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BMC Medical Research Methodology

Ausgabe 1/2018

Inhalt (180 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Evaluating screening approaches for hepatocellular carcinoma in a cohort of HCV related cirrhosis patients from the Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System

Nabihah Tayob, Peter Richardson, Donna L. White, Xiaoying Yu, Jessica A. Davila, Fasiha Kanwal, Ziding Feng, Hashem B. El-Serag

Open Access Technical advance

A systematic comparison of recurrent event models for application to composite endpoints

Ann-Kathrin Ozga, Meinhard Kieser, Geraldine Rauch

Open Access Research article

Effects of pre-notification, invitation length, questionnaire length and reminder on participation rate: a quasi-randomised controlled trial

Marie Koitsalu, Martin Eklund, Jan Adolfsson, Henrik Grönberg, Yvonne Brandberg

Open Access Correspondence

What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences

Zachary Munn, Cindy Stern, Edoardo Aromataris, Craig Lockwood, Zoe Jordan

Open Access Research article

Comparison of nuisance parameters in pediatric versus adult randomized trials: a meta-epidemiologic empirical evaluation

Ben Vandermeer, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Marijke C. Jansen-van der Weide, Stephanie S. Weinreich, Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Dirk Bassler, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Lisa Askie, Haroon Saloojee, Paola Baiardi, Susan S. Ellenberg, Johanna H. van der Lee

Open Access Research article

A multiple imputation method based on weighted quantile regression models for longitudinal censored biomarker data with missing values at early visits

MinJae Lee, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Matthew Brown, Lianne Gensler, Michael Weisman, Laura Diekman, John D. Reveille

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of comparisons between protocols or registrations and full reports in primary biomedical research

Guowei Li, Luciana P. F. Abbade, Ikunna Nwosu, Yanling Jin, Alvin Leenus, Muhammad Maaz, Mei Wang, Meha Bhatt, Laura Zielinski, Nitika Sanger, Bianca Bantoto, Candice Luo, Ieta Shams, Hamnah Shahid, Yaping Chang, Guangwen Sun, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Zainab Samaan, Mitchell A. H. Levine, Jonathan D. Adachi, Lehana Thabane

Open Access Research article

Reporting of heterogeneity of treatment effect in cohort studies: a review of the literature

Meryl Dahan, Caroline Scemama, Raphael Porcher, David J. Biau

Open Access Research article

Development and validation of self-reported line drawings of the modified Beighton score for the assessment of generalised joint hypermobility

Dale J. Cooper, Brigitte E. Scammell, Mark E. Batt, Debbie Palmer

Open Access Debate

Getting messier with TIDieR: embracing context and complexity in intervention reporting

Sarah Cotterill, Sarah Knowles, Anne-Marie Martindale, Rebecca Elvey, Susan Howard, Nia Coupe, Paul Wilson, Michael Spence

Open Access Technical advance

Assessing the effect of a partly unobserved, exogenous, binary time-dependent covariate on survival probabilities using generalised pseudo-values

Ulrike Pötschger, Harald Heinzl, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Martina Mittlböck

Open Access Research article

Studying medical communication with video vignettes: a randomized study on how variations in video-vignette introduction format and camera focus influence analogue patients’ engagement

Leonie N. C. Visser, Nadine Bol, Marij A. Hillen, Mathilde G. E. Verdam, Hanneke C. J. M. de Haes, Julia C. M. van Weert, Ellen M. A. Smets

Open Access Research article

Defeat and entrapment: more than meets the eye? Applying network analysis to estimate dimensions of highly correlated constructs

Thomas Forkmann, Tobias Teismann, Jana-Sophie Stenzel, Heide Glaesmer, Derek de Beurs

Open Access Research article

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the english version of the trier inventory for chronic stress (TICS-E)

Katja Petrowski, Sören Kliem, Michael Sadler, Alicia E. Meuret, Thomas Ritz, Elmar Brähler

