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The effectiveness of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment versus conventional restorative treatment for permanent molars and premolars A critical assessment of existing systematic reviews and report of a new systematic review [PDF]

, 2013
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Hurst, D, University of Oxford
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Systematic reviews, ‘systematic reviews’ and more: When variation leads to confusion

, 2018
Original research is important for informing health care and policy but a critical synthesis of the literature is important1 and should incorporate a full and impartial review “to remove a great deal of rubbish”.2 The early 1990s saw the introduction of ...
Marshall, Andrea P
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A systematic review of systematic reviews on blended learning: Trends, gaps and future directions

, 2021
Blended Learning (BL) is one of the most used methods in education to promote active learning and enhance students’ learning outcomes. Although BL has existed for over a decade, there are still several challenges associated with it.
Tlili, Ahmed, Ashraf, M.A, Huang, Ronghuai, Denden, Mouna, Liu, J., Burgos, Daniel, Yang, M., Zhang, Y., Burgos, Daniel (1), Ronghuai Huang, Daniel Burgos, Meijia Yang, Mouna Denden, Yufeng Zhang, Ahmed Tlili, Jiayi Liu, Muhammad Azeem Ashraf   +16 more
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KRAS mutation testing of tumours in adults with metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment, 2014
Background: Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK. Most bowel cancers are initially treated with surgery, but around 17% spread to the liver. When this happens, sometimes the liver tumour can be treated surgically, or chemotherapy may be
Marie Westwood, Thea van Asselt, Bram Ramaekers, Penny Whiting, Manuela Joore, Nigel Armstrong, Caro Noake, Janine Ross, Johan Severens, Jos Kleijnen   +9 more
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COSMIN guideline for systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures version 2.0

Quality of Life Research
Systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important tools to select the most suitable PROM for a study or clinical application. Conducting these reviews is challenging, and the quality of these reviews needs to be improved.
L. Mokkink, E. Elsman, C. Terwee
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Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study

Systematic Reviews, 2017
BackgroundWithin systematic reviews, when searching for relevant references, it is advisable to use multiple databases. However, searching databases is laborious and time-consuming, as syntax of search strategies are database specific.
W. Bramer, M. Rethlefsen, J. Kleijnen, O. Franco   +3 more
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Advancing the field of health systems research synthesis [PDF]

, 2015
Those planning, managing and working in health systems worldwide routinely need to make decisions regarding strategies to improve health care and promote equity.
Lewin, Simon, Tovey, David, Shemilt, Ian, Ghaffar, Abdul, Wilson, Mark, Bosch-Capblanch, X, Wilson, M, Haines, A., Meng, Qingyue, Grimshaw, J. M., Lavis, J. N., Tovey, D, Straus, Sharon, Meng, Q, Bärnighausen, T, Shemilt, I., Haines, Andy, Pantoja Calderón, Tomás, Yuan, B., Røttingen, John-Arne, Daniels, K., Lewin, S., Rottingen, J. A., El-Jardali, F, Lavis, John N., Tovey, D., Barnighausen, T., El-Jardali, F., Oliver, S, Langlois, EV, Tugwell, Peter, Pantoja, Tomás, Waddington, H, Waddington, H., Ranson, M. K., Langlois, E. V., Oliver, Sandy, Langlois, Etienne V, Tugwell, P, Ranson, Michael K., Grimshaw, J, Haines, A, Straus, S., Ranson, Michael K, Waddington, Hugh, Yuan, Beibei, Grimshaw, Jeremy, Daniels, K, Lewin, S, Meng, Q., El-Jardali, Fadi, Ranson, MK, Ghaffar, A, Shemilt, I, Pantoja, T, Daniels, Karen, Bosch-Capblanch, X., Oliver, S., Tugwell, P., Bärnighausen, Till, Wilson, M., Lavis, John N, Ghaffar, A., Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier, Røttingen, JA, Lavis, JN, Straus, S, Langlois, Etienne V., Yuan, B, Wilson M, Waddington H, Ranson MK, Tovey D, Tugwell P, Yuan B, Meng Q, Lewin S, Lavis JN, Bärnighausen T, El-Jardali F, Pantoja T, Shemilt I, Straus S, Haines A, Langlois EV, Grimshaw J, Bosch-Capblanch X, Ghaffar A, Røttingen JA, Daniels K, Oliver S   +90 more
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The use of fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair for juxtarenal and thoracoabdominal aneurysms: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Health Technology Assessment, 2014
Background: Patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are usually offered reparative treatment given the high mortality risk. There is uncertainty about how to treat juxtarenal AAAs (JRAAAs) or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs ...
Nigel Armstrong, Laura Burgers, Sohan Deshpande, Maiwenn Al, Rob Riemsma, SR Vallabhaneni, Peter Holt, Johan Severens, Jos Kleijnen   +8 more
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Similarities, reliability and gaps in assessing the quality of conduct of systematic reviews using AMSTAR-2 and ROBIS: systematic survey of nutrition reviews

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background AMSTAR-2 (‘A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews, version 2’) and ROBIS (‘Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews’) are independent instruments used to assess the quality of conduct of systematic reviews/meta-analyses (SR/MAs). The degree
Mateusz J. Swierz, Dawid Storman, Joanna Zajac, Magdalena Koperny, Paulina Weglarz, Wojciech Staskiewicz, Magdalena Gorecka, Anna Skuza, Adam Wach, Klaudia Kaluzinska, Justyna Bochenek-Cibor, Bradley C. Johnston, Malgorzata M. Bala   +12 more
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User involvement in a Cochrane systematic review: using structured methods to enhance the clinical relevance, usefulness and usability of a systematic review update [PDF]

, 2015
Background: This paper describes the structured methods used to involve patients, carers and health professionals in an update of a Cochrane systematic review relating to physiotherapy after stroke and explores the perceived impact of involvement.Methods:
Pei Ling Choo, Morris, Jacqui; id_orcid, Gillian Baer, Morris, Jacqui, Pauline Campbell, Pollock, Alex, Campbell, Pauline, Forster, Anne, Morris, J, Campbell, Pauline; id_orcid, Choo, P-L, Campbell, P, Baer, Gillian, Choo, Pei Ling, Anne Forster, Baer, Gill, Pollock, A, Alex Pollock, Jacqui Morris, Forster, A, Pollock, Alex; id_orcid   +20 more
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