Sentence examples for attributes efficacy from inspiring English sources

In this simplified example, the choice between Regimen A and Regimen B involves variation across four attributes: efficacy, side effects, cost and dosing.

For a particular option (Regimen A or B) each of these attributes is set at certain 'levels' here, the level of efficacy for both options is equal between A and B for the attributes efficacy and dosing.

A discrete choice experiment survey was designed and patients were asked to choose between two hypothetical unlabelled drug treatments (and an opt-out option) that vary in five attributes: efficacy in reducing the risk of fracture, type of potential common side-effects, mode and frequency of administration and out-of-pocket costs.

We are told that eating raw carrots will prevent and even cure it; others attribute efficacy to onions, others to a salt-free diet; tomatoes, on the other hand, have been suspected of causing cancer.

However, a number of difficulties were encountered in assessing hand hygiene studies: the problem of attributing efficacy to an alcohol-based product when used in a multi-component intervention; the variability inherent in the design of such studies; and how to use data from uncontrolled, unblinded studies in the assessment.

Each profile was defined by six key treatment attributes, including efficacy and safety (two each) and route/frequency of administration and cost (one each).

By contrast, effectiveness is considered to have all the attributes of efficacy but to reflect "performance under ordinary conditions by the average practitioner for the typical patient" [ 12].

Moreover, a survey of preferences for influenza vaccine attributes including efficacy and mode of administration among children aged 8 12 years found that 79%% of children favoured the LAIV-like vaccine profile over the TIV characteristics [ 19].

"This paper says it will not pre-empt a common cold, and it stands on top of prior studies saying it doesn't treat an established cold," he said, adding, "We've got to stop attributing any efficacy to echinacea".

Research commissioned by Unilever found that 62 percent of men have experienced some irritation from deodorant, and that when it came to choosing a deodorant, a nonirritating formula was the third most important attribute, behind efficacy and scent.

Tuchin and colleagues reported that multiple treatment sessions yielded more favorable results than a single session and attributed the efficacy to an antibacterial effect [ 14].