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Blinding during the analysis of research data
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This work states that data analysts make many semi-subjective decisions about such issues as handling missing data, transforming variables, undertaking subgroup analysis, and selecting covariates without knowing how treatment groups are coded.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Nursing Studies.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 25 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Blinding.read more
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Recruitment, retention, and blinding in clinical trials.
Stephen J. Page,Andrew Persch +1 more
TL;DR: Common recruiting pitfalls, including low sample size, unfriendly study designs, suboptimal testing locations, and untimely recruitment are discussed together with strategies for overcoming these barriers.
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On evaluation metrics for medical applications of artificial intelligence
Steven Alexander Hicks,Inga Strümke,Vajira Thambawita,Malek Hammou,Michael Riegler,Pål Halvorsen,Sravanthi Parasa +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at previous machine learning studies done in gastroenterology, and provide an explanation of what different metrics mean in the context of the presented studies, and give a thorough explanation of how different metrics should be interpreted.
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On evaluation metrics for medical applications of artificial intelligence
TL;DR: In this article , the authors look at previous machine learning studies done in gastroenterology, and provide an explanation of what different metrics mean in the context of binary classification in the presented studies, and give a thorough explanation of how different metrics should be interpreted.
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Efficacy of addition of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to standardized physical therapy in subacute spinal spasticity: a randomized controlled trial.
TL;DR: Addition of TENS to standardized physical therapy had synergistically antispastic action, providing more effective reduction of clinical spasticity.
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Reducing the Negative Vocal Effects of Superficial Laryngeal Dehydration With Humidification
Elizabeth Erickson Levendoski,Elizabeth Erickson Levendoski,Anusha Sundarrajan,M. Preeti Sivasankar +3 more
TL;DR: Humidification may be an effective approach to decrease the detrimental voice effects of superficial laryngeal dehydration, and these data lay the foundation for future investigations aimed at preventing and treating the negative voice changes associated with chronic, surface larynGEal drying.
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Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in adults.
Maria Kleinstäuber,Michael Witthöft,Andrés Steffanowski,Harm W.J. van Marwijk,Wolfgang Hiller,Michael J. Lambert +5 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled studies examined the efficacy and tolerability of different types of antidepressants, the combination of an antidepressant and an antipsychotic, antipsychotics alone, or natural products in adults with somatoform disorders in adults to improve optimal treatment decisions.
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CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials
TL;DR: The Consort 2010 Statement as discussed by the authors has been used worldwide to improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials and has been updated by Schulz et al. in 2010, based on new methodological evidence and accumulating experience.
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Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults.
TL;DR: Two studies show SU leading to earlier insulin dependence and a meta-analysis of four studies with considerable heterogeneity showed poorer metabolic control if SU is prescribed for patients with LADA compared to insulin.
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CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials
David Moher,Sally Hopewell,Kenneth F. Schulz,Victor M. Montori,Peter C Gøtzsche,Philip J. Devereaux,Diana Elbourne,Matthias Egger,Douglas G. Altman +8 more
TL;DR: This update of the CONSORT statement improves the wording and clarity of the previous checklist and incorporates recommendations related to topics that have only recently received recognition, such as selective outcome reporting bias.
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CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomised Trials
TL;DR: The 2010 version of the CONSORT Statement is described, which updates the previous reporting guideline based on new methodological evidence and accumulated experience.
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