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Beverley Shea
Researcher at University of Ottawa
Publications - 164
Citations - 23684
Beverley Shea is an academic researcher from University of Ottawa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Systematic review. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 138 publications receiving 19540 citations. Previous affiliations of Beverley Shea include Veterans Health Administration & Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
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AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both
Beverley Shea,Beverley Shea,Barnaby C Reeves,George A. Wells,Micere Thuku,Candyce Hamel,Julian Moran,David Moher,David Moher,Peter Tugwell,Vivian Welch,Elizabeth Kristjansson,David Henry,David Henry +13 more
TL;DR: This paper reports on the updating of AMSTAR and its adaptation to enable more detailed assessment of systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both.
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Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews
Beverley Shea,Jeremy M. Grimshaw,George A. Wells,Maarten Boers,Neil Andersson,Candyce Hamel,Ashley C Porter,Peter Tugwell,David Moher,Lex M. Bouter +9 more
TL;DR: A measurement tool for the 'assessment of multiple systematic reviews' (AMSTAR) was developed that consists of 11 items and has good face and content validity for measuring the methodological quality of systematic reviews.
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AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.
Beverley Shea,Candyce Hamel,George A. Wells,Lex M. Bouter,Elizabeth Kristjansson,Jeremy M. Grimshaw,David Henry,Maarten Boers +7 more
TL;DR: AMSTAR has good agreement, reliability, construct validity, and feasibility, and these findings need confirmation by a broader range of assessors and a more diverse range of reviews.
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ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed
Penny Whiting,Jelena Savović,Julian P T Higgins,Deborah M Caldwell,Barnaby C Reeves,Beverley Shea,Philippa Davies,Jos Kleijnen,Rachel Churchill +8 more
TL;DR: RIS is the first rigorously developed tool designed specifically to assess the risk of bias in systematic reviews, and is currently aimed at four broad categories of reviews mainly within health care settings.
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Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women
Tracey E. Howe,Beverley Shea,Lesley J. Dawson,Fiona Downie,Ann Murray,Craig Ross,Robin Harbour,Lynn M. Caldwell,Gisela Creed +8 more
TL;DR: Aerobics, weight bearing and resistance exercises are all effective in increasing the BMD of the spine in postmenopausal women and walking is also effective on the hip.