Follow-up Periods
Research gap analysis derived from 2 medicine papers in our local library.
The gap
Most studies have short follow-up periods, failing to assess long-term outcomes in diverse patient populations including psychosis, cancer, and diabetes.
Consensus across the literature
The papers collectively establish the need for longer follow-up periods but leave open specific methodological details.
Research trend
Emerging — attention growing, methods still coalescing.
Supporting evidence — 2 representative gaps
- Rethinking language, cognition and assessment in psychosis: How bilingualism challenges psychiatry and how natural language processing can help (2026) · doi
While the paper reviews bilingual cognitive control mechanisms (proactive interference, inhibitory control, dual mechanisms of control) and their neural correlates, it does not address how language-switching demands in bilingual individuals with first-episode psychosis affect cognitive performance trajectories over the 20-year follow-up period documented in longitudinal psychosis studies.
Keywords: bilingualism language-switching cognitive control first-episode psychosis longitudinal trajectories executive function - Prevention of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder in At-Risk Children: A Feasibility Trial (2026) · doi
The follow-up period was limited to one year, which is insufficient to assess the long-term effects of the program.
Keywords: follow period limited year insufficient assess long term effects program
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