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Oral Bias In Meta-Analysis Due To Within Study Selective Reporting
1999 Rome
Williamson, Hutton, Hahn, Garner
Introduction: Whilst it has long been recognised that the presence of publication bias may produce misleading results, the effect in a meta-analysis of within study selective reporting has received little attention to date. We consider selective reporting in relation to outcomes and subgroups. It…
Oral Bringing Narrative Evidence 'into the Fold': Methods for Generalizing from Individual Narrative Data
1999 Rome
Gordon
Introduction: While narrative data are increasingly being recognized as essential for clinical understanding, they are still not considered truly amenable to scientific use, unable to meet the traditional standards of replicability, universality, and objectivity. Narrative data on individuals…
Poster Calcium Antagonists Risk-Benefit and Blood Pressure Control in Diabetes: Review of Literature and Drug Utilization Profile
1999 Rome
Fenarese, De, Monesi, Joppi, Battistutta, Monesi, Tognoni
Introduction: Results from recent RCT and observational studies demonstrated a poor risk-benefit of Calcium Antagonist in hypertensive persons -with type 2 diabetes. These results confirm the favourable role of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and the effectiveness of beta-blockers and diuretics…
Oral Calculation of Numbers Needed to Treat from Systematic Reviews. Point estimate and Confidence Intervals compared using six different methods.
1999 Rome
Cates
Objectives: To assess the results of using seven different methods to calculate the Number Needed to Treat (NNT)from the pooled results of a convenience sample of 20 outcomes from Cochrane systematic reviews.
Methods: Point estimates and Confidence Interval of NNT for 20 outcomes of systematic…
Poster Cervical Cancer And Sexual Lifestyle : A Systematic Review of Health Education Interventions
1999 Rome
Shepherd, Weston, Peersman, Napuli
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Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of health education interventions to promote sexual risk reduction behaviours amongst socially and economically disadvantaged women in order to reduce transmission of Human papillomavirus (HPV), a leading agent in the development of…
Poster Checklist for Neurological Review Article
1999 Rome
Cantisani, Celani, Cannata, Cusi, Filippini, Munari, Russo, Taus, Candelise
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Discussion: Neurological reviews of interventions can be a useful tool for neurologists in improving their clinical practice. Neurologists need reviews of a good methodological quality, excluding any significant bias, but also reviews that provide…
Oral Clarifying the abstracts of systematic reviews
1999 Rome
Hartley
Introduction: In this presentation implications from research findings about improving the clarity of abstracts of research articles are addressed to the abstracts of systematic reviews. Advice is given on three main features of abstracts: their language, structure, and typographical presentation…
Poster Clinical trials in perinatal-neonatal medicine: Outcome of Abstracts Submitted for Annual Conference of The American Pediatric Society and The Society for Pediatric Research - Limited to Randomized Control Trials in Neonatology
1999 Rome
Wail, Orison
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Objectives: To study the outcome (whether published or not) of abstracts submitted for the annual conference of the American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research (APS-SPR), related to neonatal care, limiting our study to randomized control trials.
Methods: All…
Poster Cochrane Electronic Library: Is The Giant Lost In Cyberspace?
1999 Rome
Ezzo, Wright, Hadhazv, Bahr-Robertson, Covington, Berman
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Objectives: Courses in complementary medicine (CM) in U.S. medical schools are increasing. The need for up to date evidence on CM is essential. CM course directors were surveyed 1) to assess their use of Cochrane systematic reviews compared to other information sources, 2) To…
Poster Collaboration In The Establishment Of A International Register Of Behavioral, Social, And Policy; Intervention Studies I HIV/AIDS Prevention
1999 Rome
Peersman, Strouse, Sogolow
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Objectives: To establish an international register of HIV/AIDS behavioral, social and policy intervention studies to prevent HIV/AIDS.
