2014
Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Activation Interventions for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-regression
Bolen SD, Chandar A, Falck-Ytter C, Tyler C, Perzynski AT, Gertz AM, Sage P, Lewis S, Cobabe M, Ye Y, Menegay M, Windish DM. Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Activation Interventions for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-regression. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 29: 1166-1176. PMID: 24733301, PMCID: PMC4099447, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2855-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeighted mean differenceShort-term mortalityRandom-effects modelOdds ratioActivation interventionUsual care/control groupsIntermediate outcomesHigher baseline A1CPatient activation interventionPharmacist-led interventionsLong-term mortalityLong-term outcomesPooled odds ratioType 2 diabetesIntervention strategiesBaseline outcome valuesUncontrolled glycemiaBaseline A1CCause mortalityGlycemic controlMethodsElectronic databasesRandomized trialsPrimary careI2 statisticStatistical heterogeneity
2007
Medicine Residents' Understanding of the Biostatistics and Results in the Medical Literature
Windish DM, Huot SJ, Green ML. Medicine Residents' Understanding of the Biostatistics and Results in the Medical Literature. JAMA 2007, 298: 1010-1022. PMID: 17785646, DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.9.1010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical literatureKaplan-Meier analysisAdjusted odds ratioMultivariate regression analysisCross-sectional surveyResidency programsOverall mean percentageInternal medicine residentsMale sexIndividual knowledge questionsOdds ratioRelative riskMAIN OUTCOMEClinical informationClinical researchMean percentageGeneral medicine facultyMedicine residentsAdditional advanced degreesResidents' understandingUniversity-based training programRegression analysisKnowledge questionsResidents' abilityPercentage of questions