Published in CMAJ on April 16, 2009
Making trials matter: pragmatic and explanatory trials and the problem of applicability. Trials (2009) 2.77
The Ottawa Statement on the Ethical Design and Conduct of Cluster Randomized Trials. PLoS Med (2012) 1.93
Comparing early treatment outcomes of MDR-TB in decentralised and centralised settings in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis (2012) 1.56
Designing a valid randomized pragmatic primary care implementation trial: the my own health report (MOHR) project. Implement Sci (2013) 1.33
The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial. Implement Sci (2010) 1.21
What have we learned about trial design from NIMH-funded pragmatic trials? Neuropsychopharmacology (2010) 1.17
A process for Decision-making after Pilot and feasibility Trials (ADePT): development following a feasibility study of a complex intervention for pelvic organ prolapse. Trials (2013) 1.00
Moving from efficacy to effectiveness trials in prevention research. Behav Res Ther (2010) 0.99
Comparative efficacy of LEAP, TEACCH and non-model-specific special education programs for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord (2014) 0.95
How pragmatic is it? Lessons learned using PRECIS and RE-AIM for determining pragmatic characteristics of research. Implement Sci (2014) 0.90
A trial on unruptured intracranial aneurysms (the TEAM trial): results, lessons from a failure and the necessity for clinical care trials. Trials (2011) 0.86
Combining behavioural activation with physical activity promotion for adults with depression: findings of a parallel-group pilot randomised controlled trial (BAcPAc). Trials (2015) 0.78
Cross-disciplinary research in cancer: an opportunity to narrow the knowledge-practice gap. Curr Oncol (2013) 0.77
Characteristics of a self-management support programme applicable in primary health care: a qualitative study of users' and health professionals' perceptions. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.75
Practical clinical trials: increasing the value of clinical research for decision making in clinical and health policy. JAMA (2003) 14.72
Explanatory and pragmatic attitudes in therapeutical trials. J Chronic Dis (1967) 13.52
STREPTOMYCIN treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Br Med J (1948) 12.23
Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement. BMJ (2008) 9.98
A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 7.86
A new 'mechanistic-practical" framework for designing and interpreting randomized trials. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 3.75
Why we will remain pragmatists: four problems with the impractical mechanistic framework and a better solution. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 2.30
A pragmatic resolution. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 1.99
Explaining pragmatic trials to pragmatic policy-makers. CMAJ (2009) 1.51
Explaining pragmatic trials to pragmatic policymakers. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 1.15
The practicalists' response. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 1.07
[A critical review of the pragmatic clinical trial]. Med Clin (Barc) (2003) 0.98
Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement. BMJ (2008) 9.98
A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 7.86
Understanding the implementation of complex interventions in health care: the normalization process model. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 3.95
Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory. Implement Sci (2009) 3.68
A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers. CMAJ (2009) 3.65
Normalisation process theory: a framework for developing, evaluating and implementing complex interventions. BMC Med (2010) 3.45
Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews. Lancet (2008) 3.28
Process evaluations for cluster-randomised trials of complex interventions: a proposed framework for design and reporting. Trials (2013) 2.77
Rational prescribing in primary care (RaPP): a cluster randomized trial of a tailored intervention. PLoS Med (2006) 2.67
Cluster randomised controlled trial of tailored interventions to improve the management of urinary tract infections in women and sore throat. BMJ (2002) 2.58
Why we will remain pragmatists: four problems with the impractical mechanistic framework and a better solution. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 2.30
A pragmatic resolution. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 1.99
Disclosure of investigators' recruitment performance in multicenter clinical trials: a further step for research transparency. PLoS Med (2011) 1.86
Guidelines 2.0: systematic development of a comprehensive checklist for a successful guideline enterprise. CMAJ (2013) 1.86
Evaluating complex interventions and health technologies using normalization process theory: development of a simplified approach and web-enabled toolkit. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 1.59
Interventions to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials: a survey and workshop to assess current practice and future priorities. Trials (2014) 1.49
Creating clinical practice guidelines we can trust, use, and share: a new era is imminent. Chest (2013) 1.42
Rational Prescribing in Primary Care (RaPP-trial). A randomised trial of a tailored intervention to improve prescribing of antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs in general practice [ISRCTN48751230]. BMC Health Serv Res (2003) 1.32
The effect of alternative summary statistics for communicating risk reduction on decisions about taking statins: a randomized trial. PLoS Med (2009) 1.29
Using a business model approach and marketing techniques for recruitment to clinical trials. Trials (2011) 1.26
Making clinical trials more relevant: improving and validating the PRECIS tool for matching trial design decisions to trial purpose. Trials (2013) 1.22
NorthStar, a support tool for the design and evaluation of quality improvement interventions in healthcare. Implement Sci (2007) 1.20
The translation research in a dental setting (TRiaDS) programme protocol. Implement Sci (2010) 1.19
Primary care computing in England and Scotland: a comparison with Denmark. Inform Prim Care (2006) 1.15
Study protocol for BeWEL: the impact of a BodyWEight and physicaL activity intervention on adults at risk of developing colorectal adenomas. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.15
What kind of randomized trials do we need? J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 1.02
Patient and public attitudes to and awareness of clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review with thematic and narrative syntheses. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 1.01
What kind of randomised trials do patients and clinicians need? Evid Based Med (2009) 0.96
Weight management for overweight and obese men delivered through professional football clubs: a pilot randomized trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2013) 0.95
Development of a novel, multilayered presentation format for clinical practice guidelines. Chest (2015) 0.93
Systematic techniques for assisting recruitment to trials (START): study protocol for embedded, randomized controlled trials. Trials (2014) 0.91
Primary care research network progress in Scotland. Eur J Gen Pract (2014) 0.91
How should the impact of different presentations of treatment effects on patient choice be evaluated? A pilot randomized trial. PLoS One (2008) 0.91
Improving the normalization of complex interventions: measure development based on normalization process theory (NoMAD): study protocol. Implement Sci (2013) 0.90
Effective Feedback to Improve Primary Care Prescribing Safety (EFIPPS) a pragmatic three-arm cluster randomised trial: designing the intervention (ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01602705). Implement Sci (2014) 0.89
Protocol for the Effective Feedback to Improve Primary Care Prescribing Safety (EFIPPS) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial using ePrescribing data. BMJ Open (2012) 0.84
[How do general practice assistants keep themselves up to date?]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen (2005) 0.81
Recruiting and retaining postpartum women from areas of social disadvantage in a weight-loss trial--an assessment of strategies employed in the WeighWell feasibility study. Matern Child Nutr (2012) 0.81
ACP Journal Club. What kind of randomized trials do patients and clinicians need? Ann Intern Med (2009) 0.80
CRIB--the use of cardiac rehabilitation services to aid the recovery of patients with bowel cancer: a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) with embedded feasibility study. BMJ Open (2014) 0.79
Advance telephone calls ahead of reminder questionnaires increase response rate in non-responders compared to questionnaire reminders only: The RECORD phone trial. Trials (2014) 0.78
Impact of Hockey Fans in Training Program on Steps and Self-rated Health in Overweight Men: 2130 Board #282 June 2, 3: 30 PM - 5: 00 PM. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2016) 0.75
Can a Sports Team-based Lifestyle Program (Hockey Fans In Training) Improve Weight In Overweight Men?: 2140 Board #292 June 2, 3: 30 PM - 5: 00 PM. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2016) 0.75
The trans-femoral fitting predictor: a functional measure to predict prosthetic fitting in transfemoral amputees--validity and reliability. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2011) 0.75