Improving private pharmacy practice: a multi-intervention experiment in Hanoi, Vietnam.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify key principles of graph construction and to review guidance on graph construction provided by medical journals. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Review of a prevailing model of graph comprehension and survey of authors' instructions for all 120 core medical journals as indexed by PubMed. RESULTS:Graph ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Puhan MA,ter Riet G,Eichler K,Steurer J,Bachmann LM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the responsiveness of generic and mapped preference-based measures based on the anchor of global change in health condition of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:A baseline sample of 333 Chinese CRC patients was recruited between September 2009 and July 2010 and was surve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Wong CK,Mulhern B,Wan YF,Lam CL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the cross-cultural adaptations of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:English and Chinese databases were searched through December 2017. Cross-cultural adaptation and measurement properties were evaluated using the Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Yao M,Zhu S,Tian ZR,Song YJ,Yang L,Wang YJ,Cui XJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate how frequently complex interventions are shown to be superior to routine care in general practice-based cluster-randomized controlled studies (c-RCTs) and to explore whether potential differences explain results that come out in favor of a complex intervention. STUDY DE...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Siebenhofer A,Paulitsch MA,Pregartner G,Berghold A,Jeitler K,Muth C,Engler J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 38 case-control studies investigating possible associations between alcoholic beverage consumption and cancer of the female breast. Each study was characterized according to design features such as: control type (hospital or community based), risk factors controlled for, matching strategy, and statistica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Roth HD,Levy PS,Shi L,Post E

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess measurement equivalence of the Singaporean English and Chinese versions of the EuroQol Group's 5-domain questionnaire (EQ-5D) in cancer patients. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Seven hundred and seventy-one ethnic Chinese patients in Singapore were recruited, and they answered either an English or a Chin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Gao F,Ng GY,Cheung YB,Thumboo J,Pang G,Koo WH,Sethi VK,Wee J,Goh C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to compare the judgmental and mathematical approaches in weighting the Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI). METHODS:The PUCAI was previously weighted mathematically using multivariate regression modeling on 157 children with ulcerative colitis (UC). Independently, a Delphi group of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Turner D,Griffiths AM,Steinhart AH,Otley AR,Beaton DE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Busselton Survey is a population survey that is held about every three years. In 1994-1995 a re-survey was held of all past participants and 8,502 attended. Financial constraints precluded employing staff for data collection for blood pressure and anthropometry, these therefore were collected by unpaid lay volunte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Adams C,Burke V,Beilin LJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of recently introduced International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision (ICD-9) procedure and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes designed for injection or infusion of thrombolytic agents. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We determined the accuracy of ICD-9 procedu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Qureshi AI,Harris-Lane P,Siddiqi F,Kirmani JF

