Abstract：
:This article reports on the development and validation of the Italian SF-36 Health Survey using data from seven studies in which an Italian version of the SF-36 was administered to more than 7000 subjects between 1991 and 1995. Empirical findings from a wide array of studies and diseases indicate that the performance of the questionnaire improved as the Italian translation was revised and that it met the standards suggested by the literature in terms of feasibility, psychometric tests, and interpretability. This generally satisfactory picture strengthens the idea that the Italian SF-36 is as valid and reliable as the original instrument and applicable and valid across age, gender, and disease. Empirical evidence from a cross-sectional survey carried out to norm the final version in a representative sample of 2031 individuals confirms the questionnaire's characteristics in terms of hypothesized constructs and psychometric behavior and gives a better picture of its external validity (i.e., robustness and generalizability) when administered in settings that are very close to real world.
journal_name
J Clin Epidemioljournal_title
Journal of clinical epidemiologyauthors
Apolone G,Mosconi Pdoi
10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00094-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-11-01 00:00:00pages
1025-36issue
11eissn
0895-4356issn
1878-5921pii
S0895-4356(98)00094-8journal_volume
51pub_type
杂志文章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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.12.016
更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Trialists argue about the usefulness of stratified randomization. For investigators designing trials and readers who use them, the argument has created uncertainty regarding the importance of stratification. In this paper, we review stratified randomization to summarize its purpose, indications, accomplishments, and a...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00138-3
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to identify the range of issues labeled as "non-financial conflicts of interest" in biomedicine, articulate the associated concerns, and analyze the implications of defining these issues as conflicts of interest. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:This was a qualitative study, triangulating d...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.12.014
更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Apgar score is widely used for several purposes: to discriminate between infants who require resuscitation at birth and those who do not; to predict outcome; and to evaluate change in the condition of the newly born over the first minutes of life. Using published evidence of its clinical reliability and validity, ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(88)90100-x
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate cost savings from and implications of replacing the single risk with a total cardiovascular risk approach in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:A cost analysis using data from the 2007-08 Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey of 1,432 persons aged 40 ye...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.11.027
更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of number of studies in a meta-analysis on the detection of publication bias using P value-driven methods. METHODS:The proportion of meta-analyses detected by Egger's, Harbord's, Peters', and Begg's tests to have asymmetry suggestive of publication bias wer...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.11.011
更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A small variability of exposure in a population, for example small variance in nutrient intake, limits the power of an epidemiologic study. McKeown-Eyssen and Thomas (J Chron Dis 1985; 38:559-568) have shown that by selecting a population with larger exposure variance vs one with smaller variance, the study sample siz...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(94)90190-2
更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Core outcome sets (COSs) are agreed-on standardized sets of outcomes that should be minimally measured in all trials of a given disease. To enhance the uptake of COSs in trials, their generalizability should be increased by a change in the number and diversity of stakeholders involved in their development. Also, their...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.01.004
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ecological studies may reduce the problem of confounding by indication; however, these studies introduce new biases not present in individual-level analyses. To study the potential for ecological variables to reduce confounding by indication, we used a large database of admissions for ruptured cerebral aneurysms to ev...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(00)00251-1
更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To investigate the possible association between changes in coffee consumption and serum cholesterol levels, information was obtained from 2109 healthy nonsmokers aged 25-65 years at two clinic visits to a preventive medical center between 1987 and 1991 (mean interval between visits: 16.7 months). After adjusting for a...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(95)00023-w
更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the impact of unconditional and conditional financial incentives on response rates among Australian general practitioners invited by mail to participate in an online survey about cancer care and to investigate possible differential response bias between incentive groups. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.09.013
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypertension is a risk factor for aortic dissection. Besides hypertension, associated factors for incidence of aortic dissection are not clear. The aim of this study was to examine whether other factors exist by an epidemiologic case-control approach. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:240 consecutive cases suffering ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.09.010
更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a scale and survey the measurement of patient adherence and patient recruitment, and to explore how these methods impact the results in randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve patient adherence to medications. STUDY DESIGN:Analytic survey of a purposively selected sample of patie...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.06.008
更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Clinical trials are unlikely to ever be launched for many comparative effectiveness research (CER) questions. Inferences from hypothetical randomized trials may however be emulated with marginal structural modeling (MSM) using observational data, but success in adjusting for time-dependent confounding and sel...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.01.016
