Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions [Hardcover]
Author: Julian P. T. Higgins Sally Green | Language: English | ISBN: 0470699515 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions contains methodological guidance for the preparation and maintenance of Cochrane intervention reviews. Written in a clear and accessible format, it is the essential manual for all those preparing, maintaining and reading Cochrane reviews. Many of the principles and methods described here are appropriate for systematic reviews applied to other types of research and to systematic reviews of interventions undertaken by others. It is hoped therefore that this book will be invaluable to all those who want to understand the role of systematic reviews, critically appraise published reviews or perform reviews themselves.
- Hardcover: 672 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 24, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470699515
- ISBN-13: 978-0470699515
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.7 x 1.6 inches
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Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
TheHandbookeditors xvii
Major contributors xix
Part 1 COCHRANE REVIEWS 1
1 Introduction 3
Sally Green, Julian PT Higgins, Philip Alderson, Mike Clarke, Cynthia D Mulrow and Andrew D Oxman
1.1 The Cochrane Collaboration 3
1.2 Systematic reviews 6
1.3 About this Handbook 7
1.4 Contributors to the Handbook 8
1.5 Chapter information 9
1.6 References 9
2 Preparing a Cochrane review 11
Edited by Sally Green and Julian PT Higgins
2.1 Rationale for protocols 11
2.2 Format of a Cochrane review 12
2.3 Logistics of doing a review 13
2.4 Publication of Cochrane reviews in print journals and books 24
2.5 Publication of previously published reviews as Cochrane reviews 26
2.6 Declaration of interest and commercial sponsorship 26
2.7 Chapter information 29
2.8 References 29
3 Maintaining reviews: updates, amendments and feedback 31
Julian PT Higgins, Sally Green and Rob JPM Scholten
3.1 Introduction 31
3.2 Some important definitions 32
3.3 Important dates associated with Cochrane reviews 39
3.4 Considerations when updating a Cochrane review 42
3.5 ‘What’s new’ and History tables 46
3.6 Incorporating and addressing feedback in a Cochrane review 48
3.7 Chapter information 48
3.8 References 49
4 Guide to the contents of a Cochrane protocol and review 51
Edited by Julian PT Higgins and Sally Green
4.1 Introduction 52
4.2 Title and review information (or protocol information) 52
4.3 Abstract 55
4.4 Plain language summary 55
4.5 Main text 55
4.6 Tables 70
4.7 Studies and references 72
4.8 Data and analyses 74
4.9 Figures 76
4.10 Sources of support to the review 77
4.11 Feedback 77
4.12 Appendices 78
4.13 Chapter information 78
4.14 References 78
Part 2 GENERAL METHODS FOR COCHRANE REVIEWS 81
5 Defining the review question and developing criteria for including studies 83
Edited by Denise O’Connor, Sally Green and Julian PT Higgins
5.1 Questions and eligibility criteria 84
5.2 Defining types of participants: which people and populations? 85
5.3 Defining types of interventions: which comparisons to make? 86
5.4 Defining types of outcomes: which outcome measures are most important? 87
5.5 Defining types of study 90
5.6 Defining the scope of a review question (broad versus narrow) 91
5.7 Changing review questions 93
5.8 Chapter information 93
5.9 References 94
6 Searching for studies 95
Carol Lefebvre, Eric Manheimer and Julie Glanville on behalf of the Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group
6.1 Introduction 96
6.2 Sources to search 98
6.3 Planning the search process 118
6.4 Designing search strategies 128
6.5 Managing references 142
6.6 Documenting and reporting the search process 144
6.7 Chapter information 146
6.8 References 147
7 Selecting studies and collecting data 151
Edited by Julian PT Higgins and Jonathan J Deeks
7.1 Introduction 151
7.2 Selecting studies 152
7.3 What data to collect 156
7.4 Sources of data 163
7.5 Data collection forms 164
7.6 Extracting data from reports 167
