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Measuring functional outcomes in schizophrenia in an increasingly digital world

Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 2022
With an unmet clinical need for effective interventions for cognitive and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, measures of functional status (often a co-primary endpoint) remain key clinical trial outcomes.
Anja Searle, Luke Allen, Millie Lowther, Jack Cotter, Jennifer H. Barnett   +4 more
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Estimation of ascertainment bias and its effect on power in clinical trials with time-to-event outcomes

, 2020
While the gold standard for clinical trials is to blind all parties -- participants, researchers, and evaluators -- to treatment assignment, this is not always a possibility.
Dziura, J., Esserman, D., Greene, E. J., Meng, C., Miller, M. E., Peduzzi, P., Travison, T. G.   +6 more
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Gyrification brain abnormalities as predictors of outcome in anorexia nervosa. [PDF]

, 2015
Gyrification brain abnormalities are considered a marker of early deviations from normal developmental trajectories and a putative predictor of poor outcome in psychiatric disorders.
Daniela, Degortes, Favaro, Angela, Renzo, Manara, Santonastaso, Paolo, Tenconi, Elena   +4 more
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Designing a comprehensive clinical competency test for operating room technology student: Using Delphi technique and CIPP model evaluation

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
BACKGROUND: The ultimate goal in educating medical students is to train skilled workforce who by obtaining the required knowledge of the discipline, personal and professional skills, and attitudes to enter the national health-care system.
Hamideh Yazdimoghaddam, Ezat Samadipour, Fatemeh Ghardashi, Fateme Borzoee, Roya Akbarzadeh, Roghayeh Zardosht, Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hesari, Sedigheh Khalili   +7 more
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Fluorides, orthodontics and demineralization: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of fluoride in preventing white spot lesion (WSL) demineralization during orthodontic treatment and compare all modes of fluoride delivery.
A. A. Shah, D. T. Millett, F. Dyer, N. Parkin, P. E. Benson, R. S. Vine   +5 more
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Chinese pediatric Tuina on children with acute diarrhea: a randomized sham-controlled trial

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Background Pediatric Tuina has been widely used in children with acute diarrhea in China. However, due to the lack of high-quality clinical evidence, the benefit of Tuina as a therapy is not clear.
Taoying Lu, Lingjia Yin, Ruoqing Chen, Huiyan Zhang, Jianxiong Cai, Meiling Li, Lin Dai, Conghao Zhu, Yongping Zhang, Feng Xiang, Li Wang, Lu Li, Lixin Wang, Darong Wu   +13 more
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Assessment of sexual difficulties associated with multi-modal treatment for cervical or endometrial cancer: A systematic review of measurement instruments [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Practitioners and researchers require an outcome measure that accurately identifies the range of common treatment-induced changes in sexual function and well-being experienced by women after cervical or endometrial cancer.
Lucas, G., Sangha, A., White, I. D., Wiseman, T.   +3 more
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An Assessment of Hand Erosive Osteoarthritis: Correlation of Radiographic Severity with Clinical, Functional and Laboratory Findings

Rheumatology and Therapy, 2019
Introduction The present study aimed (a) to evaluate the clinical and radiographic characteristics of hand erosive osteoarthritis (EOA) in a group of consecutive patients, (b) to correlate the severity of radiographic involvement with clinical and ...
Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Silvia Scriffignano, Antonia De Socio, Ennio Lubrano   +3 more
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
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Establishing meaningful change thresholds for European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire CLL‐specific module domain scores: An analysis based on the TRANSCEND CLL 004 study in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma

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Introduction The study aimed to establish meaningful thresholds at patient and group levels for the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire CLL‐specific module (EORTC QLQ‐CLL17) domain scores in adults ...
Laurie Eliason, Fatoumata Fofana, Lin Wang, Peter A. Riedell, Shien Guo   +4 more
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