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Evidence synthesis software [PDF]

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2018
It can be challenging to decide which evidence synthesis software to choose when doing a systematic review. This article discusses some of the important questions to consider in relation to the chosen method and synthesis approach. Software can support researchers in a range of ways. Here, a range of review conditions and software solutions.
Sophie Elizabeth Park, James Thomas
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The Pandora’s Box of Evidence Synthesis and the case for a living Evidence Synthesis Taxonomy

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2022
Have we, as an evidence-based health community, opened the Pandora's box of evidence synthesis? There now exists a plethora of overlapping evidence synthesis approaches and duplicate, redundant and poor-quality reviews.1-4 After years of advocating for the need for systematic reviews of the evidence, there is a risk that this message been disseminated ...
Munn, Z., Pollock, D., Barker, T.H., Stone, J., Stern, C., Aromataris, E., Schünemann, H.J., Clyne, B., Khalil, H., Mustafa, R.A., Godfrey, C., Booth, A., Tricco, A.C., Pearson, A.   +13 more
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Bias Modelling in Evidence Synthesis [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 2008
SummaryPolicy decisions often require synthesis of evidence from multiple sources, and the source studies typically vary in rigour and in relevance to the target question. We present simple methods of allowing for differences in rigour (or lack of internal bias) and relevance (or lack of external bias) in evidence synthesis.
Turner, RM, Spiegelhalter, DJ, Smith, GCS, Thompson, SG   +3 more
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A new ecosystem for evidence synthesis [PDF]

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020
Synthesizing evidence is an essential part of scientific progress, but it is often done in a slow and uncoordinated manner, sometimes producing misleading conclusions. Here, we propose the idea of an 'open synthesis community' to resolve this pressing issue.
Nakagawa, Shinichi, Dunn, Adam G., Lagisz, Malgorzata, Bannach-Brown, Alexandra, Grames, Eliza M., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, O’Dea, Rose E., Noble, Daniel W.A., Westgate, Martin J., Arnold, Pieter A., Barrow, Stuart, Bethel, Alison, Cooper, Eve, Foo, Yong Zhi, Geange, Sonya R., Hennessy, Emily, Mapanga, Witness, Mengersen, Kerrie, Munera, Claudia, Page, Matthew J., Welch, Vivian, Carter, Matthew, Forbes, Owen, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Gray, Charles T., Hamilton, W. Kyle, Kar, Fonti, Kothe, Emily, Kwong, Joey, McGuinness, Luke A., Martin, Paige, Ngwenya, Mandlenkosi, Penkin, Christopher, Perez, Daniel, Schermann, Michael, Senior, Alistair M., Vásquez, Juan, Viechtbauer, Wolfgang, White, Thomas E., Whitelaw, Mitchell, Haddaway, Neal R., other, and   +41 more
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Effectiveness of pharmacist home visits for individuals at risk of medication-related problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Medication mismanagement is a major cause of both hospital admission and nursing home placement of frail older adults. Medication reviews by community pharmacists aim to maximise therapeutic benefit but also minimise harm.
Rebecca A. Abbott, Darren A. Moore, Morwenna Rogers, Alison Bethel, Ken Stein, Jo Thompson Coon   +5 more
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Risk prediction models for diabetic foot ulcer development or amputation: a review of reviews

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2023
Background In adults with diabetes, diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and amputation are common and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Purpose Identify tools predicting risk of DFU or amputation that are prognostically accurate and clinically ...
Anjum S. Kaka, Adrienne Landsteiner, Kristine E. Ensrud, Brittany Logan, Catherine Sowerby, Kristen Ullman, Patrick Yoon, Timothy J. Wilt, Shahnaz Sultan   +8 more
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A fresh approach to evidence synthesis [PDF]

Nature, 2018
For most conservation interventions, insufficient evidence exists for investigators to be able to conduct a meta-analysis for each species or genus. However, by being apprised of studies that examine how a particular intervention has worked for an order — for birds in general, say — practitioners can better weigh up the chances of success for their ...
Sutherland, William J, Wordley, Claire FR   +1 more
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Sharing space at the research table: exploring public and patient involvement in a methodology priority setting partnership

Research Involvement and Engagement, 2023
Background Public and patient involvement aims to improve research quality, relevance, and appropriateness. Despite an increasing evidence base on the influence of public involvement in health research, the role of involvement in methodology research (i ...
Nikita N. Burke, Derek Stewart, Theresa Tierney, Andrew Worrall, Maureen Smith, Jim Elliott, Claire Beecher, Declan Devane, Linda Biesty   +8 more
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Evidence synthesis in prognosis research [PDF]

Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2019
Over the past few years, evidence synthesis has become essential to investigate and improve the generalizability of medical research findings. This strategy often involves a meta-analysis to formally summarize quantities of interest, such as relative treatment effect estimates.
Thomas P.A. Debray, Valentijn M.T. de Jong, Karel G.M. Moons, Richard D. Riley   +3 more
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Rethinking credible evidence synthesis [PDF]

BMJ, 2012
Government regulators and systematic reviewers both aim to generate an accurate understanding of the effects of interventions. However, the methods they use, and the evidence they consider, are different. Although both focus on randomised clinical trials for determining safety and efficacy, the mostly academic community of systematic reviewers ...
Doshi, Peter, Jones, Mark, Jefferson, Tom   +2 more
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