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  1. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) with two parallel arms will evaluate the efficacy of an internet-delivered six-lesson 10-week cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) intervention for posttraumatic stress d...

    Authors: Adrian R. Allen, Jill M. Newby, Jessica Smith and Gavin Andrews
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:544
  2. The proportion of pregnant women who have a caesarean section shows a wide variation across Europe, and concern exists that these proportions are increasing. Much of the increase in caesarean sections in recen...

    Authors: Mike Clarke, Gerard Savage, Valerie Smith, Deirdre Daly, Declan Devane, Mechthild M. Gross, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Patricia Healy, Sandra Morano, Jane Nicoletti and Cecily Begley
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:542
  3. The per-protocol effect is the effect that would have been observed in a randomized trial had everybody followed the protocol. Though obtaining a valid point estimate for the per-protocol effect requires assum...

    Authors: Sonja A. Swanson, Øyvind Holme, Magnus Løberg, Mette Kalager, Michael Bretthauer, Geir Hoff, Eline Aas and Miguel A. Hernán
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:541
  4. For the surgical treatment of recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothoraces (rPSP) different operative therapies are applied to achieve permanent freedom from recurrence.

    Authors: Jens Neudecker, Uwe Malzahn, Peter Heuschmann, Uwe Behrens and Thorsten Walles
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:540
  5. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is an emerging minimally invasive surgery to reduce abdominal incisions. However, despite the increasing clinical application of SILS, no evidence from large-scale, ...

    Authors: Yanan Wang, Ruoyan Liu, Ze Zhang, Qi Xue, Jun Yan, Jiang Yu, Hao Liu, Liying Zhao, Tingyu Mou, Haijun Deng and Guoxin Li
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:539
  6. Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a well-established treatment; however, the evidence is largely limited to homogenous samples. Although emerging research has indicated that CBT-I is also eff...

    Authors: Paul Sadler, Suzanne McLaren, Britt Klein, Megan Jenkins and Jack Harvey
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:538
  7. The diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) in the emergency department (ED) is crucial. As emergency physicians fear missing this potential life-threatening condition, PE tends to be over-investigated, exposing ...

    Authors: Yonathan Freund, Alexandra Rousseau, France Guyot-Rousseau, Yann-Erick Claessens, Olivier Hugli, Olivier Sanchez, Tabassome Simon and Bruno Riou
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:537
  8. Undergoing an extraction has been shown to pose a significantly increased risk for the development of chronic apprehension for dental surgical procedures, disproportionate forms of dental anxiety (that is, den...

    Authors: Serge A. Steenen, Arjen J. van Wijk, Roos van Westrhenen, Jan de Lange and Ad de Jongh
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:536
  9. Recruitment to trials evaluating the effectiveness of childhood obesity management interventions is challenging. We report our experience of recruitment to the Families for Health study, a randomised controlle...

    Authors: J. Fleming, A. Kamal, E. Harrison, T. Hamborg, S. Stewart-Brown, M. Thorogood, F. Griffiths and W. Robertson
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:535
  10. Rates of perinatal depression (antenatal and postnatal depression) in South Asia are among the highest in the world. The delivery of effective psychological treatments for perinatal depression through existing...

    Authors: Siham Sikander, Anisha Lazarus, Omer Bangash, Daniela C. Fuhr, Benedict Weobong, Revathi N. Krishna, Ikhlaq Ahmad, Helen A. Weiss, LeShawndra Price, Atif Rahman and Vikram Patel
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:534
  11. Packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion is required in hematology patients treated with chemotherapy for acute leukemia, autologous (auto) or allogeneic (allo) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). ...

    Authors: Sylvain P. Chantepie, Jean-Baptiste Mear, Lydia Guittet, Benoît Dervaux, Jean-Pierre Marolleau, Fabrice Jardin, Jean-Jacques Dutheil, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Jean-Pierre Vilque and Oumedaly Reman
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:533
  12. Low back pain (LBP) is a common health problem and a substantial part of LBP is presumed to be attributable to degeneration of the intervertebral disc. For patients suffering from intractable discogenic LBP, t...

