For assessment of the effect of each intervention on survival, studies that reported no deaths in either study arm were excluded from the survival outcome but included in all other applicable outcomes of interest.
Several women of color also cited the need for their work to have more directly applicable outcomes as the reason for their diminished interest in faculty careers.
The protocol establishes criteria for including or excluding references based on, for example, applicable outcomes, relevant exposures, and types of studies.
Where applicable, outcomes were compared with data previously collected from callers to a state-funded quitline using chi-square for categorical measures and t-tests for continuous measures.
NA=not applicable (outcome not measured).
This conversion is applicable for continuous outcomes and for outcomes where metrics are log-transformed, like the risk ratio (RR), odds ratio (OR), hazard ratio (HR) or Poisson rate.
The CCI has been adapted and validated for use with DNRP hospital discharge data for the prediction of short- and long-term mortality 18 and it has been shown to be highly applicable for outcome studies on prostate cancer.
Recently, calculation of the total maximal Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (TMS) score has been proposed as a refinement of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) classification [ 23], and it was shown to be applicable for outcome prediction [ 24, 25].
Systematic evaluations of toolkits that aim to change knowledge, attitudes, practice and, where applicable, patient outcomes, are crucial for understanding their full impact on health practice and behavior, and ultimately strengthen their utility.
Poorer outcomes for trauma patients.
