Longitudinal study of outcome of chronic fatigue syndrome.

abstract：:Preparing a review entails many judgments. The focus of the review must be decided. Studies that are relevant to the focus of the review must be identified, selected for inclusion and critically appraised. Information must be collected and synthesised from the relevant studies, and conclusions must be drawn. Checklist...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Oxman AD

更新日期：1994-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the acceptability of screening newborn boys for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. DESIGN:Screening is offered on the basis of informed consent in response to an information sheet entitled "A new test for baby boys--Do you want it?" The programme includes a prospective long term evaluation of family res...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Bradley DM,Parsons EP,Clarke AJ

更新日期：1993-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the processes involved in and impact of mergers between NHS trusts, including the effect on management costs. DESIGN:Cross sectional study involving in depth interviews and documentary analysis; case study to compare savings in management costs between case trusts and control trusts. SETTING:Nine t...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Fulop N,Protopsaltis G,Hutchings A,King A,Allen P,Normand C,Walters R

更新日期：2002-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare neonatal mortality and morbidity in term infants presenting by the breech and delivered vaginally or by caesarean section. DESIGN:Population based comparison of outcomes. Data derived from the St Mary's maternity information system. SETTING:North West Thames Regional Health Authority, 1988-90. S...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Thorpe-Beeston JG,Banfield PJ,Saunders NJ

更新日期：1992-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of Stepping Stones, a HIV prevention programme, on incidence of HIV and herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2) and sexual behaviour. DESIGN:Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:70 villages (clusters) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. PARTICIPANTS:1360 men and 1416 women aged...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Jewkes R,Nduna M,Levin J,Jama N,Dunkle K,Puren A,Duvvury N

更新日期：2008-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the effect of brief behavioural counselling in general practice on patients' consumption of fruit and vegetables in adults from a low income population. DESIGN:Parallel group randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Primary health centre in a deprived, ethnically mixed inner city area. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Steptoe A,Perkins-Porras L,McKay C,Rink E,Hilton S,Cappuccio FP

更新日期：2003-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the validity, reliability, and acceptability of the short form 36 (SF 36) health survey questionnaire (a shortened version of a battery of 149 health status questions) as a measure of patient outcome in a broad sample of patients suffering from four common clinical conditions. DESIGN:Postal questio...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Garratt AM,Ruta DA,Abdalla MI,Buckingham JK,Russell IT

更新日期：1993-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and explore parents' concerns when young children become acutely ill. DESIGN:Qualitative study making use of semi-structured one to one and group interviews with parents of preschool children. SETTING:Disadvantaged inner city community. SUBJECTS:95 parents of preschool children. RESULTS:Fever,...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Kai J

更新日期：1996-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether being overweight in childhood increases adult obesity and risk of disease. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:City of Newcastle upon Tyne. PARTICIPANTS:932 members of thousand families 1947 birth cohort, of whom 412 attended for clinical examination age 50. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wright CM,Parker L,Lamont D,Craft AW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide counter evidence to existing literature on healer shopping in Africa through a systematic analysis of illness practices by Ghanaians with diabetes; to outline approaches towards improving patient centred health care and policy development regarding diabetes in Ghana. DESIGN:Longitudinal qualitati...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： de-Graft Aikins A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the psychosocial factors associated with consultation for low back pain. DESIGN:Two phase cross sectional postal survey. SETTING:Bradford Metropolitan Health District. SUBJECTS:1813 adults responding to the phase 1 questionnaire. 540 of the 782 with an episode of low back pain in the past 12...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Waxman R,Tennant A,Helliwell P

更新日期：1998-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the intervention of a physiotherapist improved mobility in patients seen more than one year after stroke. DESIGN:Randomised crossover trial comparing two groups offered intervention by a physiotherapist, one immediately after entry into the trial and the other after a delay of three mont...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Wade DT,Collen FM,Robb GF,Warlow CP

更新日期：1992-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was performed to assess whether the existing differential capitation fees for general practitioners accurately assess differential workloads. Data from the third morbidity study in general practice were used to compare capitation fees with relative workload in differing age and sex groups. The population mix w...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Fleming DM

更新日期：1988-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To calculate socioeconomic and health status measures for the primary care groups in London and to examine the association between these measures and hospital admission rates. DESIGN:Cross sectional study. SETTING:66 primary care groups in London, total list size 8.0 million people. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Majeed A,Bardsley M,Morgan D,O'Sullivan C,Bindman AB

更新日期：2000-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the comparative importance of environment and genes in the development of islet cell autoimmunity associated with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. DESIGN:Population based study of diabetic twins. SETTING:Danish population. SUBJECTS:18 monozygotic and 36 dizygotic twin pairs with one or both pa...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Petersen JS,Kyvik KO,Bingley PJ,Gale EA,Green A,Dyrberg T,Beck-Nielsen H

更新日期：1997-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation between energy intake in childhood and adult mortality from cancer. STUDY DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:16 rural and urban centres in England and Scotland. SUBJECTS:3834 people who took part in Lord Boyd Orr's Carnegie survey of family diet and health in prewar Britain between 1937 a...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Frankel S,Gunnell DJ,Peters TJ,Maynard M,Davey Smith G

