reporting of systematic reviews and meta analysis of observational studies

... tuberculosis skin testing and LTBI treatment, the prevalence and outcome of MTB infections, and the effects of patient factors and treatment on mortality from MTB infection PATIENTS AND METHODS plant ... (1/1945 to 12/ 2006), BIOSIS (1/1969 to 12/2006), and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Central Register of Controlled Trials and manually searched retrieved bibliographies to identify ... rate of MTB reactivation,12 some transplant centers neither test for nor treat LTBI because of the perceived lack of efficacy and potential toxicity of drug therapy in liver transplant candidates.13-18...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... these studies As far as we are aware of, this is the first systematic review and meta- analysis of the relationship between OHRQoL and tooth loss Data from our systematic review and meta- analyses of ... Summary of primary and additional outcomes of all included studies Additional file 2: Summary of data of all included studies and feasibility for meta- analysis 14 15 Author details Department of Oral ... number of missing teeth and Gerritsen et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:126 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/126 Page of 11 Table Summary of studies reporting the location of missing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... between 10 and 46 The mean IQ of the 14 studies ranged from 96.1 to 116.8 A meta- analysis using a random effects model revealed an estimate of the mean standardised mean difference (SMD) of 0.72 ... Table 2) Three of these studies used the NART and the revised NART (NART-R) and only one study used the WAIS The small number of studies did not allow a formal random effect meta- analysis However, ... results of the meta- analyses in graphical format (see Figures and 2) These graphs represent the variation between the results of the various studies and an estimate of the overall effect size of all...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... trial), particularly discontinuation because of adverse events or lack of efficacy This systematic review and meta- analysis of celecoxib in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis was conducted using ... conditions Analysis of celecoxib dose, and of duration of studies, was restricted to discontinuations due to lack of efficacy or to adverse events, where there were more R649 than 20 events, and where ... intention-to-treat (number of patients randomised and receiving at least one dose of trial drug) analysis Homogeneity tests and funnel plots, though commonly used in meta- analysis, were not used...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... lupus nephritis from randomised trials and observational studies Materials and methods QUOROM (quality of reporting of meta- analyses) and MOOSE (meta- analysis of observational studies in epidemiology) ... Moher D, Becker BJ, Sipe TA, Thacker SB: Meta- analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting Meta- analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group JAMA ... trial) and over a treatment duration of up to years Despite this, there is the possibility of residual bias in observational studies and lack of blinding in randomised trials The amount of information...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... measured by pulmonary function tests by conducting a systematic review and meta- analysis of randomized clinical trials and prospective observational studies in patients with SSc treated with CYC To ... of reported standard errors of these studies We used a random-effects model assessing the weighted mean difference in the meta- analysis The overall pooled analysis included the mean changes of ... FVC and the DLCO after 12 months of therapy obtained from the observational studies and from the CYC experimental arm of the randomized clinical trials Additionally, we performed a meta- analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... because of different approaches to collecting and reporting information, for example, the method of measuring time spent in ICU Conclusion The results of this systematic review of the literature and ... Haga et al.: The effect of tight glycaemic control, during and after cardiac surgery, on patient mortality and morbidity: A systematic review and meta- analysis Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery ... Page of 10 Haga et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:3 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/3 Page of 10 Figure Results of the meta- analysis performed on the incidence of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... 11 of 13 shoes [8,23] Unfortunately, meta- analysis of kinematic variables was restricted by inconsistencies in biomechanical models and under -reporting of standard deviations/ error Meta- analysis ... did not standardise the shoe worn [7,9,10,25,26] Description and methodological approach of included studies The description and nature of the included studies are shown in Table Nine studies investigated ... comprised the average of angle of gait relative to ipsilateral line of progression and angle of gait relative to the direction of gait The variable length comprised the average of stride and step length...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... co-segregation (higher prevalence of the endophenotype in ill relatives of ill probands than in well relatives of ill probands); and (v) heritability (the extent of variation of the endophenotype that ... using Comprehensive MetaAnalysis version 2, a dedicated meta- analysis programme (BioStat, Inc, Englewood, NJ) The analysis was based on all included studies and consisted of three comparisons: ... as two separate studies Of the remaining six studies the country of origin of two studies was USA [24,25] and there was one study each from Sweden [27], Italy [14], Turkey [29] and France [26]...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... patients are at increased risk of complications or repeat Figure effects meta- analysis of varenicline versus placebo at weeks post-TQD Random6 Random effects meta- analysis of varenicline versus placebo ... predictors of heterogeneity including the following covariates: placebo control; reporting of sequence generation; reporting of allocation concealment; use of gum or patch; and, method of chemical ... with “nicotine” AND “smoking” AND “gum OR Patch OR spray OR inhalers OR Tablet OR lozenge” AND “random*” 280 abstacts were obtained when using “bupropion” and “smoking” and “random” and “clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... MSt, MSc and AB participated in the collection of the data and analysis of the studies (see Materials and methods) AB and MSc participated in the study design and the interpretation of the data ... reliability determined the adequacy of randomisation, concealment of allocation, blinding of outcome assessors and adequacy Page of 14 of data analysis (was intention-to-treat -analysis performed?) (internal ... effects of AE Materials and methods The present review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses statement [14] and the recommendations of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 12:20

