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Erschienen in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie 6/2018

19.03.2018 | Editorials

Relative importance of strategies for improving the sample size selection and reporting of small randomized clinical trials in anesthesiology

verfasst von: Emine Ozgur Bayman, PhD, Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD, FASA

Erschienen in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Ausgabe 6/2018

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In the current issue of the Journal, Chow et al.1 report the results of a survey of the quality of sample size calculations for two-arm, parallel group, superiority, randomized clinical trials (RCTs) published in six high-impact-factor anesthesiology journals. Trials reporting continuous or binary outcomes published in 2010 and 2016 were included. The authors recorded the variables used to estimate sample size and the actual outcome measures reported for treatment and control groups in the trials. Among 255 RCTs published in these journals in 2010 and 2016, the sample size calculations were not presented or were reported with insufficient data for replication in 33/143 (23%) and 24/112 (21%) of reports, respectively. …
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Titel
Relative importance of strategies for improving the sample size selection and reporting of small randomized clinical trials in anesthesiology
verfasst von
Emine Ozgur Bayman, PhD
Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD, FASA
Publikationsdatum
19.03.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Ausgabe 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Elektronische ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1110-6

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