Methods: (1) Two existing registers off HlV prevention studies were merged: the CDC Prevention Research Synthesis (PRS) project register and the…
Poster Collecting Unpublished Data for Systematic Reviews: a Proposal for a Randomised Trial
1999 Rome
Higgins, Soomro, Roberts, Clarke
Introduction: A common problem in conducting a systematic review is that appropriate data are not available from reports of clinical trials. A reviewer is then faced with the prospect of contacting the primary investigators to request such information. Exactly how one should go about this is not…
Oral Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Information in Reviews
1999 Rome
Braunholtz, Lilford, Chard
Introduction: When making a decision, such as whether to treat a patient with a drug or not, directly relevant quantitative evidence is most useful in evaluating the likely balance of costs (i.e. side effects) and benefits. However, qualitative evidence (in which we include indirectly relevant…
Poster Comparison of the Results of Randomized Controlled Trials and Observational Studies in the Assessment of Hormone Replacement Therapy
1999 Rome
Benson, Hartz
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Objectives: There are few therapies that have been extensively investigated using both observational studies (OS) and randomized controlled trials (RCT) with similar eligibility criteria. An exception is the comparisons of RCT and OS in the evaluation of hormone replacement therapy…
Poster Completing A Systematic Review in Diabetes: The Fish Oil Supplementation in Type 2 Diabetes Story
1999 Rome
Montori, Fanner, Wollan, Dinneen
Introduction: Fish oil (FO) may lower triglycerides (Tg) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and dyslipidemia but, as indicated by observational studies, it may deteriorate glycemic control.
Objectives: 1. To complete a Cochrane systematic review on the effects of FO supplementation…
Oral Consumer Involvement in the Interpretation, Dissemination and Implementation of the Results of Systematic Reviews: 4 Collaborative Review Group Perspectives.
1999 Rome
Ghersi, Kennedy, Rio, Shea
Introduction: Consumer involvement in the work of collaborative review groups is encouraged by the Cochrane Collaboration and its Steering Group. Knowing how and where to start is not always obvious and many review groups find consumer participation difficult to achieve.
Objectives: To describe…
Oral Consumer Representation in Complementary Medicine
1999 Rome
Alien, Ezzo, Hadhazy, Berman
Objectives: To promote further consumer involvement in complementary medicine and specifically complementary medicine reviews. This relates to the fact that complementary medicine is a highly consumer driven movement and consumers often believe what they have read and seen in the media when making…
Oral Consumers Setting Priorities for Cochrane Review Groups
1999 Rome
Ghersi, Kennedy, Rio, Shea
Objectives: To present and describe varying methods used by 4 Collaborative Review Groups (CRGs) to involve consumers in the setting of priorities within their group. To discuss the basic principles and benefits of involving consumers in priority setting.
Methods: Breast Cancer CRG: Links have…
Oral Consumers' roles in topics identification In systematic reviews
1999 Rome
Pluck
Introduction: In this session I will discuss the role of consumers in influencing the directions and priorities of systematic reviews within the Cochrane Collaboration and will be discussing some current models of consulting with consumers about topics for research and Cochrane reviews, and will…
Poster Conventional Search Strategies Cannot Easily Identify Those Trials Of Drug Therapy Which Provide Quantitative Adverse Effects Data
1999 Rome
Loke, Edwards, Deny
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Objectives: Adverse effects (AEs) are regarded as secondary outcome measures and are reported in detail in only a proportion of therapeutic trials. Systematic reviewers evaluating AEs would find it helpful if trials containing such data could be easily recognized. Our study looks at…
Poster Cost-Effectiveness of Nasal Calcitonin in Postmenopausal Women. Using Cochrane Collaboration Methods in Economic Evaluation
1999 Rome
Coyle, Cranney, Lee, Welch, Tugwell
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Objectives: To assess the potential for incorporating the strict methodological guidelines of the Cochrane Collaboration into economic evaluation through the examination of the cost-effectiveness of nasal calcitonin (miacalcin) in postmenopausal women in comparison with no therapy…