Evidence and reporting standards in N-of-1 medical studies: a systematic review (open access)

Evidence and reporting standards in N-of-1 medical studies: a systematic review

Article describes how authors examined publications of medical N-of-1 trials to examine whether they meet the evidence standards and the criteria for demonstrating evidence of a relation between an independent and an outcome variable per the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards for SCEDs. The authors also examined the appropriateness of the data analytic techniques in the special context of N-of-1 designs.
Date: July 18, 2023
Creator: Batley, Prathiba Natesan; McClure, Erica B.; Brewer, Brandy; Contractor, Ateka A.; Batley, Nicholas John; Hedges, Larry Vernon et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guidelines for the standardization of preanalytic variables for blood‐based biomarker studies in Alzheimer's disease research (open access)

Guidelines for the standardization of preanalytic variables for blood‐based biomarker studies in Alzheimer's disease research

Review article which provides (1) a synopsis of selected preanalytical methods utilized in many international AD cohort studies, (2) initial draft guidelines/SOPs for preanalytical methods, and (3) a list of required methodological information and protocols to be made available for publications in the field to foster cross‐validation across cohorts and laboratories.
Date: September 30, 2014
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Gupta, Veer; Henriksen, Kim; Edwards, Melissa; Jeromin, Andreas; Lista, Simone et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aberrant Salience Inventory: A meta-analysis to investigate its psychometric properties and identify screening cutoff scores (open access)

Aberrant Salience Inventory: A meta-analysis to investigate its psychometric properties and identify screening cutoff scores

Article describes how the Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI) is a useful tool to measure salience abnormalities among the general population. The authors claim that there is strong clinical and scientific evidence that salience alteration is linked to psychosis.
Date: May 26, 2023
Creator: Merola, Giuseppe Pierpaolo; Boy, Ottone Baccaredda; Fascina, Isotta; Pecoraro, Vincenzo; Falone, Andrea; Patti, Andrea et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library