Sentence examples for effect confidence from inspiring English sources

More specifically, we extracted the indirect comparison method reported or applied and the type of results presented (e.g. measure of effect, confidence interval, p-value, number of trials, number of patients).

d) Crude and adjusted measures of effect, confidence intervals and p-values were extracted.

Denosumab and comparator effect confidence intervals (CIs) were taken from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal.

A systematic change in the mean was noted for chair stands and the number of knee bendings/30 seconds in the reference group, indicating a small learning effect (confidence intervals close to zero) (Table  3).

Also, it was frequently suggested that the interpretation of the results of these investigations should consider confounds and important potential biases, the magnitude of the effect, confidence intervals and the directionality of the effect.

Table 3 outlines the major themes and sub-themes on factors effecting confidence with sample quotes from study participants to further demonstrate these themes.

Confidence in the hip replacement is emblematic of the success of the UK healthcare system and its governance yet when a product such as the ASR™ produces considerable adverse effects, confidence in medical implants is damaged.

FDG PET-CT had a minor impact in 23 cases (45.1%%) where findings on prior CECT imaging were confirmed; although no change in clinical management was effected, confidence in the planned treatment was increased.

* denotes the Henmi-Copas analysis: which puts a 'random effects' confidence interval around the fixed effects estimate.

5. R2 is the square of a statistic R which describes the inflation of the random effects confidence interval compared to that from the fixed effect model.

As demonstrated on the NSCLC meta-analysis, the Henmi-Copas method combining a fixed effects estimate with a 'random effects' confidence interval provides an alternative way of dealing with funnel plot asymmetry without making an explicit bias correction.