Therefore, in addition to intervention and clinical similarities, the MTC analysis requires an assumption of similarity on methodological grounds.
In this regard, group concept mapping (GCM) methodology has been used to good effect for strategic complex planning in other diseases including dementia 19 in addition to intervention planning and treatment decisions in cancer.
We examined the frequency of explicit reporting of subject characteristics (i.e., age, gender, co-morbid disease states, medication use (in addition to intervention drug), race/ethnicity, and postmenopausal status).
Using an intention to treat approach, variables that were significant at p < .10 overall in bivariate analyses in one or more models were initially entered into a series of cluster randomized, multivariable logistic regression models in addition to intervention status, age, and gender which were selected a priori.
In addition to interventions in the pathways listed above, topoisomerase IIα, the key enzyme in DNA replication is a molecular target for many anti-cancer drugs called topoII inhibitors [92].
In addition to interventions in groups A and B, all animals were continuously given normal saline (B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) at room temperature (50 ml/h).
There is an urgent need for interventions that 'reach the unreached' by targeting practice and policy in addition to interventions at a personal level to improve asthma-related health literacy.
In addition to interventions directed at managing patients, their contacts, and healthcare facilities, schools were closed, travel was restricted, the community was educated about seeking care at designated sites, and temperatures were monitored at frequent check points.
Studies that allowed individual co-interventions, in addition to the intervention formally studied were deemed eligible, but those with multimodal interventions (such as mindfulness-based stress reduction or comprehensive lifestyle modification) were not, even if the latter included yoga.
In addition to individual interventions, structural interventions are needed to address the gender norms, remarriage, and sexual practices that shape differential vulnerability to HIV in stable couples.
