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Joint modeling of multivariate longitudinal data and the dropout process in a competing risk setting: application to ICU data

Emmanuelle Deslandes, Sylvie Chevret BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:69 (29 July 2010)

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A life-course and time perspective on the construct validity of psychological distress in women and men. Measurement invariance of the K6 across gender

Aline Drapeau, Dominic Beaulieu-Prévost, Alain Marchand, Richard Boyer, Michel Préville, Sylvia Kairouz BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:68 (21 July 2010)

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The K6 psychological distress scale is gender-neutral and suggests that the higher mean level of psychological distress observed in women reflects a true difference, indicating that further research is needed to explore factors underlying these gender differences.

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What is a pilot or feasibility study? A review of current practice and editorial policy

Mubashir Arain, Michael J Campbell, Cindy L Cooper, Gillian A Lancaster BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:67 (16 July 2010)

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Measures and models for causal inference in cross-sectional studies: arguments for the appropriateness of the prevalence odds ratio and related logistic regression

Michael E Reichenheim, Evandro SF Coutinho BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:66 (15 July 2010)

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Response rates to a mailed survey of a representative sample of cancer patients randomly drawn from the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry: a randomized trial of incentive and length effects

Bridget J Kelly, Taressa K Fraze, Robert C Hornik BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:65 (14 July 2010)

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The importance of adjusting for potential confounders in Bayesian hierarchical models synthesising evidence from randomised and non-randomised studies: an application comparing treatments for abdominal aortic aneurysms

C Elizabeth McCarron, Eleanor M Pullenayegum, Lehana Thabane, Ron Goeree, Jean-Eric Tarride BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:64 (9 July 2010)

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A systematic review of models to predict recruitment to multicentre clinical trials

Katharine D Barnard, Louise Dent, Andrew Cook BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:63 (6 July 2010)

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Research methods for subgrouping low back pain

Peter Kent, Jennifer L Keating, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:62 (3 July 2010)

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Building capacity for evidence generation, synthesis and implementation to improve the care of mothers and babies in South East Asia: methods and design of the SEA-ORCHID Project using a logical framework approach

Steve McDonald, Tari Turner, Catherine Chamberlain, Pisake Lumbiganon, Jadsada Thinkhamrop, Mario R Festin, Jacqueline J Ho, Hakimi Mohammad, David J Henderson-Smart, Jacki Short, Caroline A Crowther, Ruth Martis, Sally Green, the SEA-ORCHID Study Group BMC Medical Research Methodology 2010, 10:61 (1 July 2010)

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