Assessing Clinical Outcomes

Assessing the role of enema in improving outcomes and complications of benign gynecological laparoscopy: a randomized clinical trial

Background: mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) is a common practice before laparoscopic gynecologic surgeries but the role and efficacy of preparation have been questioned. this study assesses visualization and bowel handling in a group of patients who receive MBP and the control group and thereafter; compares the results. Methods: We designed and conducted this randomized, single-blinded and ...

Assessing Program Outcomes

1. Abstract Assessment of the degree program objectives and the individual course outcomes are critical components of an overall degree program review and evaluation. When assessment is in a form of a test, the administration, collection and the final aggregate report generation become somewhat time consuming and generally lags behind. In this paper we present web-based software that is primari...

Assessing clinical and functional outcomes in the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) schizophrenia trial.

Schizophrenia is a symptomatically heterogeneous disorder characterized by the presence of positive and negative symptoms, and variable impairment in community functioning. Given the diversity of symptom presentations and functioning associated with schizophrenia, one of the key challenges facing the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) schizophrenia trial was the...

Correlation of Reconstructed Scaphoid Morphology with Clinical Outcomes

  Background: Scaphoid malunion alters the carpal kinematics and impairs clinical outcome because of pain, weakness, restricted range of motion and predisposing the wrist joint to early osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the scaphoid morphological angles on clinical outcomes in patients with reconstructed scaphoid by non-vascularized bone graft. Methods: Seve...

Assessing clinical discoveries.