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ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed.

Journal of clinical epidemiology

Whiting P, Savović J, Higgins JP, Caldwell DM, Reeves BC, Shea B, Davies P, Kleijnen J, Churchill R.
PMID: 26092286
J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;69:225-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.06.005. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

OBJECTIVE: To develop ROBIS, a new tool for assessing the risk of bias in systematic reviews (rather than in primary studies).STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We used four-stage approach to develop ROBIS: define the scope, review the evidence base, hold...

A checklist for critical appraisal of indirect comparisons.

International journal of clinical practice

Ortega A, Fraga MD, Alegre-del-Rey EJ, Puigventós-Latorre F, Porta A, Ventayol P, Tenias JM, Hawkins NS, Caldwell DM.
PMID: 25269948
Int J Clin Pract. 2014 Oct;68(10):1181-9. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12487.

The aim of this study was to develop a user-friendly checklist for critical appraisal of indirect comparisons of drugs, considering clinical, methodological/statistical and quality aspects, mainly to be applied in drug evaluation in the decision-making context. After conducting a...

Selecting the best scale for measuring treatment effect in a network meta-analysis: a case study in childhood nocturnal enuresis.

Research synthesis methods

Caldwell DM, Welton NJ, Dias S, Ades AE.
PMID: 26062086
Res Synth Methods. 2012 Jun;3(2):126-41. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1040. Epub 2012 Jun 04.

Dichotomous outcomes in pairwise meta-analysis are typically summarised using the odds ratio (OR), relative risk (RR) or risk difference (RD). The hazard ratio (HR) may also be used where events occur over time. Choice of scale is often determined...

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