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Observational studyThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2023

Investigating Levothyroxine Use and Its Association with Thyroid Health in Patients with Hypothyroidism: A Community Pharmacy Study.

Els Mehuys, Bruno Lapauw, Guy T'Sjoen, Thierry Christiaens, An De Sutter, Stephane Steurbaut, Inge Van Tongelen, Koen Boussery

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Observational study in Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Symptoms in Patients Being Treated for Hypothyroidism: New Data in a Continuing Controversy.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Els MehuysPharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Bruno LapauwDepartment of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Guy T'SjoenDepartment of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Thierry ChristiaensUnit of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
An De SutterDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Family Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Stephane SteurbautCentre for Pharmaceutical Research, Research Group of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium.
Inge Van TongelenPharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Koen BousseryPharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University · BEGhent University Hospital · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

HypothyroidismPharmaciesAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedQuality of LifeThyrotropinThyroxineThyrotropinThyroxineadherencecommunity pharmacyhypothyroidismlevothyroxinequality of life

Identifiers

PMID37184683
OpenAlexW4376618813

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Registered trials

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