Open Access Research article

Using an onset-anchored Bayesian hierarchical model to improve predictions for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease progression

Alex G. Karanevich, Jeffrey M. Statland, Byron J. Gajewski, Jianghua He

Open Access Research article

Value of information methods to design a clinical trial in a small population to optimise a health economic utility function

Michael Pearce, Siew Wan Hee, Jason Madan, Martin Posch, Simon Day, Frank Miller, Sarah Zohar, Nigel Stallard

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Multiple Score Comparison: a network meta-analysis approach to comparison and external validation of prognostic scores

Sarah R. Haile, Beniamino Guerra, Joan B. Soriano, Milo A. Puhan

Open Access Research article

The management of children with bronchiolitis in the Australasian hospital setting: development of a clinical practice guideline

Sharon O’Brien, Sally Wilson, Fenella J. Gill, Elizabeth Cotterell, Meredith L Borland, Edward Oakley, Stuart R Dalziel

Open Access Research article

Advantages of a multi-state approach in surgical research: how intermediate events and risk factor profile affect the prognosis of a patient with locally advanced rectal cancer

G. Manzini, T. J. Ettrich, M. Kremer, M. Kornmann, D. Henne-Bruns, D. A. Eikema, P. Schlattmann, L. C. de Wreede

Open Access Research article

DeepSurv: personalized treatment recommender system using a Cox proportional hazards deep neural network

Jared L. Katzman, Uri Shaham, Alexander Cloninger, Jonathan Bates, Tingting Jiang, Yuval Kluger

Open Access Research article

Dealing with missing standard deviation and mean values in meta-analysis of continuous outcomes: a systematic review

Christopher J. Weir, Isabella Butcher, Valentina Assi, Stephanie C. Lewis, Gordon D. Murray, Peter Langhorne, Marian C. Brady

Open Access Research article

Pragmatism in practice: lessons learned during screening and enrollment for a randomised controlled trial in rural northern Ethiopia

Meseret Molla, Henok Negussie, Moses Ngari, Esther Kivaya, Patricia Njuguna, Fikre Enqueselassie, James A. Berkley, Gail Davey

Open Access Research article

An application of restricted mean survival time in a competing risks setting: comparing time to ART initiation by injection drug use

Keri L. Calkins, Chelsea E. Canan, Richard D. Moore, Catherine R. Lesko, Bryan Lau

Open Access Research article

Psychometric properties and population norms of the positive mental health instrument in a representative multi-ethnic Asian population

Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Mythily Subramaniam, Linda Wei Lin Tan, Edimansyah Abdin, Wei Yen Lim, Hwee Lin Wee, Siow Ann Chong, Rob Martinus van Dam

Open Access Research article

Quality assessment of systematic reviews on total hip or knee arthroplasty using mod-AMSTAR

Xinyu Wu, Huan Sun, Xiaoqin Zhou, Ji Wang, Jing Li

Open Access Research article

Using bundle embeddings to predict daily cortisol levels in human subjects

Roelof B. Toonen, Klaas J. Wardenaar, Elisabeth H. Bos, Sonja L. van Ockenburg, Peter de Jonge

Open Access Research article

Sample size determination for mediation analysis of longitudinal data

Haitao Pan, Suyu Liu, Danmin Miao, Ying Yuan

Open Access Correction

Correction to: joint models for longitudinal and time-to-event data: a review of reporting quality with a view to meta-analysis

Maria Sudell, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Catrin Tudur-Smith

Open Access Debate

Writing a discussion section: how to integrate substantive and statistical expertise

Michael Höfler, John Venz, Sebastian Trautmann, Robert Miller

Open Access Research article

Nature and reporting characteristics of UK health technology assessment systematic reviews

Christopher Carroll, Eva Kaltenthaler

Open Access Research article

Colliding ideals – an interview study of how intervention researchers address adherence and adaptations in replication studies

Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrika Förberg, Knut Sundell, Henna Hasson

