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A Gender- and Culturally Sensitive Weight Loss Intervention for Hispanic Men: Results From the Animo Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

A gender- and culturally-sensitive weight loss intervention for Hispanic males: The ANIMO randomized controlled trial pilot study protocol and recruitment methods

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A myriad of methods: calculated sample size for two proportions was dependent on the choice of sample size formula and software

scientific article published on 16 January 2014

A pattern-mixture model approach for handling missing continuous outcome data in longitudinal cluster randomized trials

scientific article published on 07 August 2017

A randomised controlled trial of an advance care planning intervention for patients with incurable cancer

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

A telephone-based guided imagery tobacco cessation intervention: results of a randomized feasibility trial

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Accuracy and reliability of observational motion analysis in identifying shoulder symptoms

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Advance care planning in patients with incurable cancer: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

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Air travel and fatal pulmonary embolism.

scientific article published in May 2006

Alcohol involvement in aggression between intimate partners in New Zealand: a national cross-sectional study

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Alcohol outlet density and university student drinking: a national study

scientific article published in July 2008

Alcohol outlet density, levels of drinking and alcohol-related harm in New Zealand: a national study

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Analytical approaches and estimands to take account of missing patient-reported data in longitudinal studies

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Association of Diet Quality and Physical Activity on Obesity-Related Cancer Risk and Mortality in Black Women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Association of ground hardness with injuries in rugby union

scientific article published on 15 May 2007

Associations Between Comorbid Health Conditions and Quit Outcomes Among Smokers Enrolled in a State Quitline, Arizona, 2011-2016.

scientific article published in March 2018

Baseline quality of life is associated with survival among people with advanced lung cancer

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Behavioral and subjective health changes in US and Mexico border residing participants in two promotora-led chronic disease preventive interventions

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Bias in Area Under the Curve for Longitudinal Clinical Trials With Missing Patient Reported Outcome Data

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Can accelerometry be used to discriminate levels of activity?

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Carbohydrate balance predicts weight and fat gain in adults

scientific article published in April 2006

Caring for women with ovarian cancer in the last year of life: a longitudinal study of caregiver quality of life, distress and unmet needs

scientific article published on 11 January 2014

Case-case analysis of Campylobacter and Salmonella - using surveillance data for outbreak investigations and monitoring routine risk factors

scientific article published on 10 August 2018

Cell contact-dependent mechanisms specify taste bud pattern during a critical period early in embryonic development

scientific article published in August 2004

Challenges to interpreting patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: author rejoinder.

scientific article published in November 2017

Changes in health behaviors and self-rated health of participants in Meta Salud: a primary prevention intervention of NCD in Mexico

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Childhood Behavior Problems Linked to Sexual Risk Taking in Young Adulthood: A Birth Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Commercially available pedometers: considerations for accurate step counting

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Communication challenges experienced by migrants with cancer: A comparison of migrant and English-speaking Australian-born cancer patients

scientific article published on 5 March 2017

Community Health Worker Impact on Chronic Disease Outcomes Within Primary Care Examined Using Electronic Health Records.

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Community Health Worker Professional Advocacy: Voices of Action from the 2014 National Community Health Worker Advocacy Survey

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Community Health Workers Promote Civic Engagement and Organizational Capacity to Impact Policy

scientific article published on 06 June 2017

Conquer fear: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a psychological intervention to reduce fear of cancer recurrence

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Consistency and Reliability of Self-reported Lifetime Number of Heterosexual Partners by Gender and Age in a Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Correlates of cognitive impairment in adult cancer survivors who have received chemotherapy and report cognitive problems

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Designing psycho-oncology randomised trials and cluster randomised trials: variance components and intra-cluster correlation of commonly used psychosocial measures

scientific article published on 18 October 2012

Differences in resting metabolic rate between white and African-American young adults

scientific article published in August 2002

Differential dropout and bias in randomised controlled trials: when it matters and when it may not.

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Disruption of sonic hedgehog signaling alters growth and patterning of lingual taste papillae

scientific article published in March 2003

Does physical activity change predict functional recovery in low back pain? Protocol for a prospective cohort study

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Does preoperative hemoglobin independently predict short-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery?

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Effect Sizes for 2×2 Contingency Tables ⬇️

scientific article published on March 7, 2013

Effects of indomethacin and celecoxib on renal function in athletes

scientific article published in May 2005

Endogenous and exogenous female sex hormones and renal electrolyte handling: effects of an acute sodium load on plasma volume at rest

scientific article published on 24 April 2008

Erratum to: Feasibility of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) for breast cancer survivors: a randomized, wait list controlled pilot study

scientific article published on 01 December 2015

Evaluation of a Web-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program in Cancer Survivors Reporting Cognitive Symptoms After Chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

Evaluation of the community-based chronic disease prevention program Meta Salud in Northern Mexico, 2011-2012.

