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Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium translation process: consensus development of updated best practices

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2018
This paper describes the rationale and goals of the Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium’s instrument translation process. The PRO Consortium has developed a number of novel PRO measures which are in the process of qualification by the U.S. Food and
Sonya Eremenco, Sheryl Pease, Sarah Mann, Pamela Berry, on behalf of the PRO Consortium’s Process Subcommittee   +4 more
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Outcome of adrenalectomy for unilateral primary aldosteronism: International consensus and remission rates

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2017
Background Although unilateral primary aldosteronism is the most common surgically correctable cause of hypertension there are no standard criteria to classify surgical outcomes.
T. Williams, J. Lenders, P. Mulatero, J. Burrello, M. Rottenkolber, C. Adolf, F. Satoh, L. Amar, M. Quinkler, J. Deinum, F. Beuschlein, K. K. Kitamoto, U. Pham, R. Morimoto, H. Umakoshi, A. Prejbisz, T. Kocjan, M. Naruse, M. Stowasser, T. Nishikawa, W. Young, C. Gomez-Sanchez, J. Funder, M. Reincke   +23 more
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
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Increasing gaps in health inequalities related to non-communicable diseases in South Australia; implications towards behavioural risk factor surveillance systems to provide evidence for action

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Although Australia is a country cited as having generally low health inequalities among different socioeconomic groups, inequalities have persisted. The aim of this analysis was to highlight how inequalities have evolved over a 13 years period
Stefano Campostrini, Eleonora Dal Grande, Anne W. Taylor   +2 more
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Connectivity Predicts Deep Brain Stimulation Outcome in Parkinson Disease

Annals of Neurology, 2017
The benefit of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson disease (PD) may depend on connectivity between the stimulation site and other brain regions, but which regions and whether connectivity can predict outcome in patients remain unknown.
A. Horn, M. Reich, J. Vorwerk, Ningfei Li, G. Wenzel, Qianqian Fang, T. Schmitz-Hübsch, R. Nickl, A. Kupsch, J. Volkmann, Andrea A. Kühn, M. D. Fox   +11 more
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Psychosocial Functioning After Pediatric Bone Sarcoma: Generic and Survivor‐Specific Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors may experience psychosocial challenges related to childhood cancer after their intensive, body‐altering treatment. This cross‐sectional study aimed to evaluate generic and survivor‐specific psychosocial outcomes in a national cohort of pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors, and ...
Hinke van der Hoek, Heleen Maurice‐Stam, Laura R. Beek, Jennifer van Dijk, Marjolein E. M. Langemeijer, Relinde W. Slooff‐Lentink, Alied M. van der Aa‐van Delden, Anne Westerweel, Marloes van Gorp, Hendrik W. B. Schreuder, Lianne M. Haveman, W. Peter Bekkering, Leonie G. Tigelaar, Johannes H. M. Merks, Martha A. Grootenhuis   +14 more
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Abiraterone acetate and docetaxel with androgen deprivation therapy in high-volume metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer in China: an indirect treatment comparison and cost analysis

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2019
Background To conduct an indirect treatment comparison of patients with high-volume mHSPC and a cost analysis between Abi-ADT and Doc-ADT therapies in China. Methods The Bucher technique for indirect treatment comparison was used.
Xin Hu, Shuli Qu, Xingxing Yao, Chaoyun Li, Yanjun Liu, Jianye Wang   +5 more
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The outcome of medical outcomes assessment

Academic Medicine, 1997
The outcomes assessment movement has the potential to significantly enhance the practice of medicine by enabling physicians to identify and implement what works. It represents a rich wellspring of material for investigation and is already proving to be an important source of research support.
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Ironic Medications: A Narrative‐Based Psycho‐Educational Intervention to Explore Patient–Provider Communication in Adolescents With Haematological Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with haematological malignancies face significant emotional and relational challenges, often accompanied by difficulties in communicating their needs within the healthcare context. To address these issues, a narrative‐based psycho‐educational intervention based on the creation and prescription of Ironic Medications was ...
Marta Stoppa, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Selena Russo, Giulia Rampoldi, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Andrea Biondi, Marco Spinelli   +7 more
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Choosing the right correlation for ordinal data: practical recommendations from a simulation study

Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
ObjectivesPolychoric and polyserial correlation coefficients were developed to quantify the relationship between two ordinal items (polychoric) or an ordinal and continuous item (polyserial) where all latent variables underlying the ordinal items and the
Nicolai D. Ayasse, Cheryl D. Coon
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