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study participants
(subjects*, participants)
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“The people included in a study” … (read more)
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statistically significant
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“A result that is unlikely to have happened by chance. The usual threshold for this judgement is a likelihood of less than 5%” … (read more)
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research evidence
(research findings, research results)
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“The findings of studies, including systematic reviews” … (read more)
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fair comparisons of treatments
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“Studies designed, conducted, reported and interpreted to minimize bias and the play of chance in measuring treatment effects” … (read more)
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non-randomized study
(non-experimental study, observational study,)
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“A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
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margin of error
(CI, margin of error,)
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“A measure of uncertainty due to the play of chance” … (read more)
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benefit
(desirable anticipated effect, desirable effect)
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“Difference in outcomes that favours a treatment in a treatment comparison” … (read more)
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adverse event
(adverse effects, undesirable treatment effects)
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“Unwanted symptoms or other experiences in participants in a study, which may or may not be caused by treatments.” … (read more)
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conflicts of interests
(conflicting interests, vested interests)
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“Vested interests (financial or academic) that may compromise a person’s objectivity in designing, conducting or interpreting research” … (read more)
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index test
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“A diagnostic test that is being evaluated against a reference standard test in a study of test accuracy” … (read more)