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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Enhancing first-time parents’ self-efficacy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of universal parent education interventions’ efficacy
TL;DR: There is sufficient evidence to support the use of universal interventions to enhance new parents' self-efficacy, and intervention effects were sustained at the two-month follow-up, further research using randomised controlled trials and longitudinal studies are needed to determine long-term effects.
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Veganism, vegetarianism, bone mineral density, and fracture risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Compared with omnivores, vegetarians and vegans had lower BMD at the femoral neck and lumbar spine and vegan also had higher fracture rates, and vegetarian and vegan diets should be planned to avoid negative consequences on bone health.
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High-dose dexamethasone compared with prednisone for previously untreated primary immune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Siraj Mithoowani,Kathleen Gregory-Miller,Jennifer K Goy,Matthew Miller,Grace Wang,Nastaran Noroozi,John G. Kelton,Donald M. Arnold,Donald M. Arnold +8 more
TL;DR: In adults with previously untreated immune thrombocytopenia, high-dose dexamethasone did not improve durable platelet count responses compared with standard-dose prednisone.
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The Effect of Selenium Therapy on Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Waleed Alhazzani,Judith Jacobi,Anees Sindi,Christiane S. Hartog,Konrad Reinhart,Stelios Kokkoris,Herwig Gerlach,Peter J. D. Andrews,Tomas Drabek,William Manzanares,Deborah J. Cook,Roman Jaeschke +11 more
TL;DR: In patients with sepsis, selenium supplementation at doses higher than daily requirement may reduce mortality.
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A Systematic Review of mHealth-Based Heart Failure Interventions.
TL;DR: The impact of the mHealth interventions on all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, HF-related hospitalizations, length of stay, New York Heart Association functional class, left ventricular ejection fraction, quality of life, and self-care were inconsistent at best.
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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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GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
Gordon H. Guyatt,Andrew D Oxman,Gunn Elisabeth Vist,Regina Kunz,Yngve Falck-Ytter,Pablo Alonso-Coello,Holger J. Schünemann +6 more
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.