Open Access Research article

Comparison of methodological quality rating of systematic reviews on neuropathic pain using AMSTAR and R-AMSTAR

Svjetlana Dosenovic, Antonia Jelicic Kadic, Katarina Vucic, Nikolina Markovina, Dawid Pieper, Livia Puljak

Open Access Research article

Measuring colorectal cancer incidence: the performance of an algorithm using administrative health data

Mamadou Diop, Erin C. Strumpf, Geetanjali D. Datta

Open Access Research article

Validating the use of veterans affairs tobacco health factors for assessing change in smoking status: accuracy, availability, and approach

Anne C. Melzer, Erika A. Pinsker, Barbara Clothier, Siamak Noorbaloochi, Diana J. Burgess, Elisheva R. Danan, Steven S. Fu

Open Access Research article

Simulation-based power calculations for planning a two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis

Joie Ensor, Danielle L. Burke, Kym I. E. Snell, Karla Hemming, Richard D. Riley

Open Access Research article

Influence of blinding on treatment effect size estimate in randomized controlled trials of oral health interventions

Humam Saltaji, Susan Armijo-Olivo, Greta G. Cummings, Maryam Amin, Bruno R. da Costa, Carlos Flores-Mir

Open Access Research article

Validation of verbal autopsy methods using hospital medical records: a case study in Vietnam

Hong Thi Tran, Hoa Phuong Nguyen, Sue M. Walker, Peter S. Hill, Chalapati Rao

Open Access Research article

Methods to systematically review and meta-analyse observational studies: a systematic scoping review of recommendations

Monika Mueller, Maddalena D’Addario, Matthias Egger, Myriam Cevallos, Olaf Dekkers, Catrina Mugglin, Pippa Scott

Open Access Research article

List randomization for eliciting HIV status and sexual behaviors in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a randomized experiment using known true values for validation

Noah Haber, Guy Harling, Jessica Cohen, Tinofa Mutevedzi, Frank Tanser, Dickman Gareta, Kobus Herbst, Deenan Pillay, Till Bärnighausen, Günther Fink

Open Access Debate

Analysis of randomised trials with long-term follow-up

Robert D. Herbert, Jessica Kasza, Kari Bø

Open Access Research article

Bias due to censoring of deaths when calculating extra length of stay for patients acquiring a hospital infection

Shahina Rahman, Maja von Cube, Martin Schumacher, Martin Wolkewitz

Open Access Software

joineRML: a joint model and software package for time-to-event and multivariate longitudinal outcomes

Graeme L. Hickey, Pete Philipson, Andrea Jorgensen, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona

Open Access Research article

Rapid response in health technology assessment: a Delphi study for a Brazilian guideline

Marcus Tolentino Silva, Everton Nunes da Silva, Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto

Open Access Research article

Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review of model-based analyses

Rodolfo Castro, Louise Crathorne, Hugo Perazzo, Julio Silva, Chris Cooper, Jo Varley-Campbell, Daniel Savignon Marinho, Marcela Haasova, Valdilea G. Veloso, Rob Anderson, Chris Hyde

Open Access Research article

Outlier classification performance of risk adjustment methods when profiling multiple providers

Timo B. Brakenhoff, Kit C. B. Roes, Karel G. M. Moons, Rolf H. H. Groenwold

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with missed assessments in a 2-year longitudinal study of acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors

Sara E. Heins, Amy W. Wozniak, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Kristin A. Sepulveda, Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, Cheryl Dennison-Himmelfarb, Dale M. Needham, Victor D. Dinglas

Open Access Research article

How is AMSTAR applied by authors – a call for better reporting

Dawid Pieper, Nadja Koensgen, Jessica Breuing, Long Ge, Uta Wegewitz

Open Access Research article

Modelling memory decay after injuries using household survey data from Khartoum State, Sudan

