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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Iratxe Puebla
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, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :32
The ratio of mean values method, a novel approach for pooling continous outcomes in meta-analyses, compares favorably with the weighted mean difference and the standardized mean difference and may have the advantage of easier clinical interpretation.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :21
Although meta-ethnography offers a useful methodology for the synthesis of qualitative research, its application to the study of adherence to tuberculosis treatment highlights a number of methodological and epistemological challenges which must still be addressed.
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :8
The harvest plot is a novel method to graphically synthesize data for systematic reviews that include diverse groups of studies and allows the synthesis of evidence about the differential effects of population-level interventions.
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Advantages of the nested case-control design in diagnostic research Cornelis J Biesheuvel, Yvonne Vergouwe, Ruud Oudega, Arno W Hoes, Diederick E Grobbee, Karel GM Moons BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :48 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Reliability and validity of two frequently used self-administered physical activity questionnaires in adolescents Vegar Rangul, Turid Lingaas Holmen, Nanna Kurtze, Koenraad Cuypers, Kristian Midthjell BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :47 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A coarsened multinomial regression model for perinatal mother to child transmission of HIV Charlotte C Gard, Elizabeth R Brown BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :46 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews James Thomas, Angela Harden BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :45 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Language and rigour in qualitative research: Problems and principles in analyzing data collected in Mandarin Helen J Smith, Jing Chen, Xiaoyun Liu BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :44 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Relative performance of different exposure modeling approaches for sulfur dioxide concentrations in the air in rural western Canada Igor Burstyn, Nicola M Cherry, Yutaka Yasui, Hyang-Mi Kim BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :43 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Does it matter whether the recipient of patient questionnaires in general practice is the general practitioner or an independent researcher? The REPLY randomised trial James A Desborough, Peter Butters, Debi Bhattacharya, Richard C Holland, David J Wright BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :42 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Disagreement in primary study selection between systematic reviews on negative pressure wound therapy Frank Peinemann, Natalie McGauran, Stefan Sauerland, Stefan Lange BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :41 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Integrated analysis of incidence, progression, regression and disappearance probabilities Guan-Hua Huang BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :40 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Workplace restructurings in intervention studies Ole Olsen, Karen Albertsen, Martin Lindhardt Nielsen, Kjeld B BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :39 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Editorial
The single individual in medicine: how to escape from the probability theory trap Enzo Grossi Cases Journal 2008, 1 :58 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Establishment of the 1st World Health Organization International Standard for Plasmodium falciparum DNA for nucleic acid amplification technique (NAT)-based assays David J Padley, Alan B Heath, Colin Sutherland, Peter L Chiodini, Sally A Baylis Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :139 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Editorial
Training the next generation of pluripotent stem cell researchers Philip H Schwartz Journal of Translational Medicine 2008, 6 :40 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A predictive score to identify hospitalized patients' risk of discharge to a post-acute care facility Martine Louis Simonet, Michel P Kossovsky, Pierre Chopard, Philippe Sigaud, Thomas V Perneger, Jean Michel Gaspoz BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :154 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Does erotic stimulus presentation design affect brain activation patterns? Event-related vs. blocked fMRI designs. Mira Buehler, Sabine Vollstaedt-Klein, Jane Klemen, Michael N Smolka Behavioral and Brain Functions 2008, 4 :30 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Needs-oriented discharge planning and monitoring for high utilisers of psychiatric services (NODPAM): Design and methods Bernd Puschner, Sabine Steffen, Wolfgang Gaebel, Harald Freyberger, Helmfried E Klein, Tilman Steinert, Rainer Muche, Thomas Becker BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :152 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Clinical case review: A method to improve identification of true clinical and radiographic pneumonia in children meeting the World Health Organization definition for pneumonia. Taneli Puumalainen, Beatriz Quiambao, Erma Abucejo-Ladesma, Socorro Lupisan, Tarja Heiskanen-Kosma, Petri Ruutu, Marilla G Lucero, Hanna Nohynek, Eric AF Simoes, Ian Riley, the ARIVAC Research Consortium [arivac] BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :95 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The MOBILIZE Boston Study: Design and methods of a prospective cohort study of novel risk factors for falls in an older population Suzanne G Leveille, Douglas P Kiel, Richard N Jones, Anthony Roman, Marian T Hannan, Farzeneh A Sorond, Hyun G Kang, Elizabeth J Samelson, Margaret Gagnon, Marcie Freeman, Lewis A Lipsitz BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :16 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Thai SF-36 health survey: tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and validity in healthy men and women Lynette L Lim, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6 :52 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Fractal parameters and vascular networks: facts & artifacts Daniele Mancardi, Gianfranco Varetto, Enrico Bucci, Fabrizio Maniero, Caterina Guiot Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2008, 5 :12 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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