Objectives To study the extent of blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions and the interpretative considerations if randomised clinical trials are not blinded. Design ...

Evidence-based medicine (EBM’s) traditional methods, especially randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses, along with risk-of-bias tools and checklists, have contributed significantly to ...

People often use infographics (also called visual or graphical abstracts) as a substitute for reading the full text of an article. This is a concern because most infographics do not present sufficient ...

Background Musculoskeletal knee pain is a large and costly problem, and meniscal tears make up a large proportion of diagnoses. ‘Special tests’ to diagnose torn menisci are often used in the physical ...

Correspondence to Professor Kari A O Tikkinen, Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00290, Finland; kari.tikkinen{at}helsinki.fi To practice high quality healthcare, ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2 Centre for Academic Research in Geriatric Medicine ...

Correspondence to Dr Franz Porzsolt, Health Care Research at the Dept General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm 89071, Germany; f.porzsolt{at}gmx.de The description of results in ...

Correspondence to Dr Maja Karolina Bilip, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; maja.bilip{at}doctors.net.uk Emollients are readily available in prescription and ...

Objectives This research project aims to determine the potential differential impact of two curricular approaches to teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM) on student performance on an EBM assignment ...

Background In people with mild asthma poor adherence to regular therapy is common and increases the risk of exacerbations, morbidity and mortality. The use of fixed-dose combination inhalers ...

Introduction Exploring the research landscape in shared decision-making (SDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can guide clinicians, researchers, and policymakers by shedding light on the most ...

Faculty of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Correspondence to: Dr Ilan Matok, Division of Clinical Pharmacy, School of ...