Ausgabe 1/2014
Inhalt (151 Artikel)
Protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of benefit of so-called lung-protective ventilation settings in patients under general anesthesia for surgery
Ary Serpa Neto, Sabrine NT Hemmes, Marcelo Gama de Abreu, Paolo Pelosi, Marcus J Schultz
Clinical manifestations of tension pneumothorax: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Derek J Roberts, Simon Leigh-Smith, Peter D Faris, Chad G Ball, Helen Lee Robertson, Christopher Blackmore, Elijah Dixon, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, John B Kortbeek, Henry Thomas Stelfox
The effect of moderate gestational alcohol consumption during pregnancy on speech and language outcomes in children: a systematic review
Linda M O’Keeffe, Richard A Greene, Patricia M Kearney
Instruments to measure patient experience of health care quality in hospitals: a systematic review protocol
Michelle Beattie, William Lauder, Iain Atherton, Douglas J Murphy
The association between perseverative negative cognitive processes and negative affect in people with long term conditions: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Leanne Trick, Edward Watkins, Chris Dickens
Short message service (SMS) interventions for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review protocol
Carole Lunny, Darlene Taylor, Jasmina Memetovic, Orion Wärje, Richard Lester, Tom Wong, Kendall Ho, Mark Gilbert, Gina Ogilvie
Prosthetic heart valves in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Claire M Lawley, Samantha J Lain, Charles S Algert, Jane B Ford, Gemma A Figtree, Christine L Roberts
Association between nutritional status and the immune response in HIV + patients under HAART: protocol for a systematic review
Maryline Sicotte, Étienne V Langlois, Joséphine Aho, Daniela Ziegler, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui
HHV-8 seroprevalence: a global view
Eliane Rohner, Natascha Wyss, Sven Trelle, Sam M Mbulaiteye, Matthias Egger, Urban Novak, Marcel Zwahlen, Julia Bohlius
The effect of antenatal education in small classes on obstetric and psycho-social outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Carina Sjöberg Brixval, Solveig Forberg Axelsen, Stig Krøger Andersen, Pernille Due, Vibeke Koushede
Recommendations for exercise adherence measures in musculoskeletal settings: a systematic review and consensus meeting (protocol)
Melanie A Holden, Kirstie L Haywood, Tanzila A Potia, Melanie Gee, Sionnadh McLean
Assessment of a method to detect signals for updating systematic reviews
Paul G Shekelle, Aneesa Motala, Breanne Johnsen, Sydne J Newberry
Health inequity in access to bariatric surgery: a protocol for a systematic review
Timothy D Jackson, Rujun Zhang, Dresden Glockler, Jason Pennington, Jacinta I Reddigan, Ori D Rotstein, Janet Smylie, Laure Perrier, Lesley Gotlib Conn
Checking whether there is an increased risk of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder and other cancers with specific modern immunosuppression regimens in renal transplantation: Protocol for a network meta-analysis of randomized and observational studies
Brian Hutton, Lawrence Joseph, Fatemeh Yazdi, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Mona Hersi, Madzouka Kokolo, Nicolas Fergusson, Alexandria Bennett, Chieny Buenaventura, Dean Fergusson, Andrea Tricco, Sharon Strauss, David Moher, Greg Knoll
The effectiveness of interventions targeting specific out-of-home food outlets: protocol for a systematic review
Frances C Hillier-Brown, Helen J Moore, Amelia A Lake, Ashley J Adamson, Martin White, Jean Adams, Vera Araujo-Soares, Charles Abraham, Carolyn D Summerbell
Do randomized clinical trials with inadequate blinding report enhanced placebo effects for intervention groups and nocebo effects for placebo groups?