Ivar Heuch, Safa Abdalla, Sally El Tayeb

Open Access Research article

Comparison of response rates on invitation mode of a web-based survey on influenza vaccine adverse events among healthcare workers: a pilot study

Xiaochen Tai, Alanna M. Smith, Allison J. McGeer, Eve Dubé, Dorothy Linn Holness, Kevin Katz, Linda McGillis Hall, Shelly A. McNeil, Jeff Powis, Brenda L. Coleman

Open Access Research article

Modelling attrition and nonparticipation in a longitudinal study of prostate cancer

Samantha Spiers, Evrim Oral, Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, Edward S. Peters, James L. Mohler, Jeannette T. Bensen, Christine S. Brennan

Open Access Research article

Instrumental variable analysis in the context of dichotomous outcome and exposure with a numerical experiment in pharmacoepidemiology

Babagnidé François Koladjo, Sylvie Escolano, Pascale Tubert-Bitter

Open Access Research article

A preference-based item response theory model to measure health: concept and mathematics of the multi-attribute preference response model

Catharina G. M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Edwin R. van den Heuvel, Paul F. M. Krabbe

Open Access Research article

Estimation of delay to diagnosis and incidence in HIV using indirect evidence of infection dates

Oliver T. Stirrup, David T. Dunn

Open Access Research article

The use of single armed observational data to closing the gap in otherwise disconnected evidence networks: a network meta-analysis in multiple myeloma

Susanne Schmitz, Áine Maguire, James Morris, Kai Ruggeri, Elisa Haller, Isla Kuhn, Joy Leahy, Natalia Homer, Ayesha Khan, Jack Bowden, Vanessa Buchanan, Michael O’Dwyer, Gordon Cook, Cathal Walsh

Open Access Research article

Estimating causal effects of time-dependent exposures on a binary endpoint in a high-dimensional setting

Vahé Asvatourian, Clélia Coutzac, Nathalie Chaput, Caroline Robert, Stefan Michiels, Emilie Lanoy

Open Access Research article

Community Assessment of COPD Health Care (COACH) study: a clinical audit on primary care performance variability in COPD care

