ArticleEuropean journal of endocrinology2020
Measurement error in clinical research, yes it matters.
Article in European journal of endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
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- RoBANS 2: A Revised Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Nonrandomized Studies of Interventions.Korean journal of family medicine · 2023Article
- Timing errors and temporal uncertainty in clinical databases-A narrative review.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Review
- Raising awareness of chronic measurement error intrinsic to immunoassay measurements of small molecule analytes.European journal of endocrinology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The validity of any biomedical study is potentially affected by measurement error or misclassification. It can affect different variables included in a statistical analysis, such as the exposure, the outcome, and confounders, and can result in an overestimation as well as in an underestimation of the relation under investigation. We discuss various aspects of measurement error and argue that often an in-depth discussion is needed to appropriately assess the quality and validity of a study.
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