Frederik Feys, Geertruida E Bekkering, Kavita Singh, Dirk Devroey
Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder after injury in the pediatric emergency department - a systematic review protocol
Jeffrey Odenbach, Amanda Newton, Rebecca Gokiert, Cathy Falconer, Craig Courchesne, Sandra Campbell, Sarah J Curtis
The association between sleep disturbances and suicidal behaviors in patients with psychiatric diagnoses: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shaista Malik, Amrit Kanwar, Leslie A Sim, Larry J Prokop, Zhen Wang, Khalid Benkhadra, Mohammad Hassan Murad
The efficacy of resilience training programs: a systematic review protocol
Aaron L Leppin, Michael R Gionfriddo, Amit Sood, Victor M Montori, Patricia J Erwin, Claudia Zeballos-Palacios, Pavithra R Bora, Megan M Dulohery, Juan Pablo Brito, Kasey R Boehmer, Jon C Tilburt
STRIDER: Sildenafil therapy in dismal prognosis early-onset intrauterine growth restriction – a protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data and aggregate data meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Wessel Ganzevoort, Zarko Alfirevic, Peter von Dadelszen, Louise Kenny, Aris Papageorghiou, Aleid van Wassenaer-Leemhuis, Christian Gluud, Ben Willem Mol, Philip N Baker
Protocol for a systematic review and economic evaluation of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of non-hospital-based non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in patients with stable end-stage COPD with hypercapnic respiratory failure
Chirag Dave, Alice Turner, Janine Dretzke, Sue Bayliss, Deirdre O’Brien, Sue Jowett, David Moore
Psychosocial interventions for children exposed to traumatic events in low- and middle-income countries: study protocol of an individual patient data meta-analysis
Marianna Purgato, Alden L Gross, Mark JD Jordans, Joop TVM de Jong, Corrado Barbui, Wietse Tol
The challenges of including sex/gender analysis in systematic reviews: a qualitative survey
Vivien Runnels, Sari Tudiver, Marion Doull, Madeline Boscoe
Effect of drug reminder packaging on medication adherence: a systematic review revealing research gaps
Fabienne Boeni, Esther Spinatsch, Katja Suter, Kurt E Hersberger, Isabelle Arnet
Socio-economic inequalities in patient, primary care, referral, diagnostic, and treatment intervals on the lung cancer care pathway: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lynne F Forrest, Sarah Sowden, Greg Rubin, Martin White, Jean Adams
Hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Holly Hagan, Joshua Neurer, Ashly E Jordan, Don C Des Jarlais, Jennifer Wu, Kirk Dombrowski, Bilal Khan, Ronald Scott Braithwaite, Jason Kessler
A systematic review of shared decision making interventions in chronic conditions: a review protocol
Michael R Gionfriddo, Aaron L Leppin, Juan P Brito, Annie LeBlanc, Kasey R Boehmer, Megan A Morris, Patricia J Erwin, Larry J Prokop, Claudia L Zeballos-Palacios, German Malaga, J Jaime Miranda, Heidi M McLeod, René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Rongchong Huang, Oscar L Morey-Vargas, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Victor M Montori
Effect of blood donor characteristics on transfusion outcomes: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Michaël Chassé, Shane W English, Lauralyn McIntyre, Greg Knoll, Nadine Shehata, Alan Forster, Kumanan Wilson, Carl van Walraven, Alan Tinmouth, Dean A Fergusson
Observational evidence and strength of evidence domains: case examples
Maya O’Neil, Nancy Berkman, Lisa Hartling, Stephanie Chang, Johanna Anderson, Makalapua Motu’apuaka, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Marian S McDonagh
The efficacy of self-management programmes for increasing physical activity in community-dwelling adults with acquired brain injury (ABI): a systematic review
Taryn M Jones, Julia M Hush, Blake F Dear, Nickolai Titov, Catherine M Dean
Evaluation of the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing the risk of bias in randomized trials: focus groups, online survey, proposed recommendations and their implementation
Jelena Savović, Laura Weeks, Jonathan AC Sterne, Lucy Turner, Douglas G Altman, David Moher, Julian PT Higgins
Protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of B-type natriuretic peptide-guided therapy for heart failure
Maria Pufulete, Julian PT Higgins, Chris A Rogers, Lucy Dreyer, William Hollingworth, Mark Dayer, Angus Nightingale, Theresa McDonagh, Barnaby C Reeves
The therapeutic potential of C-peptide in kidney disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
James Shaw, Partha Shetty, Kevin Burns, Greg Knoll
Rationale and protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis on reduced data gathering in people with delusions
