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December 2016

Volume 80p1-142

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Editorial Board

Published in issue: December 2016

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Table of Contents

Published in issue: December 2016

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Editorial

Prevention of premature trial discontinuation: how to counter Lasagna's law

J. André Knottnerus,
Peter Tugwell

Published in issue: December 2016

p1-2

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Commentary

Guideline panels should seldom make good practice statements: guidance from the GRADE Working Group

Gordon H. Guyatt,
Pablo Alonso-Coello,
Holger J. Schünemann,
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Stefan Lange,
M. Hassan Murad,
Elie A. Akl

Published online: July 21, 2016

p3-7

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Reviews

A systematic review of discontinued trials suggested that most reasons for recruitment failure were preventable

A systematic review of discontinued trials suggested that most reasons for recruitment failure were preventable

Matthias Briel,
Kelechi Kalu Olu,
Erik von Elm,
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Arnav Agarwal,
Neera Bhatnagar,
Stefan Schandelmaier

Published online: August 03, 2016

p8-15

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Registry-based randomized controlled trials- what are the advantages, challenges, and areas for future research?

Guowei Li,
Tolulope T. Sajobi,
Bijoy K. Menon,
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Michael D. Hill,
Lehana Thabane
on behalf of 2016 Symposium on Registry-Based Randomized Controlled Trials in Calgary

Published online: August 21, 2016

p16-24

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Methods for detecting, quantifying, and adjusting for dissemination bias in meta-analysis are described

Methods for detecting, quantifying, and adjusting for dissemination bias in meta-analysis are described

Katharina Felicitas Mueller,
Joerg J. Meerpohl,
Matthias Briel,
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Edith Motschall,
Guido Schwarzer,
Dirk Bassler

Published online: August 05, 2016

p25-33

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Self-management interventions: Proposal and validation of a new operational definition

Self-management interventions: Proposal and validation of a new operational definition

Nini H. Jonkman,
Marieke J. Schuurmans,
Tiny Jaarsma,
Lillie M. Shortridge-Baggett,
Arno W. Hoes,
Jaap C.A. Trappenburg

Published online: August 12, 2016

p34-42

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Financial competing interests were associated with favorable conclusions and greater author productivity in nonsystematic reviews of neuraminidase inhibitors

Financial competing interests were associated with favorable conclusions and greater author productivity in nonsystematic reviews of neuraminidase inhibitors

Adam G. Dunn,
Xujuan Zhou,
Joel Hudgins,
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Kenneth D. Mandl,
Enrico Coiera,
Florence T. Bourgeois

Published online: July 23, 2016

p43-49

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A very low number of national adaptations of the World Health Organization guidelines for HIV and tuberculosis reported their processes

A very low number of national adaptations of the World Health Organization guidelines for HIV and tuberculosis reported their processes

Mohammad W. Godah,
Rima A. Abdul Khalek,
Lama Kilzar,
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Andrea J. Darzi,
Holger J. Schünemann,
Elie A. Akl

Published online: August 23, 2016

p50-56

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Original Articles

Meta-analysis on continuous outcomes in minimal important difference units: an application with appropriate variance calculations

Meta-analysis on continuous outcomes in minimal important difference units: an application with appropriate variance calculations

Ian Shrier,
Robin Christensen,
Carsten Juhl,
Joseph Beyene

Published online: July 29, 2016

p57-67

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A threshold analysis assessed the credibility of conclusions from network meta-analysis

A threshold analysis assessed the credibility of conclusions from network meta-analysis

Deborah M. Caldwell,
A.E. Ades,
Sofia Dias,
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Nichole Taske,
Bhash Naidoo,
Nicky J. Welton

Published online: July 15, 2016

p68-76

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The Moses–Littenberg meta-analytical method generates systematic differences in test accuracy compared to hierarchical meta-analytical models

The Moses–Littenberg meta-analytical method generates systematic differences in test accuracy compared to hierarchical meta-analytical models

Jacqueline Dinnes,
Susan Mallett,
Sally Hopewell,
Paul J. Roderick,
Jonathan J. Deeks

Published online: July 30, 2016

p77-87

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Point of data saturation was assessed using resampling methods in a survey with open-ended questions

Point of data saturation was assessed using resampling methods in a survey with open-ended questions

Viet-Thi Tran,
Raphael Porcher,
Bruno Falissard,
Philippe Ravaud

Published online: August 01, 2016

p88-96

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Propensity score model overfitting led to inflated variance of estimated odds ratios

Propensity score model overfitting led to inflated variance of estimated odds ratios

Tibor Schuster,
Wilfrid Kouokam Lowe,
Robert W. Platt

Published online: August 03, 2016

p97-106

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Appropriate inclusion of interactions was needed to avoid bias in multiple imputation

Appropriate inclusion of interactions was needed to avoid bias in multiple imputation

Kate Tilling,
Elizabeth J. Williamson,
Michael Spratt,
Jonathan A.C. Sterne,
James R. Carpenter

Published online: July 18, 2016

p107-115

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A primary care Web-based Intervention Modeling Experiment replicated behavior changes seen in earlier paper-based experiment

A primary care Web-based Intervention Modeling Experiment replicated behavior changes seen in earlier paper-based experiment

Shaun Treweek,
Jill J. Francis,
Debbie Bonetti,
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Frank Sullivan,
Mark Weal,
Graeme MacLennan

Published online: July 25, 2016

p116-122

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Quality of life assessments in nursing homes revealed a tendency of proxies to moderate patients' self-reports

Quality of life assessments in nursing homes revealed a tendency of proxies to moderate patients' self-reports

Ruslan Leontjevas,
Steven Teerenstra,
Martin Smalbrugge,
Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans,
Debby L. Gerritsen

Published online: July 27, 2016

p123-133

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Letters to the Editor

Telephone vs. Web-based prescreening predicts early but not overall physician response to a mailed survey

Hillary Bonuedie,

Esther Kim,

Judith Long,

Kira Ryskina

Published online: August 03, 2016

p134-135

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Competing risk bias was common in a prominent medical journal

Competing risk bias was common in a prominent medical journal

Martin Schumacher,
Kristin Ohneberg,

Jan Beyersmann

Published online: August 01, 2016

p135-136

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David Sackett Young Investigator Award

David Sackett Young Investigator Award

Published in issue: December 2016

p137-142

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