To advance the understanding of the relationship between maternal perinatal depression and child overweight, we used appropriate methodology to account for missing data; incorporated three exposure time points; and included adequate covariate adjustment in a large, sociodemographically diverse sample.
These include employing a clear case definition and using appropriate methodologies to canvas a broad range of potential risk factors.
The majority of studies had a clearly focused question and used appropriate methodologies.
The methodological quality of six of the 10 trials included in the assessment of mortality was reported in a 2007 Cochrane review 7; allocation concealment was considered inadequate in the study of Lin et al. 16 The four remaining studies used appropriate methodology.
With the arrival on the market of high-precision topographic total stations, professionals today, using appropriate methodologies, can determine altimetric connections to an accuracy that is almost comparable to those obtainable using high-precision geometric levelling.
Research should be undertaken to determine whether the use of CDS alerts really improves patient outcomes, using appropriate methodologies and appropriate outcome measures.
The purpose of the current study is to investigate a broad range of potential risk factors for unintentional poisoning in children aged 1 3 years using appropriate methodologies.
Clinical research must be carried out using appropriate methodologies (e.g. study design, sample size, randomization, and blinding) [ 38] also (and in particular) in the paediatric ophthalmic area, where effective up-to-date treatments, and additional research and education on use in children, remain priorities [ 43].
A strength of this study is that the instruments were developed according to current best practice [ 14, 17], and their psychometric properties were rigorously tested using appropriate methodology and predefined and rigorous statistical procedures [ 32].
30 Eventually, mechanistic explanations for such phenomena deserve deeper and further consideration by studies using appropriate methodology.