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Examining Associations between Community Health Worker-Rated Health and Mental Health among Latino Adults with Chronic Disease

scientific article published on 25 December 2020

Exchangeable Zinc Pool Size in Infants Is Related to Key Variables of Zinc Homeostasis ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Factors Predicting Client Re-Enrollment in Tobacco Cessation Services in a State Quitline

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

Fear of cancer recurrence in young early-stage breast cancer survivors: the role of metacognitive style and disease-related factors

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Fear of cancer recurrence in young women with a history of early-stage breast cancer: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and association with health behaviours.

scientific article published on 11 February 2012

Feasibility and acceptability of a beverage intervention for Hispanic adults: a protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Feasibility and acceptability of a beverage intervention for Hispanic adults: results from a pilot randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Feasibility and acceptability of testing a menstrual-cycle timed smoking cessation intervention for women of reproductive age (Project Phase): Protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

Feasibility of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) for breast cancer survivors: a randomized, wait list controlled pilot study

scientific article published on 16 August 2015

Fidelity is fundamental: intervention predictors in advance care plans in terminal cancer

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Gender differences in utilization of services and tobacco cessation outcomes at a state quitline

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Generalized estimating equations in cluster randomized trials with a small number of clusters: Review of practice and simulation study

scientific article published on 19 April 2016

Grappling with cultural differences; communication between oncologists and immigrant cancer patients with and without interpreters

scientific article published on 8 March 2011

Guidance for using pilot studies to inform the design of intervention trials with continuous outcomes

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Handling missing data in RCTs; a review of the top medical journals

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Handling missing items in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): a simulation study

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Helplessness/hopelessness, minimization and optimism predict survival in women with invasive ovarian cancer: a role for targeted support during initial treatment decision-making?

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

How Well Do Current Measures Assess the Impact of Advance Care Planning on Concordance Between Patient Preferences for End-of-Life Care and the Care Received: A Methodological Review.

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Immigrants' perceptions of the quality of their cancer care: an Australian comparative study, identifying potentially modifiable factors

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Impact of caregiver activities and social supports on multidimensional caregiver burden: analyses from nationally-representative surveys of cancer patients and their caregivers

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Impact of changes in home smoking bans on tobacco cessation among quitline callers

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Impact of physical activity on fatigue and quality of life in people with advanced lung cancer: a randomized controlled trial

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Improving decision making about clinical trial participation - a randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for women considering participation in the IBIS-II breast cancer prevention trial.

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Imputation strategies when a continuous outcome is to be dichotomized for responder analysis: a simulation study

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

Inferior health-related quality of life and psychological well-being in immigrant cancer survivors: a population-based study

scientific article published on 8 April 2013

Influence of Women's Empowerment on Place of Delivery in North Eastern and Western Kenya: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Kenya Demographic Health Survey

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Informatively missing quality of life and unmet needs sex data for immigrant and Anglo-Australian cancer patients and survivors

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Interpretation in Consultations With Immigrant Patients With Cancer: How Accurate Is It?

scientific article published on 13 June 2011

Long-term prevalence and predictors of prolonged grief disorder amongst bereaved cancer caregivers: A cohort study

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Meat as a first complementary food for breastfed infants: feasibility and impact on zinc intake and status

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Medical, demographic and psychological correlates of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) morbidity in breast, colorectal and melanoma cancer survivors with probable clinically significant FCR seeking psychological treatment through the ConquerFear study

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

Meta Salud Diabetes study protocol: a cluster-randomised trial to reduce cardiovascular risk among a diabetic population of Mexico.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Migrant health in cancer: outcome disparities and the determinant role of migrant-specific variables

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Missing data handling in non-inferiority and equivalence trials: A systematic review

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Mixed models for the analysis of replicated spatial point patterns

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New guidance to improve sample size calculations for trials: eliciting the target difference

Ovarian cancer study dropouts had worse health-related quality of life and psychosocial symptoms at baseline and over time

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Patients' perspectives of patient-centredness as important in musculoskeletal physiotherapy interactions: a qualitative study

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Phase 3 trial of domiciliary humidification to mitigate acute mucosal toxicity during radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer: first report of Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) 07.03 RadioHUM study

scientific article published in March 2014

Physical symptoms, coping styles and quality of life in recurrent ovarian cancer: a prospective population-based study over the last year of life

scientific article published on 8 April 2013

Pilot of a theoretically grounded psychologist-delivered intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (Conquer Fear).

scientific article published in March 2015

Plasma and erythrocyte fatty acids reflect intakes of saturated and n-6 PUFA within a similar time frame

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Post-infectious sequelae after Campylobacter enteric infection: a pilot study in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Power difference in a χ2 test vs generalized linear mixed model in the presence of missing data - a simulation study

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Practical and statistical issues in missing data for longitudinal patient-reported outcomes

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Predictors of Tobacco Cessation Among American Indian/Alaska Native Adults Enrolled in a State Quitline

