Finally, we conducted an additional dose-response analysis using similar methodology for duration of use in which total days of use of prescription opioids during pregnancy was considered as a predictor variable and neonatal abstinence syndrome as the outcome variable.
Our results can be usefully compared with those of a recently published Israeli study of comparable size, methodology, and duration of follow-up, which found lower long-term all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality rates among smoking reducers (6).
Comparisons between studies and meta-analyses of recurrence are complicated by differences in methodology and duration of follow-up.
In Gaelic games, comparison with player data is also limited by differences in injury definition, methodology and duration of data recording, but player reports show a higher incidence rate of injury per individual, 1.72 to 2.2 injuries per player over a season [ 9, 13, 14].
In terms of RIPC delivery, there is currently no standardisation in methodology such as duration of cuff inflation, number of cycles/limbs(s) and the optimum cuff inflation pressure.
We assessed sample size, duration, origin, and methodology of the individual non-registry studies.
According to methods described in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, 18 the extraction sheet includes information such as study design, methodology, participants, interventions, duration of treatment, outcomes, conclusions and potential sources of bias.
There is a need to standardize training in terms of contents, competences, methodologies, course duration and quality of training materials.
In this paper, a methodology is presented to achieve harmonised estimates of migration flows benchmarked to a specific definition of duration.
The data extraction table included information on: (1) trial methodology, setting and duration of follow-up; (2) population characteristics; (3) type of intervention and (4) analyses and outcomes.
