Healthcare decisions should be based on all relevant evidence.1 Usually, this is provided by randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing two or more interventions for a condition affecting a target ...
8 Center for Clinical Technology and Research of Joint Surgery, Hunan, China Correspondence to Dr Guanghua Lei, Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ...
Objective: The primary objective of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to evaluate the efficacies of 2 web- and theory–based interventions with and without brief motivational interviewing (MI) ...
Background and purpose Current guidelines recommend endovascular treatment (EVT) for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS), due to large-vessel occlusion and an Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) ...
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of Chinese phytotherapyto reduce stress levels, anxiety and improve quality of life. METHOD double-blind randomized controlled trial with 89 volunteers divided into ...
I finished my economics Ph.D. in the summer of 2022, a few months before ChatGPT was released. I did not know it at the time, but my cohort was the last to graduate under the old rules. The empirical ...
Introduction The benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) decline after 6–12 months. Previous studies of maintenance in the literature have been labour-intensive and concentrated on secondary care ...
Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an essential element of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. However, access to conventional face-to-face PR programmes is limited.
As companies move to more AI code writing, humans may not have the necessary skills to validate and debug the AI-written code if their skill formation was inhibited by using AI in the first place, ...
Pilot trials have a key role in preparing for definitive randomized trials, yet determining their sample size remains a common challenge. This article provides practical guidance, methods, and ...
Copyright: © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled pilot trial in the USA (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05857124 ...