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Systematic review of the Hawthorne effect: new concepts are needed to study research participation effects.

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Consequences of research participation for behaviors being investigated do exist, although little can be securely known about the conditions under which they operate, their mechanisms of effects, or their magnitudes.
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This article is published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.The article was published on 2014-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1776 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hawthorne effect & Observational study.

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Treatment of periodontal disease for glycaemic control in people with diabetes mellitus.

TL;DR: The primary outcome was blood glucose levels measured as glycated (glycosylated) haemoglobin assay (HbA1c), and secondary outcomes included adverse effects, periodontal indices, cost implications and diabetic complications.
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Effects of dance movement therapy and dance on health-related psychological outcomes: A meta-analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of dance movement therapy (DMT) and the therapeutic use of dance for the treatment of health-related psychological problems and found that DMT and dance are effective for increasing quality of life and decreasing clinical symptoms such as depression and anxiety.
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Association of Blood Pressure Classification in Young Adults Using the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Blood Pressure Guideline With Cardiovascular Events Later in Life.

TL;DR: Among young adults, those with elevated blood pressure, stage 1 hypertension, and stage 2 hypertension before age 40 years, as defined by the blood pressure classification in the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines, had significantly higher risk for subsequent cardiovascular disease events compared with those with normal blood pressure before age40 years.
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Maximising the impact of qualitative research in feasibility studies for randomised controlled trials: guidance for researchers

TL;DR: This guidance may help researchers to consider the full range of contributions that qualitative research can make in relation to their particular trial and may also help researchers and others to reflect on the utility of such qualitative research in practice.
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Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis

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Management and the Worker

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The human problems of an industrial civilization

Elton Mayo
TL;DR: In this article, Mayo discusses the Hawthorne experiments, relating the findings about human relations within a Hawthorne plant to the social environment in the surrounding Chicago area and the Chicago School of Sociologists were studying aspects of social disorganization, a topic pioneered by Emile Durkheim.
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The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial

TL;DR: It is found that more intensive follow-up of individuals in a placebo-controlled clinical trial of Ginkgo biloba for treating mild-moderate dementia resulted in a better outcome than minimal follow- up, as measured by their cognitive functioning.
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The Hawthorne effect: A reconsideration of the methodological artifact.

TL;DR: A review of the literature on the Hawthorne effect can be found in this article, where it is suggested that most persons in any clearly identified situation define the context for their behavior and respond accordingly; the necessity to ascertain Ss' view of the experiment requires different procedures than those typically used to control for HEs.
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