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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Hannah Clark PhD
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BMC Medical Research Methodology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in methodological approaches to healthcare research. Articles on the methodology of epidemiological research, clinical trials and meta-analysis/systematic review are particularly encouraged, as are empirical studies of the associations between choice of methodology and study outcomes. BMC Medical Research Methodology does not aim to publish articles describing scientific methods or techniques: these should be directed to the BMC journal covering the relevant biomedical subject area.
BMC Medical Research Methodology (ISSN 1471-2288) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :62
The application of a five-year disease-free observation period allows the identification of true diabetes incidence from administrative data based on a single occurrence of an ICD-9 code 250.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :61
Very low participation of general practitioners (GPs) in a leg ulcer clinical trial is influenced by factors such as lack of financial incentives and potential disruption, highlighting the need for appropriate planning of recruitment phases.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :55
Placebo responses in randomized controlled trials of antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder are substantial and highly heterogeneous, necessitating an increase in the number of patients or recruitment of more severely affected patients to improve results
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Research article
Blood spots as an alternative to whole blood collection and the effect of a small monetary incentive to increase participation in genetic association studies Parveen Bhatti, Diane Kampa, Bruce H Alexander, Christopher McClure, Danny Ringer, Michele M Doody, Alice J Sigurdson BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :76 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Parasite threshold associated with clinical malaria in areas of different transmission intensities in north eastern Tanzania Bruno P Mmbando, John P Lusingu, Lasse S Vestergaard, Martha M Lemnge, Thor G Theander, Thomas H Scheike BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :75 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Technical advance
Computer-aided assessment of diagnostic images for epidemiological research Alison G Abraham, Donald D Duncan, Stephen J Gange, Sheila West BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :74 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Multivariate random effects meta-analysis of diagnostic
tests with multiple thresholds Taye H Hamza, Lidia R Arends, Hans C van Houwelingen, Theo Stijnen BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :73 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Collecting household water usage data: telephone questionnaire or diary? Joanne E O'Toole, Martha I Sinclair, Karin Leder BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :72 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Clinical trial participant characteristics and saliva and DNA metrics Denise M Nishita, Lisa M Jack, Mary McElroy, Jennifer B McClure, Julie Richards, Gary E Swan, Andrew W Bergen BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :71 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluating the informatics for integrating biology and the bedside system for clinical research.
Vikrant G Deshmukh, Stephane M Meystre, Joyce A Mitchell BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :70 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparing recruitment strategies in a study of acupuncture for chronic back pain Karen J Sherman, Rene J Hawkes, Laura Ichikawa, Daniel C Cherkin, Richard A Deyo, Andrew L Avins, Partap S Khalsa BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :69 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
A multidisciplinary systematic literature review on frailty: Overview of the methodology used by the Canadian Initiative on Frailty and Aging Sathya Karunananthan, Christina Wolfson, Howard Bergman, Fran BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :68 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Technical advance
New journal selection for quantitative survey of infectious disease research: application for Asian trend analysis Hiromi Takahashi-Omoe, Katsuhiko Omoe, Nobuhiko Okabe BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :67 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology
Evolutionary concepts in biobanking - the BC BioLibrary Peter H Watson, Janet E Wilson-McManus, Rebecca O Barnes, Sara C Giesz, Adrian Png, Richard G Hegele, Jacquelyn N Brinkman, Ian R Mackenzie, David G Huntsman, Anne Junker, Blake Gilks, Eric Skarsgard, Michael Burgess, Samuel Aparicio, Bruce M McManus Journal of Translational Medicine 2009, 7 :95 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Editorial
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, one year on Mike J Potter, Hylton B Menz, Alan M Borthwick, Karl B Landorf Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2 :31 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Enhanced detection and study of murine norovirus-1 using a more efficient microglial cell line Courtney Cox, Shengbo Cao, Yuanan Lu Virology Journal 2009, 6 :196 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Human spongiosa mesenchymal stem cells fail to generate cardiomyocytes in vitro Svetlana Mastitskaya, Bernd Denecke Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2009, 8 :11 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Subgroup Analysis of Trials Is Rarely Easy (SATIRE): a study protocol for a systematic review to characterize the analysis, reporting, and claim of subgroup effects in randomized trials Xin Sun, Matthias Briel, Jason W Busse, Elie A Akl, John J You, Filip Mejza, Malgorzata Bala, Natalia Diaz-Granados, Dirk Bassler, Dominik Mertz, Sadeesh K Srinathan, Per Olav Vandvik, German Malaga, Mohamed Alshurafa, Philipp Dahm, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Diane M Heels-Ansdell, Neera Bhatnagar, Bradley C Johnston, Li Wang, Stephen D Walter, Douglas G Altman, Gordon H Guyatt Trials 2009, 10 :101 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Does physical activity change predict functional recovery in low back pain? Protocol for a prospective cohort study Paul Hendrick, Stephan Milosavljevic, Melanie L Bell, Leigh Hale, Deirdre A Hurley, Suzanne M McDonough, Markus Melloh, David G Baxter BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10 :136 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
The impact of networks on clinical trials in the United Kingdom Sze May Ng, Alan Michael Weindling Trials 2009, 10 :100 (4 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Unbearability of suffering at the end of life: the development of a new measuring device, the SOS-V Kees DM Ruijs, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Gerrit van der Wal, Ad JFM Kerkhof BMC Palliative Care 2009, 8 :16 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Improved ability of biological and previous caries multimarkers to predict caries disease as revealed by multivariate PLS modelling Ake Nordlund, Ingegerd Johansson, Carina Kallestal, Thorild Ericson, Michael Sjostrom, Nicklas Stromberg BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :28 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
The sexual attitudes and lifestyles of London's Eastern Europeans (SALLEE Project): design and methods Alison R Evans, Violetta Parutis, Graham Hart, Catherine H Mercer, Christopher Gerry, Richard Mole, Rebecca S French, John Imrie, Fiona Burns BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :399 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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