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Oral GAME-IT: explore peoples choices and facilitate teaching by turning evidence processing into a game
2014 Hyderabad
Brandt, Magdin, Luders, McCallum, Kristiansen, Vandvik
Background:
The process of turning evidence from systematic reviews into actionable recommendations when developing guidelines according to standards for trustworthiness can be difficult to understand and learn; both for participating clinical experts, physicians and lay people. We also know…
Poster Generalizability of findings from efficacy trials for chronic depression: an analysis of eligibility criteria
2014 Hyderabad
von Wolff, Jansen, Hölzel, Westphal, Härter, Kriston
Background:
Concerns have been raised that the rigorous eligibility criteria used to select patients for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) limit the generalizability of trial findings.Compared with nonchronic depression, chronic depression is more often characterized by a longer duration of the…
Poster Ghana country priorities influence Cochrane Review and World Health Organization Global Guidelines
2014 Hyderabad
Esu, Garner, Meremikwu, Sinclair
Background:
In 2011 the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that artesunate replace quinine to treat severe malaria. However, many African countries had already started to use artemether, about which the WHO made no statement. The Better Medicines for Children Project in Ghana, 2011,…
Poster Global burden of eye disease in 2010 and systematic reviews and protocols in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Boyers, Karimkhani, Richheimer, Dellavalle
Background:
Disease burden should help guide research prioritization. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2010 compiled data from 1990 to 2010 on 291 diseases and injuries, 1160 disease and injury sequelae, and 67 risk factors in 187 countries. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (…
Poster Global burden of heart disease in 2010 and systematic reviews and protocols in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Karimkhani, Boyers, Aksut, Nasser, Hilton, Mavergames, Forouzanfar, Murray, Gray, Dellavalle
Background:
Disease burden should help guide research prioritization. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2010 compiled data from 1990 to 2010 on 291 diseases and injuries, 1160 disease and injury sequelae, and 67 risk factors in 187 countries. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (…
Oral Global burden of skin disease in 2010 and systematic reviews and protocols in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Karimkhani, Boyers, Prescott, Welch, Delamere, Nasser, Zaveri, Hay, Vos, Murray, Margolis, Hilton, MacLehose, Williams, Dellavalle
Background: Disease burden should help guide research prioritization. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2010 compiled data from 1990 to 2010 on 291 diseases and injuries, 1160 disease and injury sequelae, and 67 risk factors in 187 countries. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR…
Poster Going mobile with Cochrane Reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Okwen, Lasserson, Gavin
Background:
Africa has emerged as the fastest growing mobile telephone market, with over 60% of people having access to mobiles. Local ICT development clusters flourish, providing promising opportunities for the development of applications. Challenges with improving health outcomes in Africa…
Poster Google searching: a consistency test
2014 Hyderabad
Adams, Adams
Background:
Google is used across the world as a major source of information. It remains the top search engine by some distance and is used as a source of studies in reviews.
Objectives:
To investigate yield of specific types of search terms across all Google search engines.
Methods:…
Poster Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Herrera, Ciapponi, Rada, Oxman, Ciapponi, Bastías, Garcia Marti, Okwundu, Opiyo, Pantoja, Paulsen, Wiysonge, Peñaloza
Background:
This is one of four overviews of systematic reviews (SRs) of strategies for improving health systems in low-income countries (LIC), including delivery, financial and governance arrangements and implementation strategies.
Objectives:
- Provide a broad overview of what is known…
Workshop Grading confidence in the estimates of test accuracy and preparing 'Summary of findings' tables for diagnostic reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Mustafa, Schuenemann, Langendam, Leeflang, Bossuyt, Scholten, Hyde, Deurenberg-Gopalakrishna, Brozek
Objective:
To discuss how to assess the confidence in the estimates of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) and prepare a summary of findings table for DTA reviews.
