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Unveiling the Veiled Influences: Bias in Observational Studies and Its Profound Impacts on Medical Research
Observational studies serve as vital tools in uncovering insights into real-world healthcare scenarios. Yet, navigating the intricate landscape of scientific inquiry comes with its own set of challenges, and one of the most elusive adversaries is bias. In the catalogue of bias, developed by scientists of the University of Oxford, around 60 kinds of bias are described that might possibly influence clinical evidence ...Patient Engagement in Drug Development: The Rise of Patient-centric Approaches
The concept of patient centricity has emerged over the last three decades. Although no clear definition of patient centricity exists and the scope for interpretation is wide, putting the patients‘ needs in the centre and systematically engaging patients in drug development activities and decision making could be seen as an essence of existing definitions.Use of large language models in clinical research (part 2)
This is a follow-up on our previous blog entry on large language models (LLMs) and first experiences using the publicly available chatbots, based on LLMs. It is worth noting that during creation of this blog post, the AI technology already advanced and an upgraded version of model GPT- 3.5 (on which ChatGPT was based) has become available (GPT-4).Recent publications
→ Harbi, Othman Al; Owayed, Salem; Qari, Yousif; Mosli, Mahmoud; Anwar, Ali; Masri, Alaa; Gouda, Mohamed; Alfadhli, Ahmed
Correlation between physician- and patient-directed disease assessments in ulcerative colitis patients from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait: Data from ICONIC
Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology 29(6):p 381-387, Nov – Dec 2023 DOI: 10.4103/sjg.sjg_92_23
https://doi.org/DOI:%2010.4103/sjg.sjg_92_23
→ Dr. Ramona Schütz, Sabine Ditz
Lay Summaries of Clinical Trial Results
Pharm. Ind. 85, Nr. 9, 835–841 (2023):
https://tinyurl.com/ar8kk4vv or our blog article on this topic.
→ Seemüller F, Schennach R, Musil R, Obermeier M, Adli M, Bauer M, Brieger P, Laux G, Gaebel W, Falkai P, Riedel M, Möller HJ
A factor analytic comparison of three commonly used depression scales (HAMD, MADRS, BDI) in a large sample of depressed inpatients.
BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 28;23(1):548. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05038-7. PMID: 37507656; PMCID: PMC10386606.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05038-7
→ Sylke Schneider-Burrus, Stefanie Kalus, Björn Fritz, Kerstin Wolk, Susana Gomis-Kleindienst, Robert Sabat
The impact of hidradenitis suppurativa on professional life.
Br J Dermatol. 2023 Jan 23;188(1):122-130. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljac027. PMID: 36689513.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljac027
→ A. Heratizadeh, M. Mempel, R. von Kiedrowski, S. Hagl, T. Mosch, B. Fritz, T. Werfel
Checklist identification of candidates for systemic therapy in adult patients with atopic dermatitis in Germany: A multicentre study (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.19465
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