更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this project, we set out to identify ways to increase the uptake of core outcome sets in clinical research. In doing so, we uncovered a growing recognition, across many different health care sectors, of the need for common, relevant outcomes to improve the quality of decision-making. This has led to a plethora of p...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.05.016
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We assessed the relative responsiveness of generic and specific quality of life instruments in 43 randomized controlled trials that compared head-to-head 31 generic and 84 specific instruments. Using weighted effect size as the metric of responsiveness, we assessed the impact of instrument type, disease category, and ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(02)00537-1
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS) is a promising prognostic tool for future work disability outcomes. Rasch analysis was conducted to examine the psychometric performance of the RA-WIS in work-related upper limb disorders. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Eligible injured workers (n=396) a...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.02.002
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Whereas over the last decade epidemiologic studies on exocrine pancreatic cancer (EPC) continued to show a remarkable heterogeneity in diagnostic criteria applied to define caseness, the actual magnitude and consequences of misclassification remain largely unexplored. The objectives were: (1) to estimate the degree of...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(94)90123-6
更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disorder of unknown cause, characterized by activation of T-lymphocytes and macrophages. A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis (ACCESS) is a multicenter study designed to determine the etiology of sarcoidosis. The study organization includes 10 Clinical Centers, a Clinica...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00142-0
更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate how the rank probabilities obtained from network meta-analysis (NMA) change with the use of increasingly stringent criteria for the relative effect comparing two treatments which ranks one treatment better than the other. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Systematic survey and reanalysis of published dat...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.02.008
更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to reanalyze and reinterpret data obtained in Paracetamol in Acute Low Back Pain (PACE), the first large randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of paracetamol in acute low back pain, to assess the inferential reproducibility of the original conclusions. STUDY DESIGN AN...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.01.010
更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Several methods exist to calculate sample size for the difference of proportions (risk difference). Researchers are often unaware that there are different formulae, different underlying assumptions, and what the impact of choice of formula is on the calculated sample size. The aim of this study was to discus...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.10.008
更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a self-report version of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST-SR). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:The HOME FAST-SR was designed using expert review, pretesting and piloting. Agreement of self-reported home hazard ratings and ratings by health professionals was evaluated using the kapp...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.013
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore user perspectives on applying the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) to systematic reviews of complex interventions. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:Thirty-three authors of recent (2013 onward) systematic reviews were contacted regarding their perspectives on using...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.09.010
更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A prospective study on the effects of occupational and individual factors on neck trouble was carried out among 1832 men representing static work with whole-body vibration (machine operators), dynamic physical work (construction carpenters) and sedentary work (office workers). Neck trouble and occupational and individ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(94)90085-x
更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate meta-analyses with trial sequential analysis (TSA). TSA adjusts for random error risk and provides the required number of participants (information size) in a meta-analysis. Meta-analyses not reaching information size are analyzed with trial sequential monitoring boundaries analogous to interim m...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.10.007
更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no population-based prospective study concerning the relation between serum albumin and mortality in a non-Western population, and few previous studies included the subgroup analysis stratified by serum cholesterol level. METHODS:A 13.7-year cohort study was conducted on 6,957 males and females age...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.02.019
更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:A comprehensive picture of population health status can be captured by the incorporation of patient-reported outcome measures into population health monitoring. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to identify the current state, opportunities, and future research related to the utilization of patient-reported...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.018
更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore designs for evaluating the prognostic and predictive value of medical tests and their effect on patient outcome. STUDY DESIGN:Theoretical analysis with examples from the medical literature. RESULTS:For evaluating the prognostic value of a test, one can include the test at baseline in prognostic s...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.06.017
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Differential recall between compared groups is discussed most often in the context of case-control studies. Cases, compared to controls, are suspected of providing a more complete report of their true exposure to an hypothesized risk factor, thereby biasing upwards the estimate of its effect. The present paper describ...
journal_title：Journal of clinical epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0895-4356(90)90100-4
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