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Predictors of unmet needs and psychological distress in adolescent and young adult siblings of people diagnosed with cancer.

scientific article published on 17 August 2014

Preexercise sodium loading aids fluid balance and endurance for women exercising in the heat

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Promoting adherence to treatment for latent TB infection through mobile phone text messaging: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Protocol for LINKS (linking individual needs to community and clinical services): a prospective matched observational study of a community health worker community clinical linkage intervention on the U.S.-Mexico border

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Psychological morbidity and stress but not social factors influence level of fear of cancer recurrence in young women with early breast cancer: results of a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Psychometric evaluation of the Offspring Cancer Needs Instrument (OCNI): an instrument to assess the psychosocial unmet needs of young people who have a parent with cancer

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

Psychometric evaluation of the Sibling Cancer Needs Instrument (SCNI): an instrument to assess the psychosocial unmet needs of young people who are siblings of cancer patients

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Quantity vs. quality: an exploration of the predictors of posttreatment sexual adjustment for women affected by early stage cervical and endometrial cancer

scientific article published on 30 July 2012

Quit outcomes among clients ineligible for cessation medication through the state quitline: a retrospective, observational study

scientific article published on 10 August 2018

Quitline program utilization and cessation outcomes: A comparison of provider-referred clients by healthcare settings

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Randomized Trial of ConquerFear: A Novel, Theoretically Based Psychosocial Intervention for Fear of Cancer Recurrence

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Randomized controlled trial of a structured intervention to facilitate end-of-life decision making in patients with advanced cancer

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Regularized continuous-time Markov Model via elastic net.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Relative effect sizes for measures of risk

Repeated single-limb postural stability testing elicits a practice effect

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Reported bed net ownership and use in social contacts is associated with uptake of bed nets for malaria prevention in pregnant women in Ghana

scientific article published on 04 January 2017

Resistant starch consumption promotes lipid oxidation

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Results of a feasibility study of Helpers Stay Quit Training for smoking relapse prevention

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Scientific rigour in psycho-oncology trials: why and how to avoid common statistical errors

scientific article published on 7 February 2012

Self-reported hearing difficulty and its association with general, cognitive, and psychosocial health in the state of Arizona, 2015

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Sex differences in the pattern of innominate motion during passive hip abduction and external rotation

scientific article published on 22 November 2008

Short-term triglyceride lowering with fenofibrate improves vasodilator function in subjects with hypertriglyceridemia

scientific article published in February 2003

Should culture affect practice? A comparison of prognostic discussions in consultations with immigrant versus native-born cancer patients.

scientific article published on 29 March 2013

Single time point comparisons in longitudinal randomized controlled trials: power and bias in the presence of missing data

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State inequality, socioeconomic position and subjective cognitive decline in the United States

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Statistical analysis and handling of missing data in cluster randomised trials: protocol for a systematic review

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Statistical analysis and handling of missing data in cluster randomized trials: a systematic review

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Statistical controversies in cancer research: using standardized effect size graphs to enhance interpretability of cancer-related clinical trials with patient-reported outcomes

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Testing the feasibility of a guided imagery tobacco cessation intervention delivered by a telephone quitline: Study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

The Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (QLQ-C30) and Functional Assessment of Cancer-General (FACT-G) differ in responsiveness, relative efficiency, and therefore required sample size

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The characteristics of oncology social work in Australia: Implications for workforce planning in integrated cancer care

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

The impact of physical activity on fatigue and quality of life in lung cancer patients: a randomised controlled trial protocol

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The influence of hip abduction and external rotation on sacroiliac motion

scientific article published on 08 November 2008

The mixed model for repeated measures for cluster randomized trials: a simulation study investigating bias and type I error with missing continuous data

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

The relationship between multiple sex partners and anxiety, depression, and substance dependence disorders: a cohort study

scientific article published on 12 February 2013

Tobacco Cessation Training for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners: Results of a Practice-Based Trial

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Tobacco Use Cessation Among Quitline Callers Who Implemented Complete Home Smoking Bans During the Quitting Process

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Two types of Drosophila R7 photoreceptor cells are arranged randomly: a model for stochastic cell-fate determination

scientific article published in May 2007

Unmet needs in immigrant cancer survivors: a cross-sectional population-based study

scientific article published on 27 April 2013

User Participation and Engagement With the See Me Smoke-Free mHealth App: Prospective Feasibility Trial.

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Using generalized estimating equations and extensions in randomized trials with missing longitudinal patient reported outcome data

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Using the Distress Thermometer and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to screen for psychosocial morbidity in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 3 December 2010

Women's preferences for selective estrogen reuptake modulators: an investigation using protection motivation theory

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Women's preferences for selective estrogen reuptake modulators: an investigation using the time trade-off technique

scientific article published on 24 May 2014

Zinc Absorption and Exchangeable Zinc Pool Sizes in Breast-Fed Infants Fed Meat or Cereal as First Complementary Food

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