7.7 Extracting study results and converting to the desired format 170
7.8 Managing data 182
7.9 Chapter information 183
7.10 References 183
8 Assessing risk of bias in included studies 187
Edited by Julian PT Higgins and Douglas G Altman on behalf of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group and the Cochrane Bias Methods Group
8.1 Introduction 188
8.2 What is bias? 188
8.3 Tools for assessing quality and risk of bias 190
8.4 Introduction to sources of bias in clinical trials 193
8.5 The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias 194
8.6 Presentation of assessments of risk of bias 202
8.7 Summary assessments of risk of bias 202
8.8 Incorporating assessments into analyses 206
8.9 Sequence generation 210
8.10 Allocation sequence concealment 214
8.11 Blinding of participants, personnel and outcome assessors 217
8.12 Incomplete outcome data 219
8.13 Selective outcome reporting 226
8.14 Other potential threats to validity 230
8.15 Chapter information 234
8.16 References 235
9 Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses 243
Edited by Jonathan J Deeks, Julian PT Higgins and Douglas G Altman on behalf of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group
9.1 Introduction 244
9.2 Types of data and effect measures 249
9.3 Study designs and identifying the unit of analysis 260
9.4 Summarizing effects across studies 263
9.5 Heterogeneity 276
9.6 Investigating heterogeneity 282
9.7 Sensitivity analyses 289
9.8 Chapter information 292
9.9 References 293
10 Addressing reporting biases 297
Edited by Jonathan AC Sterne, Matthias Egger and David Moher on behalf of the Cochrane Bias Methods Group
10.1 Introduction 298
10.2 Types of reporting biases and the supporting evidence 299
10.3 Avoiding reporting biases 308
10.4 Detecting reporting biases 310
10.5 Chapter information 324
10.6 References 325
11 Presenting results and ‘Summary of findings’ tables 335
Holger J Schünemann, Andrew D Oxman, Julian PT Higgins, Gunn E Vist, Paul Glasziou and Gordon H Guyatt on behalf of the Cochrane Applicability and Recommendations Methods Group and the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group
11.1 Introduction 335
11.2 ‘Characteristics of included studies’ tables 336
11.3 Data and analyses 337
11.4 Figures 341
11.5 ‘Summary of findings’ tables 342
11.6 Additional tables 350
11.7 Presenting results in the text 351
11.8 Writing an abstract 352
11.9 Writing a plain language summary 355
11.10 Chapter information 356
11.11 References 357
12 Interpreting results and drawing conclusions 359
Holger J Schünemann, Andrew D Oxman, Gunn E Vist, Julian PT Higgins, Jonathan J Deeks, Paul Glasziou and Gordon H Guyatt on behalf of the Cochrane Applicability and Recommendations Methods Group
12.1 Introduction 360
12.2 Assessing the quality of a body of evidence 361
12.3 Issues in applicability 367
12.4 Interpreting results of statistical analyses 369
12.5 Interpreting results from dichotomous outcomes (including numbers needed to treat) 372
12.6 Interpreting results from continuous outcomes (including standardized mean differences) 377
12.7 Drawing conclusions 380
12.8 Chapter information 382
12.9 References 383
Part 3 SPECIAL TOPICS 389
13 Including non-randomized studies 391
Barnaby C Reeves, Jonathan J Deeks, Julian PT Higgins and George A Wells on behalf of the Cochrane Non-Randomised Studies Methods Group
13.1 Introduction 392
13.2 Developing criteria for including non-randomized studies 396
13.3 Searching for non-randomized studies 404
13.4 Selecting studies and collecting data 407
13.5 Assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies 412
13.6 Synthesis of data from non-randomized studies 419
13.7 Interpretation and discussion 424
13.8 Chapter information 428
13.9 References 429
14 Adverse effects 433
Yoon K Loke, Deirdre Price and Andrew Herxheimer on behalf of the Cochrane Adverse Effects Methods Group
14.1 Introduction 433
14.2 Scope of a review addressing adverse effects 434
14.3 Choosing which adverse effects to include 437
14.4 Types of studies 438
