Sentence examples for core outcome variables from inspiring English sources

In some studies, sensory functions may be core outcome variables.

In the open-label phase, 89% of patients achieved an ACR 30 response, and all core outcome variables measured showed improvement.

There was a trend towards a reduction in the mean number of joints with active disease/limited movement, although these parameters showed less of an improvement compared to the other core outcome variables.

The recently published Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA)/British Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology 'Standards of Care for Children and Young People with JIA' stipulate that all children and young people with JIA should have core outcome variables (including therefore the components of JADAS) measured at each review.

Routine collection of the core outcome variables would permit calculation of JADAS3 at the bedside, offering the clinical team an opportunity to improve the quality of clinical care through a more precise, less subjective summary of disease activity, which can be more accurately compared with previous measurements and clearly communicated to children and their families.

We will present the output from these surveys to the Steering Committee (SC) who will endorse which core and supplementary outcome variables will be recommended for collection in the main study.

The CNO core set of outcome variables is composed of the following five measures: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), number of radiological lesions, severity of disease estimated by the physician, severity of disease estimated by the patient or parent, and the childhood health assessment questionnaire (CHAQ).

To assess the potential effects of gender on the relationship between outcomes and weight change we performed a set of regression analyses predicting change in each of the outcome variables (i.e., Core symptoms of schizophrenia, depressive symptoms, gender, and the interaction of these variables).

These core functions may relate to important demographic, clinical, neuropsychological, and functional outcome variables [ 2, 3] and thus provide a useful platform for exploring the underlying neural substrates and genetic architecture that support these functions [ 4, 5].

Fully exploring these issues will require a consistent approach to defining core moderating variable data to be collected at baseline, similar to calls around core outcome measures in trials, 63 to allow development of an evidence base to provide better guidance for patients, health professionals, and policy makers about "what works for whom" in depression.

In addition, tympanic temperature measurements have been shown to be highly reliable [ 34], and since changes in core temperature were a primary outcome variable, rather than absolute core temperature values, tympanic measurements were appropriate.