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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedSjoding MW, Cooke CR, Iwashyna TJ
Acute respiratory distress syndrome measurement error. Potential effect on clinical study results.
This study investigated how the degree of variability in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) measurement commonly reported in clinical studies affects study power, the accuracy of treatment effect estimates, and the measured strength of risk factor associations. It found that lower reliability measurement of ARDS during patient enrollment in randomized controlled trials seriously degraded study power and effect size estimates of clinical studies.
AHRQ-funded; HS020672.
Citation: Sjoding MW, Cooke CR, Iwashyna TJ .
Acute respiratory distress syndrome measurement error. Potential effect on clinical study results.
Ann Am Thorac Soc 2016 Jul;13(7):1123-8. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201601-072OC.
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Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Research Methodologies, Respiratory Conditions