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Oral Classification criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome
1996 Adelaide
Hoffmann, Linder, Kroeger, Lipinski, Krueger
Introduction: The following classification criteria (CC) for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were based upon a prospective randomized multi-centre longitudinal study of 198 patients with severe fatigue over 6 months. For the first time the statistical value was determined of 26 CFS symptoms by…
Poster Collaboration to identify controlled trials in general health care journals in Europe
1996 Adelaide
McDonald, Lefebvre
Introduction: As part of the European Union BIOMED Programme, six partners (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and UK) are collaborating in a Project, co-ordinated by the UK Cochrane Centre, to identify reports of controlled trials, by handsearching European general health care journals.…
Oral Consumer health information providers and Cochrane reviews
1996 Adelaide
Entwistle, Watt, Herring
Introduction: Consumer health information services respond to a wide range of health related enquiries from patients and members of the public. Traditionally, they have provided readily understandable information about the nature of health problems, health care processes, local services and self…
Poster Consumer information on prostate cancer screening
1996 Adelaide
Reading, Borland, Clarke, Hill, Giles
Introduction: The rate of screening for prostate cancer has been rising significantly in recent years. There is a great deal of ignorance. misunderstanding, confusion and conflicting claims In relation to prostate cancer, but the magnitude of problems in the community arising from this confusion…
Poster Consumer participation in resource allocation decisions: a systematic review
1996 Adelaide
Newby, Henry, O'Connell, Hill, O'Connell, Cockburn, Higginbotham
Introduction: It is argued that by virtue of their financial contributions, the public has a right to be involved in decisions regarding resource allocation in health. As the allocation of resources with fiscal constraints becomes more difficult, decision makers are increasingly faced with…
Poster Delphi's twin: a method to improve the quality of standards in medicine
1996 Adelaide
Porzsolt, Gauz
Introduction: Despite of general availability of the scientific information, the treatment standards differ sometimes considerably among major centers. These differences in standards can be explained either by differences in the selection of published results or in the interpretation of published…
Oral Developing an evidence-based guideline for preventing and managing diabetic foot problems
1996 Adelaide
Liddle, Williamson
Objective: To describe and discuss the difficulties in developing an evidence-based guideline for preventing and managing diabetic foot problems when a systematic review of the evidence showed few good quality studies.
Methods: An Expert Panel agreed on the key questions to be addressed in the…
Poster Development of a cardiac outcomes register in the West Moreton region of Queensland
1996 Adelaide
Scott, Huxley, Eyeson-Annan, Richards, Le Goode
Introduction: The West Moreton region of Queensland covers an area of 7,970 km' west of Brisbane, with a population of approximately 160,000. The standardised mortality ratios in West Moreton region are significantly increased for ischaemic heart disease (IHD), accounting for 30.4% of all…
Poster Development of a consensus criteria list to assess trial quality in systematic reviews
1996 Adelaide
Verhagen, de Vet, de Bie, Kessels, Boers, Knipschild
Introduction: Assessing the quality of RCTs included in a review is important. Firstly, because variation in quality can explain differences in the results. Secondly, because when the methodology of the RCTs included in the review is weak, the conclusions of the review cannot be very strong. It is…
Oral Development of a sensitive search strategy for reports of randomized controlled trials in EMBASE
1996 Adelaide
Lefebvre, McDonald
Introduction: EMBASE, published by Elsevier in the Netherlands, is the principal European general health care database. Started in 1974, EMBASE currently indexes over 3000 journals, of which about 1000 are not indexed in MEDLINE. It is especially strong in pharmacology, and is likely to be the most…
Oral Diagnostic value of digital rectal examination (DRE) for detection of prostate cancer: the influence of methodological characteristics on outcome
1996 Adelaide
de Vet, Hogendam, Liedekerken, van der Weijden, Buntinx
Introduction: For clinicians it is important to know the accuracy of diagnostic tests. Systematic reviews on the diagnostic value of specific tests are rare. We performed such a review for DRE and prostate cancer, with emphasis on the methodological characteristics of the studies.
Objective: To…
Poster EPIDAS: a randomised controlled clinical trial to assess the efficacy of the transmission of therapeutic information
1996 Adelaide
Boissel, Haugh, Cucherat, Brun, Gauthier
Introduction: Several trials have shown that there is a discrepancy between prescribers behaviour and results from clinical trials. The reasons for this gap are probably manifold, but access to pertinent information is almost certainly one important reason.
Objective: To assess the efficacy of the…
Oral EPIMETA: software for meta analyses of epidemiologic studies
1996 Adelaide
Williamson, Stroup
Introduction: Meta analysis is a systematic, quantitative approach consisting of statistical methods which combine results from independent studies for synthesizing conclusions in medical and other areas of research. Its prevalence and acceptance in the scientific literature has increased…
Oral Efficacy of 904 nm laser therapy in musculo-skeletal disorders: a systematic review
1996 Adelaide
de Bie, Verhagen, Lenssen, de Vet, van den Wildenberg
Introduction: Previous reviews show promising results of low dose laser therapy in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. However, no clear definition is given about dosage used. Also all possible wavelengths are assembled in one review. Recent studies show wave length and dose specific…
Oral Evaluation of the efficacy of a prospective clinical trials register: the ISTH register
1996 Adelaide
Berki, Bossard, Boissel, Haugh
Introduction: The ISTH (International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostatis) prospective multicentre clinical trials register was first published in 1975, and is the oldest register of this type in existence. The efficacy of this register has never been assessed.
Objective: To assess the efficacy…
Oral Evidence based policy
1996 Adelaide
Holmes
Introduction: Policy makers are key potential clients of evidence on effectiveness in health care interventions. They have needs and perspectives which should be understood by those seek to provide such evidence. The experience of the National Advisory Committee on Health and Disability (National…
Oral First and second year effects in calcium-bone density trials
1996 Adelaide
Mackerras, Lumley
Introduction: The parameter reported in all studies assessing the effect of increasing calcium intake is the average annual rate of loss in bone density calculated over the duration of the trial. The underlying assumption is that the rate can be extrapolated beyond the observed duration of the…
Poster From bush tracks to the Super Highway: can Cochrane make the connection?
1996 Adelaide
Mayer
Introduction: 75% of Australian Aborigines in the Northern Territory live in rural and remote areas. While their needs are considerable, access to even basic health care is limited. New initiatives have been introduced to encourage general practitioners to move to these areas. Developments in…
Oral Future directions for clinical practice guidelines in Australian general practice: results of a national survey
1996 Adelaide
Gupta, Ward, Hayward
Introduction: Clinical practice guidelines are systematically designed statements to assist decisions about appropriate health care for specific circumstances. While there has been increasing international literature exploring clinicians' perceptions of guidelines and dissemination strategies…
Oral Global input into Review Groups - an example
1996 Adelaide
Soares, Mari, Adams
Introduction: Many Review Groups within the Collaboration are dealing with problems of global importance. Over 77% of the world population live in low/middle income countries. Sheer weight of numbers may dictate that most people with, for example, chronic airways disease, diabetes, pre-eclampsia or…