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Methodological issues of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field of sleep medicine: A meta-epidemiological study
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
An increasing number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMAs) have been published in the field of sleep medicine. We evaluated the methodological issues of these SRMAs. A protocol was developed in advance. Three ...
Association between response rates and monetary incentives in sample study: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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BMJ Publishing Group
, 2020 , Article)
To investigate the effect of monetary incentive and the dose-response relationship of participants' response rates in surveys. Three databases were searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the ...
Demystifying Smoker's Paradox: A Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure.
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Wiley Open Access
, 2019 , Article)
Background Smoker's paradox has been observed with several vascular disorders, yet there are limited data in patients with acute heart failure (HF). We examined the effects of smoking in patients with acute HF using data ...
Inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability and internal consistency of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
To examine the inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, internal consistency and practice effects associated with a new test, the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test. Reliability estimates were obtained in a ...
A proposed framework to guide evidence synthesis practice for meta-analysis with zero-events studies
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
ObjectiveIn evidence synthesis practice, researchers often face the problem of how to deal with zero-events. Inappropriately dealing with zero-events studies may lead to research waste and mislead healthcare practice. We ...
Development and diagnostic validation of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
To describe the development and determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test in detecting aphasia. Consecutive acute stroke admissions ( = 100; mean = 66.49y) participated in a single ...
Evaluation of Gender Inequity in Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Differences by Sex in US Thyroid Cancer Incidence Compared with a Meta-analysis of Subclinical Thyroid Cancer Rates at Autopsy
(2021 , Article)
Importance: Thyroid cancer is more common in women than in men, but the associated causes of these differences are not fully understood. Objective: To compare sex-specific thyroid cancer rates in the US to the prevalence ...
Evaluation of Diagnostic Workup and Etiology of Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in a Cohort of 167 551 Patients Over 20 Years.
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Oxford University Press
, 2021 , Article)
Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) has not been studied in a fashion to determine all possible mechanisms of hypercalcemia in any given patient. The 2 objectives were to assess the completeness of evaluation and to determine ...
Metabolic changes after nonsurgical fat removal: A dose response meta-analysis
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article Review)
BackgroundObesity-induced insulin resistance leads to the metabolic syndrome. Both bariatric surgery and surgical fat removal have been shown to improve metabolic health, but the metabolic benefits of nonsurgical fat removal ...
Should studies with no events in both arms be excluded in evidence synthesis?
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
ObjectivesIn safety assessment, studies with no events are a frequent occurrence when conducting meta-analyses. The current approach in meta-analysis is to exclude double-zero studies from the synthesis. In this study, we ...