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Publikováno v:
British Educational Research Journal. 31:761-785
Health care and educational trials face similar methodological challenges. Methodological reviews of health care trials have shown that a significant proportion have methodological flaws. Whether or not educational trials have a similar proportion of
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Journal of Research in Reading. 28:87-107
This paper reports a systematic review of the quasi-experimental literature in the field of adult literacy and numeracy, published between 1980 and 2002. We included 27 controlled trials (CTs) that evaluated strategies and pedagogies designed to incr
Publikováno v:
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 9:213-217
Objectives: Low response rates to postal questionnaires can threaten the validity of studies by reducing the effective sample size and introducing bias. The identification of methods with which to optimise response rates could, therefore, improve the
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Journal of Research in Reading. 26:234-255
This paper reports a systematic review of the trial literature in the field of adult literacy and numeracy. The review was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of teaching strategies and pedagogies designed to increase adult literacy and numer
Autor:
David J. Torgerson, Terry J. Aspray, Yvonne Birks, Roger M. Francis, Anne Sutcliffe, Christine King, Suezann Puffer, Ian Watt, Sarah Cockayne, Lucy Saxon, Jill Porthouse, Cynthia P Iglesias, Elizabeth Steele, Mike Baverstock, Jo C Dumville
Publikováno v:
BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 330(7498)
Objective To assess whether supplementation with calcium and cholecaliferol (vitamin D3) reduces the risk of fracture in women with one or more risk factors for fracture of the hip. Design Pragmatic open randomised controlled trial. Setting Practice
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QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians. 97(9)
BACKGROUND: Common clinical risk factors for fracture in older women have been identified. To date, most of these risk factors have not been confirmed in a UK population. AIM: To confirm the important risk factors for fracture in older women. DESIGN:
Autor:
David J. Torgerson, Jill Porthouse
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Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 94(3)
The randomized controlled trial is the most robust method available to evaluate health-care treatments. If podiatric medical practice is to be based on rigorous evidence, then high-quality randomized controlled trials are needed to inform that practi
Autor:
Roger M. Francis, Karen Loughney, Yvonne Birks, David J. Torgerson, Mike Baverstock, David M. Reid, Jill Porthouse, Caroline Addie, Ian Watt, Lucy Saxon
Publikováno v:
Osteoporosis International. 15
Objective: To asess whether hip protectors used among women living in the community in the United Kingdom and at high risk of hip fracture, lead to a reduction in hip fracture. Design: Pragmatic ran- domized controlled trial (RCT). Setting: Primary c
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Osteoporosis International. 14:868-869
Publikováno v:
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy; Oct2004, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p213-217, 5p