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- ItemAn introduction to systematic reviews and meta-analysis: a workshop report on promoting evidence based medical practice through capacity building in research synthesis(2011) Mbuagbaw, L.; Wiysonge, C. S.; Nsagha, D. S.; Ongolo-Zogo, P.; Pantoja Calderón, TomásThe increasing urgency for evidence based practice, especially in resource limited settings has inspired many initiatives to this effect. In Africa there is limited skill in research synthesis and the production of systematic reviews. The Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, together with the South African Cochrane Centre organised a workshop to train Cameroonian researchers on how to initiate and complete systematic reviews. Five facilitators and fifteen participants met over a period of four days. At the end of the workshop the participants expressed high levels of satisfaction and motivation to conduct systematic reviews, but expressed the need for additional support. Facilitators of future systematic review courses should address challenges related to internet access, adult education and realistic expectations from the participants.
- ItemImproving GRADE evidence tables part 1 : a randomized trial shows improved understanding of content in summary of findings tables with a new format(2016) Carrasco, A.; Brignardello, R.; Santesso, N.; Neumann Burotto, Gonzalo Ignacio; Mustafa, R.; Mbuagbaw, L.; Etxeandia Ikobaltzeta, I.; De Stio, C.; Mccullagh, L.; Alonso Coello, P.; Meerpohl, J.; Vandvik, P.; Brozek, J.; Akl, E.; Bossuyt, P.; Churchill, R.; Glenton, C.; Rosenbaum, S.; Tugwell, P; Welch, V.
- ItemProtocol for the development of a CONSORT-equity guideline to improve reporting of health equity in randomized trials(2015) Welch, Vivian.; Jull, J.; Petkovic, J.; Armstrong, R.; Boyer, Y.; Cuervo, L. G.; Edwards, S. J. L.; Lydiatt, A.; Gough, D.; Pantoja Calderón, Tomás; Grimshaw, J.; Kristjansson, E.; Mbuagbaw, L.; McGowan, J.; Moher, D.; Petticrew, M.; Pottie, K.; Rader, T.; Shea, B.; Taljaard, M.; Waters, E.; Weijer, C.; Wells, G. A.; White, H.; Whitehead, M.; Tugwell, P.Abstract Background Health equity concerns the absence of avoidable and unfair differences in health. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can provide evidence about the impact of an intervention on health equity for specific disadvantaged populations or in general populations; this is important for equity-focused decision-making. Previous work has identified a lack of adequate reporting guidelines for assessing health equity in RCTs. The objective of this study is to develop guidelines to improve the reporting of health equity considerations in RCTs, as an extension of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). Methods/design A six-phase study using integrated knowledge translation governed by a study executive and advisory board will assemble empirical evidence to inform the CONSORT-equity extension. To create the guideline, the following steps are proposed: (1) develop a conceptual framework for identifying “equity-relevant trials,” (2) assess empirical evidence regarding reporting of equity-relevant trials, (3) consult with global methods and content experts on how to improve reporting of health equity in RCTs, (4) collect broad feedback and prioritize items needed to improve reporting of health equity in RCTs, (5) establish consensus on the CONSORT-equity extension: the guideline for equity-relevant trials, and (6) broadly disseminate and implement the CONSORT-equity extension. Discussion This work will be relevant to a broad range of RCTs addressing questions of effectiveness for strategies to improve practice and policy in the areas of social determinants of health, clinical care, health systems, public health, and international development, where health and/or access to health care is a primary outcome. The outcomes include a reporting guideline (CONSORT-equity extension) for equity-relevant RCTs and a knowledge translation strategy to broadly encourage its uptake and use by journal editors, authors, and funding agencies.
- ItemThe Khorana score for prediction of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients : An individual patient data meta-analysis(2020) Van Es, N.; Ventresca, M.; Di Nisio, M.; Zhou, Q.; Noble, S.; Crowther, M.; Briel, M.; García, D.; Lyman, G. H.; Neumann Burotto, Gonzalo Ignacio; Macbeth, F.; Griffiths, G.; Iorio, A.; Mbuagbaw, L.; Brozek, J.; Guyatt, G.; Streiff, M. B.; Baldeh, T.; Florez, I. D.; Alma, O. G.; Agnelli, G.; Ageno, W.; Marcucci, M.; Bozas, G.; Zulian, G.; Maraveyas, A.; Lebeau, B.; Lecumberri, R.; Sideras, K.; Loprinzi, C.; McBane, R.; Pelzer, U.; Riess, H.; Solh, Z.; Perry, J.; Kahale, L. A.; Bossuyt, P. M.; Klerk, C.; Buller, H. R.; Akl, E. A.; Schunemann, H. J.