... measure (achievement ofthe JNC BP goal) will be used This approach may avoid the pitfalls of process -of- care measures alone that can encourage gaming, while avoiding the disadvantage of basing ... Administration; VAMC = Veterans Affairs Medical Center *Designated as a teaching facility if the facility was either listed in the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC) Council of Teaching ... Hospitals (COTH) directory or if the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA) database listed the VA facility as having a ‘major’ affiliation...
... grade and to the end of third grade Aim two Measure the variation in the impact of WD by examining moderating factors at the level ofthe child and the social contexts of family, classroom and ... effectiveness trialof WD Analyses for Aim one: Malleability of developmental paths We are carrying out formal growth analyses to evaluate how WD affects the course of reading skills and achievement, aggressive ... compared against total variation in the sample This calculation is based on specification of multivariate means, variances, and covariances from data from prior trials conducted in Baltimore The...
... implementation oftherandomized trial, analysis and interpretation ofthe data, and manuscript preparation MS and DV conducted data analysis and participated in data interpretation and manuscript ... forthe care of cervicogenic headache [11,13] Spinal manipulation had a clinically important advantage over light massage in headache pain, number, and disability; there was little effect of dose ... covariates for all analyses are listed under Study variables above Multiple logistic regression was first performed to calculate an initial estimate ofthe mean ofthe dependent variable for the...
... clinical trials [10,11] Patients in the IFN-β- 1a treatment arm and the placebo arm were well matched for baseline characteristics (Table 1), with the exception ofa statistically significant larger ... Treatments Patients were randomized to receive IFN-β- 1a (30 µg intramuscular weekly) or matched placebo in a 3:1 ratio at each of two sites (Stanford University and the University of Alabama at ... Table β Baseline characteristics of subjects in placebo and active-drug arms ofatrialof interferon-β- 1a in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Characteristic Mean age (range) Women (%) Placebo...
... Guallar for his assistance with the design ofthe analysis plan forthe study, Dr Martha Hill for her logistical support during the early stages ofthe project, Drs Jessica Yeh and Ana Navas-Acien ... have audiotapes of any visit dropped from the study Confidentiality ofthe study data was maintained as follows: none ofthe patient information was released to their physician, health care organization, ... 4) the relatively small percentage ofthe sample that had uncontrolled blood pressure at baseline (52%); and 5) variability in the accessibility and quality of administrative data from the large...
... follow-up ALGOS algorithm would be more a «crisis management plan», rather than a «case management plan» The main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness ofthe algorithm in reducing the number of ... salary from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this manuscript - They doesn’t hold any stocks or shares in an organization that may in any way ... contact, postal requests will be sent to the mayors of their birthplace and home town forthe status “alive or not” In case of notification of death (whatever the reason), and after the declaration...
... is caused by radiation injury to the small intestine Bile acid malabsorption and bacterial contamination by an aerobic and anaerobic bacteria are common causes of diarrhea after the radiation ... benefits The intestinal mucosa depends upon the bacterial flora ofthe gut and the luminal contents for part of its own supply of nutrients Radiation creates changes in bacterial flora, the vascular ... antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children J Pediatr 1999, 135:564-8 17 Baughan CA, Canney PA, Buchanan RB, Pickering RM: Arandomizedtrial to assess the efficacy of 5- aminosalicylic acid for the...
... intellectual content 18 19 All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We are indebted to Dr Rogelio Pérez-Padilla and Alejandro Cabrera for advice on statistical analysis, and ... Participated in the design ofthe study, collected data, wrote the manuscript PVF- Revising the manuscript, statistical analysis 14 15 KEL- Carried out immunoassays DVC- Statistical analysis and ... Barone AA, Heloisa Lopes M: Randomizedtrialof recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in HIV-infected adult patients comparing a standard dose to a double dose Vaccine 2005, 23:2902-2908 Page of (page...
