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Melissa Norton, MD

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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD

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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, EMBASE, Scopus, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.



BMC Featured articles

Machester color wheel, image, modified from Fig 2.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:12
The Manchester Color Wheel, a circular representation of color, provides a potential diagnostic tool for anxiety and depression by assessing the association between color choices and emotional state and may be particularly useful in a pediatric setting
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:80
Meta-Analyst is an intuitive tool for conducting meta-analysis and meta-regression on binary and continuous data and for Bayesian or frequentist analyses of diagnostic and prognostic studies, comparing well with Stata and analyses in the Cochrane Library.
Image: Publication bias, book, image by iStockPhoto
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:79
Results of cohort studies which reach publication form only a proportion of all studies conducted, and this publication bias occurs mainly before the public dissemination of research findings through conference or manuscript submission.


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Research article
The Manchester Color Wheel: development of a novel way of identifying color choice and its validation in healthy, anxious and depressed individuals
Helen R Carruthers, Julie Morris, Nicholas Tarrier, Peter J Whorwell
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:12 (9February2010)
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Research article
Association between framing of the research question using the PICOT format and reporting quality of randomized controlled trials
Lorena P Rios, Chenglin Ye, Lehana Thabane
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:11 (5February2010)
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Correspondence
Primary prevention from the epidemiology perspective: Three examples from the practice
Iris Pigeot, Stefaan De Henauw, Ronja Foraita, Ingeborg Jahn, Wolfgang Ahrens
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:10 (3February2010)
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Retaining young people in a longitudinal sexual health survey: a trial of strategies to maintain participation
Marion Henderson, Daniel Wight, Catherine Nixon, Graham Hart
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:9 (28January2010)
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Harnessing social networks along with consumer-driven electronic communication technologies to identify and engage members of 'hard-to-reach' populations: a methodological case report
Melanie J Rock
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:8 (20January2010)
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Comparison of techniques for handling missing covariate data within prognostic modelling studies: a simulation study
Andrea Marshall, Douglas G Altman, Patrick Royston, Roger L Holder
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:7 (19January2010)
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Design, recruitment, and retention of African-American smokers in a pharmacokinetic study
Babalola Faseru, Lisa S Cox, Carrie A Bronars, Isaac Opole, Gregory A Reed, Matthew S Mayo, Jasjit S Ahluwalia, Kolawole S Okuyemi
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:6 (19January2010)
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Debate
Water displacement leg volumetry in clinical studies - A discussion of error sources
Eberhard Rabe, Markus Stucker, Bertram Ottillinger
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:5 (13January2010)
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A qualitative assessment of implementing a cross-cultural survey on cancer wards in Denmark - a description of barriers
Maria Kristiansen, Amani Hassani, Allan Krasnik
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:4 (12January2010)
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Estimates of sensitivity and specificity can be biased when reporting the results of the second test in a screening trial conducted in series
Brandy M Ringham, Todd A Alonzo, Gary K Grunwald, Deborah H Glueck
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:3 (11January2010)
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Methodology article
Testing the additional predictive value of high-dimensional molecular data
Anne-Laure Boulesteix, Torsten Hothorn
BMC Bioinformatics 2010, 11:78 (8February2010)
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Research
Development and validation of the Treatment Related Impact Measure of Weight (TRIM-Weight)
Meryl Brod, Mette Hammer, Nana Kragh, Suzanne Lessard, Donald M Bushnell
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:19 (5February2010)
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Research article
Bayesian mapping of pulmonary tuberculosis in Antananarivo,Madagascar
Rindra V Randremanana, Vincent Richard, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Philippe Sabatier, Dominique J Bicout
BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:21 (5February2010)
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Case study
Using the social entrepreneurship approach to generate innovative and sustainable malaria diagnosis interventions in Tanzania: a case study
Lisa K Allen, Erin Hetherington, Mange Manyama, Jennifer M Hatfield, Guido van Marle
Malaria Journal 2010, 9:42 (3February2010)
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Research article
Regression Tree construction by bootstrap: Model search for DRG-systems applied to Austrian health-data
Thomas Grubinger, Conrad Kobel, Karl-Peter Pfeiffer
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10:9 (3February2010)
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Correspondence
Extending conceptual frameworks: life course epidemiology for the study of back pain
Kate M Dunn
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010, 11:23 (2February2010)
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Research article
Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances
Geoff Wong, Trisha Greenhalgh, Ray Pawson
BMC Medical Education 2010, 10:12 (2February2010)
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Debate
Translating three states of knowledge - discovery, invention & innovation
Joseph P Lane, Jennifer L Flagg
Implementation Science 2010, 5:9 (1February2010)
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Study protocol
An investigation of somatosensory profiles in work related upper limb disorders: a case-control observational study protocol
Niamh Moloney, Toby Hall, Catherine Doody
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010, 11:22 (30January2010)
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Research article
Translation, data quality, reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Norwegian version of the Effective Musculoskeletal Consumer Scale (EC-17)
Bente Hamnes, Andrew Garratt, Ingvild Kjeken, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Kare B Hagen
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010, 11:21 (29January2010)
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