Funnel plots and choropleth maps in cancer risk communication: a comparison of tools for disseminating population-based incidence data to stakeholders [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Population-based cancer registries provide epidemiological cancer information, but the indicators are often too complex to be interpreted by local authorities and communities, due to numeracy and literacy limitations. The aim of this paper is
Cusimano, R. +4 more
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Structures for improving smallholder chicken production in Bangladesh breeding strategy [PDF]
, 2011 Figure S6. Assessment of publication bias. a Funnel plot of the double arcsine transformed prevalence estimates of gastrointestinal helminths in dogs. b Doi plot the double arcsine transformed prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in dogs (LFK index ...
Jensen, H.A.
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Occupational exposure to silica dust and risk of lung cancer: an updated meta-analysis of epidemiological studies [PDF]
, 2016 Funnel plot for studies with odds ratio (OR) as measure of association.
Mahesh Shumsher Rughooputh +4 more
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Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2023 Background: No study has yet to simultaneously compare generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), and social anxiety disorder (SAD) with respect to restingstate functional connectivity (rsFC) and anxiety symptom severity.
Zachary P. Pierce, Jessica M. Black
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Funnel Plots for Assessing Institutional Performance [PDF]
, 2021 <p>This thesis presents a comparison of maternal outcomes for births in New Zealand District Health Boards (DHBs).This is carried out through analysis of the National Minimum Dataset collected by the Ministry of Health for 2007. The outcome compared is postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) the results are displayed using funnel plots, a useful tool for ...
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Methodological bias in cluster randomised trials [PDF]
, 2005 Background: Cluster randomised trials can be susceptible to a range of methodological problems. These problems are not commonly recognised by many researchers. In this paper we discuss the issues that can lead to bias in cluster trials.
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Treatment for depression following mild traumatic brain injury in adults: A meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2013 Primary objective: Development of depression after TBI is linked to poorer outcomes. The aim of this manuscript is to review evidence for the effectiveness of current treatments.
Barker-Collo, Suzanne +2 more
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Bilingualism Is Associated with a Delayed Onset of Dementia but Not with a Lower Risk of Developing it: a Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses. [PDF]
, 2020 Some studies have linked bilingualism with a later onset of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Not all studies have observed such relationships, however.
Brini, S. +9 more
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Funnel plots for institutional comparison [PDF]
Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2002 Mohammed and colleagues1,2 have suggested the use of Shewhart control charts as a means of presenting performance indicator results without spurious ranking into “league tables”. They choose to plot the observed number of events against the volume of cases on a square root scale; unfortunately this choice appears unintuitive, obscures the observed ...
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Objective: This study evaluated the reno-protective effects of quercetin in animal models of acute kidney injury (AKI).Methods: We conducted a systematic search of literature published before April 2023 in PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE databases ...
Yi-Fan Zeng +9 more
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