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Rod S Taylor
Researcher at Robertson Centre for Biostatistics
Publications - 558
Citations - 46254
Rod S Taylor is an academic researcher from Robertson Centre for Biostatistics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Rehabilitation. The author has an hindex of 104, co-authored 524 publications receiving 39332 citations. Previous affiliations of Rod S Taylor include Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry & United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
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A bias-adjusted evidence synthesis of RCT and observational data: the case of total hip replacement.
Petra Schnell-Inderst,Cynthia P Iglesias,Marjan Arvandi,Oriana Ciani,Oriana Ciani,Raffaella Matteucci Gothe,Jaime Peters,Ashley W Blom,Rod S Taylor,Uwe Siebert +9 more
TL;DR: Using a case study of total hip replacement to compare the risk of revision of cemented and uncemented implant fixation modalities, treatment effect estimates from OS and RCTs are pooled, and existing methods for bias-adjusted evidence synthesis are simplified to enhance practical application.
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The effectiveness of two-compound formulation calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate gel in the treatment of moderately severe scalp psoriasis: A systematic review of direct and indirect evidence
TL;DR: A meta-analysis showed that TCF gel was statistically significantly more effective than other topical treatments in terms of achieving a response defined according to both IGA and TSS criteria.
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Cardiovascular effects of training for a marathon run in unfit middle aged men
Iain N Findlay,Rod S Taylor,H. J. Dargie,Stanley Grant,A R Pettigrew,J. T. Wilson,Tom Aitchison,John G.F. Cleland,A T Elliott,B. M. Fisher +9 more
TL;DR: Favourable effects on coronary risk factors and cardiac function and supports the place of regular exercise in coronary prevention programmes are shown.
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An Exploratory Analysis of the Smoking and Physical Activity Outcomes From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Exercise Assisted Reduction to Stop Smoking Intervention in Disadvantaged Groups.
Tom P Thompson,Colin J Greaves,Richard Ayres,Paul Aveyard,Fiona C Warren,Richard Byng,Rod S Taylor,John Campbell,Michael Ussher,Colin Green,Susan Michie,Robert West,Adrian H. Taylor +12 more
TL;DR: A smoking reduction intervention for economically disadvantaged smokers which involved personal support to increase physical activity appears to be more effective than usual care in achieving reduction and may promote cessation.
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telephone triage of patients requesting same day consultations in general practice: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing nurse-led and GP-led management systems (ESTEEM)
John Campbell,Nicky Britten,Colin Green,Tim Holt,Valerie Lattimer,Suzanne H Richards,David Richards,Chris Salisbury,Rod S Taylor,Emily Fletcher +9 more
TL;DR: The ESTEEM trial aims to assess the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led computer-supported telephone triage and GP-led telephone triages, compared to usual care, for patients requesting same-day consultations in general practice.