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Oral The utilization of systematic review and meta-analysis in China
2010 Keystone
Liang, Min, Guan-Jian, Ming-Ming
Background: Distance from research to practice always exists. The dissemination and utilization of systematic reviews/ meta-analyses (S/Ms) as the best evidence is increasingly concerned. China, as the largest developing country with more than 1.3 billion people, inwhere it is very important to…
Poster To filter or not to filter? A study examining the use of diagnostic test accuracy search filters on a Cochrane DTA review
2010 Keystone
Noel-Storr, Malouf, McShane, Marcus
Background: For years now the work of Trials Search Coordinators has been improved by the development of RCT filters for sensitive searches for healthcare interventions (at least for the major the healthcare databases such as MEDLINE). Now, however, with the Collaboration s expansion into the area…
Poster Training for patients and citizens representatives: evaluating the PartecipaSalute courses
2010 Keystone
Colombo, Liberati, Satolli, Mosconi
Background: PartecipaSalute Participate in Health Care is a project on citizens and patients involvement in healthcare developed by the Mario Negri Institute, Italian Cochrane Centre, Zadig editorial company since 2003 supported by a bank foundation. Within its activities, the PartecipaSalute…
Poster Training practitioners in the EBP process: an effective continuing education training model
2010 Keystone
Parrish, Rubin
Background: While much has been written on the potential benefits of the evidence-based practice (EBP) process1 for improving the integration of research into practice, very little has been done to train behavioral health practitioners in this model. It is critical to identify effective training…
Oral Transparency of Chinese trials: The results are fully published after registered in WHO primary registries?
2010 Keystone
Xuemei, Li, Senlin, Shangqi
Background: Full result publication is one of the main way to improve trial transparency. Objective: To investigated the result publication rate of Chinese trials registered in WHO primary registries. Method: We searched 11WHOprimary registries to screen the registration record of Chinese trials.…
Oral Transparent two stage approach to identification and selection of qualitative literature for meta ethnographic synthesis
2010 Keystone
Taylor, Lewin
Background: Systematic reviews of qualitative research offer an opportunity to better understand patients’ experience of living with disease and treatment. Noblitt and Hare’s meta ethnographic synthesis method has become a popular way of synthesizing qualitative literature to generate new insights…
Poster Treatment adequacy of Chinese medicine in Cochrane systematic reviews: an investigation
2010 Keystone
Liu, Xia, Han
Background: One of the main objectives of Cochrane systematic reviews is to inform practice by presenting evidence strength and information on health care interventions. For traditional medicine, it is very important that the reviews evaluate the treatment adequacy by looking at all information in…
Poster Two examples of synergy between an Academic institution and policymakers in Argentina
2010 Keystone
Garcia Dieguez, Esandi, Chapman, de-Luca, Ortiz
Background: Interaction between researchers and policymakers related to knowledge transfer has been motive of review and mythological analysis. Objectives: To describe two examples of synthesis of evidence in response to government requirement Methods: A systematic approach was used to search,…
Oral Uptake of newer methodological developments and the deployment of meta-analysis in diagnostic test research – A systematic review
2010 Keystone
Harvey-Willis
Background: The last decade has seen a number of developments in the methodology used in systematic reviews and meta-analysis of diagnostic test studies. It is of interest to ascertain whether such developments have permeated the wider research community and on which applications they are being…
Poster Use of systematic review evidence to inform local decision-making in the National Health Service: a case study of eating disorders
2010 Keystone
Chambers, Grant, Warren, Pearson, Wilson
Background: In the English National Health Service (NHS), Primary Care Trusts are responsible for commissioning a range of health services. As part of a major five-year research project, we are providing a knowledge translation service to local decision makers, translating existing evidence into…
Oral Using Cochrane reviews to help reduce fetal and other perinatal deaths in high income countries
2010 Keystone
Middleton
Background: Currently several interlinked international groups are examining the epidemiology of stillbirth, potential interventions to reduce stillbirth rates, and research gaps and priorities in low, middle and high income countries. Objectives: To outline the contribution of Cochrane reviews to…
Poster Using citation-management software for more efficient screening of search results in systematic reviews
2010 Keystone
Horvath, Kennedy, Rutherford
Background: There is little published methodology to inform the process of screening search results for systematic reviews. The Cochrane Handbook recommends the use of bibliographic or reference management software as tools for managing references and removing duplicate citations. The Handbook…
Oral Using machine learning to reduce the systematic review workload
2010 Keystone
Wallace, Brodley, Schmid, Lau, Trikalinos
Background: Screening abstracts for eligibility is a vitally important, but tedious step in the systematic review process. Typically, electronic searches for a review yield several thousands of abstracts, which are then perused by the reviewers and either excluded from or included in the review…
Oral Using text mining to facilitate policy relevant systematic reviews
2010 Keystone
Tripney, Newman, Bird
Background: Social policy-makers approach the task of evidence informed policy from a perspective of ‘what is the most effective intervention to resolve a particular problem in a particular group’. Therefore, to achieve policy relevance, systematic reviews need to start from the same premise.…
Poster Using the Vote Cards to Encourage Active Participation and to Improve Critical Appraisal Skills in Evidence-Based Medicine Journal Clubs
2010 Keystone
Tam, Chen, Tsai
Background: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) journal clubs are used by health care practitioners to critique and to keep up-to-date with relevant health literature. Vote cards using three different colored cards (green/yellow/red), allowing participants to express their opinions (agree/doubt/reject)…
Poster Validation of a PubMed search filter for identifying studies including children
2010 Keystone
Leclercq, MG-Leeflang, van-Dalen, CM-Kremer
Introduction: For physicians and other medical professionals, it is important to find relevant information on their field of interest. Various search filters, especially for identifying clinical trials and systematic reviews, have been developed. The aim of this study was to develop a PubMed search…
Poster Validation of the EBP process assessment scale (EBPPAS): a scale to measure practitioners views about evidence-based practice
2010 Keystone
Parrish, Rubin
Background: The success of the evidence-based practice1 (EBP) movement depends on the effective dissemination of the EBP process model through training and its adoption by practitioners. This study reports on the validation of a scale that can be used in evaluations of the impact of such trainings…
Poster What do test-treat trials measure?
2010 Keystone
Ferrante-di-Ruffano, Hyde, Deeks
Background: Will introducing a new diagnostic test benefit patient health? This question underpins the evaluation of diagnostic tests. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), that randomise patients to diagnostic strategies and evaluate patient outcomes after the implementation of subsequent treatment…
Poster What factors predict original research citation rates? Analysis of media reports, editorials, guidelines and reviews of Rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL; 1997-2003)
2010 Keystone
Kho, Brouwers
Background: As new healthcare technologies emerge, information sources such as media reports, editorials, guidelines, or reviews may influence decision-makers perceptions of the efficacy of a new treatment. Objectives: To understand citation relationships between original research of Rituximab for…
Oral What’s the point of evaluating effectiveness? Perspectives from a low income setting
2010 Keystone
Elizabeth-Denise-Burchett, Harding-Mayhew, Dobrow, Norman-Lavis
Background: Effectiveness research is highly valued within the evidence-based movement. However there has been little research to explore whether this priority is equally valued in low income countries, despite increased efforts to encourage the use of research in decision-making. Objectives: This…