Editorials - Review methodology
Implications for research: getting the most out of Cochrane Reviews
- By: Urbà González & Hywel Williams
- On: December 07, 2011, 12:18
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Cochrane Reviews are essential tools for accurately summarising the evidence of the effects of healthcare interventions in a way that minimises bias. In addition to occasionally providing clear clinical answers, when several smaller apparently conflicting studies are brought together, such reviews are a rich resource for people planning to fund or undertake future healthcare research.
Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza: methods change, principles don’t
- By: Toby Lasserson & David Tovey
- On: January 18, 2012, 12:00
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Systematic reviews seek to identify and summarise all the relevant research evidence relating to the clinical or health policy decision under consideration. This rationale can be fatally undermined if the review only includes a proportion of the research conducted, due to the restricted availability of data...
The COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) Initiative: its role in improving Cochrane Reviews
- By: Paula Williamson & Mike Clarke
- On: April 13, 2012, 14:41
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When people making decisions about health care look for guidance from research, the outcomes reported by that research are key; however, there is a general lack of consensus regarding the choice of outcomes in particular clinical settings, which affects trial design, conduct, analysis, and reporting...
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