BMC Medical Research Methodology

AuthorsChristos G. Tsagkaris; Irem Sevik

Affiliations1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2. Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; 3. Van Başkale District Health Authority, Van, Turkey

AuthorsReza Arabi Belaghi; Hulya Yurekli; Farzaneh Hamidi; Neda Gilani

Affiliations1. Unit of Applied Statistics and Mathematics, Department of Energy and Technology, Box 7032, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; 2. Department of Statistics, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye; 3. Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

AuthorsLivia Puljak; Vladimir Ruf; Josip Šimić; Melissa K. Sharp; Ivan Buljan

Affiliations1. Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; 2. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 3. Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 4. Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland; 5. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia

AuthorsSigrid Boczor; Heike Hansen; Thomas Kloppe; Claudia Mews; Cathleen Muche-Borowski; Anja Rakebrandt; Ingmar Schäfer; Nadine Janis Pohontsch; Vivien Böttcher; Thorben W. Fründt; Anna Sophie Hoffmann; Jan Dietrich Philipp Köster; Martin Scherer

Affiliations1. Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; 2. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; 3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

AuthorsHannah Marchi; Sophie Schmiegel; Tamara Schamberger; Christiane Fuchs

Affiliations1. Data Science Group, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; 2. Institute of Computational Biology, Computational Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Munich, Germany

AuthorsBlin Nagavci; Margaret Renn Andrews; Jens Vikse; Paul Studenic; Tanja Stamm; Botond Lakatos

Affiliations1. Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; 2. Institute for Outcomes Research, Center for Medical Data Science, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 3. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis and Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria; 4. Department of Rheumatology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway; 5. Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; 6. Department of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway; 7. Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 8. Department of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; 9. National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, South Pest Central Hospital, Budapest, Hungary

AuthorsMichelle Pfaffenlehner; Andrea Dreßing; Dietrich Knoerzer; Markus Wagner; Peter Heuschmann; André Scherag; Harald Binder; Nadine Binder

Affiliations1. Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 2. Freiburg Center for Data Analysis, Modeling and AI, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 3. Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 4. Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 5. Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach, Germany; 6. Stiftung Deutsche Schlaganfall-Hilfe, Gütersloh, Germany; 7. Institute for Medical Data Sciences, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; 8. Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; 9. Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences, Jena University Hospital – Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany; 10. Center for Clinical Studies, Jena University Hospital – Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany; 11. Institute of General Practice/Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

AuthorsJan Gehrmann; Johannes Stephan; Ananda Stullich; Julia Roick; Laura Hoffmann; Matthias Richter

Affiliations1. TUM School of Medicine and Health, Department Health and Sport Sciences, Social Determinants of Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; 2. TUM School of Medicine and Health, Department Clinical Medicine, Institute of General Practice and Health Services Research, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

AuthorsSophie Schmiegel; Hannah Marchi; Marvin-Hendrik Röchter; Martin Rudwaleit; Christiane Fuchs

Affiliations1. Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Data Science Group, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; 2. Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Hospital Bielefeld Rosenhöhe, Bielefeld, Germany; 3. Medical School and University Medical Center OWL, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; 4. Institute of Computational Biology, Computational Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Neuherberg, Germany

AuthorsA S Kidane Gebremeskel; K A C Meeks; M H Cnossen; A M’charek; A W Rijneveld

Affiliations1. Dep. of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 2. Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, The United States of America, Bethesda, USA; 3. Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 4. Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands