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Editor-in-Chief
Melissa Norton, MD Medical Editor
Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD In-house Editor
Iratxe Puebla
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Research article
 
The HCV Synthesis Project: Scope, methodology, and preliminary results
Rebecca K Stern, Holly Hagan, Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger, Don Des Jarlais, Roberta Scheinmann, Shiela Strauss, Enrique R Pouget, Peter Flom
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:62 (14September2008)
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Data management for prospective research studies using SAS software
Robin L Kruse, David R Mehr
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:61 (11September2008)
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Industry-supported meta-analyses compared with meta-analyses with non-profit or no support: Differences in methodological quality and conclusions
Anders W J rgensen, Katja L Maric, Britta Tendal, Annesofie Faurschou, Peter C Gtzsche
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:60 (9September2008)
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Alternative regression models to assess increase in childhood BMI
Andreas Beyerlein, Ludwig Fahrmeir, Ulrich Mansmann, Andr M Toschke
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:59 (8September2008)
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Pooling overdispersed binomial data to estimate event rate
Yinong Young-Xu, K Arnold Chan
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:58 (19August2008)
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Sampling 'hard-to-reach' populations in health research: yield from a study targeting Americans living in Canada
Danielle A Southern, Steven Lewis, Colleen J Maxwell, James R Dunn, Tom W Noseworthy, Gail Corbett, Karen Thomas, William A Ghali
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:57 (18August2008)
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Performing meta-analysis with incomplete statistical information in clinical trials
Jianbing Ma, Weiru Liu, Anthony Hunter, Weiya Zhang
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:56 (18August2008)
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Research article
Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice
David Perkins, Mark F Harris, Jocelyn Tan, Bettina Christl, Jane Taggart, Mahnaz Fanaian
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:55 (13August2008)
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Non-response to a life course socioeconomic position indicator in surveillance: comparison of telephone and face-to-face modes
Catherine R Chittleborough, Anne W Taylor, Fran E Baum, Janet E Hiller
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:54 (13August2008)
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The efficiency and effectiveness of utilizing diagrams in interviews: an assessment of participatory diagramming and graphic elicitation
Muriah J Umoquit, Mark J Dobrow, Louise Lemieux-Charles, Paul G Ritvo, David R Urbach, Walter P Wodchis
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:53 (8August2008)
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Research article
Regression toward the mean  a detection method for unknown population mean based on Mee and Chua's algorithm
Thomas Ostermann, Stefan N Willich, Rainer L dtke
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:52 (7August2008)
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Correspondence
Experiences of a long-term randomized controlled prevention trial in a maiden environment: Estonian Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy trial
Sirpa-Liisa Hovi, Piret Veerus, Mati Rahu, Elina Hemminki
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:51 (1August2008)
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Research article
Vignette studies of medical choice and judgement to study caregivers' medical decision behaviour: systematic review
Lucas M Bachmann, Andrea Mhleisen, Annekatrin Bock, Gerben ter Riet, Ulrike Held, Alfons GH Kessels
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:50 (30July2008)
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Testing for differences in distribution tails to test for differences in 'maximum' lifespan
Guimin Gao, Wen Wan, Sijian Zhang, David T Redden, David B Allison
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:49 (25July2008)
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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 (21July2008)
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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 (15July2008)
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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 (15July2008)
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Research article
Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews
James Thomas, Angela Harden
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:45 (10July2008)
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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 (10July2008)
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Research article
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 (4July2008)
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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 (27June2008)
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Research article
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 (26June2008)
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Integrated analysis of incidence, progression, regression and disappearance probabilities
Guan-Hua Huang
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:40 (25June2008)
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Workplace restructurings in intervention studies a challenge for design, analysis and interpretation
Ole Olsen, Karen Albertsen, Martin Lindhardt Nielsen, Kjeld Brge Poulsen, Sisse Malene Frydendal Gron, Hans Lennart Brunnberg
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:39 (13June2008)
