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Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials : is blinding necessary?
Alejandro R. Jadad,R. A. Moore,Dawn Carroll,C. Jenkinson,David Reynolds,David J. Gavaghan,Henry J McQuay +6 more
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An instrument to assess the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in pain research is described and its use to determine the effect of rater blinding on the assessments of quality is described.About:
This article is published in Controlled Clinical Trials.The article was published on 1996-02-01. It has received 15740 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Blinding & Jadad scale.read more
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Psychological interventions to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
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Spinal manipulative therapy for low ‐back pain
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Yohimbine for erectile dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
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Intraclass correlations: uses in assessing rater reliability.
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