María Abad-Arranz, Ana Moran-Rodríguez, Enrique Mascarós Balaguer, Carmen Quintana Velasco, Laura Abad Polo, Sara Núñez Palomo, Jaime Gonzálvez Rey, Ana María Fernández Vargas, Antonio Hidalgo Requena, Jose Manuel Helguera Quevedo, Marina García Pardo, Jose Luis Lopez-Campos, Jose Luis Lopez-Campos, Ana Morán Rodríguez, Enrique Mascarós Balaguer, María Abad Arranz, Ana M. Fernández Vargas, Antonio Hidalgo Requena, José Manuel Helguera Quevedo, Sara Núñez Palomo, Ana María Fernández Vargas, Beatriz Elorza Maza, Cristina Pulido Vázquez, Eloy de Haro Muñoz, Enrique Pérez Ortiz, Fernando López Verde, Francisco José Guirado Hidalgo, Irene Martínez Ríos, Jose María Lopez López, Juan Antonio Lara González, Juan Carlos Navarro González, Manolo Del Rey Pérez, Manuel Resa Alcalá, Ramon Nicolas Franco Reins, Raúl Rabaneda Bueno, José Galván Espinosa, José Miguel Cerón, Antonio Núñez Montenegro, Eugenio Contreras, Andra Crisán, Bárbara Quevedo Benyto, Beatriz Sanchís Yago, Carmen Quintana Velasco, Clara Cañardo Alastuey, Clara Lanuzzelli Barroso, Clara López Mas, Daniel Rubio Castro, Laura Abad Polo, Marina García Pardo, Arancha Rojo Calderón, Carmen Toca Incera, Esperanza Rueda Alonso, Helena Bermejo Ruiz, Juan Carlos López Caro, Luis Sainz de Rozas Arpide, María Jesús Fernández Lerones, Jaime Gonzálvez Rey, Gabriel Romero de Ávila Cabezón, Carlos Chapela Villa, Ruth Otero González, Jose Ramón Parada Jorgal, Irene Valle González, Maite Espantoso Romero, Susana Friande Pereira, Alejandra Montero Costa, Alicia Jorge Formariz, Ana Isabel Hernández Regalado, Ana Maria Rey López, Ángel Alonso Val, Ángel Luis Laguna, Ángel Quijada Monso, Ángeles Casado Aguado, Beata Bordzynska Michalska, Beatriz Orozco Carratalá, Beatriz Solans Aisa, Carmen Mateo Pascual, Carmen Vieira Pascual, Cristina Alvarez Alonso, Cristina García Lombardia, David González Gallardo, Dolores Morata Perelló, Eleonora Valinoti, Elisabet Astorga García, Encarnación Santos Montealegre, Enrique Rodríguez de Mingo, Francisco Sánchez Martín, Gloria Viñas Fernández, Guillermina López Fernández, Itziar Valero Infantes, Jaime Marín Cañada, José Luis Martínez Carrasco, José Ramón Sánchez Picón, Juan Carlos Moreno Fernández, Juan Miguel Pinar Manzanet, Julia Caballer Rodilla, Juncal Martínez Irazusta, Leticia Pérez Esteban, Luis Toledano Rubio, Maria Belén García Benito, Maria Belén Ortega Trompeta, María Cruz Díez Pérez, María Dolores Tuñón Leiva, María José Lougedo Calderón, María Sol Lorenzo Borda, Margarita Jimeno Rodríguez, Maria Carmen Lobón Agúndez, Maria Dolores García Granado, Marta Ruesga Estébanez, Mercedes Adriaá Sanz, Mercedes Capitán Caldas, Mercedes Marinas Barba, Miguel Ángel Delgado  Nicolás, Miriam Sánchez Herraínz, Mirian Sánchez Herráiz, María Belén Martinez Urroz, María del Pino Calderín Morales, Montserrat Uriel Martínez, Norma Doria Carlín, Nuria de la Peña Antón, Paloma López-Hermosa Seseña, Pilar Aranda Arias, Pilar Blanco García, Raquel García Arriola, Raquel Martínez Bernardos, Raquel Sanjurjo Navarro, Raúl de Simón Gutiérrez, Sergio Heras Criado, Sonia Carmon aGranados, Teresa Gómez Rodríguez, Teresa Troyano Rivas

Open Access Research article

Correction for retest effects across repeated measures of cognitive functioning: a longitudinal cohort study of postoperative delirium

Annie M. Racine, Yun Gou, Tamara G. Fong, Edward R. Marcantonio, Eva M. Schmitt, Thomas G. Travison, Sharon K. Inouye, Richard N. Jones

Open Access Research article

Meta-analysis of binary outcomes via generalized linear mixed models: a simulation study

Ilyas Bakbergenuly, Elena Kulinskaya

Open Access Research article

Animal experimental research design in critical care

Justin S. Merkow, Janine M. Hoerauf, Angela F. Moss, Jason Brainard, Lena M. Mayes, Ana Fernandez-Bustamante, Susan K. Mikulich-Gilbertson, Karsten Bartels

Open Access Research article

Towards integrated surveillance of zoonoses: spatiotemporal joint modeling of rodent population data and human tularemia cases in Finland

C. Rotejanaprasert, A. Lawson, H. Rossow, J. Sane, O. Huitu, H. Henttonen, V. J. Del Rio Vilas

Open Access Research article

Development and validation of a MEDLINE search filter/hedge for degenerative cervical myelopathy

Benjamin M. Davies, Samuel Goh, Keonwoo Yi, Isla Kuhn, Mark R. N. Kotter

Open Access Technical advance

The “RCT augmentation”: a novel simulation method to add patient heterogeneity into phase III trials