... intake ofthe last dose oftrial medication or last trial- related procedure When known, the cause of death ofa subject in a clinical trial must be reported as a SAE regardless of whether the ... Inspectorate The bio bank is located at the National Institute of Health and the Database and protocol forthe Person Data Security is approved by the Norwegian Data Inspectorate There is a separate consent ... by a trained mental health professional on the basis of an interview with the patient and other relevant information from all available sources In case of discrepancies among the reports, the...
... questionnaire aims to evaluate the (satisfaction with) information received by cancer patients on different areas ofthe disease, diagnosis, treatment and care, and some qualitative aspects, for instance ... socioeconomic variables such as age, education, marital status, and employment status, and clinical variables such as cancer stage at diagnosis, time after diagnosis, and initial treatment All measures ... be blinded to the group assignment The participants on the other hand are unaware ofthe group assignment, as they are under the assumption that the hospital is providing usual care Intervention...
... the study, as well as the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data, and writing ofthe manuscript PTC was involved in the acquisition of data, analysis and assisting in the writing of ... utility analysis First, we estimated the incremental mean costs ofthe waterbased programme and the mean QALYs added by the programme from a health care and societal perspective Secondly, the incremental ... Manipulation of variables Health system analysis: Number of participants per pool session: Salary of personnel: No additional salary of nurse Best case scenario of salary, participation and effectivenessb...
... Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada 7Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada ... statistician (TB) is a member ofthe study team but will only be involved with randomization at the start ofthetrial and the data analysis upon completion ofthetrial Therefore, participants and all ... (when available) from around the world: Australasian Cochrane Centre (AAC) Policy Liaison Initiative, Database of Abstracts of Review of Effects (DARE), Effective Healthcare Research Programme...
... databanking and biobanking in The Netherlands, a central role for PALGA, the nationwide histopathology and cytopathology data network and archive Cell Oncol 2007, 29:19-24 Barratt A, Trevena L, ... use the tool as well The calculated familial CRC risk is given in the same format as the rest ofthe website Advice for follow-up is offered based on this risk, as well as a reminder to use the ... consists of written information and visual displays ofthe population risk of CRC, an explanation ofthe risk level ofthe patient and his/her relatives, as well as the indicated follow-up policy...
... Ambulatory Care Classification System, the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP) Payment Database, and the AHCIP Registry Dataset All children 0–6 years of age and 6–16 years of age who are Albertan ... criteria Health care utilization using administrative databases Alberta Health and Wellness, a branch ofthe Alberta provincial government, is the custodian of several data sources that are accessible ... cohort Practical arrangements for allocating participants to trial groups Proposed strata, rationale and method of allocation As noted above, a total of 24 hospitals have agreed to participate in...
... assessed by evaluation of their performance during two videotaped pilot cases All psychotherapists have completed a 3-year psychotherapy Page of training program or are in an advanced stage of ... have shown to be favorable [46] Evaluation by a relative At the end ofthe therapy, a relative ofthe patient will be asked to evaluate 14 items of depressive symptoms before and after therapy ... high rate of relapse after an initial response Innovative antidepressant approaches should aim at the regulation and maintenance of mood stability over the long term rather than at the acute...
... databanking and biobanking in The Netherlands, a central role for PALGA, the nationwide histopathology and cytopathology data network and archive Cell Oncol 2007, 29:19-24 Barratt A, Trevena L, ... use the tool as well The calculated familial CRC risk is given in the same format as the rest ofthe website Advice for follow-up is offered based on this risk, as well as a reminder to use the ... consists of written information and visual displays ofthe population risk of CRC, an explanation ofthe risk level ofthe patient and his/her relatives, as well as the indicated follow-up policy...
... Statistical analysis Continuous demographic variables were analysed using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and categorical demographic variables by a Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test A p-value ... p-value of < 0.05 was considered significant Further information on statistical analysis is given in the Additional file 4: Statistical analysis The primary efficacy variable was the number of exacerbations ... Pierre Arvis, Bayer Schering Pharma, medical expert; Julie Russell, Bayer Schering Pharma, lead statistician; Barbara Hampel, Bayer Schering Pharma, clinical lead; and Jeff Alder, Bayer HealthCare,...