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Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials: An annotated bibliography of scales and checklists
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An annotated bibliography of scales and checklists developed to assess quality is presented, giving readers a quantitative index of the likelihood that the reported methodology and results are free of bias.About:
This article is published in Controlled Clinical Trials.The article was published on 1995-02-01. It has received 1295 citations till now.read more
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The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
Alessandro Liberati,Douglas G. Altman,Jennifer Tetzlaff,Cynthia D. Mulrow,Peter C Gøtzsche,John P. A. Ioannidis,Mike Clarke,Mike Clarke,Philip J. Devereaux,Jos Kleijnen,David Moher +10 more
TL;DR: An Explanation and Elaboration of the PRISMA Statement is presented and updated guidelines for the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses are presented.
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The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
Julian P T Higgins,Douglas G. Altman,Peter C Gøtzsche,Peter Jüni,David Moher,Andrew D Oxman,Jelena Savović,Kenneth F. Schulz,Laura Weeks,Jonathan A C Sterne +9 more
TL;DR: The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurate.
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Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
Julian P T Higgins,Sally Green +1 more
TL;DR: The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official document that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.
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Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials : is blinding necessary?
Alejandro R. Jadad,R. A. Moore,Dawn Carroll,C. Jenkinson,David Reynolds,David J. Gavaghan,Henry J McQuay +6 more
TL;DR: An instrument to assess the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in pain research is described and its use to determine the effect of rater blinding on the assessments of quality is described.
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The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration
Alessandro Liberati,Douglas G. Altman,Jennifer Tetzlaff,Cynthia D. Mulrow,Peter C Gøtzsche,John P. A. Ioannidis,Mike Clarke,Philip J. Devereaux,Jos Kleijnen,David Moher +9 more
TL;DR: The meaning and rationale for each checklist item is explained, and an example of good reporting is included and, where possible, references to relevant empirical studies and methodological literature are included.
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Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose three basic concepts: devising the items, selecting the items and selecting the responses, from items to scales, reliability and validity of the responses.
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Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires
Ian McDowell,Claire Newell +1 more
TL;DR: The theory and the leading methods of measurement, all of which rely on subjective judgments in questionnaires and rating scales are described, showing readers how to select the most suitable one, apply it, and score the results.
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Clinical Trials: A Practical Approach
TL;DR: The Rationale of Clinical Trials as discussed by the authors is an overview of the history of clinical trials and its application in the field of statistical analysis, as well as the rationale for randomized controlled trials.
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Clinical Trials. A Practical Approach.
Jorgen Seldrup,Stuart J. Pocock +1 more
TL;DR: The Rationale of Clinical Trials and its Applications: The Justificaton for Randomized Controlled Trials.
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Rules of Evidence and Clinical Recommendations on the Use of Antithrombotic Agents
TL;DR: The nonexperimental evidence that forms the recalled experiences of seasoned clinicians will tend to overestimate efficacy for the following reasons:.