Seattle Children's Hospital

Doing Constructivist Grounded Theory Well: A Practical Guide for Hospitalists

Grounded theory offers rich possibilities for health-related qualitative research, yet it is frequently misunderstood. Grounded theory is not simply a coding method, but a rigorous methodological approach, with core elements impacting the entire research process, whose goal is to...

Implications of Missing Data Mechanisms in Randomized Controlled Trials: Current Practices and Suggestions Utilizing the ACTIVE Study

ABSTRACT Background Missingness in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) might mask or inflate effects with consequences for translating results confidently. The current study presents three steps to establishing confidence in results in light of missing data using an RCT examining...

Effect of time to palliative epilepsy surgery on outcomes

Abstract Objective Epilepsy duration is a modifiable risk factor in the outcome of definitive epilepsy surgery; however, an analogous effect in palliative procedures has not been shown. We reviewed the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Database data for an association between epilepsy d...