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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Hannah Clark PhD
Welcome to BMC Medical Research Methodology published by BioMed Central
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.
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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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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 ] [Provisional 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 ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 ]
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Estimation of colorectal adenoma recurrence with dependent censoring Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Qi Long, David S Alberts BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :66 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Strategies for improving patient recruitment to focus groups in primary care: a case study reflective paper using an analytical framework Jane V Dyas, Tanefa Apekey, Michelle Tilling, A Niroshan Siriwardena BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :65 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Determining relative importance of variables in developing and validating predictive models Joseph Beyene, Eshetu G Atenafu, Jemila S Hamid, Teresa To, Lillian Sung BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :64 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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oA novel nonparametric approach for estimating cut-offs in continuous risk indicators with application to diabetes epidemiology Jens Klotsche, Dietmar Ferger, Lars Pieper, J BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :63 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Optimal strategy to identify incidence of diagnostic of diabetes using administrative data Shabnam Asghari, Josiane Courteau, Andr BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :62 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
The impact of networks on clinical trials in the United Kingdomom Sze May Ng, Alan Michael Weindling Trials 2009, 10 :100 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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 ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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 ]
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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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Whole-body isometric force/torque measurements for functional assessment in neuro-rehabilitation: platform design, development and verification Stefano Mazzoleni, Andras Toth, Marko Munih, Jo Van Vaerenbergh, Giuseppe Cavallo, Silvestro Micera, Paolo Dario, Eugenio Guglielmelli Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009, 6 :38 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The Case for Developing Publicly-Accessible Datasets for Health Services Research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Shadi S Saleh, Mohamad S Alameddine, Fadi El-Jardali BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :197 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The development of 3-D, in vitro, endothelial culture models for the study of coronary artery disease Monica A Farcas, Leonie Rouleau, Richard Fraser, Richard L Leask BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2009, 8 :30 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Local indicators of geocoding accuracy (LIGA): theory and application Geoffrey M Jacquez, Robert Rommel International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :60 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Successful establishment of primary small airway cell cultures in human lung transplantation Balarka Banerjee, Anthony Kicic, Michael Musk, Erika N Sutanto, Stephen M Stick, Daniel C Chambers Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :99 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Automatic noninvasive measurement of systolic blood pressure using photoplethysmography Meir Nitzan, Amikam Patron, Zehava Glik, Abraham T Weiss BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2009, 8 :28 (26 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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