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The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

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The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurate.
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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 accurate

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Efficacy of theory-based interventions to promote physical activity. A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

TL;DR: The results show that theory-based interventions significantly impact the PA behaviour of participants and that further research is required to better identify the specificities, overlaps or complementarities of the components of interventions based on relevant theories.
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Cesarean scar pregnancy: a systematic review of treatment studies

TL;DR: Multicenter, well-designed studies are needed to draw definite conclusions on how to treat CSP, and five approaches for treating CSP are recommended, depending on availability, severity of patient symptoms, and surgical skills.
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Anterior vs. Posterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty, a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

TL;DR: Until more rigorous, randomized evidence is available, it is recommended choice of surgical approach for THA be based on patient characteristics, surgeon experience and surgeon and patient preference.
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Do mobile phone applications improve glycemic control (HbA1c) in the self-management of diabetes? A systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE of 14 randomized trials

TL;DR: Apps may be an effective component to help control HbA1c and could be considered as an adjuvant intervention to the standard self-management for patients with type 2 diabetes and given the reported clinical effect, access, and nominal cost of this technology, it is likely to be effective at the population level.
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Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

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

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.
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