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Poster The quality of economic studies in respiratory diseases in China by QHES tool

2013 Québec City
Zhuo, Zhao, He, Zhang, Liu, Jiang, Tian
Background: Economic studies(ESs) are increasingly common in the respiratory diseases. Although clinical trials are subjected routinely to critical appraisal, there has been no attempt to appraise the quality of ECs in this field. Objective: To assess the quality of ESs in respiratory diseases…

Oral The quality of the evidence base for clinical pathway effectiveness: room for improvement in the design of evaluation trials

2013 Québec City
Rotter, Kinsman
Background/Objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to report on the quality of the existing evidence base regarding the effectiveness of clinical pathway (CPW) research in the hospital setting. The analysis is based on a recently published Cochrane Review of the effectiveness of CPWs.…

Poster The quality survey of campbell systematic reviews using AMSTAR

2013 Québec City
Bai, Chang, Feng
Background: Campbell Systematic Review (C2 review) was acknowledged to be a high quality evidence, especially in fields of social work, education and so on. However no study was found to evaluate the quality of them. Objectives: To evaluate the quality of C2 review associated with international…

Poster The reporting characteristic of qualitative study: a review

2013 Québec City
Shi, Ren, Wei, Tian, Yang
Background: Although some searching strategies or filters have been reported and assessed, identifying appropriate qualitative research remains frustrating and difficult. Objectives: To review to what extent terms on qualitative study were correctly used. Methods: On the first part, by…

Poster The reporting of research design of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies in abstracts of Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews

2013 Québec City
Hunt, Zhelev
Background: The abstract of a scientific publication helps readers to gain an overall idea of the study and to decide whether or not they should read the full text. Within diagnostic test accuracy studies, the reporting of research designs within the abstract section is commonly inconsistent or…

Workshop The stats café (today’s special: statistics for the terrified)

2013 Québec City
Trivella, Hopewell, Takwoingi, Rader, Vilis, Drahota, Clarke
Objectives: To gain an understanding of common statistical concepts such as: risks; odds; p-values; confidence intervals; and sample size. Description: This workshop involves working in small groups and rotating around the room to undertake a range of activities. On each table we will…

Poster The study of reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in systematic reviews of acupuncture

2013 Québec City
Liu, Huang, Zhang, Mai, Zhao, Sun, Wei, Li, Huo, Ke, Yang
Background: The reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is one of the factors during developing a systematic review (SRs)/meta-analysis(MAs). It is significant to know which information was ignored by reviewers in RCTs which were included in SRs/MAs. Objectives: To evaluate the…

Poster The theory of planned behaviour applied to shared decision making behaviours: a systematic review

2013 Québec City
Thompson-Leduc, Clayman, Légaré
Background: Adoption of shared decision making (SDM) requires behaviour changes in health professionals. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) widely used to provide theoretical underpinnings for understanding such behavioural changes. Objectives: We systematically reviewed studies that used…

Poster The therapeutic drug management program: a collaborative initiative of teaching hospitals

2013 Québec City
Dupont, Michel, Pelletier, Turgeon, Varin, Deschênes, Farand, Froment, Gaudreault, Rajan
Background: The Therapeutic Drug Management Program (TDMP) is an innovative joint venture of university teaching hospitals (UTH) to share expertise, clinical practice experiences and evidence-based information. The TDMP represents a unique collaborative evidencebased practice initiative between…

Poster The use of Cochrane Reviews for decision making by a local public health department

2013 Québec City
Ward, Ciliska
Background: Peel Public Health, one of Canada’s largest local public health departments, is midway through a ten year strategy focussed on evidence-informed decision making. Central to the strategy is a rapid review process, developed in-house, for finding, appraising and applying the best…

Poster The use of Cochrane SR in the development of clinical practice guidelines. The case of syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections and other infections of the genital tract. 2012

