A study of target effect sizes in randomised controlled trials published in the Health Technology Assessment journal

Choosing the target difference (‘effect size’) for a randomised controlled trial - DELTA2 guidance protocol

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Although not consistently superior, the absolute approach to framing the minimally important difference has advantages over the relative approach

(2015) Yuqing Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Specifying the target difference in the primary outcome for a randomised controlled trial: guidance for researchers

(2015) Jonathan A Cook et al.   Trials

Assessing methods to specify the target difference for a randomised controlled trial: DELTA (Difference ELicitation in TriAls) review

(2014) Jonathan Cook et al.   HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

A reinvestigation of recruitment to randomised, controlled, multicenter trials: a review of trials funded by two UK funding agencies

(2013) Ben G O Sully et al.   Trials

Clinical effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in UK primary care (CADET): cluster randomised controlled trial

(2013) D. A. Richards et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A tutorial on pilot studies: the what, why and how

(2010) Lehana Thabane et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Collaborative Depression Trial (CADET): multi-centre randomised controlled trial of collaborative care for depression - study protocol

(2009) David A Richards et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Patients' acceptance of antihypertensive therapy to prevent cardiovascular disease: a comparison between South Asians and Caucasians in the United Kingdom

(2009) Mohsen Aarabi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

ORIGINAL RESEARCH–WOMEN'S SEXUAL HEALTH: Clinically Relevant Changes in Sexual Desire, Satisfying Sexual Activity and Personal Distress as Measured by the Profile of Female Sexual Function, Sexual Activity Log, and Personal Distress Scale in Postmenopausal Women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder

(2009) Leonard R. DeRogatis et al.   Journal of Sexual Medicine

Sample Size in Obesity Trials: Patient Perspective Versus Current Practice

(2009) David B. Allison et al.   MEDICAL DECISION MAKING

Minimally important differences in the Mahler's Transition Dyspnoea Index in a large randomized controlled trial--results from the Scleroderma Lung Study

(2009) D. Khanna et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY