Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:24:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-01-01; Authors of systematic reviews that include patient-reported outcomes (PROs) should have a good understanding of how patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are developed, including the constructs they are intended to measure, their reliability, validity and responsiveness. This chapter describes the c...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T17:00:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-11-19; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University; Description: Dietary guideline recommendations require consideration of the certainty in the evidence, the magnitude of potentia...
Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-06T15:27:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-12-05; Background: Recent systematic reviews and editorials suggest that many organizations that produce nutritional guideline recommendations do not adhere to internationally recognized standards set forth by the Institute of Medicine (IoM), Guidelines International Network (GIN), Appraisal of Guidelines Rese...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:45:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-08-01; Objective: To assess analytic approaches randomized controlled trial (RCT) authors use to address missing participant data (MPD) for patient-important continuous outcomes. Study Design and Setting: We conducted a systematic survey of RCTs published in 2014 in the core clinical journals that reported at ...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:45:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-08-01; Objective: To conduct (1) a systematic survey of the reporting quality of simulation studies dealing with how to handle missing participant data (MPD) in randomized control trials and (2) summarize the findings of these studies. Study Design and Setting: We included simulation studies comparing statisti...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:09:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-04-01; Objectives To provide a perspective on the current practice of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of diagnostic strategies focusing on patient-important outcomes. Study Design and Setting We conducted a comprehensive search of MEDLINE and included RCTs published in full-text reports that evaluated altern...