Helene Karcher, Shuai Fu, Jie Meng, Mikkel Zöllner Ankarfeldt, Orestis Efthimiou, Mark Belger, Josep Maria Haro, Lucien Abenhaim, Clementine Nordon

Open Access Research article

The importance of including aliases in data linkage with vulnerable populations

Holly Tibble, Hsei Di Law, Matthew J. Spittal, Rosemary Karmel, Rohan Borschmann, Katie Hail-Jares, Laura A. Thomas, Stuart A. Kinner

Open Access Research article

Is recession bad for your mental health? The answer could be complex: evidence from the 2008 crisis in Spain

Joaquín Moncho, Pamela Pereyra-Zamora, Nayara Tamayo-Fonseca, Manuel Giron, Manuel Gómez-Beneyto, Andreu Nolasco

Open Access Research article

Simulation shows undesirable results for competing risks analysis with time-dependent covariates for clinical outcomes

Inga Poguntke, Martin Schumacher, Jan Beyersmann, Martin Wolkewitz

Open Access Research article

Self-reported measures in health research for people with intellectual disabilities: an inclusive pilot study on suitability and reliability

Kristel Vlot-van Anrooij, Hilde Tobi, Thessa I. M. Hilgenkamp, Geraline L. Leusink, Jenneken Naaldenberg

Open Access Research article

Bonferroni-Holm and permutation tests to compare health data: methodological and applicative issues

Massimiliano Giacalone, Zirilli Agata, Paolo Carmelo Cozzucoli, Angela Alibrandi

Open Access Research article

A dynamic Bayesian Markov model for health economic evaluations of interventions in infectious disease

Katrin Haeussler, Ardo van den Hout, Gianluca Baio

Open Access Research article

Prediction models for clustered data with informative priors for the random effects: a simulation study

Haifang Ni, Rolf H. H. Groenwold, Mirjam Nielen, Irene Klugkist

Open Access Research article

Self-selection in a population-based cohort study: impact on health service use and survival for bowel and lung cancer assessed using data linkage

Nicola Creighton, Stuart Purdie, Matthew Soeberg, Richard Walton, Deborah Baker, Jane Young

Open Access Debate

Defining the process to literature searching in systematic reviews: a literature review of guidance and supporting studies

Chris Cooper, Andrew Booth, Jo Varley-Campbell, Nicky Britten, Ruth Garside

Open Access Research article

Multiple imputation for patient reported outcome measures in randomised controlled trials: advantages and disadvantages of imputing at the item, subscale or composite score level

Ines Rombach, Alastair M. Gray, Crispin Jenkinson, David W. Murray, Oliver Rivero-Arias

Open Access Research article

How can we get Iraq- and Afghanistan-deployed US Veterans to participate in health-related research? Findings from a national focus group study

Alyson J. Littman, Gala True, Emily Ashmore, Tracy Wellens, Nicholas L. Smith

Open Access Research article

Heckman imputation models for binary or continuous MNAR outcomes and MAR predictors

Jacques-Emmanuel Galimard, Sylvie Chevret, Emmanuel Curis, Matthieu Resche-Rigon

Open Access Research article

Harmonization of delirium severity instruments: a comparison of the DRS-R-98, MDAS, and CAM-S using item response theory

Alden L. Gross, Doug Tommet, Madeline D’Aquila, Eva Schmitt, Edward R. Marcantonio, Benjamin Helfand, Sharon K. Inouye, Richard N. Jones, Sharon K. Inouye, Richard N. Jones, Tamara Fong, Tammy Hshieh, Edward R. Marcantonio, Annie Racine, Eva M. Schmitt, Dena Schulman-Green, Patricia A. Tabloski, Thomas Travison, Tatiana Abrantes, Brett Armstrong, Sylvia Bertrand, Angelee Butters, Madeline D’Aquila, Jacqueline Gallagher, Jennifer Kettell, Jacqueline Nee, Katelyn Parisi, Margaret Vella, Guoquan Xu, Lauren Weiner, Yun Gou, Douglas Tommet, Charles H. Brown, Sevdenur Cizginer, Diane Clark, Joseph H. Flaherty, Anne Gleason, Ann M. Kolanowski, Karen J. Neufeld, Margaret G. O’Connor, Margaret A. Pisani, Thomas Robinson, Joe Verghese, Heidi Wald, Sharon M. Gordon

