The patient-oriented approach of CBR can be considered a complement to evidence-based medicine (EbM).
21 While these innovative, quality improvement-driven programmes are still at an early developmental stage, they will allow for the real-life piloting of new frailty assessment tools (such as SHARE-FI75+), and their future evaluation will provide a valuable complement to the evidence emerging from research studies.
In such cases, patient reported evidence is increasingly viewed as an essential complement to traditional clinical evidence for establishing a product's competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Sexual behaviours are essential complements to biological evidence in understanding STI/HIV epidemiology.
Although the limitations can be daunting, including autocorrelation, time varying external effects, non-linearity, and unmeasured confounding, quasi-experimental designs are much cheaper and have the capacity, when carefully conducted, to complement trial evidence or even to map uncharted territory.
A similar interpretation can be given for the results obtained for Df(1 C128, Df(1 BSC592 and Df(1 BSC537, which also failed to complement, as evidenced by the significant L and L × G effects and by the higher CCRT differences in the presence of the deficiency than in the presence of the balancer.
But this paper provides evidence that IRT results can be extremely helpful to complement this evidence with information regarding the quality of the measurement at specific points of the measuring scale.
Finally, to complement the evidence on the self-reported incidence of engagement in anti-social behavior and/or criminal activity, we examine the reported incidence of being a crime victim (Table 11 and Fig. 6).
We would, however, strongly recommend an impact evaluation focusing on healthcare supply to complement our evidence.
6 Hence the importance of using observational data from actual medical practice in comparative effectiveness studies to complement the evidence from randomised controlled trials.
Given the impact of MS on patient lives, it is important to complement clinical evidence with PRO evidence, as it provides insight into patients' condition from their own perspective [ 14].
