We also evaluated the methodological characteristics of the individual studies.
Some methodological characteristics of our study should be taken into account.
To compare methodological characteristics of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in higher vs. lower impact Core Clinical Journals.
As such, critical realism provides a philosophical stance that is compatible with MMR in that it acknowledges the methodological characteristics of both qualitative and quantitative research, and can facilitate communication and cooperation between the two.
Data were extracted from the included trials in terms of patients' characteristic, doses and modalities of treatment, methodological characteristics of the trials.
Accordingly, this article presents a new meta-analysis of the accumulated research on prospective memory and aging to determine the extent of age declines in prospective memory, while taking into account methodological characteristics of the primary studies.
The methodological characteristics of the included studies were then evaluated.
Figure 2 summarises methodological characteristics of all included studies.
Methodological characteristics of included publications are presented in Table 1.
Methodological characteristics of each study are summarized in Table 1.
For each guideline we extracted methodological characteristics of guideline development.
