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Interventions in hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis of natural and quasi-experiments

Clinical Hypertension, 2022
Background Hypertension is an urgent public health problem. Consistent summary from natural and quasi-experiments employed to evaluate interventions that aim at preventing or controlling hypertension is lacking in the current literature.
Tong Xia, Fan Zhao, Roch A. Nianogo
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Topical tretinoin for treating photoaging: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

International Journal of Women’s Dermatology, 2022
Background:Aging, an inevitable and continuous process in one’s lifetime, has all along been a focus of interest, especially for women, yet photoaging treatment to slow the process remains challenging. Recent studies have demonstrated the potency of topical tretinoin in the treatment of photoaging.
Irma Bernadette S. Sitohang, MD, PhD, Wresti Indriatmi Makes, MD, PhD, Normalina Sandora, MD, PhD, Jose Suryanegara, MD   +3 more
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Visual data: a new tool to improve the presentation of clinical trial results

Einstein (São Paulo), 2019
Randomized controlled trials are known to be the best tool to determine the effects of an intervention; however, most healthcare professionals are not able to adequately understand the results.
Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Marilia de Almeida Correia, Breno Quintella Farah   +2 more
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EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES IN INTERVENTION RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS - DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2023
Objectives: Describe the frequency and types of outcomes in randomized clinical trials (RCT) of intervention for distal radius fractures, analyze how confusing outcome presentations can lead to misinterpretations, and suggest strategies to improve the ...
Davi Amorim Meira, Lukas Eiki Moriyama, Cássio Conceição Santana Santos, Fernando Delmonte Moreira, Alex Guedes, Enilton de Santana Ribeiro de Mattos   +5 more
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A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of reports of clinical trials published in six Brazilian dental journals indexed in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)

Journal of Applied Oral Science, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Open access publishing is becoming increasingly popular within the biomedical sciences. SciELO, the Scientific Electronic Library Online, is a digital library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals many of which ...
Raphael Freitas de Souza, Carolina de Andrade Lima Chaves, Mona Nasser, Zbys Fedorowicz   +3 more
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Fecal incontinence: the quality of reported randomized, controlled trials in the last ten years. [PDF]

, 2008
This study was designed to analyze the characteristics and the quality of reporting of randomized, controlled trials published during the last ten years on fecal ...
Norton, C., Parés, D., Chelvanayagam, Sonya   +2 more
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Efficacy of topical clotrimazole vs. topical tolnaftate in the treatment of otomycosis. A randomized controlled clinical trial

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Otomycosis, an infection of the ear canal by fungi, is prevalent in hot and humid weather. Nevertheless, there is not sufficient evidence for the effectiveness of different topical antifungal treatments. Tolnaftate, is a topical antifungal agent described to be effective in the treatment of otomycosis.
Lesly Jimenez-Garcia, Erika Celis-Aguilar, Gaudencio Díaz-Pavón, Victor Muñoz Estrada, Ángel Castro-Urquizo, Nemiliztli Hernández-Castillo, Ernesto Amaro-Flores   +6 more
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Systematic techniques for assisting recruitment to trials (START): study protocol for embedded, randomized controlled trials [PDF]

, 2014
Background Randomized controlled trials play a central role in evidence-based practice, but recruitment of participants, and retention of them once in the trial, is challenging.
Anne Kennedy, Shaun Treweek, Madurasinghe, Vichithranie, Wallace, P, David J. Collier, Paul Wallace, Kennedy, A, Bower, P; id_orcid, Peter Knapp, Treweek, S, Small, N; id_orcid, Bower, P, Eldridge, Sandra, Graffy, Jonathan, Graffy, J, David Torgerson, Wallace, Paul, Knapp, P, Nicola Small, Hughes-Morley, A, Salisbury, Chris, Treweek, Shaun, Eldridge, S, Chris Salisbury, Small, N, Torgerson, D, Peter Bower, Bower, Peter, Hughes-Morley, Adwoa, Madurasinghe, V, Knapp, Peter, Torgerson, David, Rick, J, Adwoa Hughes-Morley, Rick, Jo, Salisbury, C, Kennedy, Anne, Collier, DJ, Jonathan Graffy, Vichithranie Madurasinghe, Jo Rick, Collier, David J, Small, Nicola, Sandra Eldridge   +43 more
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Quality of the systematic reviews in cochrane multiple sclerosis related articles [PDF]

BioSocial Health Journal
Introduction: To enhance the assessment of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses performed by the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Group. Methods: Our study was conducted on 57 systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to MS, published by the ...
Masoud Zeynalzadeh, Nasim Mahdavi, Morteza Atayi, Hanieh Salehi-Pourmehr, Sakineh Hajebrahimi   +4 more
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Effect of Topical Steroids on Skin Prick Test: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

Dermatology and Therapy, 2018
Topically applied corticosteroids on the skin can significantly inhibit the wheal response to allergens in skin prick test (SPT). The duration of this effect is unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate the duration of the inhibitory effect of topical corticosteroids on SPT.Twenty-two healthy subjects were included in a single-blinded randomized
Anne R. Ebbesen, Lene A. Riis, Josefine Gradman   +2 more
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