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Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Not Participating in an RCT: Are They Different? [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Despite the notion that randomized controlled trials are regarded as the gold standard in psychotherapy research, questions about their generalizability have been raised. This paper focuses on the differences between participants and eligible
Buchheim, Peter, Bäuml, Josef, Döring, Stephan, Hörz, Susanne, Martius, Philipp, Rentrop, Michael   +5 more
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Evaluation of the impact of “speak out” and “human libraries” educational methodologies on nursing students' attitudes toward immigration

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionMeasuring and understanding attitudes toward migrants is crucial in Health Sciences professionals. Nursing students, as future professionals in the healthcare system, must be comprehensively trained and prepared from the undergraduate level ...
Vicente Gea-Caballero, Ana Pellín-Carcelén, José Luís Piera-Gomar, María Isabel Mármol-López, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo, Clara Isabel Tejada Garrido, Amaya Burgos-Esteban, María Rasal Sánchez, Amparo Rasal Sánchez, María Inmaculada Carboneres-Tafaner, Raúl Juárez-Vela   +10 more
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Weekly versus three weeks chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer. A meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Aim: Three weeks paclitaxel and carboplatin has been considered the standard of care for primary treatment of ovarian cancer (OC). Whether weekly therapy will further improve the clinical outcomes or not is still unclear.
De Felice, Francesca, Marchetti, Claudia, Monti, Marco, Musella, Angela, Musio, Daniela, Muzii, Ludovico, Palaia, Innocenza, Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti, Tombolini, Vincenzo   +8 more
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Interventions to prevent obesity in Latinx children globally: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews, 2021
Background Rates of childhood obesity have accelerated rapidly over the past decade in low- and middle-income countries and in Latin America in particular.
Rachel Bleiweiss-Sande, Arturo Jiménez-Cruz, Montserrat Bacardí-Gascón, Kara Skelton, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon   +4 more
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What are The Benefits of Five-Toed Socks? A Scoping Review

Reabilitacijos Mokslai: Slauga, Kineziterapija, Ergoterapija, 2023
Background. The use of five-toed socks can be a valid prevention option against interdigital problems and a valuable sensory stimulus in walking. However, nowadays, they are hardly ever suggested because they are often little known or disregarded by ...
Roberto Tedeschi
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Alternative versus conventional institutional settings for birth [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Alternative institutional settings have been established for the care of pregnant women who prefer and require little or no medical intervention.
Downe, Soo, Hodnett, Ellen D, Walsh, Denis   +2 more
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce influenza transmission in households: a systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Influenza pandemic plans often recommend non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in household settings, including hand hygiene and face masks.
Jessica Y. Wong, Wey Wen Lim, Justin K. Cheung, Caitriona Murphy, Eunice Y.C. Shiu, Jingyi Xiao, Dongxuan Chen, Yanmin Xie, Mingwei Li, Hualei Xin, Michelle Szeto, Sammi Choi, Benjamin J. Cowling   +12 more
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Abstract Number ‐ 16: Thrombectomy alone versus Bridging intravenous alteplase in the US population: a pseudo‐randomized controlled trial

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2023
Introduction Recent randomized controlled trials (RCT) failed to demonstrate non‐inferiority of skipping IV tPA in patients with planned endovascular therapy (EVT). None of these studies included patients from the US due to regulatory challenges.
Sergio A Salazar‐Marioni, Rania Abdelkhaleq, Arash Niktabe, Bilal Tariq, Juan C Martinez‐Gutierrez, Sunil A Sheth, Youngran Kim   +6 more
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Non-Inferiority Trials in Surgical Oncology [PDF]

, 2018
The classical randomized controlled clinical trial is designed to prove superiority of an investigational therapy over an established therapy or placebo (here referred to as "superiority trial”).
Adamina, Michel, Fueglistaler, Philipp, Guller, Ulrich   +2 more
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How do systematic reviews incorporate risk of bias assessments into the synthesis of evidence? A methodological study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Systematic reviews (SRs) are expected to critically appraise included studies and privilege those at lowest risk of bias (RoB) in the synthesis.
Egan, Matt, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Petticrew, Mark   +2 more
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