Peter Taylor, Paul Hutton, Robert Dudley
Protocol for a systematic review of the association between chronic stress during the life course and telomere length
Jacklyn Quinlan, Mai Thanh Tu, Étienne V Langlois, Mohit Kapoor, Daniela Ziegler, Hassan Fahmi, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui
Biofeedback for treatment of awake and sleep bruxism in adults: systematic review protocol
Sasa Ilovar, Danaja Zolger, Eduardo Castrillon, Josip Car, Kit Huckvale
Sex differences in outcomes of methadone maintenance treatment for opioid addiction: a systematic review protocol
Monica Bawor, Brittany B Dennis, Rebecca Anglin, Meir Steiner, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan
Investigation of continuous effect modifiers in a meta-analysis on higher versus lower PEEP in patients requiring mechanical ventilation - protocol of the ICEM study
Benjamin Kasenda, Willi Sauerbrei, Patrick Royston, Matthias Briel
Micro-costing studies in the health and medical literature: protocol for a systematic review
Xiao Xu, Holly K Grossetta Nardini, Jennifer Prah Ruger
Effective health care for older people resident in care homes: the optimal study protocol for realist review
Claire Goodman, Adam L Gordon, Finbarr Martin, Sue L Davies, Steve Iliffe, Clive Bowman, Justine Schneider, Julienne Meyer, Christina Victor, Heather Gage, John RF Gladman, Tom Dening
Safety and effectiveness of antiretroviral therapies for HIV-infected women and their infants and children: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Andrea C Tricco, Jesmin Antony, Veroniki A Angeliki, Huda Ashoor, Brian Hutton, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, David Moher, Yaron Finkelstein, Kevin Gough, Sharon E Straus
Trends in child and adolescent obesity prevalence according to socioeconomic position: protocol for a systematic review
Alexandra Chung, Kathryn Backholer, Evelyn Wong, Claire Palermo, Catherine Keating, Anna Peeters
Effectiveness of brief interventions as part of the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model for reducing the nonmedical use of psychoactive substances: a systematic review
Matthew M Young, Adrienne Stevens, James Galipeau, Tyler Pirie, Chantelle Garritty, Kavita Singh, Fatemeh Yazdi, Mohammed Golfam, Misty Pratt, Lucy Turner, Amy Porath-Waller, Cheryl Arratoon, Nancy Haley, Karen Leslie, Rhoda Reardon, Beth Sproule, Jeremy Grimshaw, David Moher
Efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stromal cells in preclinical models of acute lung injury: a systematic review protocol
Manoj M Lalu, David Moher, John Marshall, Dean Fergusson, Shirley HJ Mei, Malcolm Macleod, Gilly Griffin, Alexis F Turgeon, Michael Rudnicki, Jason Fishman, Marc T Avey, Becky Skidmore, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Duncan J Stewart, Kavita Singh, Lauralyn McIntyre
Study flow diagrams in Cochrane systematic review updates: an adapted PRISMA flow diagram
Elizabeth Stovold, Deirdre Beecher, Ruth Foxlee, Anna Noel-Storr
Protocol: systematic review and meta-analyses of birth outcomes for women who intend at the onset of labour to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital
Eileen K Hutton, Angela Reitsma, Julia Thorpe, Ginny Brunton, Karyn Kaufman
Magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion imaging in the diagnosis of functionally significant obstructive coronary artery disease: a systematic review protocol
Rebabonye B Pharithi, Martinus Meela, Thomas Kropmans, Frank Ward, Michael Conway, Michael Newell
Homeopathy for allergic rhinitis: protocol for a systematic review
Kushal Banerjee, Ceire Costelloe, Robert T Mathie, Jeremy Howick
Quality of reporting of systematic reviews published in “evidence-based” Chinese journals
Jin-long Li, Long Ge, Ji-chun Ma, Qiao-ling Zeng, Lu Yao, Ni An, Jie-xian Ding, Yu-hong Gan, Jin-hui Tian
Differences in health behaviours between immigrant and non-immigrant groups: a protocol for a systematic review
Suresh Joshi, Santosh Jatrana, Yin Paradies, Naomi Priest
Dichotomisation of a continuous outcome and effect on meta-analyses: illustration of the distributional approach using the outcome birthweight
Mercy Ofuya, Odile Sauzet, Janet L Peacock
Integration of existing systematic reviews into new reviews: identification of guidance needs
Karen A Robinson, Evelyn P Whitlock, Maya E Oneil, Johanna K Anderson, Lisa Hartling, Donna M Dryden, Mary Butler, Sydne J Newberry, Melissa McPheeters, Nancy D Berkman, Jennifer S Lin, Stephanie Chang
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in psychosis
Maria Michail, Max Birchwood, Lynda Tait
