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Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement.
Zwarenstein M, Treweek S, Gagnier JJ, Altman DG, Tunis S, Haynes B, Oxman AD, Moher D; CONSORT group; Pragmatic Trials in Healthcare (Practihc) group. Zwarenstein M, et al. BMJ. 2008 Nov 11;337:a2390. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2390. BMJ. 2008. PMID: 19001484 Free PMC article.
A pragmatic trial (a term first used in 1967 by Schwartz and Lellouch) can be broadly defined as a randomised controlled trial whose purpose is to inform decisions about practice. ...
A pragmatic trial (a term first used in 1967 by Schwartz and Lellouch) can be broadly defined as a randomised controlled trial whose …
Modern trials are most useful when they are pragmatic and explanatory - there is no continuum.
Janiaud P, Hemkens LG. Janiaud P, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Dec;176:111566. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111566. Epub 2024 Oct 11. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024. PMID: 39396584 Free article.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Over half a century ago, the terms "pragmatic" and "explanatory" were introduced to biomedicine by Schwartz and Lellouch, presenting two distinct conceptual approaches to trial design. Today, we frequently say that there are pragmatic trials and …
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Over half a century ago, the terms "pragmatic" and "explanatory" were introduced to biomedicine by Schwartz and …
Parasacral Perforator Flaps for Buttock Enhancement.
Berkane Y, Beaufils T, Saget F, Girard P, Lellouch AG, Duisit J, Bertheuil N. Berkane Y, et al. Aesthet Surg J. 2023 Jan 9;43(1):NP64-NP65. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjac241. Aesthet Surg J. 2023. PMID: 36039577 No abstract available.
[A critical review of the pragmatic clinical trial].
Vallvé C. Vallvé C. Med Clin (Barc). 2003 Sep 27;121(10):384-8. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7753(03)73957-8. Med Clin (Barc). 2003. PMID: 14565915 Review. Spanish.
Schwartz and Lellouch proposed in 1967 to differentiate between pragmatic and explanatory clinical trials. ...
Schwartz and Lellouch proposed in 1967 to differentiate between pragmatic and explanatory clinical trials. ...
Designing provider-focused implementation trials with purpose and intent: introducing the PRECIS-2-PS tool.
Norton WE, Loudon K, Chambers DA, Zwarenstein M. Norton WE, et al. Implement Sci. 2021 Jan 7;16(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01075-y. Implement Sci. 2021. PMID: 33413489 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: First articulated by Schwartz and Lellouch (1967), randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can be conceptualized along a continuum from more explanatory to more pragmatic. ...
BACKGROUND: First articulated by Schwartz and Lellouch (1967), randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can be conceptualized along a cont …
Attitudes in clinical trials.
Armitage P. Armitage P. Stat Med. 1998 Dec 15;17(23):2675-83. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19981215)17:23<2675::aid-sim34>3.0.co;2-1. Stat Med. 1998. PMID: 9881414
Two important papers by Schwartz and Lellouch have drawn distinctions between explanatory and pragmatic attitudes to clinical trials, and between individual and collective ethics. ...
Two important papers by Schwartz and Lellouch have drawn distinctions between explanatory and pragmatic attitudes to clinical trials, …
Discussion.
Broet P, Moreau T, Lellouch J, Asselain B. Broet P, et al. Stat Med. 1999 Jul 30;18(14):1801. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19990730)18:14<1801::aid-sim216>3.0.co;2-z. Stat Med. 1999. PMID: 10407250 No abstract available.
An analysis reveals differences between pragmatic and explanatory diagnostic accuracy studies.
Bossuyt PM, Olsen M, Hyde C, Cohen JF. Bossuyt PM, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Jan;117:29-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.09.017. Epub 2019 Sep 24. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020. PMID: 31561014
METHODS: Using the definitions and characteristics described by Schwartz and Lellouch for randomized trials of interventions, and Schwartz' more general distinction between a pragmatic and an explanatory approach in medical research, we define a similar continuum for diagn …
METHODS: Using the definitions and characteristics described by Schwartz and Lellouch for randomized trials of interventions, and Sch …
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