Balance in cluster randomised trials.
Journal Article
Raab, G., & Butcher, I. (2001)
Balance in cluster randomised trials. Statistics in Medicine, 20, 351-365. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0258%2820010215%2920%3A33.0.CO%3B2-C
This paper explores the role of balancing covariates between treatment groups in the design of cluster randomized trials. General expressions are obtained for two criteria to ...
Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire
Journal Article
Hagen, S., Hanley, J., & Capewell, A. (2001)
Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 21(6), (534-539). doi:10.1002/nau.10075. ISSN 0733-2467
Aims.
To evaluate two quality of life measures for urinary incontinence (UI) in Scottish females.
Methods.
Three groups with UI from two regions in Scotland were studied. ...
Development and application of a survey quality assessment model.
Journal Article
Chen, T., Raeside, R., & Khan, H. T. A. (2014)
Development and application of a survey quality assessment model. Global journal of quantitative science, 1(1), 15-29
Until recently research has been undertaken to improve the quality and effectiveness of surveys. By reviewing existing works, an improved model has been developed in this pape...
Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Kirby, B., & Penny, K. I. (2012)
Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2711-2721. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04021.x
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
This paper will focus on the key concepts behind record linkage and describe how probability matching of Scottish health records can be used for natio...