Ausgabe 1/2007
Inhalt (53 Artikel)
Development, feasibility and performance of a health risk appraisal questionnaire for older persons
Andreas E Stuck, Kalpa Kharicha, Ulrike Dapp, Jennifer Anders, Wolfgang von Renteln-Kruse, Hans Peter Meier-Baumgartner, Danielle Harari, Cameron G Swift, Katja Ivanova, Matthias Egger, Gerhard Gillmann, Jerilyn Higa, John C Beck, Steve Iliffe
The PRO-AGE study: an international randomised controlled study of health risk appraisal for older persons based in general practice
Andreas E Stuck, Kalpa Kharicha, Ulrike Dapp, Jennifer Anders, Wolfgang von Renteln-Kruse, Hans Peter Meier-Baumgartner, Steve Iliffe, Danielle Harari, Martin D Bachmann, Matthias Egger, Gerhard Gillmann, John C Beck, Cameron G Swift
Bivariate random-effects meta-analysis and the estimation of between-study correlation
Richard D Riley, Keith R Abrams, Alexander J Sutton, Paul C Lambert, John R Thompson
Worked examples of alternative methods for the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research in systematic reviews
Patricia J Lucas, Janis Baird, Lisa Arai, Catherine Law, Helen M Roberts
Inclusion of zero total event trials in meta-analyses maintains analytic consistency and incorporates all available data
Jan O Friedrich, Neill KJ Adhikari, Joseph Beyene
Demographic and occupational predictors of early response to a mailed invitation to enroll in a longitudinal health study
Jean-Paul Chretien, Laura K Chu, Tyler C Smith, Besa Smith, Margaret AK Ryan
Researching complementary and alternative treatments – the gatekeepers are not at home
Vinjar Fønnebø, Sameline Grimsgaard, Harald Walach, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Arne Johan Norheim, Hugh MacPherson, George Lewith, Laila Launsø, Mary Koithan, Torkel Falkenberg, Heather Boon, Mikel Aickin
Selective attrition and bias in a longitudinal health survey among survivors of a disaster
Bellis van den Berg, Peter van der Velden, Rebecca Stellato, Linda Grievink
A cautionary note regarding count models of alcohol consumption in randomized controlled trials
Nicholas J Horton, Eugenia Kim, Richard Saitz
Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
Beverley J Shea, Jeremy M Grimshaw, George A Wells, Maarten Boers, Neil Andersson, Candyce Hamel, Ashley C Porter, Peter Tugwell, David Moher, Lex M Bouter
Selection bias: neighbourhood controls and controls selected from those presenting to a Health Unit in a case control study of efficacy of BCG revaccination
Odimariles MS Dantas, Ricardo AA Ximenes, Maria de Fatima PM de Albuquerque, Ulisses R Montarroyos, Wayner V de Souza, Patrícia Varejão, Laura C Rodrigues
Improving response rates using a monetary incentive for patient completion of questionnaires: an observational study
Stephen D Brealey, Christine Atwell, Stirling Bryan, Simon Coulton, Helen Cox, Ben Cross, Fiona Fylan, Andrew Garratt, Fiona J Gilbert, Maureen GC Gillan, Maggie Hendry, Kerenza Hood, Helen Houston, David King, Veronica Morton, Jo Orchard, Michael Robling, Ian T Russell, David Torgerson, Valerie Wadsworth, Clare Wilkinson
Factors affecting study efficiency and item non-response in health surveys in developing countries: the Jamaica national healthy lifestyle survey
Rainford Wilks, Novie Younger, Jasneth Mullings, Namvar Zohoori, Peter Figueroa, Marshall Tulloch-Reid, Trevor Ferguson, Christine Walters, Franklyn Bennett, Terrence Forrester, Elizabeth Ward, Deanna Ashley
Methodological standards in non-inferiority AIDS trials: moving from adherence to compliance: Response
Frank van Leth, Ferdinand W Wit, Joep M Lange
Recruitment and retention in a multicentre randomised controlled trial in Bell's palsy: A case study
Brian McKinstry, Victoria Hammersley, Fergus Daly, Frank Sullivan
Pragmatic trials in primary care. Methodological challenges and solutions demonstrated by the DIAMOND-study
Gerdine AJ Fransen, Corine J van Marrewijk, Suhreta Mujakovic, Jean WM Muris, Robert JF Laheij, Mattijs E Numans, Niek J de Wit, Melvin Samsom, Jan BMJ Jansen, J André Knottnerus
Relation between body mass index and depression: a structural equation modeling approach
Alina Dragan, Noori Akhtar-Danesh
Assessing differential attrition in clinical trials: self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation and type II diabetes
Carl Heneghan, Rafael Perera, Alison Ward A, David Fitzmaurice, Emma Meats, Paul Glasziou
Questionnaire discrimination: (re)-introducing coefficient δ
Matthew Hankins
Developing algorithms for healthcare insurers to systematically monitor surgical site infection rates
Susan S Huang, James M Livingston, Nigel SB Rawson, Steven Schmaltz, Richard Platt
Copula based prediction models: an application to an aortic regurgitation study
Pranesh Kumar, Mohamed M Shoukri
Predictors of locating women six to eight years after contact: internet resources at recruitment may help to improve response rates in longitudinal research
Suzanne M Cadarette, Leigh Dickson, Monique AM Gignac, Dorcas E Beaton, Susan B Jaglal, Gillian A Hawker
Automated inter-rater reliability assessment and electronic data collection in a multi-center breast cancer study