Vitamin D and kidney transplant outcomes: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Caitlin C Hesketh, Greg A Knoll, Amber O Molnar, Anne Tsampalieros, Deborah L Zimmerman
The cost of data collection for performance monitoring in hospitals: protocol for a systematic review
Brenda Gannon, Cheryl Jones, Abel Wakai, Ronan O’Sullivan
Managerial leadership for research use in nursing and allied health care professions: a narrative synthesis protocol
Wendy A Gifford, Paul Holyoke, Janet E Squires, Douglas Angus, Lucie Brosseau, Mary Egan, Ian D Graham, Carol Miller, Lars Wallin
Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in systematic reviews of complex interventions: a worked example
James Thomas, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Ginny Brunton
Efficacy of turmeric in the treatment of digestive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Kednapa Thavorn, Muhammad M Mamdani, Sharon E Straus
Reporting quality of statistical methods in surgical observational studies: protocol for systematic review
Robert Wu, Peter Glen, Tim Ramsay, Guillaume Martel
Comparative safety of anti-epileptic drugs among infants and children exposed in utero or during breastfeeding: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Andrea C Tricco, Elise Cogo, Veroniki A Angeliki, Charlene Soobiah, Brian Hutton, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, David Moher, Yaron Finkelstein, Sharon E Straus
Red blood cell transfusion in patients with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review protocol
Amélie Boutin, Michaël Chassé, Michèle Shemilt, François Lauzier, Lynne Moore, Ryan Zarychanski, Jacques Lacroix, Dean A Fergusson, Philippe Desjardins, Alexis F Turgeon
Low-molecular-weight heparin for prevention of placenta-mediated pregnancy complications: protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis (AFFIRM)
Marc A Rodger, Nicole J Langlois, Johanna IP de Vries, Évelyne Rey, Jean-Christophe Gris, Ida Martinelli, Ekkehard Schleussner, Timothy Ramsay, Ranjeeta Mallick, Becky Skidmore, Saskia Middeldorp, Shannon Bates, David Petroff, Dick Bezemer, Marion E van Hoorn, Carolien NH Abheiden, Annalisa Perna, Paulien de Jong, Risto Kaaja
The effectiveness of computerized order entry at reducing preventable adverse drug events and medication errors in hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Teryl K Nuckols, Crystal Smith-Spangler, Sally C Morton, Steven M Asch, Vaspaan M Patel, Laura J Anderson, Emily L Deichsel, Paul G Shekelle
Systematic review automation technologies
Guy Tsafnat, Paul Glasziou, Miew Keen Choong, Adam Dunn, Filippo Galgani, Enrico Coiera
Effects of lifestyle modification after breast cancer treatment: a systematic review protocol
Maicon Falavigna, Karine Margarites Lima, Juliana Giacomazzi, Diego d’Avila Paskulin, Luciano Serpa Hammes, Rodrigo Antonini Ribeiro, Daniela Dornelles Rosa
Should we ‘hug a hoodie’? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions with young people not in employment, education or training (so-called NEETs)
Emily J Oliver, Lauren Mawn, Helen J Stain, Clare L Bambra, Carole Torgerson, Anita Oliver, Chris Bridle
Prevalence and predictors of female sexual dysfunction: a protocol for a systematic review
Megan E McCool, Melissa A Theurich, Christian Apfelbacher
Early economic evaluation of emerging health technologies: protocol of a systematic review
Ba’ Pham, Hong Anh Thi Tu, Dolly Han, Petros Pechlivanoglou, Fiona Miller, Valeria Rac, Warren Chin, Andrea C Tricco, Mike Paulden, Joanna Bielecki, Murray Krahn
Are men difficult to find? Identifying male-specific studies in MEDLINE and Embase
Fiona Stewart, Cynthia Fraser, Clare Robertson, Alison Avenell, Daryll Archibald, Flora Douglas, Pat Hoddinott, Edwin van Teijlingen, Dwayne Boyers
The effectiveness of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease: a systematic review
Divya Dhasmana, Emma Hathorn, Racheal McGrath, Anjum Tariq, Jonathan DC Ross
A checklist designed to aid consistency and reproducibility of GRADE assessments: development and pilot validation
Nick Meader, Kristel King, Alexis Llewellyn, Gill Norman, Jennifer Brown, Mark Rodgers, Thirimon Moe-Byrne, Julian PT Higgins, Amanda Sowden, Gavin Stewart
Measurement properties of asthma-specific quality-of-life measures: protocol for a systematic review
Christian Apfelbacher, Priya Paudyal, Alpaslan Bülbül, Helen Smith
Evidence-based mapping of design heterogeneity prior to meta-analysis: a systematic review and evidence synthesis
Michelle D Althuis, Douglas L Weed, Cara L Frankenfeld
Embedding mental health interventions in early childhood education systems for at-risk preschoolers: an evidence to policy realist review
