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Workshop Study-based Registers
2008 Freiburg
Higgins, Hampson, McGuire
Objectives:
To discuss study based registers in the context of the plans for the new Cochrane Register of Studies.This workshop will be a practical discussion and demonstration of study based registers.
Summary:
This workshop will include:
- discussion & demonstration of the concept of study-…
Oral Summaries of evidence for health policymakers in low and middle income countries (LMIC)
2008 Freiburg
Rosenbaum, Glenton, Oxman
Background: One aim of the SUPPORT (SUPporting Policy-relevant Reviews and Trials) Collaboration (an EC FP6 project) is to inform maternal and child health policy in LMIC by preparing summaries of current best evidence. Objectives: To design a structured summary of systematic reviews to meet the…
Oral Supporting evidence-based practice and Cochrane reviews: the SEA-ORCHID fellowships programme
2008 Freiburg
Pattanittum, Short, Turner, Martis, McDonald
Background: SEA-ORCHID (South East Asia – Optimising Reproductive and Child Health in Developing Countries, www.seaorchid.org) is a five-year collaborative project between four countries in South East Asia and Australia. At nine hospitals in Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, SEA-…
Workshop Systematic Reviews of Prognosis Studies: From Protocol to Meta-analysis
2008 Freiburg
Williams, Altman, de Vet, Riley, Hayden, Woolfenden
Objectives:
This workshop will present the current "state of the art" for systematic reviews of prognosis and prognostic factors, from question development to analysis. We will discuss the benefits, limitations and challenges of prognosis systematic reviews, including reviews…
Poster Systematic review of evidence grading systems for grading levels of evidence
2008 Freiburg
Shukla, Bai, Milne, Wells
Background: To facilitate moving from evidence to recommendations, evidence grading systems (EGSs) have been developed to assess the strength of a body of evidence. This study was undertaken to systematically review existing EGSs. Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of EGSs and identify the…
Poster Systematic review of the empirical evidence of study publication bias and outcome reporting bias
2008 Freiburg
Dwan, Altman, Chan, Decullier, Von Elm, Gamble, Ioannidis, Williamson1
Background: The increased use of meta-analysis in systematic reviews of healthcare interventions has highlighted several types of bias that can arise during the completion of a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Publication bias has been recognised as a potential threat to the validity of…
Workshop Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies 1: Formulating the study question and identification of studies
2008 Freiburg
Filippini, Bossuyt, D'Amico, Mitchell
Objective:
The aim of the workshop is to provide tools for:
- Framing the question,
- Establishing eligibility criteria from the type of question,
- Searching diagnostic accuracy studies.
Summary:
Systematic reviews on diagnostic tests are set up to inform decisions about using or selecting…
Workshop Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies 3: A practical introduction to meta-analysis
2008 Freiburg
Deeks, Scholten, Leeflang
Abstract: In this workshop the principles of meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies will be addressed in a practical way. We will present a framework for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies as will be implemented within Cochrane Diagnostic test accuracy reviews. We will start with an…
Workshop Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies 5: presenting and interpreting results
2008 Freiburg
Scholten, Hyde
Abstract: The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants with an understanding of how results of Cochrane Diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) reviews can be presented and interpreted. At the end of the workshop, participants will have been introduced into various ways of presenting DTA results…
Workshop Systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies. 2: assessment of methodological quality
2008 Freiburg
Whiting, Rutjes, Leeflang, Vlassov, Reitsma
Abstract: The Cochrane Collaboration has decided to include systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies in their databases. The "Cochrane diagnostic reviews methodology working group" (CDR) have developed a handbook and software to guide the process of conducting diagnostic reviews…
Poster Ten years of The Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group: challenges for primary research
2008 Freiburg
Amato, Davoli, Drugs and Alcohol Group
Background: The Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group, founded in 1998, aims to produce, update and disseminate systematic reviews on the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of problematic use of drugs and alcohol. Objectives: To review the state of the art of Cochrane systematic reviews in the…
Workshop Testing for differences in effect between subgroups: Time for a rethink?
2008 Freiburg
Harbord, Higgins
Objectives:
To describe, demonstrate and discuss three ways of performing statistical tests for sub-group differences, and whether changes should be made to written guidance and software available to Cochrane reviewers.
Background:
Version 5.0.0 of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of…
Poster The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test’s brief vs. full version for unhealthy alcohol use: a comparative diagnostic accuracy metaanalysis using the difference in area under the receiver operating characteristics curve as effect measure
2008 Freiburg
Kriston, Hölzel, Weiser, Berner, Härter
Background: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is frequently recommended as case-finding instrument for unhealthy alcohol use. However, it consists of ten questions requiring considerable time resources. Using a three-item version (AUDIT-C) yielded promising results in some…
Poster The Brazilian Cochrane Centre’s contribution to decision making in the public health system
2008 Freiburg
Silva, Atallah
Background: Health technology assessment has been a much-used tool in public-health decision making in many countries. In light of this development, the Department of Science and Technology (DECIT) under the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MS) incorporated system-wide health technology assessment…
Poster The Cochrane Library as a basic source for development of EBM guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS: Russian experience
2008 Freiburg
Kryuchkov, Danishevskiy, Vlassov, Rafalskiy, Gill
Background: The improvement of the quality of evidence used is important in the case of patients with HIV/AIDS for which multiple treatment and life-modify strategies exist with conflicting reports of efficacy and safety. In Russia, there is a definite deficiency of EBM information for people…
Poster The Cochrane Library: usage statistics and trends on Wiley Inter-Science - the who, where and what
2008 Freiburg
Reynolds
Background: Dissemination of high quality, timely research evidence is a priority for The Cochrane Collaboration. By monitoring usage development, exploring user activity, and identifying trends we can build on our understanding of how people use The Cochrane Library, where they come from, and what…
Workshop The Cochrane Library:hands-on searching (advanced)
2008 Freiburg
Sampson
Objectives:
To provide regular searchers with the in-depth knowledge they need to perform accurate and effective searches of The Cochrane Library.
Description:
This workshop is designed for regular searchers of The Cochrane Library. It will provide a general overview of the interface, features and…
Oral The Cochrane Updating Project
2008 Freiburg
Brown, Lethaby, Clarke, Jordan, Showell, Farquhar
Background: Cochrane review authors are requested to update reviews on a biennial basis or if a substantive piece of new research emerges. Due to multiple factors, this is often delayed and reviews become outdated. Currently, of 3384 reviews published in The Cochrane Library (Issue 1, 2008) 1998 or…
Workshop The Cochrane Updating Project: Lessons learnt and ways forward
2008 Freiburg
Brown, Lethaby, Clarke, Jordan, Showell, Farqhuar
Objectives:
The workshop will provide Editors, Review Group Coordinators, Trial Search Coordinators and Authors with the results of the Cochrane Updating Project. The lessons learnt will be of use to those updating projects at a Review group level. There will also be discussion about the…
Poster The E-trials project: first steps in the development of a study-based eyes and vision trials database
2008 Freiburg
Ssemanda, Dickersin, Li, Scherer, Ervin, Hawkins
Background: A study-based database of clinical trials in eyes and vision would provide research evidence to clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and consumers. The first step in creating a study-based database is to assemble all available eye trial reports. Over the years, the Cochrane Eyes and…