Journal of clinical epidemiology

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  Año 2006, Número 12

  • Prognosis research: Why is Dr. Lydgate still waiting?

    Harry Hemingway

    págs. 1229-1238

    

  • A systematic review finds that methodological quality is better than its reputation but can be improved in physiotherapy trials in childhood cerebral palsy

    Ilona Autti-Rämö, Regina Kunz, Marjukka Mäkelä, Antti Malmivaara, Heidi Anttila

    pág. 1239

    

  • Adjustment of meta-analyses on the basis of quality scores should be abandoned

    Jean Hay-Smith, Peter Herbison, William J. Gillespie

    pág. 1249

    

  • Methodological quality of patient-reported outcome research was low in complementary and alternative medicine in oncology

    Frits Van Dam, Suzanne Leering, Markus Horneber, Michael Rottmann, Stephane Lejeune, Fabio Efficace, Neil K. Aaronson

    pág. 1257

    

  • Comorbidity risk-adjustment measures were developed and validated for studies of antibiotic-resistant infections

    Patricia Langenberg, Jon P. Furuno, Anthony D. Harris, Eli N. Perencevich, Jeffrey C. Fink, Jingkun Zhu, Kathleen Flannery, Douglas D. Bradham, Jessina C. McGregor

    págs. 1266-1273

    

  • Comorbidity was associated with neurologic and psychiatric diseases: A general practice-based controlled study

    Merrill D. Birkner, William A. Satariano, Peter P. Groenewegen, Jasper Nuyen, Peter M. Spreeuwenberg, Geertrudis A.M. van den Bos, François G. Schellevis

    págs. 1274-1284

    

  • Disparities in stroke preventive care in general practice did not explain socioeconomic disparities in stroke

    J.P. Mackenbach, F.J. Van Lenthe, F.G. Schellevis, G.A.M. Van den Bos, H.C. Boshuizen, M. Avendano

    págs. 1285-1294

    

  • Cohort-specific trends in stroke mortality in seven European countries were related to infant mortality rates

    J.P. Mackenbach, A.E. Kunst, Masoud Amiri, F. Janssen

    págs. 1295-1302

    

  • Limited search strategies were effective in finding relevant nonrandomized studies

    Emma Irvin, Claire Bombardier, Andrea D. Furlan

    págs. 1303-1311

    

  • The publication process itself was the major cause of publication bias in genetic epidemiology

    George Davey Smith, Jonathan A.C. Sterne, Michael Calnan

    págs. 1312-1318

    

  • Mothers tended to overreport categorical infant birth weight of their children

    Tsung-Hsueh Lu, Lee-Ming Chuang, Jung-Nan Wei, Fung-Chang Sung, Chung-Yi Li

    págs. 1319-1325

    

  • In a randomized study of envelope and ink color, colored ink was found to increase the response rate to a postal questionnaire

    Amanda J. Lee, Clare E. Harris, Joanna C. Gordon, Sofia C.C. Fonseca, Carl E. Counsell, Kate S.M. Taylor

    págs. 1326-1330

    

  • Bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity with sparse data: a generalized linear mixed model approach

    Stephen R. Cole, Haitao Chu

    págs. 1331-1332

    

  • Response to Chu and Cole: Bivariate meta-analysis of sensitivity and specificity with sparse data

    A.H. Zwinderman, J.B. Reitsma

    págs. 1332-1333

    

  • Erratum to ¿ANCOVA versus change from baseline had more power in randomized studies and more bias in nonrandomized studies¿ [J Clin Epidemiol 59 (2006) 920¿925]

    Gerard J.P. Van Breukelen

    pág. 1334

    

  • Erratum to ¿VEINES-QOL/Sym questionnaire was a reliable and valid disease specific quality of life measure for deep venous thrombosis¿ [J Clin Epidemiol 59 (2006) 1049¿1056]

    Susan Solymoss, Susan R. Kahn, Donna L. Lamping, Mira Johri, André Roussin, Jeannine Kassis, Marie José Miron, Thierry Ducruet, Ian Shrier, Louise Arsenault, Louis Desjardins, France Joyal, Sylvie Desmarais

    pág. 1334