14.5 Search methods for adverse effects 439
14.6 Assessing risk of bias for adverse effects 442
14.7 Chapter information 445
14.8 References 446
15 Incorporating economics evidence 449
Ian Shemilt, Miranda Mugford, Sarah Byford, Michael Drummond, Eric Eisenstein, Martin Knapp, Jacqueline Mallender, David McDaid, Luke Vale and Damian Walker on behalf of the Campbell and Cochrane Economics Methods Group
15.1 The role and relevance of economics evidence in Cochrane reviews 449
15.2 Planning the economics component of a Cochrane review 454
15.3 Locating studies 459
15.4 Selecting studies and collecting data 462
15.5 Addressing risk of bias 463
15.6 Analysing and presenting results 468
15.7 Addressing reporting biases 472
15.8 Interpreting results 474
15.9 Conclusions 474
15.10 Chapter information 476
15.11 References 476
16 Special topics in statistics 481
Edited by Julian PT Higgins, Jonathan J Deeks and Douglas G Altman on behalf of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group
16.1 Missing data 482
16.2 Intention-to-treat issues 488
16.3 Cluster-randomized trials 493
16.4 Cross-over trials 498
16.5 Studies with more than two intervention groups 508
16.6 Indirect comparisons and multiple-treatments meta-analysis 513
16.7 Multiplicity and the play of chance 516
16.8 Bayesian and hierarchical approaches to meta-analysis 518
16.9 Rare events (including zero frequencies) 520
16.10 Chapter information 524
16.11 References 524
17 Patient-reported outcomes 531
Donald L Patrick, Gordon H Guyatt and Catherine Acquadro on behalf of the Cochrane Patient Reported Outcomes Methods Group
17.1 What are patient-reported outcomes? 532
17.2 Patient-reported outcomes and Cochrane reviews 533
17.3 Health status and quality of life as PRO outcomes 534
17.4 Issues in the measurement of patient-reported outcomes 537
17.5 Locating and selecting studies with patient-reported outcomes 538
17.6 Assessing and describing patient-reported outcomes 539
17.7 Comparability of different patient-reported outcome measures 540
17.8 Interpreting results 541
17.9 Chapter information 543
17.10 References 544
18 Reviews of individual patient data 547
Lesley A Stewart, Jayne F Tierney and Mike Clarke on behalf of the Cochrane Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis Methods Group
18.1 Introduction 548
18.2 The collaborative nature of IPD meta-analyses 550
18.3 Dealing with data 551
18.4 Analysis 553
18.5 Limitations and caveats 555
18.6 Chapter information 556
18.7 References 557
19 Prospective meta-analysis 559
Davina Ghersi, Jesse Berlin and Lisa Askie on behalf of the Cochrane Prospective Meta-analysis Methods Group
19.1 Introduction 559
19.2 The collaborative nature of prospective meta-analyses 562
19.3 The prospective meta-analysis protocol 563
19.4 Data collection in prospective meta-analysis 566
19.5 Analysis issues in prospective meta-analysis 567
19.6 Chapter information 569
19.7 References 569
20 Qualitative research and Cochrane reviews 571
Jane Noyes, Jennie Popay, Alan Pearson, Karin Hannes and Andrew Booth on behalf of the Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group
20.1 Introduction 572
20.2 Incorporating evidence from qualitative research in Cochrane Intervention reviews: concepts and issues
20.3 Qualitative evidence synthesis 576
20.4 Chapter information 583
20.5 References 584
20.6 Further selected reading 587
21 Reviews in public health and health promotion 593
Edited by Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters and Jodie Doyle
21.1 Introduction 593
21.2 Study designs to include 594
21.3 Searching 594
21.4 Assessment of study quality and risk of bias 595
21.5 Ethics and inequalities 597
21.6 Context 599
21.7 Sustainability 600
21.8 Applicability and transferability 601
21.9 Chapter information 603
21.10 References 603
22 Overviews of reviews 607
Lorne A Becker and Andrew D Oxman
22.1 Introduction 607
22.2 Preparing a Cochrane Overview of reviews 608
22.3 Format of a Cochrane Overview 613
22.4 Chapter information 631
22.5 References 631
Index 633
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