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Poster Barriers and methods to improve the use of Cochrane systematic reviews as a primary source of evidence in developing countries

2014 Hyderabad
Gudala, Bansal, Kanukula
Background: Although Cochrane systematic reviews (CSR) are considered to be the best level of evidence, there are several barriers to using CSRs, especially in developing countries. No research has yet explored these barriers or methods to improve the use of CSRs. Objectives: We aim to…

Poster Building capacity for systematic reviews in low-income countries: the Africa centre for systematic reviews and knowledge translation

2014 Hyderabad
Obuku, Nabudere, Kinengyere, Sewankambo
Background: Research evidence has shown limited systematic reviewing capacity among researchers in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this gap and despite many challenges, a regional capacity building centre for systematic reviews has been set up at Makerere University, College of Health Sciences in…

Poster CENTRAL Cleanup and HarmoniSR

2014 Hyderabad
Dooley, Noel-Storr, Foxlee
Background: The HarmoniSR project was set up in 2013 by a group of Cochrane information specialists to generate guidance about standardisation of data through an open, transparent and inclusive consensus process. In the first instance, HarmoniSR was concerned with standardising records in the…

Oral Can Qualitative Comparative Analysis help us to identify important components of complex interventions?

2014 Hyderabad
Thomas, O'Mara-Eves, Brunton
Background: Systematic reviews addressing policy and practice questions concerning complex interventions frequently need to both assess the efficacy of a given intervention and to identify which intervention and its components might be relevant in particular circumstances. Here, intervention…

Poster Can analysis of the effect of social disadvantage on health outcomes be improved through the use of causal pathways?

2014 Hyderabad
Morton, Schlackow, Mihaylova, Staplin, Gray, Cass
Background: Identification of social gradients is necessary for the development of efficient public health strategies to address health inequities. However isolating the effect of social disadvantage from other confounding factors is not straightforward, and may result in missed or misleading…

Poster Challenges and considerations involved in using AMSTAR in overviews of reviews

2014 Hyderabad
Foisy, Hartling
Background: Overviews (of reviews) compile information from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for decision-making. Overview authors should report the methodological quality of the included SRs; this can be done using the Assessment of Multiple…

Poster Challenges in conducting economic evaluation informed by Cochrane Reviews: case study of adherence in epilepsy

2014 Hyderabad
Plumpton, Reuber, Brown, Marson, Hughes
Background: Cochrane Reviews typically focus on efficacy and effectiveness and rarely address efficiency which is important for informing resource allocation [1]. Working with the Cochrane Epilepsy Group we aimed to conduct an economic evaluation of evidence sourced from the Cochrane Review of…

Oral Changing patterns of clinical trial activity in Australia: 2005-2013

2014 Hyderabad
Smith, Ko, Hunter, Askie
Background: In the past decade there has been a worldwide initiative to make all clinical trials public. With the establishment of clinical trials registries, such as the US based ClinicalTrials.gov in 2000 and the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ANZCTR) in 2005, researchers and…

Poster Characteristics of authorships in oral health group systematic reviews

2014 Hyderabad
Eachempati, Kiran Kumar, Kumbargere Nagraj
Background: The Cochrane Oral Health Review Group comprises an international network of healthcare professionals, researchers and consumers preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials in oral health (www.ohg.cochrane.org). Although the Cochrane…

Poster Characteristics of cross-over trials in dentistry and oral health reviews

2014 Hyderabad
Kumbargere Nagraj, Eachempati
Background: The two common problems associated with cross-over trials are carry-over effect and risk of drop-out. Due to these reasons, it is often difficult to extract suitable data from a cross-over trial (Higgins 2009). We undertook this study to see the common problems associated with…

Oral Characteristics of realist synthesis reviews: a systematic mapping review of realist reviews

