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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829877503321

Titolo

Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Julian Higgins and Sally Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008

ISBN

1-281-93947-1

9786611939472

0-470-71218-X

0-470-71217-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (673 p.)

Collana

Cochrane book series

Altri autori (Persone)

HigginsJulian

GreenSally, Prof

Disciplina

610.72

616

Soggetti

Evidence-based medicine - Methodology

Medicine - Research - Evaluation

Outcome assessment (Medical care)

Meta-analysis

Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care

Evidence-Based Medicine - methods

Systematic Reviews as Topic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; The Handbook editors; Major contributors; Part 1 COCHRANE REVIEWS; 1 Introduction; 2 Preparing a Cochrane review; 3 Maintaining reviews: updates, amendments and feedback; 4 Guide to the contents of a Cochrane protocol and review; Part 2 GENERAL METHODS FOR COCHRANE REVIEWS; 5 Defining the review question and developing criteria for including studies; 6 Searching for studies; 7 Selecting studies and collecting data; 8 Assessing risk of bias in included studies

9 Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses10 Addressing reporting biases; 11 Presenting results and 'Summary of findings'



tables; 12 Interpreting results and drawing conclusions; Part 3 SPECIAL TOPICS; 13 Including non-randomized studies; 14 Adverse effects; 15 Incorporating economics evidence; 16 Special topics in statistics; 17 Patient-reported outcomes; 18 Reviews of individual patient data; 19 Prospective meta-analysis; 20 Qualitative research and Cochrane reviews; 21 Reviews in public health and health promotion; 22 Overviews of reviews; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Healthcare providers, consumers, researchers and policy makers are inundated with unmanageable amounts of information, including evidence from healthcare research. It has become impossible for all to have the time and resources to find, appraise and interpret this evidence and incorporate it into healthcare decisions. Cochrane Reviews respond to this challenge by identifying, appraising and synthesizing research-based evidence and presenting it in a standardized format, published in The Cochrane Library (www.thecochranelibrary.com). The C