Normand J Carrey, Janet A Curran, Robin Greene, Alicia Nolan, Alan McLuckie
A systematic review protocol: social network analysis of tobacco use
Raglan Maddox, Rachel Davey, Ray Lovett, Anke van der Sterren, Joan Corbett, Tom Cochrane
Antiviral efficacy and safety of abacavir-containing combination antiretroviral therapy as first-line treatment of HIV-infected children and adolescents: a systematic review protocol
Olatunji O Adetokunboh, Anel Schoonees, Charles S Wiysonge
The use of the cluster randomized crossover design in clinical trials: protocol for a systematic review
Sarah J Arnup, Andrew B Forbes, Brennan C Kahan, Katy E Morgan, Steve McDonald, Joanne E McKenzie
The effects of immunotherapy with intravenous immunoglobulins versus no intervention, placebo, or usual care in patients with recurrent miscarriages: a protocol for a systematic review with meta-analyses, trial sequential analyses, and individual patient data meta-analyses of randomised clinical trials
Pia Egerup, Jane Lindschou, Christian Gluud, Ole Bjarne Christiansen
Understanding the impact of visual arts interventions for people living with dementia: a realist review protocol
Gill Windle, Samantha Gregory, Andrew Newman, Anna Goulding, Dave O'Brien, Clive Parkinson
Does intravenous contrast-enhanced computed tomography cause acute kidney injury? Protocol of a systematic review of the evidence
Jeanne Françoise Kayibanda, Swapnil Hiremath, Greg A Knoll, Dean Fergusson, Benjamin JW Chow, Wael Shabana, Ayub Akbari
Community pharmacy interventions for public health priorities: protocol for a systematic review of community pharmacy-delivered smoking, alcohol and weight management interventions
Adam Todd, Helen J Moore, Andrew K Husband, Clare Bambra, Adetayo Kasim, Falko F Sniehotta, Liz Steed, Carolyn D Summerbell
Adverse effects of small-volume red blood cell transfusions in the neonatal population
Amy Keir, Sanchita Pal, Marialena Trivella, Lani Lieberman, Jeannie Callum, Nadine Shehata, Simon Stanworth
Family-based interventions for substance misuse: a systematic review of systematic reviews—protocol
Yasmin Akram, Alex Copello, David Moore
Prescription opioid misuse and its relation to injection drug use and hepatitis C virus infection: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ashly E Jordan, Don Des Jarlais, Holly Hagan
Describing methods and interventions: a protocol for the systematic analysis of the perioperative quality improvement literature
Emma Jones, Nicholas Lees, Graham Martin, Mary Dixon-Woods
Do sugar-sweetened beverages cause adverse health outcomes in children? A systematic review protocol
Adrienne Stevens, Candyce Hamel, Kavita Singh, Mohammed T Ansari, Esther Myers, Paula Ziegler, Brian Hutton, Arya Sharma, Lise M Bjerre, Shannon Fenton, Robert Gow, Stasia Hadjiyannakis, Kathryn O’Hara, Catherine Pound, Erinn Salewski, Ian Shrier, Noreen Willows, David Moher, Mark Tremblay
The association between proximity to animal-feeding operations and community health: a protocol for updating a systematic review
Annette M O’Connor, Brent W Auvermann, Julian PT Higgins, Shelley P Kirychuk, Jan M Sargeant, Susanna G Von Essen, Julie M Glanville, Hannah Wood
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on adolescent vaccination among parents, teachers and adolescents in Africa: a systematic review protocol
Leila H Abdullahi, Benjamin M Kagina, Tali Cassidy, Esther F Adebayo, Charles S Wiysonge, Gregory D Hussey
Safety of licensed vaccines in HIV-infected persons: a systematic review protocol
Benjamin M Kagina, Charles S Wiysonge, Maia Lesosky, Shabir A Madhi, Gregory D Hussey
A failed attempt to conduct an individual patient data meta-analysis
Gerald J Jaspers, Pieter LJ Degraeuwe
Study protocol: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in first-line treatment of squamous non-small cell lung cancer
Amy M DeLozier, Jacqueline Brown, Fanni Natanegara, Luping Zhao, Zhanglin Lin Cui, Stephen L Able, Lee Bowman, Joseph Treat, Lisa M Hess
The effectiveness of opioid substitution treatments for patients with opioid dependence: a systematic review and multiple treatment comparison protocol
Brittany Burns Dennis, Leen Naji, Monica Bawor, Ashley Bonner, Michael Varenbut, Jeff Daiter, Carolyn Plater, Guillaume Pare, David C Marsh, Andrew Worster, Dipika Desai, Zainab Samaan, Lehana Thabane
Lean management in health care: definition, concepts, methodology and effects reported (systematic review protocol)
Adegboyega K Lawal, Thomas Rotter, Leigh Kinsman, Nazmi Sari, Liz Harrison, Cathy Jeffery, Mareike Kutz, Mohammad F Khan, Rachel Flynn
A systematic review of interventions aimed at increasing physical activity in adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain—protocol
