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This article reviews the critical components of sample size calculation, including the selection of a primary outcome, specification of the acceptable types I and II error rates, identification of the minimal clinically important difference, and estimation of the error associated with measuring the primary outcome.
Complete transparency in the reporting of changes in outcome specification is vital; systematic reviewers should ensure that any legitimate changes to outcome specification are reported with reason in the review.
By looking at only Cochrane systematic reviews, we suspect that our study underestimates bias due to changes in outcome specification during the systematic process.
AR publications rarely report the use of eligibility criteria, randomization, allocation concealment, blinding, sample size calculation, primary outcome specification, and study replication [ 6- 13, 14] 14].
Stepwise logistic regression models were constructed using a binary outcome specification for the presence or absence of malignancy in lymph nodes.
Strengths of this review include that it followed a published protocol that included a prespecified search strategy, eligibility criteria, data extraction plan, outcome specification and analysis plan.
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A secondary objective was to quantify the risk of bias in a set of meta-analyses where discrepancies between outcome specifications in protocols and reviews were found.
A thorough examination of the review text revealed that only 4(6%) of the 64 reviews with deviations from the protocol outcome specifications described the reason for the changes in the review.
Barriers related primarily to feasibility include problems with patient and assessor blinding, differing technical expertise, the heterogeneity of the interventional techniques and variable outcome specifications, making standardisation difficult to achieve.
9 Problems of a practical nature relate to patient blinding, differing technical expertise, the heterogeneity of the interventional techniques and variable outcome specifications, making standardisation difficult to achieve. 10 A meaningful effect in clinical trials may result from a large effect in the active treatment group, a small effect in the placebo group or a combination of both.
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