    Authors: José W. Geurts, Jan-Willem Kallewaard, Alfons Kessels, Paul C. Willems, Henk van Santbrink, Carmen Dirksen and Maarten van Kleef
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:532
  13. Poor nutrition in the first months after oesophago-gastric resection is a contributing factor to the reduced quality of life seen in these patients. The aim of this pilot and feasibility study was to ascertain...

    Authors: David J. Bowrey, Melanie Baker, Vanessa Halliday, Anne L. Thomas, Ruth Pulikottil-Jacob, Karen Smith, Tom Morris and Arne Ring
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:531
  14. Niacin induces the release of vasodilating prostaglandins, for which receptors are present within the pulmonary arterial circulation. We hypothesized that immediate-release niacin would reduce right ventricula...

    Authors: Martin J. McNamara, Jason J. Sayanlar, Daniel J. Dooley, Monvadi B. Srichai and Allen J. Taylor
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:530
  15. With the global escalation of type 2 diabetes and evidence consistently showing that its onset can be prevented or delayed by changing lifestyle behaviours, there is an urgent need to translate practical, affo...

    Authors: Grainne M. O’Donoghue, Aileen Kennedy, Gregers Stig Andersen, Eoin Durkan, Tanja Thybo, Margaret Sinnott, John J. Nolan and Donal J. O’Gorman
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:529
  16. Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common disease that is more prevalent in older people. Surgical intervention is a safe treatment of choice. However, the recurrence rate is relatively high and the outcome...

    Authors: Rongcai Jiang, Dong Wang, Wai Sang Poon, Yi Cheng Lu, Xin Gang Li, Shi Guang Zhao, Ren Zhi Wang, Chao You, Xian Rui Yuan, Jian Min Zhang, Hua Feng, Zhou Fei, Xin Guang Yu, Yuan Li Zhao, Jin Hu, De Zhi Kang…
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:528
  17. Idiopathic macular holes are an important cause of blindness. They have an annual incidence of 8 per 100,000 individuals, and prevalence of 0.2 to 3.3 per 1000 individuals with visual impairment. The condition...

    Authors: Saruban Pasu, Catey Bunce, Richard Hooper, Ann Thomson and James Bainbridge
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:527
  18. About 90 % of all persons with mild Alzheimer’s disease experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, most frequently apathy, depression, anxiety and irritability. These symptoms are associated with greater morbidity,...

    Authors: Simon Forstmeier, Andreas Maercker, Egemen Savaskan and Tanja Roth
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:526
  19. Acupuncture is considered to be an effective and safe treatment for obese and overweight patients, although high-quality evidence regarding the effects of acupuncture on obesity are not conclusive. The aim of ...

    Authors: Zishan Gao, Zhi Yu, Zhi-Xiu Song, Cai-Rong Zhang, Yao-Shuai Wang, Yun-Feng Wu, Bei Zhou, Shu-Ping Fu, Hao Chen, Ying Xiong, Yi Yang, Bing-Mei Zhu and Bin Xu
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:525
  20. Pelvic floor muscle training is effective and recommended as first-line therapy for female patients with stress urinary incontinence. However, standard pelvic floor physiotherapy concentrates on voluntary cont...

    Authors: Helena Luginbuehl, Corinne Lehmann, Jean-Pierre Baeyens, Annette Kuhn and Lorenz Radlinger
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:524
  21. Noncompliance to treatment assignment is an inevitable occurrence in randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Intention to treat (ITT) is generally considered the best method for addressing noncompliance in RCTs. Al...

    Authors: Peter D. Merrill and Leslie A. McClure
    Citation: Trials 2015 16:523
  22. Authors: Chris Sutton, Paola Dey, Jessie Janssen, Michael Callaghan, Jim Richards, Maria Stokes, Denis Martin, John Dixon, Erik Witvrouw, Russell Hogarth, Vasilios Baltzopoulos, Elizabeth Ritchie, Nigel Arden, Rich Masters, Remco Polman, David Turner…
    Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):P158

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 2

  23. Authors: Andy Goldberg, Claire Thomson, Deirdre Brooking, Elin Rees, Marion Cumbers, Michelle Tetlow, Simon Skene and Suzie Cro
    Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O94

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 2

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Trials 2016 17:109

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