Joanne Marley, Mark A Tully, Alison Porter-Armstrong, Brendan Bunting, John O’Hanlon, Suzanne M McDonough
Do sugar-sweetened beverages cause adverse health outcomes in adults? A systematic review protocol
Candyce Hamel, Adrienne Stevens, Kavita Singh, Mohammed T Ansari, Esther Myers, Paula Ziegler, Brian Hutton, Arya Sharma, Lise M Bjerre, Shannon Fenton, David CW Lau, Kathryn O’Hara, Robert Reid, Erinn Salewski, Ian Shrier, Noreen Willows, Mark Tremblay, David Moher
An overview of conducting systematic reviews with network meta-analysis
Deborah M Caldwell
Impact of contacting study authors to obtain additional data for systematic reviews: diagnostic accuracy studies for hepatic fibrosis
Shelley S Selph, Alexander D Ginsburg, Roger Chou
Risk for lung cancer in workers exposed to benzidine and/or beta-naphthylamine: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
Kimiko Tomioka, Keigo Saeki, Kenji Obayashi, Yuu Tanaka, Norio Kurumatani
The effectiveness of gentamicin in the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a systematic review
Emma Hathorn, Divya Dhasmana, Lelia Duley, Jonathan DC Ross
A Microsoft-Excel-based tool for running and critically appraising network meta-analyses—an overview and application of NetMetaXL
Stephen Brown, Brian Hutton, Tammy Clifford, Doug Coyle, Daniel Grima, George Wells, Chris Cameron
Maintenance interventions for overweight or obese children and adolescents who participated in a treatment program: study protocol for a systematic review
Laila B van der Heijden, Edith JM Feskens, Arieke J Janse
The risk of elevated prolactin levels in pediatric patients exposed to antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Eric Druyts, Shawn Eapen, Ping Wu, Kristian Thorlund
Factors associated with development of gastrointestinal problems in patients with scleroderma: a protocol for a systematic review
Brian Younho Hong, Raymond Giang, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Maggie Larche, Lehana Thabane
Failure or success of search strategies to identify adverse effects of medical devices: a feasibility study using a systematic review
Su Golder, Kath Wright, Mark Rodgers
Efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatments for neuroborreliosis—protocol for a systematic review
Rick Dersch, Michael H Freitag, Stefanie Schmidt, Harriet Sommer, Gerta Rücker, Sebastian Rauer, Joerg J Meerpohl
Considering methodological options for reviews of theory: illustrated by a review of theories linking income and health
Mhairi Campbell, Matt Egan, Theo Lorenc, Lyndal Bond, Frank Popham, Candida Fenton, Michaela Benzeval
Individual, social and physical environmental correlates of sedentary behaviours in adults: a systematic review protocol
Stephanie A Prince, Katelin M Gresty, Jennifer L Reed, Erica Wright, Mark S Tremblay, Robert D Reid
Medical device procurement in low- and middle-income settings: protocol for a systematic review
Karin Diaconu, Yen-Fu Chen, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Carole Cummins, Richard Lilford
Collaborative care for the treatment of comorbid depression and coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Phillip J Tully, Harald Baumeister
Title and Abstract Screening and Evaluation in Systematic Reviews (TASER): a pilot randomised controlled trial of title and abstract screening by medical students
Lauren Ng, Veronica Pitt, Kit Huckvale, Ornella Clavisi, Tari Turner, Russell Gruen, Julian H Elliott
The diagnostic accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for detecting major depression: protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analyses
Brett D Thombs, Andrea Benedetti, Lorie A Kloda, Brooke Levis, Ioana Nicolau, Pim Cuijpers, Simon Gilbody, John P A Ioannidis, Dean McMillan, Scott B Patten, Ian Shrier, Russell J Steele, Roy C Ziegelstein
Clinical trials registries are under-utilized in the conduct of systematic reviews: a cross-sectional analysis
Christopher W Jones, Lukas G Keil, Mark A Weaver, Timothy F Platts-Mills
Effects and repercussions of local/hospital-based health technology assessment (HTA): a systematic review
Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Marie Desmartis, Thomas Poder, William Witteman
Protocol for a systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of pre-hospital blood components compared to other resuscitative fluids in patients with major traumatic haemorrhage
Janine Dretzke, Iain M Smith, Robert H James, Mark J Midwinter
Intrapersonal, social and physical environmental determinants of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in working-age women: a systematic review protocol