Open Access Study protocol

The Ottawa SAH search algorithms: protocol for a multi- centre validation study of primary subarachnoid hemorrhage prediction models using health administrative data (the SAHepi prediction study protocol)

S. W. English, L. McIntyre, V. Saigle, M. Chassé, D. A. Fergusson, A. F. Turgeon, F. Lauzier, D. Griesdale, A. Garland, R. Zarychanski, A. Algird, C. van Walraven

Open Access Research article

A randomized comparison of three data collection models for the measurement of parent experiences with diabetes outpatient care

Oyvind Bjertnaes, Hilde Hestad Iversen, Torild Skrivarhaug

Open Access Research article

Primary versus secondary source of data in observational studies and heterogeneity in meta-analyses of drug effects: a survey of major medical journals

Guillermo Prada-Ramallal, Fatima Roque, Maria Teresa Herdeiro, Bahi Takkouche, Adolfo Figueiras

Open Access Research article

A descriptive analysis of non-Cochrane child-relevant systematic reviews published in 2014

Michelle Gates, Sarah A Elliott, Cydney Johnson, Denise Thomson, Katrina Williams, Ricardo M Fernandes, Lisa Hartling

Open Access Research article

A transdisciplinary team approach to scoping reviews: the case of pediatric polypharmacy

Paul M Bakaki, Jennifer Staley, Rujia Liu, Neal Dawson, Negar Golchin, Alexis Horace, Hannah Johnson, Jennifer Waldron, Almut Winterstein, Lawrence C Kleinman, Shari D Bolen

Open Access Research article

Risks and rewards of using prepaid vs. postpaid incentive checks on a survey of physicians

Kristine Wiant, Emily Geisen, Darryl Creel, Gordon Willis, Andrew Freedman, Janet de Moor, Carrie Klabunde

Open Access Research article

Appropriate statistical methods for analysing partially nested randomised controlled trials with continuous outcomes: a simulation study

Jane Candlish, M. Dawn Teare, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Laura Flight, Laura Mandefield, Stephen J. Walters

Open Access Research article

Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: reducing the number needed to screen

Stephanie L Prady, Eleonora P Uphoff, Madeleine Power, Su Golder

Open Access Research article

Systematic review of the psychometric properties of instruments to measure sexual desire

Denisse Cartagena-Ramos, Miguel Fuentealba-Torres, Flávio Rebustini, Ana Carolina Andrade Biaggi Leite, Willyane de Andrade Alvarenga, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Rosana Aparecida Spadoti Dantas, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento

Open Access Research article

A comparison of metrics and performance characteristics of different search strategies for article retrieval for a systematic review of the global epidemiology of kidney and urinary diseases

Boris Bikbov, Norberto Perico, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Boris Bikbov, Claudia Cella, Monica Cortinovis, William Couser, Patricia Veronica Espindola Estevez, Flavio Gaspari, Felipe Antonio Rodriguez de Leon, Catherine Michaud, Valeria Miglioli, Christopher Murray, Mohsen Nagavi, Bishnu Pahari, Norberto Perico, Esteban Porrini, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Andrea Alejandra Panozo Rivero, Bernadette Thomas, Marcello Tonelli, Karen Courville de Vaccaro, Theo Vos, Natasha Wiebe, Sara Wulf

Open Access Research article

Can men be trusted in population-based surveys to report couples’ medical care for infertility?

