A5010579297- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
- Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Research Data Management Practices
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society
- Infant Health and Development
- Digital Games and Media
Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
2016-2025
McMaster University
2022-2024
Impact
2022-2024
Health Information Management
2023
University Hospital Cologne
2020
Literature searches underlie the foundations of systematic reviews and related review types. Yet, literature searching component types is often poorly reported. Guidance for search reporting has been diverse, and, in many cases, does not offer enough detail to authors who need more specific information about methods sources a clear, reproducible way. This document presents PRISMA-S (Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Meta-Analyses extension) checklist, explanation elaboration.
Stringent requirements exist regarding the transparency of study selection process and reliability results. A 2-step is generally recommended; this conducted by 2 reviewers independently each other (conventional double-screening). However, approach resource intensive, which can be a problem, as systematic reviews need to completed within defined period with limited budget. The aim following methodological review was analyse evidence available on whether single screening equivalent double in...
Background: Literature searches underlie the foundations of systematic reviews and related review types. Yet, literature searching component types is often poorly reported. Guidance for search reporting has been diverse and, in many cases, does not offer enough detail to authors who need more specific information about methods sources a clear, reproducible way. This document presents PRISMA-S (Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Meta-Analyses extension) checklist, explanation...
This paper is part of a series methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group. reviews (RR) use modified systematic review methods to accelerate process while maintaining systematic, transparent and reproducible methods. In this paper, we address considerations for RR searches. We cover main areas relevant search process: preparation planning, information sources methods, strategy development, quality assurance, reporting, record management. Two options exist...
Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is the most common food in infants. The replacement with specialized formulas an established clinical approach to ensure adequate growth and minimize risk of severe allergic reactions when breastfeeding not possible. Still, given availability multiple options, such as extensively hydrolyzed cow's protein formula (eHF-CM), amino acid (AAF), rice (HRF) soy (SF), there some uncertainty suitable choice respect health outcomes. Furthermore, addition probiotics a has been...
Over the past few years, information retrieval has become more and professionalized, specialists are considered full members of a research team conducting systematic reviews. Research groups preparing reviews clinical practice guidelines have been driving force in development search strategies, but open questions remain regarding transparency process available resources. An empirically guided approach to strategy provides way increase efficiency.Our aim this paper is describe for strategies...
The prevalence of cow's milk allergy (CMA) is approximately 2-4.5% in infants and less than 0.5% adults. Most children outgrow early childhood, particularly that to the baked products. Immunotherapy with unheated has been used as a treatment option for those who have not yet outgrown CMA, but benefits must be balanced adverse effects.These evidence-based guidelines from World Allergy Organization (WAO) intend support patients, clinicians, others decisions about use oral epicutaneous...
Different approaches can be adopted for the development of search strategies systematic reviews. The objective approach draws on already established text analysis methods developing filters. Our aim was to determine whether noninferior conceptual commonly used in Cochrane reviews (CRs).We conducted a CRs published Library. studies included were searched MEDLINE and represented total set. We then tested references previously removed could identified via approach. also reconstructed original...
OBJECTIVES: Despite wide usage of the PRISMA Statement reporting guideline by systematic review authors, compliance with its items regarding literature search is suboptimal. We sought to develop an international standard for aligned improve quality and reproducibility reported searches.METHODOLOGY: formed executive committee lead PRISMA-S extension development. The study protocol was published prior inception. To identify potential inclusion, we performed a search. Identified were reviewed...
Systematic literature screening is a key component in systematic reviews. However, this approach resource intensive as generally two persons independently of each other (double screening) screen vast number search results. To develop approaches for increasing efficiency, we tested the use text mining to prioritize results well involvement only one person (single study selection process.Our based on health technology assessments (HTAs) drug and non-drug interventions. Using sample size...
In the development of search strategies for systematic reviews, "conceptual approaches" are generally recommended to identify appropriate terms those parts which no validated filters exist. However, "objective based on identified by text analysis increasingly being applied.To prospectively compare an objective with a conceptual approach strategies.Two different MEDLINE were developed in parallel five reviews covering range topics and study designs. The Institute Quality Efficiency Health...
A retrospective analysis published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) 2018 concluded that no filter non‐randomized studies (NRS) achieved sufficient sensitivity (≥92%), a precondition comprehensive information retrieval. New NRS filters are therefore required, taking into account challenges related to this study type. Our evaluation focused on development of with control group (“controlled NRS”), as type allows calculation an effect size. In addition,...
Allergy to cow's milk is the most common food allergy in infants and it usually outgrown by 5 years of age. In some individuals persists beyond early childhood. Oral immunotherapy (OIT, oral desensitization, specific tolerance induction) has been proposed as a promising therapeutic strategy for persistent IgE-mediated allergy. We previously published systematic review OIT (CMA) 2010 part World Organization (WAO) Diagnosis Rationale Action against Cow's Milk (DRACMA) Guidelines.
Abstract Background Decision-makers increasingly request rapid answers to clinical or public health questions. To save time, personnel, and financial resources, reviews streamline the methodological steps of systematic review process. We aimed explore validity a approach that combines substantially abbreviated literature search with single-reviewer screening abstracts full texts using three case studies. Methods used convenience sample ongoing Cochrane as reference standards. Two addressed...
Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is the most complex and common food in infants. Elimination of cow's from diet replacement with a specialized formula for infants who cannot be breastfed an established approach to minimize risk severe allergic reactions while avoiding nutritional deficiencies. Given availability multiple options, such as extensively hydrolyzed milk-based (eHF-CM), aminoacid (AAF), rice (HRF), soy (SF), there some uncertainty regarding which might represent suitable choice respect...
ObjectivesTo determine a suitable approach to systematic search for epidemiologic publications in bibliographic databases. For this purpose, sensitive, precise, and optimized filters were be selected MEDLINE searches. In addition, the relevance of databases was determined.Study Design SettingEpidemiologic reviews (SRs) retrieved company dossiers screened identify (primary studies SRs) published since 2007. These used generate test validation set. Furthermore, each SR's strategy reviewed,...
Little evidence is available on searches for non-randomized studies (NRS) in bibliographic databases within the framework of systematic reviews. For instance, it currently unclear whether, when searching NRS, effective restriction search strategy to certain study types possible. The following challenges need be considered: 1) controlled trials (NRCTs): whether they can identified by established filters randomized (RCTs). 2) other NRS (such as cohort studies): exist each type and, if so,...
Background It is unclear which terms should be included in bibliographic searches for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of drugs, and identifying relevant drug can extremely laborious. The aim our analysis was to determine whether a search using only the generic name produces sufficient results generation informative systematic reviews (SRs). Methods We conducted retrospective references SRs drugs. determined proportion identified by simplified technique consisting RCTs MEDLINE EMBASE via...