Stephanie A Prince, Jennifer L Reed, Kara A Nerenberg, Elizabeth A Kristjansson, Swapnil Hiremath, Kristi B Adamo, Heather E Tulloch, Kerri-Anne Mullen, J George Fodor, Erica Wright, Robert D Reid
Impact of long-term lifestyle programmes on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight/obese participants: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Lukas Schwingshackl, Sofia Dias, Georg Hoffmann
Study protocol: differential effects of diet and physical activity based interventions in pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes—individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis and health economic evaluation
Anneloes E Ruifrok, Ewelina Rogozinska, Mireille NM van Poppel, Girish Rayanagoudar, Sally Kerry, Christianne JM de Groot, SeonAe Yeo, Emma Molyneaux, Fionnuala M McAuliffe, Lucilla Poston, Tracy Roberts, Richard D Riley, Arri Coomarasamy, Khalid Khan, Ben Willem Mol, Shakila Thangaratinam
Comparative evaluation of group-based mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment and management of chronic pain disorders: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis with indirect comparisons
Taylor Hatchard, Chris Lepage, Brian Hutton, Becky Skidmore, Patricia A Poulin
An assessment of the efficacy of searching in biomedical databases beyond MEDLINE in identifying studies for a systematic review on ward closures as an infection control intervention to control outbreaks
Yoojin Kwon, Susan E Powelson, Holly Wong, William A Ghali, John M Conly
Efficacy, quality of life, and acceptability outcomes of atypical antipsychotic augmentation treatment for treatment-resistant depression: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Yiyun Liu, Xinyu Zhou, Bin Qin, Cinzia Del Giovane, Yuqing Zhang, Peng Xie
Conflicts of interest and critiques of the use of systematic reviews in policymaking: an analysis of opinion articles
Susan R Forsyth, Donna H Odierna, David Krauth, Lisa A Bero
Efficacy and safety of damage control in experimental animal models of injury: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nela Cosic, Derek J Roberts, Henry T Stelfox
Health status of and health-care provision to asylum seekers in Germany: protocol for a systematic review and evidence mapping of empirical studies
Christine Schneider, Amir Mohsenpour, Stefanie Joos, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
Impact of missing participant data for dichotomous outcomes on pooled effect estimates in systematic reviews: a protocol for a methodological study
Elie A Akl, Lara A Kahale, Arnav Agarwal, Nada Al-Matari, Shanil Ebrahim, Paul Elias Alexander, Matthias Briel, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Jason W Busse, Batoul Diab, Alfonso Iorio, Joey Kwong, Ling Li, Luciane Cruz Lopes, Reem Mustafa, Ignacio Neumann, Kari AO Tikkinen, Per Olav Vandvik, Yuqing Zhang, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Gordon Guyatt
Methodological issues and recommendations for systematic reviews of prognostic studies: an example from cardiovascular disease
Janine Dretzke, Joie Ensor, Sue Bayliss, James Hodgkinson, Marie Lordkipanidzé, Richard D Riley, David Fitzmaurice, David Moore
Childhood socioeconomic position and adult leisure-time physical activity: a systematic review protocol
Ahmed Elhakeem, Rachel Cooper, David Bann, Rebecca Hardy
Processes, contexts, and rationale for disinvestment: a protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis
Michael G Wilson, Moriah E Ellen, John N Lavis, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Kaelan A Moat, Joshua Shemer, Terry Sullivan, Sarah Garner, Ron Goeree, Roberto Grilli, Justin Peffer, Kevin Samra
Effect of standardized training on the reliability of the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool: a study protocol
Bruno R da Costa, Nina M Resta, Brooke Beckett, Nicholas Israel-Stahre, Alison Diaz, Bradley C Johnston, Matthias Egger, Peter Jüni, Susan Armijo-Olivo
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence and incidence in the Horn of Africa sub-region of the Middle East and North Africa
Karima Chaabna, Yousra A Mohamoud, Hiam Chemaitelly, Ghina R Mumtaz, Laith J Abu-Raddad
Educational interventions for general practitioners to identify and manage depression as a suicide risk factor in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Lynda Tait, Maria Michail
Association of industry sponsorship and positive outcome in randomised controlled trials in general and abdominal surgery: protocol for a systematic review and empirical study
Pascal Probst, Kathrin Grummich, Alexis Ulrich, Markus W Büchler, Phillip Knebel, Markus K Diener
Workplace physical activity interventions and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity levels among working-age women: a systematic review protocol
