julian higgins james thomas - cochrane
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Julian HigginsProfessor of Evidence Synthesis, Bristol Medical School, University of BristolSenior Editor of Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of InterventionsCo-convenor of Cochrane Bias Methods Group
James ThomasProfessor of Social Research & Policy, EPPI-Centre, University College LondonSenior Editor of Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of InterventionsCo-convenor of Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group
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Journal # Journal #
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James Thomas
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Part 1: Cochrane ReviewsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Planning and preparation of a Cochrane reviewChapter 3: Maintaining reviews: updates, amendments and feedbackChapter 4: Guide to the contents of a Cochrane protocol and review
Part 2: General methods for Cochrane ReviewsChapter 5: Defining the review question and developing criteria for including studiesChapter 6: Searching for studiesChapter 7: Selecting studies and collecting dataChapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studiesChapter 9: Analysing data and undertaking meta-analysesChapter 10: Addressing reporting biases [PDF] newChapter 11: Completing ‘Summary of findings’ tables and grading the confidence in or quality of the evidenceChapter 12: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
Part 3: Special topicsChapter 13: Including non-randomized studiesChapter 14: Adverse effectsChapter 15: Incorporating economics evidenceChapter 16: Special topics in statisticsChapter 17: Patient-reported outcomesChapter 18: Reviews of individual patient dataChapter 19: Prospective meta-analysisChapter 20: Qualitative research and Cochrane reviewsChapter 21: Reviews in public health and health promotionChapter 22: Overviews of reviews
Chapter I: IntroductionChapter II: Planning a Cochrane reviewChapter III: Reporting a reviewChapter IV: Updating a reviewChapter V: Overviews of reviews
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Core methods
Part 1: Cochrane ReviewsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Planning and preparation of a Cochrane reviewChapter 3: Maintaining reviews: updates, amendments and feedbackChapter 4: Guide to the contents of a Cochrane protocol and review
Part 2: General methods for Cochrane ReviewsChapter 5: Defining the review question and developing criteria for including studiesChapter 6: Searching for studiesChapter 7: Selecting studies and collecting dataChapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studiesChapter 9: Analysing data and undertaking meta-analysesChapter 10: Addressing reporting biases [PDF] newChapter 11: Completing ‘Summary of findings’ tables and grading the confidence in or quality of the evidenceChapter 12: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
Part 3: Special topicsChapter 13: Including non-randomized studiesChapter 14: Adverse effectsChapter 15: Incorporating economics evidenceChapter 16: Special topics in statisticsChapter 17: Patient-reported outcomesChapter 18: Reviews of individual patient dataChapter 19: Prospective meta-analysisChapter 20: Qualitative research and Cochrane reviewsChapter 21: Reviews in public health and health promotionChapter 22: Overviews of reviews
1. Starting a review
14. Completing 'Summary of findings' tables and grading the certainty of the evidence15. Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
10. Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses11. Undertaking network meta-analyses12. Synthesizing and presenting findings using other methods
9. Summarizing studies and preparing for the synthesis
13. Assessing risk of bias due to missing results in a synthesis
7. Considering bias and conflicts of interest among the included studies8. Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial
5. Collecting data6. Choosing effect measures and computing estimates of effect
4. Searching for and selecting studies
2. Determining the scope of the review and the questions it will address3. Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis
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Other topics
Part 1: Cochrane ReviewsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Planning and preparation of a Cochrane reviewChapter 3: Maintaining reviews: updates, amendments and feedbackChapter 4: Guide to the contents of a Cochrane protocol and review
Part 2: General methods for Cochrane ReviewsChapter 5: Defining the review question and developing criteria for including studiesChapter 6: Searching for studiesChapter 7: Selecting studies and collecting dataChapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studiesChapter 9: Analysing data and undertaking meta-analysesChapter 10: Addressing reporting biases [PDF] newChapter 11: Completing ‘Summary of findings’ tables and grading the confidence in or quality of the evidenceChapter 12: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
Part 3: Special topicsChapter 13: Including non-randomized studiesChapter 14: Adverse effectsChapter 15: Incorporating economics evidenceChapter 16: Special topics in statisticsChapter 17: Patient-reported outcomesChapter 18: Reviews of individual patient dataChapter 19: Prospective meta-analysisChapter 20: Qualitative research and Cochrane reviewsChapter 21: Reviews in public health and health promotionChapter 22: Overviews of reviews (now online Chapter V)
22. Prospective approaches to cumulating evidence
23. Including variants on randomized trials24. Including non-randomized studies25. Assessing risk of bias in a non-
randomized study26. Individual participant data
16. Equity and specific populations17. Intervention complexity18. Patient reported outcomes19. Adverse effects20. Economics evidence21. Qualitative evidence
Specific perspectives in reviews
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James Thomas
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Julian Higgins
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RoB 2
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Concerns over conflicts of interest
Risk of bias within studies
Sources of heterogeneity
Risk of bias across studies
TACIT
RoB 2; ROBINS-I RoB-ME
Study limitations
InconsistencyPublication bias
Indirectness
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Awaiting implementation in RevMan
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