risk of bias
collocation in Englishmeaningsofriskandbias
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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bias
noun
uk/ˈbaɪ.əs/us/ˈbaɪ.əs/
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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(Definition ofriskandbiasfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Second, the high rate of follow-up participation reduces theriskofbiasdue to selective attrition.
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Each diet was fed randomly to avoid anyriskofbiaswhen comparing feeds that are close together in composition.
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Such a selection of the control values against which to compare patient data runs theriskofbias.
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Such a design leaves a theoreticalriskofbias.
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However, more often than not, normative data does need to be collected or authors run theriskofbiasand mistake.
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Although this runs a slightriskofbiasbecause of potentially differing social status, in practice the loss of comparability is small.
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This reduced theriskofbiasinherent in recruitment from a single setting, where supportive care might be far from typical.
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As such, if a study is rated as strong, it indicates that there is a lowriskofbiasfor the particular criteria.
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Where controlled trials are not feasible, only high quality prospective, nonrandomized studies should be given consideration, due to the generally higherriskofbiasin retrospective studies.
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Use of work unit mean scores further reducedriskofbiasdue to common-method variance.
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Effects were also found for phobia and asthma but were uncertain due to highriskofbias.
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But the lack of study blinding does increase theriskofbiasin these studies.
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Despite low effects in general and theriskofbias, the authors acknowledged that large effects of placebo interventions may occur in certain situations.
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Other evidence of physical health benefits such as weight gain were only found in studies that were at highriskofbias.
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A 2013 systematic review found that acupuncture is an acceptable adjunctive treatment for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, but that further research with a lowriskofbiasis needed.
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