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Comparative analysis of Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews over three decades
BackgroundSystematic reviews are viewed as the best study design to guide clinical decision-making as they are the least biased publications assuming...
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Dissemination of knowledge from Cochrane Public Health reviews: a bibliographic study
BackgroundAppropriate dissemination of public health evidence is of high importance to ensure that scientific knowledge reaches potential...
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Online dissemination of Cochrane reviews on digital health technologies: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThis cross-sectional study investigated the online dissemination of Cochrane reviews on digital health technologies.
Methods ...
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Investigate the relationship between the retraction reasons and the quality of methodology in non-Cochrane retracted systematic reviews: a systematic review
BackgroundThis systematic review aimed to investigate the relationship between retraction status and the methodology quality in the retracted...
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Disagreements in risk of bias assessment for randomized controlled trials in hypertension-related Cochrane reviews
BackgroundThe inter-reviewer reliability of the risk of bias (RoB) assessment lacked agreement in previous studies. It is important to analyse these...
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Evolution of appraisal tool usage preferences in PROSPERO records: a study of non-Cochrane systematic reviews
ObjectivesThis research-on-research substudy uses a data-driven approach to investigate the range of appraisal tools in non-Cochrane systematic...
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Prioritising Cochrane reviews to be updated with health equity focus
BackgroundThe prioritisation of updating published systematic reviews of interventions is vital to prevent research waste and ensure relevance to...
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Non-pharmacological Interventions for Problematic Substance Use: a Rapid Overview of Cochrane Systematic Reviews
A Rapid review of Cochrane Systematic Reviews to identify the non-pharmacological interventions in substance use treatment services and...
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Reporting of methods to prepare, pilot and perform data extraction in systematic reviews: analysis of a sample of 152 Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews
BackgroundPrevious research on data extraction methods in systematic reviews has focused on single aspects of the process. We aimed to provide a...
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GnRH antagonist protocol versus progestin-primed ovarian stimulation in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
PurposeThe aim of this meta-analysis was comparing the efficacy of GnRH antagonist (GnRH-ant) protocol and progestin-primed ovarian stimulation...
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The normality assumption on between-study random effects was questionable in a considerable number of Cochrane meta-analyses
BackgroundStudies included in a meta-analysis are often heterogeneous. The traditional random-effects models assume their true effects to follow a...
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Quality of the Systematic Reviews in Cochrane Gynecological Cancer Group and Their Understudied RCTs
PurposeGynecological cancers are common neoplasms in clinical settings with a high impact on the economy of communities. The medical literature is an...
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Fertility-Sparing Treatment for Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia and Endometrial Cancer: A Cochrane Systematic Review Protocol
IntroductionEndometrial cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women and atypical endometrial hyperplasia is a precancerous lesion. Obesity is an...
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Evaluation of an integrated knowledge translation approach used for updating the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids: a pre-post mixed methods study
BackgroundWhen people who can use or benefit from research findings are engaged as partners on study teams, the quality and impact of findings are...
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Postoperative Scar Management Protocol for Asian Patients
BackgroundPostoperative scar formation remains a morbidity for patients even with the advent of minimally invasive techniques. Furthermore, the...
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Meta-analysis of trigger timing in normal responders undergoing GnRH antagonist ovarian hyperstimulation protocol
ImportanceThe first meta-analysis focused only on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists, which helped determine the effect of delay...
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Include or not to include conference abstracts in systematic reviews? Lessons learned from a large Cochrane network meta-analysis including 585 trials
BackgroundSystematic reviews attempt to gather all available evidence. Controversy exists regarding effort and benefit of including study results...
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Type, dose, and outcomes of physical therapy interventions for unilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction: protocol for a systematic review
BackgroundUnilateral peripheral vestibular hypofunction can result in symptoms of dizziness, gaze and gait instability, and impaired navigation and...
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A systematic review to determine the effect of strategies to sustain chronic disease prevention interventions in clinical and community settings: study protocol
BackgroundThe primary purpose of this review is to synthesise the effect of strategies aiming to sustain the implementation of evidenced-based...
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Acupuncture methods for insomnia disorder in the elderly: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
BackgroundInsomnia disorder remains one of the most common sleep disorders in the elderly, with high prevalence and substantial consequences for...