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional data from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study were used to examine the relationships between waist to hip circumference ratio (WHR) and the presence of diabetes complications in IDDM adults ages 18-45 years (N = 586). Significantly higher WHRs were observed among both genders with prolifer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Stuhldreher WL,Becker DJ,Drash AL,Ellis D,Kuller LH,Wolfson SK,Orchard TJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that patients with a positive family history of lung cancer did not exhibit characteristics expected if the familial association was a surrogate for a genetic mechanism which was absent in those without such a history. In this study, we examine the incidence of cancer (all sites) in two groups...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： McDuffie HH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:How often authors comment on applicability for primary care in systematic reviews of clinical trials. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We selected 4% of the Cochrane Database for Systematic Reviews (CDSRs; January 2008 to October 2013). We excluded reviews when primary care trials were not eligible. We extracted wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Missiou A,Tatsioni A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimates of minimal clinically important improvements (MCIIs) are larger among patients with higher values at baseline, suggesting that these patients require larger changes to appreciate improvements. We examined if baseline dependency of MCIIs was associated with specific patients across three measures, or...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Ward MM,Guthrie LC,Alba M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess whether short message service (SMS) text messages sent as prenotification or postnotification reminders improve questionnaire response rates in randomized controlled trial (RCT) follow-up. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Three "trials within a trial" assessed text message notifications sent before or aft...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Keding A,Brabyn S,MacPherson H,Richmond SJ,Torgerson DJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we assessed the validity of maternally self-reported history of preeclampsia. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:This study was embedded in the Generation R Study, a population-based prospective cohort study. Data were obtained from prenatal questionnaires and one questionnaire obtained 2 months postpar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Coolman M,de Groot CJ,Jaddoe VW,Hofman A,Raat H,Steegers EA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraindividual variability (IIV) in total cholesterol levels based on measurements taken 1 week apart is compared with an estimate based on measurements taken 2 years apart. Single-subject 95% confidence intervals around the mean of two repeated measurements were Xi +/- 21 and +/- 28 mg/dl, respectively, and Xi +/- 3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Roeback JR,Cook JR,Guess HA,Heyse JF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A new strategy to manage conflicts of interests (COIs) of a clinical guideline's panelists gives primary responsibility to a methodologist, puts equal emphasis on intellectual and financial COIs, and excludes panelists with primary conflicts from drafting or voting on recommendations. We explored the views of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Akl EA,Karl R,Guyatt GH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Adjudication committees (ACs) are recommended in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to standardize the assessment of events. We aimed to assess the reporting and functioning of ACs (synonyms: clinical event committees, endpoint committees) in clinical trials. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We searched five high-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Dechartres A,Boutron I,Roy C,Ravaud P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the 1986-1997 mortality in a cohort of 2065 residents of an Italian municipality which had been exposed to drinking water with a high content of inorganic selenium over a long period of time, and compared it with mortality in the remainder of the municipal population. Mortality from malignant neoplasms inc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Vinceti M,Nacci G,Rocchi E,Cassinadri T,Vivoli R,Marchesi C,Bergomi M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early identification of pregnant women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is becoming increasingly important in light of recent findings that interventions during and shortly after pregnancy can reduce the rates of vertical transmission. The ability of patients to accurately self-report previous HIV ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： O'Campo P,de Boer M,Faden R,Kass N,Gielen A,Barbacci M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of protection offered by Pap screening for cervical cancer was examined using data on 101 cases of invasive cervical cancer and 396 controls from a Maryland case-control study. Receipt of a Pap test up to 4 years ago afforded significant protection, compared to women screened 11 or more years ago, or neve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Klassen AC,Celentano DD,Brookmeyer R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:A large number of trials remain difficult to locate or unpublished for systematic reviews. The objective of this article was to determine the usefulness of making e-mail contact with authors of clinical trials and literature reviews found in MEDLINE to identify unpublished or difficult to locat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Reveiz L,Cardona AF,Ospina EG,de Agular S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A literature search identified eight articles containing data on both baldness and coronary artery disease (CAD). Three of these articles described case-control studies that showed a positive relationship between baldness and CAD when controlling for CAD risk factors. Three other case-control studies showed no such re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Herrera CR,Lynch C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many clinicians and decision makers want to know the combined effects of treatments that have not been evaluated in combination. It is possible to determine such treatment effects by making assumptions about the additive effects. We discuss here the prerequisites and methods of applying additivity assumptions...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Mills EJ,Thorlund K,Ioannidis JP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to evaluate the combined effect of alcohol, smoking habits and frequency of consumption of selected dietary items, which are the major sources of retinoids and beta-carotene in the Italian diet, on the risk of esophageal cancer (EC). The adequacy of the multiplicative structure for describing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Valsecchi MG

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of psychosocial adjustment in women with breast cancer (BC) and women with benign breast problems (BBP) has been hampered by a failure to control for age differences between these groups, as well as a failure to assess positive psychosocial adaptation in addition to psychological distress. Age-matched women...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Andrykowski MA,Curran SL,Studts JL,Cunningham L,Carpenter JS,McGrath PC,Sloan DA,Kenady DE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe patterns of health care use by inner-city patients with asthma and to identify patients at risk for hospitalization. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 1788 patients with asthma aged 5 to 34 years from a large hospital-based multi-specialty practice in inner-city Ind...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Murray MD,Stang P,Tierney WM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonresponse and methods of data collection could affect satisfaction measurement. The goal of this study was to estimate the impact of (1) nonresponse and (2) distribution method on evaluation of patient satisfaction in a mail-back study measuring patient opinion of medical and nursing care. The study was conducted in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Gasquet I,Falissard B,Ravaud P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occasionally, the efficacy of screening for cancer recurrence has been evaluated by means of case-control studies. However, these studies generally have not been designed and analyzed in a manner that will yield an unbiased result. The commentary shows that by adhering to the principles developed for the analysis of s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Weiss NS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:N-of-1 trials can be aggregated to estimate population treatment effects using hierarchical Bayesian models. It is very important to report core items in hierarchical Bayesian analysis. In this study, we assessed reporting of items in hierarchical Bayesian analysis for aggregating N-of-1 trials to estimate p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors： Zhai J,Cao H,Ren M,Mu W,Lv S,Si J,Wang H,Chen J,Shang H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00