Random Guess and Wishful Thinking are the Best Blinding Scenarios. [PDF]
, 2016 Blinding is a methodologic safeguard of treatment evaluation, yet severely understudied empirically. Mathieu et al.'s theoretical analysis (2014) provided an important message that blinding cannot eliminate potential for bias associated with belief about
Bang, Heejung
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Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation [PDF]
, 2009 Research on surgical interventions is associated with several methodological and practical challenges of which few, if any, apply only to surgery. However, surgical evaluation is especially demanding because many of these challenges coincide.
Blazeby, Jane M +6 more
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Crowdsourcing citation-screening in a mixed-studies systematic review: a feasibility study
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021 Background Crowdsourcing engages the help of large numbers of people in tasks, activities or projects, usually via the internet. One application of crowdsourcing is the screening of citations for inclusion in a systematic review. There is evidence that a
Anna H. Noel-Storr +8 more
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Sexual health education for behavior change: How much is enough? [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: Successful implementation of sexual health curricula in school settings is often compromised by competing academic priorities. This study explores the association between exposure to sexual health lessons (time-on-task in hours and lesson ...
Addy, Robert C. +6 more
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Effectiveness and Content Analysis of Interventions to Enhance Oral Antidiabetic Drug Adherence in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes : Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
, 2015 We thank Frederic Bergeron, information scientist, for assistance in search strategies. We thank American Journal Experts for editing the text. Source of financial support: This study was funded by the Laval University Chair on Adherence to Treatments ...
de Bruin, Marijn +7 more
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Economic compensation interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundEconomic compensation interventions may help support higher voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage in priority sub-Saharan African countries.
Atkins, Kaitlyn +8 more
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Titanium versus absorbable tacks comparative study (TACS): a multicenter, non-inferiority prospective evaluation during laparoscopic repair of ventral and incisional hernia: study protocol for randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic repair of ventral and incisional hernias has gained popularity since many studies have reported encouraging results in terms of outcomee and recurrence.
Baldazzi, G +5 more
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Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aims Conventional medical training routes of bronchoscopy may decrease patients' comfort and increase procedure‐related morbidity. Virtual reality (VR)‐based bronchoscopy is a beneficial and safe solution for teaching trainees.
Mahmud Bejani +4 more
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Clinical trial metadata:Defining and extracting metadata on the design, conduct, results and costs of 125 randomised clinical trials funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme [PDF]
, 2015 Background: By 2011, the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme had published the results of over 100 trials with another 220 in progress. The aim of the project was to develop and pilot ‘metadata’ on clinical trials funded by the HTA programme.
Cook, Andrew +6 more
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GMS German Medical Science, 2019 Introduction: Pain is a prominent complication in spinal cord injury (SCI). It can either occur as a direct or as an indirect consequence of SCI and it often heavily influences the quality of life of affected individuals.
Franz, Steffen +15 more
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