更新日期：1998-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection on future development of ischaemic heart disease and mortality. DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal study. SETTING:Caerphilly, South Wales. SUBJECTS:Plasma specimens were collected during 1979-83 from 1773 men aged 45-59 years. These were tested for ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Strachan DP,Carrington D,Mendall MA,Ballam L,Morris J,Butland BK,Sweetnam PM,Elwood PC

更新日期：1999-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether a drug review and symptom self management and lifestyle advice intervention by community pharmacists could reduce hospital admissions or mortality in heart failure patients. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Home based intervention in heart failure patients. PARTICIPANTS:293 patie...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Holland R,Brooksby I,Lenaghan E,Ashton K,Hay L,Smith R,Shepstone L,Lipp A,Daly C,Howe A,Hall R,Harvey I

更新日期：2007-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the clinical and cost effectiveness of total hip arthroplasty with resurfacing arthroplasty in patients with severe arthritis of the hip. DESIGN:Single centre, two arm, parallel group, assessor blinded, randomised controlled trial with 1:1 treatment allocation. SETTING:One large teaching hospita...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Costa ML,Achten J,Parsons NR,Edlin RP,Foguet P,Prakash U,Griffin DR,Young Adult Hip Arthroplasty Team.

更新日期：2012-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effectiveness of post-diagnosis dementia treatment and coordination of care by memory clinics compared with general practitioners. DESIGN:Multicentre randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Nine memory clinics and 159 general practitioners in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS:175 patients with a ne...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Meeuwsen EJ,Melis RJ,Van Der Aa GC,Golüke-Willemse GA,De Leest BJ,Van Raak FH,Schölzel-Dorenbos CJ,Verheijen DC,Verhey FR,Visser MC,Wolfs CA,Adang EM,Olde Rikkert MG

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine period trends in the rate of suicide in the first 28 days after discharge from psychiatric hospital. DESIGN:Cohort study of patients discharged from psychiatric hospital. SETTING:Scotland. SUBJECTS:All patients aged 15-84 who were discharged from Scottish psychiatric hospitals during 1968 to 199...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Geddes JR,Juszczak E

更新日期：1995-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between treatment induced change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and total death, coronary heart disease death, and coronary heart disease events (coronary heart disease death and non-fatal myocardial infarction) adjusted for changes in low density lipoprotein cholestero...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Briel M,Ferreira-Gonzalez I,You JJ,Karanicolas PJ,Akl EA,Wu P,Blechacz B,Bassler D,Wei X,Sharman A,Whitt I,Alves da Silva S,Khalid Z,Nordmann AJ,Zhou Q,Walter SD,Vale N,Bhatnagar N,O'Regan C,Mills EJ,Bucher HC,M

更新日期：2009-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between maternal overweight and obesity and infant mortality outcomes, including cause-specific mortality. DESIGN:Population based cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:1,857,822 live single births in Sweden 1992-2010. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Associations between maternal body ma...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Johansson S,Villamor E,Altman M,Bonamy AK,Granath F,Cnattingius S

更新日期：2014-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the evidence base from randomised controlled trials of combined cardiac resynchronisation therapy and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in left ventricular impairment and symptomatic heart failure. DESIGN:Bayesian network meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:Medline, Embase, and Cochrane datab...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lam SK,Owen A

更新日期：2007-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of two mechanical methods of blood conservation in reducing the need for allogeneic red blood cells or coagulation products during cardiac surgery. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Regional cardiac centre in a teaching hospital in Southampton. PARTICIPANTS:263 adults ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： McGill N,O'Shaughnessy D,Pickering R,Herbertson M,Gill R

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of construction of microdams on the incidence of malaria in nearby communities in terms of possibly increasing peak incidence and prolonging transmission. DESIGN:Four quarterly cycles of malaria incidence surveys, each taking 30 days, undertaken in eight at risk communities close to dams...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Ghebreyesus TA,Haile M,Witten KH,Getachew A,Yohannes AM,Yohannes M,Teklehaimanot HD,Lindsay SW,Byass P

更新日期：1999-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence of both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in an area of predominantly Asian population the Coventry diabetes study is carrying out house to house screening for diabetes in people aged 20 and over in Foleshill, Coventry. In the first five of 12 areas to be studied 2130 of 2283 Asian (...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Simmons D,Williams DR,Powell MJ

更新日期：1989-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the risk of cerebral thromboembolism in women using low dose oral contraceptives. DESIGN:A retrospective case-control study. SETTING:All Danish medical, neurological, neurosurgical, and gynaecological departments. SUBJECTS:All 794 women in Denmark aged 15-44 who had suffered a cerebral thromboemb...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Lidegaard O

更新日期：1993-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the circumstances since the 1950s in which people who were attracted to members of the same sex received treatments to change their sexual orientation, the referral pathway and the process of therapy, and its aftermath. DESIGN:A nationwide study based on qualitative interviews. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Smith G,Bartlett A,King M

更新日期：2004-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the effectiveness of an evidence based model for management of depression in primary care with support from quality improvement resources. DESIGN:Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:Five healthcare organisations in the United States and 60 affiliated practices. PATIENTS:405 patients, aged ...

journal_title：BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

authors： Dietrich AJ,Oxman TE,Williams JW Jr,Schulberg HC,Bruce ML,Lee PW,Barry S,Raue PJ,Lefever JJ,Heo M,Rost K,Kroenke K,Gerrity M,Nutting PA

更新日期：2004-09-11 00:00:00