Soraya Belgherbi, Elise de La Rochebrochard

Open Access Research article

Odds ratios from logistic, geometric, Poisson, and negative binomial regression models

Christopher J. Sroka, Haikady N. Nagaraja

Open Access Technical advance

A new approach for sample size calculation in cost-effectiveness studies based on value of information

Clément Bader, Sébastien Cossin, Aline Maillard, Antoine Bénard

Open Access Research article

Engaging military couples in marital research: does requesting referrals from service members to recruit their spouses introduce sample bias?

Hope Seib McMaster, Valerie A. Stander, Christianna S. Williams, Kelly A. Woodall, Christopher A. O’Malley, Lauren M. Bauer, Evelyn P. Davila, Carlos Carballo, Jackie Pflieger, Cynthia LeardMann, Sabrina Richardson, Evelyn Sun

Open Access Research article

A systematic survey shows that reporting and handling of missing outcome data in networks of interventions is poor

Loukia M. Spineli, Juan J. Yepes-Nuñez, Holger J. Schünemann

Open Access Research article

Synthesising conceptual frameworks for patient and public involvement in research – a critical appraisal of a meta-narrative review

David Evans, Noreen Hopewell-Kelly, Michele Kok, Jo White

Open Access Research article

Application of the dyadic data analysis in behavioral medicine research: marital satisfaction and anxiety in infertile couples

Saman Maroufizadeh, Mostafa Hosseini, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Reza Omani-Samani, Payam Amini

Open Access Research article

Mediation analysis with a time-to-event outcome: a review of use and reporting in healthcare research

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Zachary Bouck, Nicholas A. Howell, Theis Lange, Ani Orchanian-Cheff, Peter C. Austin, Noah M. Ivers, Donald A. Redelmeier, Chaim M. Bell

Open Access Research article

Application of a new dietary pattern analysis method in nutritional epidemiology

Fengqing Zhang, Tinashe M. Tapera, Jiangtao Gou

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of the clinical application of data-driven population segmentation analysis

Shi Yan, Yu Heng Kwan, Chuen Seng Tan, Julian Thumboo, Lian Leng Low

Open Access Research article

Development and reliability assessment of a new quality appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies using biomarker data (BIOCROSS)

Jan Wirsching, Sophie Graßmann, Fabian Eichelmann, Laura Malin Harms, Matthew Schenk, Eva Barth, Alide Berndzen, Moses Olalekan, Leen Sarmini, Hedwig Zuberer, Krasimira Aleksandrova

Open Access Study protocol

Exploring the impact of public health teams on alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland (ExILEnS): procotol for a mixed methods natural experiment evaluation

Niamh Fitzgerald, Matt Egan, Frank de Vocht, Colin Angus, James Nicholls, Niamh Shortt, Tim Nichols, Nason Maani Hessari, Cheryl McQuire, Richard Purves, Nathan Critchlow, Andrea Mohan, Laura Mahon, Colin Sumpter, Linda Bauld

Open Access Study protocol

Barriers in general practitioners’ dementia diagnostics among people with a migration background in Germany (BaDeMi) - study protocol for a cross-sectional survey

Judith Tillmann, Rieke Schnakenberg, Marie-Therese Puth, Klaus Weckbecker, Johannes Just, Eva Münster

Open Access Study protocol

Human papillomavirus infection: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of imiquimod cream (5%) versus podophyllotoxin cream (0.15%), in combination with quadrivalent human papillomavirus or control vaccination in the treatment and prevention of recurrence of anogenital warts (HIPvac trial)

Macey L. Murray, Jade Meadows, Caroline J. Doré, Andrew J. Copas, Lewis J. Haddow, Charles Lacey, Mark Jit, Kate Soldan, Kate Bennett, Michelle Tetlow, Mayura Nathan, Richard Gilson

Open Access Research article

Putting family into family-based obesity prevention: enhancing participant engagement through a novel integrated knowledge translation strategy

Kathryn Walton, Tory Ambrose, Angela Annis, David WL. Ma, Jess Haines

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Subgroups of lifestyle patterns among hypertension patients: a latent-class analysis

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