, and Adherence in Elderly People with Coronary Artery Disease by Mojtaba Roshandel, Mahnaz Rakhshan, Majid Najafi Kalyani

“…P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Findings. The results showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups with respect to the mean scores of self-care and quality of life before the intervention (P>0.05). …”
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Key determinants of firm value: Evidence from Serbian listed companies by Šepa Anja, Peštović Kristina, Tica Nedeljko, Saković Dušan

“…Company size and growth showed no statistically significant impact on Tobin's Q.…”
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The Effect of Changes in Lower Incisor Inclination on Gingival Recession by Gulen Kamak, Hasan Kamak, Hakan Keklik, Hakan Gurcan Gurel

“…From Tb to Ta, Inc_Incl showed a statistically significant change in the R, P, and S groups (p<0.05). …”
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Baricitinib for the Management of SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials by Sivananthan Manoharan, Lee Ying Ying

“…Does baricitinib statistically significantly reduce mortality and disease progression in COVID-19 patients? …”
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Effect of Ramadan fasting in late pregnancy on pregnancy outcome by Abd E.G. Eldeen Al Darwish, Mahmoud I.A. Elrahsidy, Asmaa K. Nasr

“…There was no statistically significant variance among group A and group B concerning Amniotic fluid Index(AFI) in start of Ramadan P= 0.550 and AFI in the end of Ramadan P= 0.431. …”
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