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Editorial
Real world research J. André Knottnerus, Peter Tugwell pages 1051-1052 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (59 KB)
Commentaries
Real-world effectiveness of new medicines should be evaluated by appropriately designed clinical trials, 02 November 2009 Nick Freemantle, Thomas Strack pages 1053-1058 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (95 KB)
The Catch-22 of appraisals on the quality of observational studies R.H.H. Groenwold, M.M. Rovers pages 1059-1060 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (60 KB)
Review Articles
A systematic review of tools used to assess the quality of observational studies that examine incidence or prevalence and risk factors for diseases Tatyana Shamliyan, Robert L. Kane, Stacy Dickinson pages 1061-1070 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (270 KB) | Add-Ons
Unpublished data can be of value in systematic reviews of adverse effects: methodological overview, 11 May 2010 Su Golder, Yoon K. Loke, Martin Bland pages 1071-1081 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (201 KB) | Add-Ons
Original Articles
Reported effects in randomized controlled trials were compared with those of nonrandomized trials in cholecystectomy, 26 March 2010 Dirk Müeller, Stefan Sauerland, Edmund A.M. Neugebauer, Marc Immenroth pages 1082-1090 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (195 KB) | Add-Ons
Sampling and ethical issues in a multicenter study on health of people with intellectual disabilities, 22 March 2010 Marja Y. Veenstra, Patricia N. Walsh, Henny M.J. van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, Meindert J. Haveman, Christine Linehan, Mike P. Kerr, Germain Weber, Luis Salvador-Carulla, Alexandra Carmen-Cara, Bernard Azema, Serafino Buono, Arunas Germanavicius, Jan Tossebro, Tuomo Maatta, Geert van Hove, Dasa Moravec pages 1091-1100 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (933 KB)
Data linkage reduces loss to follow-up in an observational HIV cohort study, 29 March 2010 Teresa Hill, Loveleen Bansi, Caroline Sabin, Andrew Phillips, David Dunn, Jane Anderson, Philippa Easterbrook, Martin Fisher, Brian Gazzard, Richard Gilson, Margaret Johnson, Clifford Leen, Chloe Orkin, Achim Schwenk, John Walsh, Alan Winston, Abdel Babiker, Valerie Delpech, UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (UK CHIC) Study Group pages 1101-1109 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (303 KB)
The likelihood of participation in clinical trials can be measured: the Clinical Research Involvement Scales, 22 March 2010 Paula M. Frew, Su-I. Hou, Marsha Davis, Kayshin Chan, Takeia Horton, Justin Shuster, Brooke Hixson, Carlos del Rio pages 1110-1117 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (127 KB)
Studywise minimization: A treatment allocation method that improves balance among treatment groups and makes allocation unpredictable, 22 March 2010 Marieke Perry, Miriam Faes, Miriam F. Reelick, Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert, George F. Borm pages 1118-1122 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (166 KB) | Add-Ons
A prospective global measure, the Punum Ladder, provides more valid assessments of quality of life than a retrospective transition measure, 22 March 2010 Kenneth E. Fletcher, Cynthia T. French, Richard S. Irwin, Kristin M. Corapi, Geoffrey R. Norman pages 1123-1131 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (274 KB)
The quality of eight health status measures were compared for chronic opioid dependence, 18 March 2010 Bohdan Nosyk, Huiyung Sun, Daphne P. Guh, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, David C. Marsh, Suzanne Brissette, Martin T. Schechter, Aslam H. Anis pages 1132-1144 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (152 KB)
Logistic regression had superior performance compared with regression trees for predicting in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalized with heart failure, 22 March 2010 Peter C. Austin, Jack V. Tu, Douglas S. Lee pages 1145-1155 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (506 KB)
Brief Reports
Composite outcomes: weighting component events according to severity assisted interpretation but reduced statistical power, 17 June 2010 Uchechukwu K.A. Sampson, Chris Metcalfe, Marc A. Pfeffer, Scott D. Solomon, Kelly H. Zou pages 1156-1158 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (111 KB)
Cardiovascular outcome ascertainment was similar using blinded and unblinded adjudicators in a national prospective study, 30 April 2010 Gaurav Parmar, Pallavi Ghuge, Jewell H. Halanych, Ellen Funkhouser, Monika M. Safford pages 1159-1163 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (88 KB)
Frontmatter
Table of Contents pages A3-A4 Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
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