Reporting of randomized controlled trials: the CONSORT statement.

Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education;  December 1, 2005 ;   Sharma, Manoj;   787 words ......the TREND (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized...Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement that...findings from randomized controlled trials (RCT). Through this editorial...number one pertains to reporting in the title and abstract...The second item is about ...

The development of a register of randomized controlled trials in...

Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2002 ;   Kwan, Irene; Bunn, Frances; Roberts, Ian; Wentz, Reinhard;   787 words ......establish a register of randomized controlled trials of interventions in the prehospital...was conducted for all randomized controlled trials of interventions in the prehospital...which 28 were reports of randomized controlled trials evaluating prehospital trauma care...

A spreadsheet for analysis of straightforward controlled trials.(Reprint)

Sportscience;  January 1, 2003 ;   Batterham, Alan M.;   787 words ......value of the outcome statistic in controlled trials and crossovers is easy enough. More...about the effect of the treatment in controlled trials. I also explained how the more recent...but straightforward analysis of controlled trials either by repeated-measures ANOVA...

The design and assessment of prospective randomised, controlled trials in...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  July 1, 2007 ;   Boutron, I; Ravaud, P; Nizard, R;   787 words ...Randomised controlled trials represent the gold standard...surgical research. Randomised, controlled trials (RCri's) accounted for only...need systematic randomised controlled trials in orthopaedic surgery? Although...

Current Controlled Trials.(New online venture from Current Science...

Online;  January 1, 1999 ;     114 words ...Current Controlled Trials is a new Web-based publishing...services for users interested in controlled trials. The initiative includes a Web...journals and databases (http://www.controlled-trials.com), with the major resource...

Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: Cochrane...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  March 1, 2007 ;   Leontiadis, Grigoris I; Sharma, Virender K; Howden, Colin W;   787 words ......Cochrane Library, and metaRegister of Controlled Trials databases and published proceedings...through November 2004 for randomized controlled trials that compared oral or intravenous...inclusion of more recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Our aim was to evaluate the...

Fluoroquinolones vs [beta]-Lactams for Empirical Treatment of...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  December 1, 2006 ;   Falagas, Matthew E; Matthaiou, Dimitrios K; Vardakas, Konstantinos Z;   787 words ......PubMed database, Cochrane Database of Controlled Trials, and references of relevant articles...2006. RESULTS: Twenty randomized controlled trials that enrolled 4817 patients were...In subset analyses of randomized controlled trials that studied ciprofloxacin (OR, 2...

A decision tree for controlled trials.(Reprint)

Sportscience;  January 1, 2005 ;   Atkinson, Greg;   787 words ......spreadsheet Time Series vs Other Controlled Trials Posts-Only vs Fully Controlled Trial...other strategies to avoid bias in controlled trials). In a first draft of this article...article about spreadsheets for fully controlled trials and simple crossovers, where there...

Randomised controlled trials--almost the best available evidence for...

Journal of Diabetes Nursing;  May 1, 2004 ;   Coates, Vivien;   787 words ......systematic reviews based upon randomised controlled trials are reported to offer the strongest...by properly designed randomised controlled trials. ********** In this paper randomised controlled trials (RCTs) will be discussed. The strengths...

Comment on a spreadsheet for analysis of straightforward controlled...

Sportscience;  January 1, 2003 ;   Batterham, Alan M.;   601 words ......good effect in the context of the analysis of randomized controlled trials and crossovers. The inserted comments feature in the spreadsheets...are highly relevant to the proper analysis of randomized controlled trials. I particularly like the features relating to the analysis...

Sample size and statistical power of randomised, controlled trials in...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  April 1, 2001 ;   Freedman, K B; Back, S; Bernstein, J;   787 words ......Research, from which 33 randomised, controlled trials were identified. The results and...findings suggest that randomised, controlled trials in clinical orthopaedic research...relevant for prospective, randomised controlled trials. This type of trial is considered...

Randomised controlled trials in primary care

Community Practitioner;  April 1, 2002 ;   Watson, Michael; Woods, Amanda; Kendrick, Denise;   787 words ......and properly executed randomised controlled trials (RCTs) provide good evidence on the...include an RCT. Key words: randomised controlled trials, methodology, primary care Community...forefront of this research are randomised controlled trials (RCTs) which are considered by many...

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials examining...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2008 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   363 words ......A systematic review of randomized controlled trials examining psychological interventions...present a metaanalysis of 28 randomized controlled trials studying the effects of hypnosis...had been used in the 28 randomized controlled trials. The authors conclude by providing...

Controlled Trials Yield Mixed Findings With Alternative Oncology...

Family Practice News;  April 15, 2001 ;   JANCIN, BRUCE;   595 words ......bag when subjected to randomized, controlled trials, Dr. Charles L. Loprinzi said at...oncology through blinded, randomized, controlled trials, Dr. Loprinzi said that his own experience...Loprinzi plans to conduct randomized, controlled trials of ginkgo biloba for the prevention...

Scales to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials: a systematic...

Physical Therapy;  February 1, 2008 ;   Olivo, Susan Armijo Macedo, Luciana Gazzi Gadotti, Inae Caroline Fuentes, Jorge Stanton, Tasha Magee, David J.;   787 words ......of the quality of controlled trials is essential because...methodological quality and reporting quality. Methodological...of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in health...Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR), Cochrane...