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Oral "Admissible Evidence": the nature of evidence in Public Health and Medicine
1997 Amsterdam
Rychetik
Introduction/Objective: This study explores the understanding and use of the concept of 'evidence' among those involved in teaching medicine or public health at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia. This research is being carried out within the context of introducing…
Oral "Admissible Evidence": the nature of evidence in Public Health and Medicine
1997 Amsterdam
Rychetik
Introduction/Objective: This study explores the understanding and use of the concept of 'evidence' among those involved in teaching medicine or public health at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia. This research is being carried out within the context of introducing…
Poster A comparison of MEDLINE, EMBASE AND CINAHL on searches for systematic reviews in respiratory health
1997 Amsterdam
Dennis, Bara, Milan
Objective: We have previously compared the efficiency of Medline and Embase with respect to identification of asthma RCTs published in Thorax and the American Review of Respiratory Disease. This showed an overlap between the two databases of 89%, 7% being unique to Medline and 4% unique to Embase.…
Oral A meta-analysis of colorectal cancer screening with fecal occult blood
1997 Amsterdam
Fardy, MacIntosh
Introduction/Objective: The main objective of this study was to determine if the literature provides evidence that fecal occult blood testing reduces mortality from colorectal cancer. A secondary objective was to perform an economic analysis based on the data provided by the meta-analysis.
Methods…
Oral A meta-analysis that wasn't because of inappropriate trial design and reporting
1997 Amsterdam
Johansen, Gotzsche
Introduction/Objective: To compare the efficacy of amphotericin B and fluconazole in cancer patients with neutropenia.
Methods: Randomised trials comparing amphotericin B with fluconazole were collected. A modified Cochrane search strategy was used. Data were extracted independently by two…
Poster A meta-regression analysis of insulin and cardiovascular disease
1997 Amsterdam
Ruige, Assendelft, Dekker, Kostense, Heine, Bouter
Objective: To summarize the strength of the longitudinal relationship between hyperinsulinaemia and cardiovascular disease from the available literature, and to identify study characteristics which modify this relationship.
Methods: Articles were identified using Index Medicus and Embase and by…
Oral A population based study of patient treatment preferences for prostate cancer: early results from the Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial (PIVOT) Registry
1997 Amsterdam
Will, Brawer, Netto, Johnson, Crowley, Weiss
Introduction/Objective: To determine factors associated with patient treatment preferences and randomization status in men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer (CaP).
Methods: PIVOT is a multicenter randomized trial comparing radical prostalectomy (RP) to expectant management (EM). A registry…
Oral A population based study of patient treatment preferences for prostate cancer: early results from the Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial (PIVOT) Registry
1997 Amsterdam
Will, Brawer, Netto, Johnson, Crowley, Weiss
Introduction/Objective: To determine factors associated with patient treatment preferences and randomization status in men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer (CaP).
Methods: PIVOT is a multicenter randomized trial comparing radical prostalectomy (RP) to expectant management (EM). A registry…
Poster A report of handsearching Chinese neurological journals
1997 Amsterdam
He, Liu
Objective: To systematically handsearch key Chinese medical journals in the field of neurology in order to identify randomized controlled trials.
Methods: Seven Chinese journals in which we thought we might find RCTs relevant to neurology were handsearched (Chinese J of Neurology and Psychiatry…
Oral A rough guide to implementation: the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in Scotland
1997 Amsterdam
Donald, Farquharson, Cotton
Introduction/Objective: To facilitate the implementation of national guidelines, developed by SIGN (the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network), in primary care in Scotland. There has been concern that that the work involved to produce valid and valued guidelines would not achieve an…
Oral A rough guide to implementation: the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in Scotland
1997 Amsterdam
Donald, Farquharson, Cotton
Introduction/Objective: To facilitate the implementation of national guidelines, developed by SIGN (the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network), in primary care in Scotland. There has been concern that that the work involved to produce valid and valued guidelines would not achieve an…
Poster A strategy to maximise data retrieval
1997 Amsterdam
Mclntosh, Olliaro, Garner
Introduction: Retrieval of all relevant studies and data is central to systematic reviewing. Every reviewer has faced the challenge of reviewing studies with incomplete data and the problems of difficult to obtain foreign language papers, dissertations, and unpublished studies. We will explain one…
Poster A systematic overview of individual data from 100,000 patients in randomised trials: data management aspects
1997 Amsterdam
Santoro, Santoro, Lovati, Franzosi
Objective: The ACE-inhibitor Myocardial Infarction Collaborative Group conducted a systematic overview of large-scale trials evaluating ACE-inhibitor therapy. The Gruppo ltaliano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto Miocardico Acuto (GISSI) was responsible for data collection, and…
Poster A systematic review of RCTs of behavioural interventions to prevent children and adolescents smoking
1997 Amsterdam
Thomas, Busby
Objective: To systematically review all RCTs of behavioral interventions to prevent children (age 5-12) and adolescents (age 13-18) start smoking, or quit if they have started.
Methods: EMBASE 1974- ; MEDLINE 1966- ; ERIC 1964- ; HEALTH 1975-AND PSYCHLIT 1974- were searched using the terms and…
Poster A systematic review of RCTs to change the self-concept of children and adolescents
1997 Amsterdam
Thomas, Busby
Introduction/Objective: To assess all RCTs designed to change the self-concept of children and adolescents.
Methods: Searches of MEDLINE 1966- ; HEALTHSTAR 1990- ; and PsychINFO 1967- using the search terms self-concept, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-perception, self-efficacy; and terms for…
Poster A systematic review of multidisciplinary team care (MTC) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
1997 Amsterdam
Vliet Vlieland, Hazes
Introduction/Objective: In patients with RA, MTC programmes including medical and nursing care, exercise and occupational therapy and support by a social worker, are often prescribed. The aim of the systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of MTC for patients with RA.
Methods: Data were…
Poster A systematic review of oral steroids in cystic fibrosis: statistical challenges
1997 Amsterdam
Preston, Ashby, Cheng, Smyth
Introduction/Objective: To consider statistical issues arising from systematic reviews of chronic diseases.
Methods: The Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis Group has identified 350 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and is now undertaking reviews of specific interventions. In order to do this it is usual…
Oral A systematic review of the treatment of acute bronchitis/upper respiratory tract infection in the community
1997 Amsterdam
Fahey, Stocks, Thomas
Introduction/Objective: There have been several double-blind randomised trials comparing antibiotic with placebo in the treatment of acute bronchitis in the community. This systematic review and meta-analysis seeks to quantitatively assess the efficacy of antibiotic in the treatment of this common…
Poster A systematic review of treatment studies of patients who have attempted suicide
1997 Amsterdam
Townsend, Arensman, Hawton
Introduction/Objective: We are conducting a systematic review of treatment studies of patients who have attempted suicide. The provision of specific treatments for attempted suicide is critical, not least because there is a significant risk of completed suicide following an attempt. The main…
Oral A systematic review of trials evaluating the effects of computer-based clinical decision support systems
1997 Amsterdam
Hunt, Haynes, Hanna
Introduction/Objective: To systematically review the evidence from controlled clinical trials evaluating the effects of computer-based clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) on physician behaviour and patient outcomes.
Methods: Controlled, clinical trials were identified by searching the…