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
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The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurate.Abstract:
Flaws in the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of randomised trials can cause the effect of an intervention to be underestimated or overestimated. The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurateread more
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How to prepare a systematic review of economic evaluations for informing evidence-based healthcare decisions: data extraction, risk of bias, and transferability (part 3/3)
TL;DR: Recommendations on criteria lists based on the thoroughness of development, feasibility, overall quality, recommendations of leading organizations, and widespread use are provided.
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Postoperative pain treatment after total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review.
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Correlates of sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review
Stephanie A. Prince,Jennifer L. Reed,C. McFetridge,Mark S. Tremblay,Mark S. Tremblay,Robert D. Reid +5 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline: Systematic ReviewPerioperative Beta Blockade in Noncardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review for the 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
Duminda N. Wijeysundera,Dallas Duncan,Chileshe Nkonde-Price,Salim S. Virani,Jeffrey B. Washam,Kirsten E. Fleischmann,Lee A. Fleisher +6 more
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TL;DR: It is found insufficient evidence to support the use of dietary supplements in the primary prevention of cause-specific death, incidence of CVD, and incidence of cancer.
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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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TL;DR: The advantages of the GRADE system are explored, which is increasingly being adopted by organisations worldwide and which is often praised for its high level of consistency.
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Assessing Risk of Bias in Included Studies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a new algorithm called 1.8.1.1-2.0-1.8-1/2.8/1/1.
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Systematic reviews in health care: Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials
TL;DR: The concept of study quality and the methods used to assess quality are discussed and the methodology for both the assessment of quality and its incorporation into systematic reviews and meta-analysis is discussed.