Journal of clinical epidemiology

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  Año 2006, Número 1

  • An investigation of clinical studies suggests those with multiple objectives should have at least 90% power for each endpoint

    Paco M.J. Welsing, Gerhard A. Zielhuis, George F. Borm, Rein M.G.J. Houben

    págs. 1-6

    

  • Imputing missing standard deviations in meta-analyses can provide accurate results

    Andrea Cipriani, Paolo Brambilla, Toshi A. Furukawa, Corrado Barbui, Norio Watanabe

    págs. 7-10

    

  • Refill persistence with chronic medication assessed from a pharmacy database was influenced by method of calculation

    Anthonius de Boer, Eibert R. Heerdink, Boris L.G. Van Wijk, Olaf H. Klungel

    págs. 11-17

    

  • Explained variation in a model of therapeutic decision making is partitioned across patient, physician, and clinic factors

    Sebastian Schneeweiss, Daniel H. Solomon, Philip Wang, Robert J. Glynn, Jerry Avorn, M. Alan Brookhart

    págs. 18-25

    

  • Models developed by three techniques did not achieve acceptable prediction of binary trauma outcomes

    Dean P. McKenzie, James Black, Pam Simpson, Peter A. Cameron, Rory Wolfe, Belinda J. Gabbe

    págs. 26-35

    

  • Item response theory was used to shorten EORTC QLQ-C30 scales for use in palliative care

    Alexander de Graeff, Jakob B. Bjorner, Neil Aaronson, Yvonne Brandberg, Mirjam Sprangers, Mogens Groenvold, Jane Blazeby, Morten Aa. Petersen, Peter Fayers, Eva Hammerlid, Galina Velikova

    págs. 36-44

    

  • A minimal clinically important difference was derived for the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire for low back pain

    Kelvin Jordan, Martyn Lewis, Peter Croft, Kate M. Dunn

    págs. 45-52

    

  • Information on chemotherapy and hormone therapy from tumor registry had moderate agreement with chart reviews

    Dong Zhang, Xianglin L. Du, Lois Dickie, Ronald Darling, George L. Delclos, Charles R. Key, Kim Waller

    págs. 53-60

    

  • The Danish National Hospital Register is a valuable study base for epidemiologic research in febrile seizures

    Tine Brink Henriksen, Mogens Vestergaard, Jørn Olsen, John R. Østergaard, Carsten Obel, Jakob Christensen, Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen

    págs. 61-66

    

  • Using cancer registry data for survival studies: the example of the Ontario Cancer Registry

    Eric Holowaty, Patti Groome, Karleen Schulze, Stephen Hall, William Mackillop

    págs. 67-76

    

  • In a randomized controlled trial, patients preferred electronic data collection of breast cancer risk-factor information in a mammography setting

    Maria Hobbs, Hakim Kamel, Jim Tufano, Robert Reid, Erin J. Aiello, Stephen Taplin, Deborah Seger, Rachel Ballard-Barbash

    págs. 77-81

    

  • The diagnosis of a smoking-related disease is a prominent trigger for smoking cessation in a retrospective cohort study

    Christa Stegmaier, Hermann Brenner, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Michael Loew, Dorothee Twardella, Hartwig Ziegler

    págs. 82-89

    

  • Self-reported asthma was biased in relation to disease severity while reported year of asthma onset was accurate

    Kjell Torén, Barbro Balder, Alf Tunsäter, Mona Palmqvist, Olle Löwhagen

    págs. 90-93

    

  • A Colombian survey found intensive care mortality ratios were better in private vs. public hospitals

    Rodolfo J. Dennis, Martin A. Rondón, M. Alison Metcalfe, Adriana Pérez, Kathy M. Rowan

    págs. 94-101

    

  • Selective migration contributes to a healthy worker effect in the farming population

    L. Bråbäck, F. Rasmussen, A. Hjern

    págs. 102-103

    

  • Author's response to: Selective migration contributes to a healthy worker effect in the farming population

    C.P. van Schayck, J.A. Knottnerus

    pág. 103

    

  • Author's response to: Administrative database: validity of recording vs. validity of diagnosis

    Jean Bourbeau, Dick Menzies

    págs. 104-105

    

  • Administrative database: validity of recording vs. validity of diagnosis

    Yves Lacasse, Victor M. Montori, François Maltais

    pág. 104