Journal of clinical epidemiology

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  Año 2005, Número 1

  • A systematic review finds that diagnostic reviews fail to incorporate quality despite available tools

    Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, Johannes B. Reitsma, Jos Kleijnen, A.W.S. Rutjes, Penny Whiting, Jacqueline Dinnes

    págs. 1-12

    

  • A systematic literature review of attrition between waves in longitudinal studies in the elderly shows a consistent pattern of dropout between differing studies

    Carol E. Brayne, Mark D. Chatfield, Fiona E. Matthews

    págs. 13-19

    

  • A nursing qualitative systematic review required MEDLINE and CINAHL for study identification

    Ivan Solà Arnau, Gerard Urrútia, Ignasi Gich Saladich, Josep M. García, Mireia Subirana Casacuberta

    págs. 20-25

    

  • A Bayesian approach to evaluating net clinical benefit allowed for parameter uncertainty

    David R. Jones, Paul C. Lambert, Nicola J. Cooper, Keith R. Abrams, Alexander J. Sutton

    págs. 26-40

    

  • A short-form questionnaire identified genital organ prolapse

    Gunilla Tegerstedt, Margareta Hammarström, Olof Nyren, Ann Miedel, Marianne Maehle-Schmidt

    págs. 41-46

    

  • OAKHQOL: A new instrument to measure quality of life in knee and hip osteoarthritis

    Francis Guillemin, Michèle Baumann, Joël Coste, Nathalie Retel-Rude, Jacques Pouchot, Dominique Dumont-Fischer, Janine-Sophie Le Quintrec, Elizabeth Spitz, Anne-Christine Rat

    págs. 47-55

    

  • Surgery groups differed in adverse outcome probabilities and can be used to adjust hospital comparisons

    J. Kievit, B.J.A. Mertens, H.C. van Houwelingen, P.J. Marang-van de Mheen

    págs. 56-62

    

  • In an observational study elderly patients had an increased risk of falling due to home hazards

    Jacobijn Gussekloo, Rudi G.J. Westendorp, Thomas van Bemmel, Jan P. Vandenbroucke

    págs. 63-67

    

  • A cohort study linked increased mortality in patients treated surgically for Dupuytren's contracture

    Stephan Wilbrand, Bengt Gerdin, Anders Ekbom

    págs. 68-74

    

  • In a controlled trial training general practitioners and occupational physicians to collaborate did not influence sickleave of patients with low back pain

    S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra, H.S. Miedema, P.M. Overzier, B.W. Koes, C.T.J. Hulshof, A.P. Nauta, A. Burdorf, E. Faber

    págs. 75-82

    

  • A cohort study found that earlier and longer Seventh-day Adventist church membership was associated with reduced male mortality

    Ivar Heuch, Gary E. Fraser, Bjarne K. Jacobsen

    págs. 83-91

    

  • Short-acting inhaled beta-2-agonists increased the mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in observational designs

    Olivia Leoni, Samy Suissa, Antonella Zambon, Silvia Faini, Vincenzo Bagnardi, Giovanni Corrao

    págs. 92-97

    

  • A Medicare database review found that physician preferences increasingly outweighed patient characteristics as determinants of first-time prescriptions for COX-2 inhibitors

    Sebastian Schneeweiss, Jerry Avorn, Daniel H. Solomon, Robert J. Glynn

    págs. 98-102

    

  • In a mailed physician survey, questionnaire length had a threshold effect on response rate

    David A. Asch, Christopher Jepson, Peter A. Ubel, John C. Hershey

    págs. 103-105