Soe Soe Thwin, Kerri M Clough-Gorr, Maribet C McCarty, Timothy L Lash, Sharon H Alford, Diana SM Buist, Shelley M Enger, Terry S Field, Floyd Frost, Feifei Wei, Rebecca A Silliman
The impact of disease-related impairments on disability and health-related quality of life: a systematic review
Nadine Weisscher, Rob J de Haan, Marinus Vermeulen
Do intrauterine or genetic influences explain the foetal origins of chronic disease? A novel experimental method for disentangling effects
Anita Thapar, Gordon Harold, Frances Rice, XiaoJia Ge, Jacky Boivin, Dale Hay, Marianne van den Bree, Allyson Lewis
Comparison of two different physical activity monitors
David R Paul, Matthew Kramer, Alanna J Moshfegh, David J Baer, William V Rumpler
A randomized trial of mailed questionnaires versus telephone interviews: Response patterns in a survey
Helene Feveile, Ole Olsen, Annie Hogh
Developing search strategies for clinical practice guidelines in SUMSearch and Google Scholar and assessing their retrieval performance
Andrea Haase, Markus Follmann, Guido Skipka, Hanna Kirchner
Use of hierarchical models to evaluate performance of cardiac surgery centres in the Italian CABG outcome study
Paola D'Errigo, Maria E Tosti, Danilo Fusco, Carlo A Perucci, Fulvia Seccareccia
The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial
Rob McCarney, James Warner, Steve Iliffe, Robbert van Haselen, Mark Griffin, Peter Fisher
Online genetic databases informing human genome epidemiology
Angela J Frodsham, Julian PT Higgins
Systematic reviews of adverse effects: framework for a structured approach
Yoon K Loke, Deirdre Price, Andrew Herxheimer
Variable selection under multiple imputation using the bootstrap in a prognostic study
Martijn W Heymans, Stef van Buuren, Dirk L Knol, Willem van Mechelen, Henrica CW de Vet
A simulation study of sample size for multilevel logistic regression models
Rahim Moineddin, Flora I Matheson, Richard H Glazier
The reporting of statistics in medical educational studies: an observational study
Norman A Desbiens
Visual inspection with acetic acid as a cervical cancer test: accuracy validated using latent class analysis
Lynne Gaffikin, John A McGrath, Marc Arbyn, Paul D Blumenthal
Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-Bref: experience with Sudanese general population and psychiatric samples
Jude U Ohaeri, Abdel W Awadalla, Abdul-Hamid M El-Abassi, Anila Jacob
A predictive Bayesian approach to risk analysis in health care
Terje Aven, Karianne Eidesen
Comparison of Bayesian and frequentist approaches in modelling risk of preterm birth near the Sydney Tar Ponds, Nova Scotia, Canada
Afisi S Ismaila, Angelo Canty, Lehana Thabane
A systematic comparison of software dedicated to meta-analysis of causal studies
Leon Bax, Ly-Mee Yu, Noriaki Ikeda, Karel GM Moons
Measurement error adjustment in essential fatty acid intake from a food frequency questionnaire: alternative approaches and methods
May A Beydoun, Jay S Kaufman, Joseph Ibrahim, Jessie A Satia, Gerardo Heiss
Recruiting and retaining GPs and patients in intervention studies: the DEPS-GP project as a case study
Michelle K Williamson, Jane Pirkis, Jon J Pfaff, Orla Tyson, Moira Sim, Ngaire Kerse, Nicola T Lautenschlager, Nigel P Stocks, Osvaldo P Almeida
Optimising reproductive and child health outcomes by building evidence-based research and practice in South East Asia (SEA-ORCHID): study protocol
David J Henderson-Smart, Pisake Lumbiganon, Mario R Festin, Jacqueline J Ho, Hakimi Mohammad, Steve J McDonald, Sally Green, Caroline A Crowther
What do the JAMA editors say when they discuss manuscripts that they are considering for publication? Developing a schema for classifying the content of editorial discussion
Kay Dickersin, Elizabeth Ssemanda, Catherine Mansell, Drummond Rennie
The impact of nonlinear exposure-risk relationships on seasonal time-series data: modelling Danish neonatal birth anthropometric data
John McGrath, Adrian Barnett, Darryl Eyles, Thomas Burne, Carsten B Pedersen, Preben Bo Mortensen
The CUSUM chart method as a tool for continuous monitoring of clinical outcomes using routinely collected data
Thabani Sibanda, Nokuthaba Sibanda
Program design features that can improve participation in health education interventions
Enza Gucciardi, Jill I Cameron, Chen Di Liao, Alison Palmer, Donna E Stewart
Do health technology assessments comply with QUOROM diagram guidance? An empirical study
Daniel Hind, Andrew Booth
Randomised controlled comparison of the Health Survey Short Form (SF-12) and the Graded Chronic Pain Scale (GCPS) in telephone interviews versus self-administered questionnaires. Are the results equivalent?
Margitta Lungenhausen, Stefan Lange, Christoph Maier, Claudia Schaub, Hans J Trampisch, Heinz G Endres
How many mailouts? Could attempts to increase the response rate in the Iraq war cohort study be counterproductive?
A Rosemary Tate, Margaret Jones, Lisa Hull, Nicola T Fear, Roberto Rona, Simon Wessely, Matthew Hotopf
An exploration of the use of simple statistics to measure consensus and stability in Delphi studies
Elizabeth A Holey, Jennifer L Feeley, John Dixon, Vicki J Whittaker
A new approach of nonparametric estimation of incidence and lifetime risk based on birth rates and incident events
Henrik Støvring, Mei-Cheng Wang