| Title |
Informing Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Patients with Comorbidity: Availability of Necessary Information in Clinical Trials for Chronic Diseases
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0041601 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cynthia M. Boyd, Daniela Vollenweider, Milo A. Puhan |
| Abstract |
The population with multiple chronic conditions is growing. Prior studies indicate that patients with comorbidities are frequently excluded from trials but do not address whether information is available in trials to draw conclusions about treatment effects for these patients. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 22% |
| Egypt | 2 | 22% |
| Chile | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 164 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 36 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 30 | 18% |
| Unknown | 32 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 68 | 41% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 30 | 18% |
| Unknown | 39 | 23% |