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Technical advance
Estimates of adherence and error analysis of physical activity data collected via accelerometry in a large study of free-living adults
David R Paul, Matthew Kramer, Kim S Stote, Karen E Spears, Alanna J Moshfegh, David J Baer, William V Rumpler
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:38 (9June2008)
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Challenges of self-reported medical conditions and electronic medical records among members of a large military cohort
Besa Smith, Laura K Chu, Tyler C Smith, Paul J Amoroso, Edward J Boyko, Tomoko I Hooper, Gary D Gackstetter, Margaret AK Ryan, the Millennium Cohort Study Team
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:37 (5June2008)
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Research article
The changing causal foundations of cancer-related symptom clustering during the final month of palliative care: A longitudinal study
Karin Olson, Leslie Hayduk, Marilyn Cree, Ying Cui, Hue Quan, John Hanson, Peter Lawlor, Florian Strasser
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:36 (4June2008)
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On reporting results from randomized controlled trials with recurrent events
Lisa Kuramoto, Boris G Sobolev, Meghan G Donaldson
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:35 (30May2008)
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Research article
Simpson's paradox visualized: The example of the Rosiglitazone meta-analysis
Gerta Rcker, Martin Schumacher
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:34 (30May2008)
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Research article
Rasch fit statistics and sample size considerations for polytomous data
Adam B Smith, Robert Rush, Lesley J Fallowfield, Galina Velikova, Michael Sharpe
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:33 (29May2008)
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Research article
The ratio of means method as an alternative to mean differences for analyzing continuous outcome variables in meta-analysis: A simulation study
Jan O Friedrich, Neill KJ Adhikari, Joseph Beyene
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:32 (21May2008)
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Reporting of Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) association studies: An empirical assessment
Ajay Yesupriya, Evangelos Evangelou, Fotini K Kavvoura, Nikolaos A Patsopoulos, Melinda Clyne, Matthew C Walsh, Bruce K Lin, Wei Yu, Marta Gwinn, John PA Ioannidis, Muin J Khoury
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:31 (20May2008)
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Bayes rules for optimally using Bayesian hierarchical regression models in provider profiling to identify high-mortality hospitals
Peter C Austin
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:30 (12May2008)
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Examining intra-rater and inter-rater response agreement: A medical chart abstraction study of a community-based asthma care program
Teresa To, Eileen Estrabillo, Chengning Wang, Lisa Cicutto
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:29 (9May2008)
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Comparison of generalized estimating equations and quadratic inference functions using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) database
Adefowope Odueyungbo, Dillon Browne, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Lehana Thabane
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:28 (9May2008)
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Determinants of participation in a longitudinal two-stage study of the health consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident
Lin T Guey, Evelyn J Bromet, Semyon F Gluzman, Victoria Zakhozha, Vlodomyr Paniotto
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:27 (8May2008)
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Research article
Responsiveness of five condition-specific and generic outcome assessment instruments for chronic pain
Felix Angst, Martin L Verra, Susanne Lehmann, Andr Aeschlimann
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:26 (25April2008)
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Retrivability in The Danish National Hospital Registry of HIV and hepatitis B and C coinfection diagnoses of patients managed in HIV centers 19952004
Niels Obel, Hanne Reinholdt, Lars H Omland, Frederik Engsig, Henrik T Srensen, Ann-Brit E Hansen
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:25 (25April2008)
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Comparison of two dependent within subject coefficients of variation to evaluate the reproducibility of measurement devices
Mohamed M Shoukri, Dilek Colak, Namik Kaya, Allan Donner
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:24 (22April2008)
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A markov model to evaluate hospital readmission
Nicola Bartolomeo, Paolo Trerotoli, Annamaria Moretti, Gabriella Serio
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:23 (22April2008)
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Recommendations by Cochrane Review Groups for assessment of the risk of bias in studies
Andreas Lundh, Peter C Gtzsche
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:22 (21April2008)
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Debate
Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt
Salla Atkins, Simon Lewin, Helen Smith, Mark Engel, Atle Fretheim, Jimmy Volmink
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:21 (16April2008)
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Correspondence
Graphical presentation of diagnostic information
Penny F Whiting, Jonathan AC Sterne, Marie E Westwood, Lucas M Bachmann, Roger Harbord, Matthias Egger, Jonathan J Deeks
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:20 (11April2008)
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Unit-specific calibration of Actigraph accelerometers in a mechanical setup Is it worth the effort? The effect on random output variation caused by technical inter-instrument variability in the laboratory and in the field
