Methodological issues in pragmatic trials of complex interventions in primary care.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Recall intervals for oral health in primary care patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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2. Psychological therapies for the treatment of depression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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3. Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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4. How evidence-based is an 'evidence-based parenting program'? A PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis of Triple P.BMC medicine · 2012
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5. The UK resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in trauma patients with life-threatening torso haemorrhage: the (UK-REBOA) multicentre RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024
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6. The adapted Zelen was a feasible design to trial exercise in myeloma survivors.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2020
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7. Effect of personalised citizen assistance for social participation (APIC) on older adults' health and social participation: study protocol for a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT).BMJ open · 2018
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8. Evaluating a computer aid for assessing stomach symptoms (ECASS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2016
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9. The effectiveness of lifestyle triple P in the Netherlands: a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2015
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10. Effect of adding a diagnostic aid to best practice to manage suspicious pigmented lesions in primary care: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2012
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11. Comparative Effectiveness of Active and Reactive Mattresses in Pressure Injury Healing for Older People in Their Own Homes: A Pragmatic Equivalence Randomised-Controlled Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025
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12. Shedding Light on the Black Box of Rehabilitation: Differential Short- and Long-Term Effects of Multidisciplinary Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation.International journal of MS care · 2024
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13. Effects of decision aids for depression treatment in adults: systematic review.BJPsych bulletin · 2022
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14. Psychiatric advance directives for people living with schizophrenia, bipolar I disorders, or schizoaffective disorders: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial - DAiP study.BMC psychiatry · 2019
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15. Improving the relevance of randomised trials to primary care: a qualitative study investigating views towards pragmatic trials and the PRECIS-2 tool.Trials · 2019
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16. Responding to policy makers' evaluation needs: combining experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to estimate the impact of performance based financing in Burkina Faso.BMC health services research · 2019
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17. Community perceptions of behaviour change communication interventions of the maternal neonatal and child health programme in rural Bangladesh: an exploratory study.BMC health services research · 2016
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18. Analytic Challenges Arising from the STOP CRC Trial: Pragmatic Solutions for Pragmatic Problems.EGEMS (Washington, DC) · 2015
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