2014 Hyderabad
Berg, Nanavati
Background: Realist synthesis reviews are a new type of literature review that aims to provide an explanatory analysis of how and why complex social interventions work, or don’t work, in particular contexts or settings. A realist review is explicitly concerned with the context-mechanisms-outcomes…

Oral Citation screening in systematic reviews: two approaches, two authors and time taken (SWAR-1 (Study Within A Review 1))

2014 Hyderabad
Devane, Clarke, McCarthy, Casey
Background: Conducting a high quality systematic review can be time consuming and costly, with conservative estimates of more than 1000 person-hours for an average review. One important, but time consuming, step is the selection of studies for inclusion in the review. This is done by firstly…

Poster Cluster randomised trials: a study to help recommendations for better reporting in Cochrane reviews

2014 Hyderabad
Richardson, Donegan, Garner
Background: For some clinical indications, cluster-randomised controlled trials (C-RCTs) are commonly carried out and included in reviews. C-RCTs differ in design to individually randomised controlled trials, in that clusters of subjects (such as schools, communities, clinics) are randomly…

Oral Cochrane Reviews: the linchpins of knowledge translation and impact

2014 Hyderabad
Middleton, Green, Crowther
Background: As systematic reviews represent the synthesis of a body of evidence, it stands to reason that they should often be the basic unit of knowledge translation. Objectives: To measure the use of Cochrane Reviews (CRs) in several different knowledge transfer systems including clinical…

Workshop Cochrane and Wikipedia: disseminating evidence

2014 Hyderabad
Easow Mathew, Heilman, Owens, Bhaumik, Poore, Schoonees, Binder
Objectives: To explore how Cochrane groups can encourage contributions to disseminate evidence using Wikipedia. Description: It has been over a year since Cochrane and Wikipedia launched a partnership to improve the evidence-based content in Wikipedia medical articles. The partnership kicked…

Poster Cochrane reviews in obstetrics and gynecology: what is the contribution of Indian studies?

2014 Hyderabad
Radhika, Pradhan, Singh
Background: Cochrane Reviews aim to produce evidence for healthcare practice globally including India. We wish to assess the contribution of studies that originated in India in developing these systematic reviews in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Objective: To determine the number…

Poster Cochrane vignettes: use and satisfaction of Cochrane reviews in a Cochrane learning continuing medical education program

2014 Hyderabad
Moja, Pussegoda , Kwag, Grad, Bjerre , Lewin, Becker, Cowlard, Renigan-Boyle, Ni Ogain, Tort, Moayyedi, Schaafsma, Pentesco-Gilbert, Tugwell, Ueffing, Urquhart, Tovey, Grimshaw
Background: Although Cochrane has emphasised the role of online continuing medical education (CME) in dissemination of systematic review (SR) findings, it has not proposed specific strategies for the incorporation of SR contents into CME programs. Objectives: We developed a suite of online…

Poster Cochrane's presence on Facebook

2014 Hyderabad
Boyers, Karimkhani, Dellavalle
Background: The Cochrane Library has distinguished itself as a source of evidence-based information that strives to synthesise relevant and current data across health care. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is a leading source of systematic reviews available around the world in…

Workshop Commenting on Plain Language Summaries

2014 Hyderabad
Struthers, Lyddiatt, McIlwain
Objectives: Consumers will have the opportunity to discuss the new plain language standards, and use them to develop their skills critiquing Plain Language Summaries (PLS) of Cochrane Reviews. A selection of real reviews will be used to guide participants through the process of becoming a…

Poster Communication is everybody’s business: developing methods to improve the evaluation of communication strategies for childhood vaccination

2014 Hyderabad
Kaufman, Hill, Lewin, Ryan, Heather, Bosch-Capblanch, Cartier, Cliff, Glenton, Muloliwa, Oku, Oyo-Ita, Rada, Synnot
Background: A Global Polio Eradication Initiative report recently stated, "communication is everybody's business." Health communication encompasses a broad range of interventions beyond informing or educating. It includes advocacy, social mobilisation, health literacy and…