Niels C Moeller, Lars Korsholm, Peter L Kristensen, Lars B Andersen, Niels Wedderkopp, Karsten Froberg
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:19 (11April2008)
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Reducing the probability of false positive research findings by pre-publication validation Experience with a large multiple sclerosis database
Martin Daumer, Ulrike Held, Katja Ickstadt, Moritz Heinz, Siegfried Schach, George Ebers
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:18 (10April2008)
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Research article
Motives for (not) participating in a lifestyle intervention trial
Jeroen Lakerveld, Wilhelmina IJzelenberg, Maurits W van Tulder, Irene M Hellemans, Jan A Rauwerda, Albert C van Rossum, Jaap C Seidell
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:17 (10April2008)
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The statistical analysis of a clinical trial when a protocol amendment changed the inclusion criteria
Christian L sch, Markus Neuh user
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:16 (8April2008)
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The impact of consent on observational research: a comparison of outcomes from consenters and non consenters to an observational study
Una Macleod, Graham CM Watt
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:15 (3April2008)
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Abstracts in high profile journals often fail to report harm
Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Elliot S Fisher
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:14 (27March2008)
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Demonstrating the robustness of population surveillance data: implications of error rates on demographic and mortality estimates
Edward Fottrell, Peter Byass, Yemane Berhane
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:13 (25March2008)
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Correspondence
The use of interim data and Data Monitoring Committee recommendations in randomized controlled trial reports: frequency, implications and potential sources of bias
Puvan Tharmanathan, Melanie Calvert, John Hampton, Nick Freemantle
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:12 (20March2008)
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Assessing the order of magnitude of outcomes in single-arm cohorts through systematic comparison with corresponding cohorts: An example from the AMOS study
Harald J Hamre, Anja Glockmann, Wilfried Trger, Gunver S Kienle, Helmut Kiene
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:11 (19March2008)
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Research article
Differential response effects of data collection mode in a cancer screening study of unmarried women ages 4075 years: A randomized trial
Melissa A Clark, Michelle L Rogers, Gene F Armstrong, William Rakowski, Frederick J Kviz
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:10 (29February2008)
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A comparison of two methods for estimating prevalence ratios
Martin R Petersen, James A Deddens
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:9 (28February2008)
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Research article
The harvest plot: A method for synthesising evidence about the differential effects of interventions
David Ogilvie, Debra Fayter, Mark Petticrew, Amanda Sowden, Sian Thomas, Margaret Whitehead, Gill Worthy
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:8 (25February2008)
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A methodological framework to distinguish spectrum effects from spectrum biases and to assess diagnostic and screening test accuracy for patient populations: Application to the Papanicolaou cervical cancer smear test
Caroline Elie, Jo l Coste, the French Society of Clinical Cytology Study Group
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:7 (21February2008)
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Research article
Applications of Bayesian approach in modelling risk of malaria-related hospital mortality
Lawrence N Kazembe, Tobias F Chirwa, Jupiter S Simbeye, Jimmy J Namangale
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:6 (19February2008)
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Examining assumptions regarding valid electronic monitoring of medication therapy: development of a validation framework and its application on a European sample of kidney transplant patients
Kris Denhaerynck, Petra Schfer-Keller, James Young, Jrg Steiger, Andreas Bock, Sabina De Geest
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:5 (19February2008)
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Research article
Negative pressure wound therapy: Potential publication bias caused by lack of access to unpublished study results data
Frank Peinemann, Natalie McGauran, Stefan Sauerland, Stefan Lange
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:4 (11February2008)
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Debate
Content and communication: How can peer review provide helpful feedback about the writing?
Karen Shashok
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:3 (31January2008)
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Towards socially inclusive research: An evaluation of telephone questionnaire administration in a multilingual population
Elizabeth Dormandy, Katrina Brown, Erin P Reid, Theresa M Marteau, SHIFT research team
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:2 (31January2008)
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An administrative data merging solution for dealing with missing data in a clinical registry: adaptation from ICD-9 to ICD-10
Danielle A Southern, Colleen M Norris, Hude Quan, Fiona M Shrive, P Diane Galbraith, Karin Humphries, Min Gao, Merril L Knudtson, William A Ghali, the APPROACH Investigators
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8:1 (23January2008)
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