2013 Québec City
Gaitan, Torres, Rodriguez
Background: In recent years, the GRADE approach has been broadly accepted by many GDG. The use of SR for GDG is highly expected. There is a lack of information about the relationship between the types of evidence with the strength of recommendations using GRADE. Objectives: To present the…

Oral The use of Cochrane evidence and guidance in World Health Organization guidelines

2013 Québec City
Hartling, Thomson, Sommerville, Bero
Background: One of the key functions of the World Health Organization (WHO) is the preparation of global guidelines to address public health questions. Guidelines comprise recommendations that can impact upon health policies or clinical interventions. As The Cochrane Collaboration (Cochrane) is a…

Poster The use of GRADE methods in World Health Organization (WHO) public health guidelines: distributions of strength of recommendations and confidence in estimates of effect

2013 Québec City
Alexander, Norris, Brito, Stolzfus, Bero, Djulbegovic, Neumann, Montori, Guyatt
Background: A perception exists that expert guideline panelists are sometimes reluctant to offer weak/conditional/contingent recommendations. GRADE guidance warns against strong recommendations when confidence in estimates of effect (quality of evidence) is low or very low, suggesting that such…

Poster The use of collaborative writing applications in healthcare education - a scoping review

2013 Québec City
van de Belt, Grajales, Faber, Kuziemsky, Gagnon, Bilodeau, Rioux, Fournier, Emond, Nadeau, Lalonde, Aubin, Gold, Gagnon, Turgeon, Heldoorn, Poitras, Eysenbach, Kremer, Légaré, Archambault
Background: Collaborative writing applications (CWAs) (e.g., wikis, Google Docs) offer interesting possibilities for healthcare education. There is a need to systematically synthesize the growing evidence concerning their impact on healthcare education. Objectives: To assess the depth and…

Poster The utility of systematic reviews for informing agri-food public health policy: a survey of Canadian policy makers

2013 Québec City
Rajic, Young, Sargeant, Papadopoulos, McEwen
Background: In recent years, several systematic reviewsmeta- analyses (SR-MAs) have been published addressing various agri-food public health topics. It is not known to what extent agri-food public health policy-makers are aware of SR-MAs and how their evidence could be used to inform policy.…

Oral The value of author contact in determining risk of bias in included studies in a systematic review

2013 Québec City
Atherton, Sawmynaden, Car
Background: Cochrane Review methodology suggests that review authors consider contacting authors of included studies to obtain further information where risk of bias cannot be adequately assessed using published reports. This approach is not usually recommended in non-Cochrane Reviews. It is…

Workshop The wonders of randomisation—workshop for consumers

2013 Québec City
Crowe, Gyte, Horey
Objectives: a) For consumers to be able to describe the concept, process and outcomes of randomisation in clinical trials in order to reduce bias b) For Cochrane to gain understanding in how to communicate randomisation to the public in an accessible way to support consumers contributing to the…

Poster The young doctor’s opinion on Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) in Stellenbosch University’s medical curriculum

2013 Québec City
Rohwer, Young
Background: Stellenbosch University (SU) has obtained funding for the Stellenbosch University Rural Medical Educational Partnership Initiative (SURMEPI), aiming to enhance the skills of doctors in HIV/AIDS and TB care, as well as increasing the research capacity in this field. Strengthening…

Poster The ‘Implications for Practice’ of empty reviews: an analysis of Cochrane Systematic Reviews with no included studies

2013 Québec City
Yaffe, Shepard, Hopewell, Montgomery
Background: Systematic reviews that find no studies eligible for inclusion, commonly known as ‘empty reviews’, may be especially problematic for clinicians and other decision-makers. The reporting of implications for practice in particular has been suggested as potentially sustaining a risk for…

Poster To improve the efficiency of database searches for the identification of reports of RCTs used in NICE guidelines

2013 Québec City
Alderson, Ashe, Beckles, Boynton, Glover, Hasler, Lai, Stockton
Background: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Guidelines manual’ outlines a core number of databases that should be routinely searched for identifying reports of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), including MEDLINE, Embase and CENTRAL. Current practice is to search…