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Oral Approaches to applicability in the recent literature
1998 Baltimore
O'Connell, Doran, Henry
Objective: To review approaches to applicability used by authors of recently published reports of RCTs and systematic reviews.
Methods: RCTs and systematic reviews published in six key general medical journals during 1997 and new systematic reviews in the 1998 Issue 1 edition of the Cochrane…
Oral Are health authority policy and commissioning decisions evidence-based?
1998 Baltimore
Johnstone, Lacey
Introduction/Objective: To determine how many planned purchasing and policy decisions made by a health authority in one year, could be based on evidence of effectiveness.
Methods: Descriptive study (1997/8) from one UK Purchasing Health Authority. (i) All decisions made in one year identified from…
Poster Are you searching the right database? An example from mental health
1998 Baltimore
Taylor, McDonald, Adams
Introduction/Objective: To assess the coverage of the mental health literature within readily available bibliographic databases, and to consider the implications of this for the preparation of systematic reviews.
Methods: Using the Ulrich's Serials database, details of all journals and other…
Poster Assessing the quality of economic studies of health care-searching for an ideal instrument
1998 Baltimore
Gift, Kassler, Wang
Introduction/Objective: To develop a usable quantitative assessment tool which simplifies the analysis of economic studies, such as those estimating the cost effectiveness of prevention and cost of illness associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Methods: A quantitative instrument was…
Poster Associated factors with abdominal aortic aneurysm: a systematic review of literature
1998 Baltimore
Cornuz, Pinto
Introduction/Objective: the mortality rate associated with rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is very high. Optimal management for patients with AAA involves early identification and elective surgery. Data on risk factors for AAA might be useful for a selective screening among high-risk…
Poster Beta-test of a software program designed to facilitate systematic research reviews
1998 Baltimore
Floyd, Falahee, Fhobir
Introduction: The Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library is experimenting with software (arcs) designed to facilitate storage of study characteristics and research findings in computer files called knowledge bases. The knowledge bases will be placed online at the Henderson Library and…
Poster Beyond the systematic review: an example of a pilot decision analysis
1998 Baltimore
Lethaby, Furness, Farquhar
Introduction/Objective: To undertake a pilot study using decision analysis to assess the value of different medical treatments for menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding). This method enables the 'ranking' of all treatments in terms not only of efficacy, but also the probability of side…
Poster Can systematic reviews provide the evidence needed for making regulatory decisions? An FDA's statistician's perspective
1998 Baltimore
Anello
The drug development environment has undergone considerable change as it adjusts to changing technology, changing attitudes about the need to make safe and effective drugs available to the public as quickly as possible and, as it adjusts to the internationalization of the pharmaceutical industry…
Oral Characteristics of meta-analyses submitted to a general medical journal
1998 Baltimore
Thacker, Stroup, Olsen
Introduction/Objective: Due to the importance of evidence-based health care and the explosion of information in the literature, meta-analyses are becoming increasingly prevalent. Efforts to develop guidelines for meta analyses have been proposed, but have not to date been evaluated.
Methods: To…
Oral Cochrane Airways reviews: can they make a difference?
1998 Baltimore
Stamp, Churchill, Jones, Littlejohns, Lord, Milan
Introduction: Cochrane reviews should inform and underpin decisions both about healthcare practice and delivery, and about topics for future primary research. Evaluation of the effectiveness and potential impact of reviews should address these two key issues. The 'lead time' between…
Poster Cochrane systematic reviews: data representation beyond RevMan
1998 Baltimore
Gordon, Thomson, Grimshaw
Introduction/Objective: The Cochrane Collaboration uses RevMan software to support the production of systematic reviews to ensure a standard format for inclusion in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Many reviewers choose to use word processors before transferring the completed work into…
Oral Collecting systematic review data
1998 Baltimore
Tinazzi, Floriani, Torri
Introduction: Although strong efforts have been made to provide guidelines and instruments for better data collection, the specific features of any systematic review, in terms of the type of data to be collected and outcome measures, require the design of "ad hoc" forms and the handling…
Poster Collecting the trials in depression, anxiety & neurosis - what's the point?
1998 Baltimore
McGuire, Churchill
Introduction/Objective: To examine the epidemiology of references on the Cochrane Collaboration Depression, Anxiety & Neurosis Controlled Trials Register (CCDANCTR).
Methods: A detailed analysis of trials on CCDANCTR looking at the diagnoses, interventions used, duration of treatments and…
Poster Comparing preventive strategies in hypertension: risk prediction or blood pressure level? Insight from a meta-analysis based on individual patient data
1998 Baltimore
Gueyffier, Wei, Boissel
For decades, decision to treat hypertensive people through blood pressure lowering drugs has been based on blood pressure level. Taking into account the level of other risk factors has been advocated as a mean to rationalize and individualize these prescriptions, but physicians seem to be reluctant…
Poster Comparison of four methods for meta-analysis of survival data
1998 Baltimore
Pham, Earle
Introduction/Objectives: Methods for combining survival data have not been widely used although four methods are available: 1) iterative generalized least-squares (IGLS, Dear 94), 2) meta-analysis (MA) of failure-time data with adjustment for covariates (MFD, Hunink 94), 3) non-linear regression (…
Poster Comprehensive Meta Analysis - a computer program
1998 Baltimore
Borenstein
Comprehensive Meta Analysis is a computer program for meta-analysis that was developed under a grant from the National Institutes of Health. The program, which runs under Windows 95© or Microsoft NT© incorporates a wide array of features including the following.
Database. The program allows the…
Poster Computed vs. effective intercoder reliability for systematic reviews
1998 Baltimore
Floyd, Moulton, Medler
Introduction: Although systematic reviews have the potential for producing valid summaries of research findings, results are only as sound as the procedures used, including intercoder reliability (ICR) procedures. When establishing ICR, there are two key considerations: (a) choice of statistics…
Poster Concordance of data between conference abstracts and full reports
1998 Baltimore
Chokkalingam, Scherer, Dickersin
Introduction/Objective: There is general concern whether data that have not undergone peer review, such as conference abstracts, should be included in meta-analyses and systematic reviews in the absence of a full report. The aim of this study is to assess the concordance of data between conference…
Oral Consumer needs for medicines information: a role for Cochrane?
1998 Baltimore
Newby, Barker, Hill, Drew, Henry
Introduction/Objective: Activities such as the Phone-in day held as part of National Medicines Week in Australia suggested that there is an unmet need for Consumer Drug Information Services (CDIS) in Australia. However, it is recognised that a single event such as this cannot reflect the true…
Oral Consumer representation on the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Review Group
1998 Baltimore
Shea, Tugwell, Wells, Welch, Broughton, Coghlan, Davies, Davies, Jadad, Jones, Kelly, Koehn-Kostiuk, McDermot, Morrice
Introduction/Objectives: Because of the benefits of consumer participation in health care decision making, the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Review Group (CMSG) decided to build a consumer group.
Methods: We approached the consumer representative (JJ) of the Canadian Cochrane Centre for suggestions. We…