... review 29 studies included in updated meta- analysis 31 studies included from Strachan and Cook Review 60 studies included in updated meta- analysis Figure Flow diagram of included and excluded studies ... Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health 2006 Department of Health Department of Health and Social Services Northern Ireland, The Scottish Office Department of Health and Welsh Office: ... socioeconomic status, and maternal education Page of 11 Methodological quality of studies and publication bias The methodological quality of the 60 studies included in the meta- analysis, as judged...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... currently the 4th-leading cause of mortality and the 12th-leading cause of disability, by the year 2020 it will be the 3rd-leading cause of death and the 5thleading cause of disability worldwide [3,4] ... The abstracts of these articles were selected and reviewed Of these, 67 articles were retrieved for a detailed review After excluding studies that used identical cohorts (n = 41) and studies that ... to analysis of the relationship between age and gender-related differences in the annual decline in FEV1% pred Unweighted smoking status Unweighted analysis of the relationship between age and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... critical analysis of the safety of NPPV and CPAP in the treatment of ACPE A very recent meta- analysis unfortunately addressed only some of the questions to which clinicians need answers Masip and ... pressure support ventilation Materials and methods Study design A systematic review and meta- analysis of RCTs focusing on the effect of CPAP and NPPV in the treatment of ACPE was undertaken The methodological ... initiation and direction of the review LFA is responsible for study design, methods and statistical analysis JCW and LFA selected studies and extracted data JCW, LFA and AC-P interpreted results and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... Moher D, Becker BJ, Sipe TA, Thacker SB: Meta- analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting Meta- analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group JAMA ... difficult), and risk Goligher et al Critical Care 2011, 15:R46 http://ccforum.com/content/15/1/R46 Page 11 of 14 Figure Forest plot of meta- analysis of studies reporting the rate of hemothorax ... http://ccforum.com/content/15/1/R46 Page of 14 Figure Forest plot of meta- analysis of studies reporting change in oxygenation after pleural drainage PaO2:FiO2 ratios before and after thoracentesis analyzed...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... Summary of the completed checklist of quality measures for reporting of systematic reviews and meta- analyses Additional File 2: Summary of search strategy Detailed summary of search terms and strategy ... meta- analysis of 15 unique studies compared “early” versus “late” initiation of RRT Figure Funnel plot of all 15 studies X-axis is log of risk ratio of death Y-axis is Standard error of Log Risk ratio of ... initiation of RRT; and 5) description of mortality and/ or clinically relevant secondary outcomes (that is, kidney recovery and/ or dialysis independence, duration of RRT, and ICU length of stay)...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... log-transformed upper and lower limits of 95% CI by 3.92 These data of each study were entered into the Review Manager and Comprehensive Meta- Analysis to perform meta- analysis and meta- regression analysis ... Longitudinal Study of Meta- analysis of studies presenting OR ORs from studies, including a total of 60,577 individuals, were combined to calculate a pooled OR and 95% CI using a random-effects model ... Each of the included studies was assessed using this scale and considered to have adequate quality to be included for meta- analysis if it met or more items out of Statistical Analysis OR, RR, and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 21:28

... Equivalence of single and dual task gait speed in the prediction of falls M This systematic review and meta- analysis of 31 studies revealed that slower gait speeds under both single and dual task ... when standing and walking, which are required in many real-life situations 4.3 Strengths and limitations of the analysis This is the first meta- analysis focusing on the predictive ability of walking ... CONTRIBUTORS JM and SL contributed to the conception and design of the review JM and DS contributed to the literature searching, data extraction and analysis JM and SL drafted the article and DS revised...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 23:09

... oils’’ ‘‘(1) AND (2)’’ OR ‘‘(1) AND (3)’’ OR ‘‘(1) AND (4)’’ OR ‘‘(1) AND (5)’’ 0174 January 2007 | Volume | Issue | e20 Tobacco and Biomass Smoke and TB Figure Flow Diagram of Study Steps and Exclusions ... concern in a meta- analysis of observational studies when effect sizes are relatively small, as was the case in the studies considered in this analysis [74] We therefore performed a stratified analysis ... in meta- analyses Br Med J 327: 557–560 Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, Olkin I, Williamson GD, et al (2000) Meta- analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: A proposal for reporting Meta- analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 20:20