Jennifer L Reed, Stephanie A Prince, Christie A Cole, J George Fodor, Swapnil Hiremath, Kerri-Anne Mullen, Heather E Tulloch, Erica Wright, Robert D Reid
A realist review of educational interventions to improve the delivery of nutrition care by doctors and future doctors
Victor Mogre, Albert Scherpbier, Tim Dornan, Fred Stevens, Paul Armah Aryee, Mary Gemma Cherry
Recovering the raw data behind a non-parametric survival curve
Zhihui Liu, Benjamin Rich, James A Hanley
A protocol for a systematic review of the use of process evaluations in knowledge translation research
Shannon D Scott, Thomas Rotter, Lisa Hartling, Thane Chambers, Katherine H Bannar-Martin
Systematic reviews of observational studies of risk of thrombosis and bleeding in urological surgery (ROTBUS): introduction and methodology
Kari AO Tikkinen, Arnav Agarwal, Samantha Craigie, Rufus Cartwright, Michael K Gould, Jari Haukka, Richard Naspro, Giacomo Novara, Per Morten Sandset, Reed A Siemieniuk, Philippe D Violette, Gordon H Guyatt
Randomised placebo-controlled trials of individualised homeopathic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis
Robert T Mathie, Suzanne M Lloyd, Lynn A Legg, Jürgen Clausen, Sian Moss, Jonathan RT Davidson, Ian Ford
The importance of baseline viral load when assessing relative efficacy in treatment-naïve HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Stuart Mealing, Isabella Ghement, Neil Hawkins, David A Scott, Benedicte Lescrauwaet, Maureen Watt, Mark Thursz, Pietro Lampertico, Lorenzo Mantovani, Edith Morais, Bruno Bregman, Michel Cucherat
No high level evidence to support the use of oral H1 antihistamines as monotherapy for eczema: a summary of a Cochrane systematic review
Esther J van Zuuren, Christian J Apfelbacher, Zbys Fedorowicz, Aldrin Jupiter, Uwe Matterne, Elke Weisshaar
Discharge instructions for caregivers in the context of pediatric emergency care: a narrative synthesis protocol
Janet A Curran, Andrea Murphy, Mandi Newton, Roger Zemek, Lisa Hartling, Amy Plint, Jill Chorney, Shannon MacPhee, Samuel G Campbell, Mona Jabbour, Darlene Boliver, David Petrie, Randy Colwell, Kate MacWilliams, Alicia Nolan
SAMURAI: Sensitivity analysis of a meta-analysis with unpublished but registered analytical investigations (software)
Noory Y Kim, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Kylie Thaler, Gerald Gartlehner
Intra-aortic balloon pump in patients with cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials (protocol)
Sultan Altayyar, Bram Rochwerg, Sami Alnasser, Awad Al-omari, Bandar Baw, Alison Fox-Robichaud, Waleed Alhazzani
A protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to reduce exposure to lead through consumer products and drinking water
Lisa Maria Pfadenhauer, Jacob Burns, Anke Rohwer, Eva Annette Rehfuess
Seeing the forests and the trees—innovative approaches to exploring heterogeneity in systematic reviews of complex interventions to enhance health system decision-making: a protocol
Noah Ivers, Andrea C Tricco, Thomas A Trikalinos, Issa J Dahabreh, Kristin J Danko, David Moher, Sharon E Straus, John N Lavis, Catherine H Yu, Kaveh Shojania, Braden Manns, Marcello Tonelli, Timothy Ramsay, Alun Edwards, Peter Sargious, Alison Paprica, Michael Hillmer, Jeremy M Grimshaw
Protocol for a systematic review of reductions in therapy for children with low-risk febrile neutropenia
Jessica E Morgan, Lesley Stewart, Robert S Phillips
The impact of Cochrane Systematic Reviews: a mixed method evaluation of outputs from Cochrane Review Groups supported by the UK National Institute for Health Research
Frances Bunn, Daksha Trivedi, Phil Alderson, Laura Hamilton, Alice Martin, Steve Iliffe
Financial incentive policies at workplace cafeterias for preventing obesity—a systematic review and meta-analysis (Protocol)
Kimi Sawada, Erika Ota, Sadequa Shahrook, Rintaro Mori
Erratum to: Assessment of a method to detect signals for updating systematic reviews
Paul G Shekelle, Aneesa Motala, Breanne Johnsen, Sydne J Newberry
Erratum to: A methodological survey of the analysis, reporting and interpretation of Absolute Risk ReductiOn in systematic revieWs (ARROW): a study protocol
Pablo Alonso-Coello, Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Ignacio Neumann, Elie A Akl, Xin Sun, Bradley C Johnston, Matthias Briel, Jason W Busse, Demián Glujovsky, Carlos E Granados, Alfonso Iorio, Affan Irfan, Laura Martínez García, Reem A Mustafa, Anggie Ramirez-Morera, Iván Solà, Kari A O Tikkinen, Shanil Ebrahim, Per O Vandvik, Yuqing Zhang, Anna Selva, Andrea J Sanabria, Oscar E Zazueta, Robin W M Vernooij, Holger J Schünemann, Gordon H Guyatt