Sentence examples for improvement of the methodological from inspiring English sources

There is considerable room for improvement of the methodological quality of CPGs for hypertension in China.

The present study analysed the correlation of the different quality scores with the year of publication and showed improvement of the methodological quality of RCTs as assessed by the Delphi list, the Megens & Harris list, the Jadad list and the Risk of Bias list.

No significant improvements in any of the methodological criteria were observed in trials published in either the general medical or other journals.

We investigated whether the systematic identification of prior trial registration was associated with an improvement in the methodological quality of the subsequent published studies.

The need for further improvement in the methodological quality of trials in physiotherapy for Parkinson's disease was noted in another recent systematic review.

There was a non-significant weak correlation between publication year and the D&B quality score (p=0.09, r=0.20), so over time there was no significant improvement in the methodological quality of the studies included.

This study showed that there was an improvement in the methodological quality of test accuracy studies in gynaecology cancer since the introduction of the QUADAS initiative but not for obstetrics.

Siebes et al [ 29] identified an improvement in the methodological quality of the therapeutic intervention studies during the last decade, and Kunz et al [ 30] found the quality of PT trials to be better than their reputation.

In Table 8 we can also see that an improvement in the methodological quality of the studies is accompanied by a reduction in size effect in the Global Function outcome (the same is found for FIQ scores or for overall efficacy), owing to lesser heterogeneity.

LAJH: involved in the methodological improvement of the scales for years, and in writing the paper.

Notwithstanding such challenges, commentators have detected improvements in the methodological quality of the evidence base.