Journal of general internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Influence of caregiving on lifestyle and psychosocial risk factors among family members of patients hospitalized with cardiovascular disease.
Few data have evaluated the relationship between caregiving and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. ⋯ Caregivers of cardiac patients may be at increased risk themselves for CVD morbidity and mortality compared to non-caregivers due to suboptimal lifestyle and psychosocial risk factors.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Effect of rater training on reliability and accuracy of mini-CEX scores: a randomized, controlled trial.
Mini-CEX scores assess resident competence. Rater training might improve mini-CEX score interrater reliability, but evidence is lacking. ⋯ clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT00667940