Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used in clinical trials to provide valuable evidence on the impact of disease and treatment on patients' symptoms, function and quality of life. High-quality PRO data from trials can inform shared decision-making, regulatory and economic analyses and health policy. Recent evidence suggests the PRO content of pas...
Clinical trial transparency forms the foundation of evidence-based medicine, and trial sponsors, especially publicly funded institutions such as universities, have an ethical and scientific responsibility to make the results of clinical trials publicly available in a timely fashion. We assessed whether the thirty UK universities receiving the most ...
Published in Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
General medical journals such as the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology (KJA) receive numerous manuscripts every year. However, reviewers have noticed that the tables presented in various manuscripts have great diversity in their appearance, resulting in difficulties in the review and publication process. It might be due to the lack of clear written ...
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used in clinical trials to provide valuable evidence on the impact of disease and treatment on patients' symptoms, function and quality of life. High-quality PRO data from trials can inform shared decision-making, regulatory and economic analyses and health policy. Recent evidence suggests the PRO content of pas...
Published in Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
To assess opportunities to improve reporting of primary care (PC) research to better meet the needs of its varied users. International, interprofessional online survey of PC researchers and users, 2018 to 2019. Respondents used Likert scales to rate frequency of difficulties in interpreting, synthesizing, and applying PC research reports. Free-text...
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269 / Research indicating the educational value of classroom dialogue, in which participants engage critically and constructively with other perspectives, is long established but classroom practice evolves slowly. Outcomes of practitioner professional development ...
Published in Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
Background Studies have found that many published life sciences research results are irreproducible. Our goal was to provide comprehensive risk estimates of familiar reproducibility deficiencies to support quality improvement in research. Material/Methods Reports included were peer-reviewed, published between 1980 and 2016, and presented frequency ...
Abstract: Background and aims: Health warning labels (HWLs) on tobacco products reduce smoking. There is an absence of evidence concerning the impact of alcohol HWLs on selection or purchasing in naturalistic settings. Using a commercial‐standard naturalistic shopping laboratory, this study aimed to estimate the impact on selection of alcoholic dri...
Funder: Department of Health and Social Care; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000276 / Funder: National Institute for Health Research; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272 / Funder: NHS; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100008241 / ABSTRACT: Background and Aims: A previous research study concluded that wine and beer labelled as lower in s...
