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Spring 2023
Adaptive learning systems (ALSs) serve as a way to personalize learning experiences for students to improve their learning outcomes. Many studies have been conducted to develop and examine ALSs in terms of their effects on student learning outcomes compared to the traditional classroom settings....
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International Comparison of Time to Treatment Intensification and Rates of Complications in Metformin Monotherapy Treated Type 2 Diabetes Patients
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive disease which affects many people in Canada and the United States, and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is only expected to increase in the future. Pharmacological interventions are a cornerstone of the management of type 2 diabetes as they help to...
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Spring 2018
Background: Overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions (overviews) compile information from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for health-care decision-making. Their increasing popularity, combined with a lack of evidence-based guidance for...
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Patient-reported outcome measures for adverse events: A systematic review and COSMIN evaluation study
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ABSTRACT Background: Health care requires constant improvement. Harms in health care are becoming a priority, as is incorporating the patient’s voice in both clinical research and clinical care. Patients have been found to provide a more subjective, detailed perspective of their treatment...
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Drug Exposure Definition and Healthy User Bias Impacts on the Evaluation of Oral Anti Hyperglycemic Therapies
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Accurate estimation of medication use is an essential component of any pharmacoepidemiological research as exposure misclassification will threaten study validity and lead to spurious associations. Many pharmacoepidemiological studies use simple definitions, such as the categorical “any versus no...
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The impact of bias on the magnitude of treatment effect estimates in oral health randomized trials
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Background: There is emerging evidence that randomized trials are subject to biases. Flaws in the design of such trials can result in over- or underestimation of the treatment effect size. Aim: To examine the empirical evidence for bias, to quantify the extent of bias associated with methodology,...
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Spring 2015
Introduction Systematic reviews (SRs) synthesize published and sometimes unpublished data and are often based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, RCTs are known to be poor at identifying and reporting harms. The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and...
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The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: A Meta-Analysis
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The effectiveness of secondary prevention (SP) for coronary heart disease (CHD) is well established. The poor integration of evidence into clinical practice remains problematic, in part due to the poor description of trials evaluating these programs. As a result, knowledge users remain unclear...
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Spring 2015
Background: The prevalence of dementia, a progressive and incurable condition that affects memory and daily function, is increasing worldwide. The perspective of people with dementia can be captured to better understand which factors impact quality of life for this particular population. Such...
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The Experiences of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Diploma Program Participants: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research
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Enriched high school curricula like the Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Diploma programs are endorsed as enhanced entry programs for postsecondary-bound students. Program participation is perceived to have benefits that appeal to broad stakeholder groups of students, parents...