Improving the Efficiency of Stroke Trials
Author(s) -
Kate McArthur,
P. Johnson,
Terence J. Quinn,
Peter Higgins,
Peter Langhorne,
Matthew R. Walters,
Christopher J. Weir,
Jesse Dawson,
Kennedy R. Lees
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.113.002266
Subject(s) - medicine , intraclass correlation , confidence interval , sample size determination , adjudication , stroke (engine) , modified rankin scale , reliability (semiconductor) , inter rater reliability , physical therapy , statistics , rating scale , psychometrics , ischemic stroke , mathematics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , clinical psychology , power (physics) , physics , ischemia , quantum mechanics , political science
Use of the modified Rankin scale (mRS) in multicenter trials may be limited by interobserver variability. We assessed the effect of this on trial power and developed a novel group adjudication approach.
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