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Poster "Growing Pains": A Critical Review of the Literature
2002 Stavanger
Evans, Scutter
Background: Much has been written about the entity "growing pains" with many reports having appeared in the medical literature since Duchamp's first paper in 1823. The uncertainty of the aetiology of "growing pains" continues to divide approaches to management of children…
Poster A Central Cochrane Contacts Database - That Works
2002 Stavanger
Riis, Moustgaard, Fischer
Objective: To give all Cochrane entities easy access to up-to-date contact information for all members of the Collaboration.
Methods: The management of contact details in the Collaboration will be improved in several ways. A crucial element in optimising the data quality is streamlining the flow…
Poster A Cochrane Systematic Review of Stabilisation Splint Therapy for Temporomandibular Pain Dysfunction Syndrome
2002 Stavanger
Al-Ani, Worthington, Gray, Sloan, Davies
Background: Pain dysfunction syndrome (PDS) is the most common temporomandibular disorder (TMD). The aetiology of PDS is multifactorial. Consequently many different therapies, some conservative and reversible, others irreversible, have been advocated for patient with PDS. A number of successful…
Poster A Method for Maximising Comprehensiveness in Systematic Searches, and the Utility of this Approach for the Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field
2002 Stavanger
Kavanagh, Brunton, Harden, Rees, Oliver, Oakley
Objectives: To measure the impact on comprehensiveness of searching specialised registers when searching systematically for evidence to support reviews of health promotion interventions. To describe the impact of this strategy upon the specialised register BiblioMap.
Background:The EPPI-Centre…
Poster A Typical Cochrane Review: How Many More are Needed to Cover Existing Evidence?
2002 Stavanger
Mallett, Clarke
Objective: To describe a typical Cochrane review in terms of the number of studies listed as included studies, ongoing studies and studies awaiting assessment. To use this information to provide an estimate of how many Cochrane reviews would be needed to assess all studies currently listed in The…
Poster Acupuncture for Acute Stroke
2002 Stavanger
Zhang, Liu, Asplund, Lin
Objectives: The aim of this review was to assess effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in patients with acute stroke.
Methods: A Cochrane systematic review of randomized and quasi-randomized trials of acupuncture started within 30 days of stroke onset, compared with placebo / sham acupuncture…
Poster Alternative Therapies for Viral Hepatitis in Chinese Textbook of Infectious Diseases: What is the Evidence?
2002 Stavanger
Liu, Yang
Methods: Complementary/alternative medical therapies in the 'Textbook of Infectious Diseases' published by The People's Publishing House of China was checked for viral hepatitis treatment. The textbook (4th edition) in 1995 is being used for undergraduate medical training in most…
Poster Analysis of the Trials on the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (CCCRG) Specialised Register
2002 Stavanger
Stoelwinder, Hill, Oliver
Objective: To describe the focus of randomised and controlled clinical trials addressing consumers and communication.
Methods:. An alphanumeric coding scheme was used to facilitate the coding and analysis of the 2545 trials in the Specialised Register which consists predominantly of relevant…
Poster Are Cochrane Reviews Updated Regularly or Not?
2002 Stavanger
Koch
Background: Updating the Cochrane Reviews is part of the mission of the Cochrane Collaboration. Reviewers are expected to update their reviews at least every 2 years. A preliminary analyses in 1998 suggested that this is not done.
Objective: To find out if Cochrane reviews are updated or not.…
Poster Bed Rest after Uncomplicated Acute Myocardial Infarction: Is it Any Good? A Systematic Review
2002 Stavanger
Waechter, Herkner, Thoennissen, Mállner
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether there is evidence for fotff the clinical impact of bed rest after uncomplicated myocardial infarction. Growing economic pressure has led to short period bed rest recommendations (12-hour) in the guidelines of leading cardiology…
Poster Beyond Systematic Reviews: Other Possible Activities for the Cochrane Centres
2002 Stavanger
Alonso, Marzo, Bonfill, Fernández
Objective: To describe the experience of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre in an evidence based clinical practice guidelines project in gastroenterology.
Methods: Two years ago both the Spanish Society of Family Practice and the Gastroenterology Association decided to produce clinical practice…
Poster Blood Pressure-Lowering Efficacy: A Family of Systematic Reviews of Different Classes of Antihypertensive Drugs
2002 Stavanger
S. Mattu, M.Y. Wong, I. Perez, S. Heran, Musini, Cremona Ticea, M. Wright
Objective: Our group of 7 reviewers are conducting 10 systematic reviews in order to determine the effects of the major classes of antihypertensive drugs (alpha blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, loop…
Poster Chinese Consumer Involvement in Evidence-Based Medicine: Current Status and Strategies
2002 Stavanger
Zhang, Wang, Li, He, Wei
Background: The importance of consumer participation in evidence-based medicine (EBM) is increasingly recognized in the spectrum of healthcare in developed countries, while it is just at the beginning stage and somewhat difficulty to imitative in China.
Objective: To investigate baseline data of…
Poster Chinese involvement of EBM and Cochrane activities
2002 Stavanger
Wang, Liu, Li, Zhang, Wei
Objective: Since 3 years ago, Chinese Cochrane Centre has done much work to support people who hope to be involved in EBM and Cochrane activities, such as training, dissemination, research, evidence-based clinical practice, etc. More and more Chinese people became interested in Evidence-Based…
Poster Clinical Practice Guidelines: The Spanish Situation
2002 Stavanger
Marzo, Alonso, Fernández, Bonfill
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality and quantity of clinical practice guidelines published in Spain.
Methods: To retrieve the maximum possible number of clinical practice guidelines we conducted a search up until 28 February 2002. Firstly we looked for clinical practice…
Poster Cochrane Reviews of Health Promotion and Public Health Interventions - Improving Quality, Relevance and Utility
2002 Stavanger
Waters, Doyle, Brunton, Petticrew
The Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field seeks to support the production of review of health promotion and public health interventions that are of high quality and contains information that is relevant and useable to practitioners and policy makers. In order to fulfill this obligation…
Poster Coding Scheme for the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (CCCRG) Specialised Register
2002 Stavanger
Stoelwinder, Hill,, Oliver, Broclain, Wensing, Brewer
Objective: To develop a method of coding the trials in the CCCRG Specialised Register in relation to the scope of the Group, the interventions undertaken and the outcome measures used.
Methods: An alphanumeric coding scheme was developed to facilitate the coding and analysis of the 2545 trials in…
Poster Comparative Review of Self-Administered Questionnaires in Vertigo and Dizziness
2002 Stavanger
O, I, D, O
Objective: Aim of this study was to compare the validity and pertinence of available questionnaires assessing symptoms of vertigo or dizziness and their impact on quality of life.
Methods: Publications were retrieved through Medline and Embase databases (1991-2000). 24 publications reporting…
Poster Creating a Cycle of Change and Support: Quality and Productivity Improvement at a Collaborative Review Group
2002 Stavanger
Hill, Prictor, Stoelwinder
Objectives: To increase the output and improve the quality of reviews from the Consumers and Communication Collaborative Review Group (hereafter the Group).
Methods: In June 2000, an increased level of funding was obtained for the re-establishment of the geographical base of the Group within a…
Poster DNAR? Do Not Attempt Resuscitation or Do Not Attempt Review?
2002 Stavanger
Hill, Broom, Thalagala, Stoelwinder, Silburn, Hitchcock
Objective: To develop a 'reviewable' question for an intervention in a complex environment.
Methods: Following identification of the necessity for a review of interventions to promote communication with adults for do-not-resuscitate orders, stimulated by journal debate after editorial by…