Description:
Authors of Cochrane Review and numerous other organizations follow the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment,…
Poster Grading the quality of evidence in existing systematic reviews: challenges and considerations
2014 Hyderabad
Foisy, Fernandes, Dryden, Hartling
Background:
The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) tool is often used to assess the quality of a body of evidence. However, it is currently unknown whether and how the GRADE tool can be used when conducting overviews of reviews (overviews) - an emerging…
Workshop Graphs to enhance understanding and improve interpretability of the evidence from network meta-analysis: a hands-on tutorial in STATA
2014 Hyderabad
Chaimani, Mavridis, Higgins, Salanti
Objectives:
To present and explain a series of graphical and numerical tools that can be used in network meta-analysis (NMA) in order to:
- present the evidence base;
- evaluate the assumptions;
- present the results.
We offer STATA routines that can be used to produce the suggested…
Poster Growth and development of the South Asian Database of Controlled Clinical Trials
2014 Hyderabad
Paul Barnabas, Tharyan , Bhaumik, Kirubakaran
Background:
The South Asian Database of Controlled Clinical Trials (SADCCT) is a free-to-access collection of trials published in journals in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region. Many trials conducted in this region are not available in commonly searched databases…
Poster Handling missing data in a randomized controlled trial: example from an Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) trial
2014 Hyderabad
Toghrayee
Background:
Missing data is a common problem encountered in clinical trials. Researchers intending to analyze their data using Intention-to-treat principles commonly impute the missing data to achieve balanced data before analysis using analysis of variance (ANOVA) methods. A lesser known but…
Poster Handling trial participants with missing dichotomous outcome data when conducting a meta-analysis: a methodological survey of proposed approaches
2014 Hyderabad
Akl, Kahale, Agoritsas, Brignardello Petersen, Busse, Carrasco, Ebrahim, Johnston, Neumann, Sola, Sun, Vandvik, Alonso-Coello, Guyatt
Background:
Missing outcome data for trial participants represents a serious potential source of bias, particularly when associated with the likelihood of outcome events. Systematic review authors frequently deal with this problem when conducting meta-analyses.
Objectives:
To review the…
Workshop Harmonising Cochrane content in the CRS: moving towards a nimble global dataset
2014 Hyderabad
Noel-Storr, Foxlee, Dooley, Littlewood, Salzwedel
Objectives:
The implementation of the Cochrane Register of Studies (CRS) saw the migration of 52 specialized registers into one bespoke application and has highlighted some significant variations in the content of common fields. The CRS provides an opportunity to standardize and harmonize certain…
Oral How can we accurately diagnose schizophrenia? Challenges in performing Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews in schizophrenia
2014 Hyderabad
Maayan, Adams, Bergman, Davenport, Palaniyappan, Soares-Weiser
Background: Since the 1950's researchers have been trying to standardize the way schizophrenia is diagnosed. We recently completed six Cochrane Reviews assessing the accuracy of four checklists (First Rank Symptoms, OPCRIT+, K-SADS and CIDI), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and blood tests to…
Workshop How can we make Cochrane Reviews more readable?
2014 Hyderabad
Garner, MacLehose, Clark
Objectives:
- To outline basic principles for effective writing.
- To learn how to enhance the process of writing.
- To practice effective writing skills.
Description:
This workshop will be useful to any Cochrane author, academic researcher, or individual writing newsletters or other…
Poster How do systematic review users and producers interpret the stability of review findings based on GRADE quality of evidence ratings?
2014 Hyderabad
Thaler, Sommer, Dobrescu, Swinson Evans, Lohr, Gartlehner
Background:
The GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach uses information about study limitations, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, and publication bias to determine quality of evidence (QoE) and communicate the confidence that systematic…
Poster How do systematic reviews incorporate assessment of study quality into the synthesis of evidence? A methodological study
2014 Hyderabad
Katikireddi, Egan, Petticrew
Background:
Recent research investigating methods used in systematic reviews (SRs) has found increasingly that critical appraisal of included studies is being performed. Critical appraisal constitutes an important input into the synthesis process as it allows reviewers to explore whether…