Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: A User’s Manual

Author by : David Moher
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Release Date : 2014-08-06
Publisher by : John Wiley & Sons

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Description : Guidelines for Reporting Health Research is a practical guide to choosing and correctly applying the appropriate guidelines when reporting health research to ensure clear, transparent, and useful reports. This new title begins with an introduction to reporting guidelines and an overview of the importance of transparent reporting, the characteristics of good guidelines, and how to use reporting guidelines effectively in reporting health research. This hands-on manual also describes over a dozen internationally recognised published guidelines such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA and STARD in a clear and easy to understand format. It aims to help researchers choose and use the correct guidelines for reporting their research, and to produce more completely and transparently reported papers which will help to ensure reports are more useful and are not misleading. Written by the authors of health research reporting guidelines, in association with the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network, Guidelines for Reporting Health Research is a helpful guide to producing publishable research. It will be a valuable resource for researchers in their role as authors and also an important reference for editors and peer reviewers....

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Release Date : 2019-06-28
Publisher by : Academic Press

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Description : Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, Three Volume Set covers definitions, concepts, methods, theories and applications of clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice. It highlights why and how this field has a significant impact on healthcare. The work brings baseline knowledge, along with the latest, most cutting-edge research. In addition, new treatments, algorithms, standard treatment guidelines, and pharmacotherapies regarding diseases and disorders are also covered. The book's main focus lies on the pharmacy practice side, covering pharmacy practice research, pharmacovigilance, pharmacoeconomics, social and administrative pharmacy, public health pharmacy, pharmaceutical systems research, the future of pharmacy, and new interventional models of pharmaceutical care. By providing concise expositions on a broad range of topics, this book is an excellent resource for those seeking information beyond their specific areas of expertise. This outstanding reference is essential for anyone involved in the study of pharmacy practice. Provides a ‘one-stop’ resource for access to information written by world-leading scholars in the field Meticulously organized, with articles split into three clear sections, it is the ideal resource for students, researchers and professionals to find relevant information Contains concise and accessible chapters that are ideal as an authoritative introduction for non-specialists and readers from the undergraduate level upwards Includes multimedia options, such as hyperlinked references and further readings, cross-references and videos...

Author by : Susan M. Harnett
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Release Date : 2022-02-19
Publisher by : Rowman & Littlefield

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Description : This book delineates effective roles for librarians on Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) and provides guidance for librarians on how to serve on them....

Author by : Christoffer Johansen
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Release Date : 2018-06-29
Publisher by : Academic Press

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Description : A tremendous amount of research has been performed looking at the relationship between personality and disease. Research on this topic has been spread throughout scientific journals on psychology, behavioral health, psychoneuroimmunology, oncology, and epidemiology. Personality and Disease brings this research together in one place for the first time. With contributions from world experts, the book summarizes research findings on personality as it relates to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma and allergies, dementia, and more. Is there such a thing as a cancer- prone personality? Do sadness, anger, stress, or shyness affect the likelihood that we will fall ill to specific diseases? Can we protect ourselves from disease through a positive outlook? This book will address both what we know, and what we persist in believing despite evidence to the contrary, and why such beliefs persist in the face of evidence. Investigates whether and how personality affects disease generally Includes cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, allergies, and dementia Separates fact from fiction, evidence from beliefs Collates research from a wide variety of scientific domains Contains international perspectives from top scholars...

Author by : Scott A. Mogull
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Release Date : 2017-09-01
Publisher by : Routledge

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Description : Scientific and Medical Communication: A Guide for Effective Practice prepares readers to effectively communicate in professional scientific communities. The material in this book is firmly grounded in more than 500 published research findings and editorials by scientific writers, authors, and journal editors. Thus, this text provides the broadest and most comprehensive analysis of scientific writing. In addition, carefully selected and thoroughly annotated examples from the scientific and medical literature demonstrate the recommendations covered in the text. These real-world examples were carefully selected so that the scientific content can be understood by those without a detailed background in any particular scientific or medical field—thus clearly illustrating the content organization and writing style. This text will prepare individuals to write and edit scientific manuscripts, conference abstracts, posters, and press releases according to journal and professional standards. Readers will also learn to conduct effective searches of the scientific and medical literature, as well as proper citation practices....

Author by : Andrew Booth
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Release Date : 2016-05-28
Publisher by : SAGE

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Description : Showing you how to take a structured and organized approach to a wide range of literature review types, this book helps you to choose which approach is right for your research. Packed with constructive tools, examples, case studies and hands-on exercises, the book covers the full range of literature review techniques. New to This Edition: Full re-organization takes you step-by-step through the process from beginning to end New chapter showing you how to choose the right method for your project Practical guidance on integrating qualitative and quantitative data New coverage of rapid reviews Comprehensive inclusion of literature review tools, including concept analysis, scoping and mapping With an emphasis on the practical skills, this guide is essential for any student or researcher needing to get from first steps to a successful literature review....

Author by : U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Release Date : 2013-05-06
Publisher by : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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Description : Over the past decade, advances in the technologies used in medical devices have profoundly transformed clinical practice and patient management. According to a recent position paper, studies of medical devices typically do not address in sufficient detail study design features and factors that affect safety and effectiveness, including standardization of outcomes and endpoints, evaluation of device–operator interactions, and evaluation of characteristics of the clinical practice setting. The evaluation of medical devices poses a number of methodological challenges, and empirical research evaluating such devices has not been performed. The challenges in conducting assessments of medical devices are secondary to the rapid evolution of technology, practitioner input into design, operator learning curve, and variation in the skill with which they are used. These features can potentially impact study outcomes. Systematic reviews have an established role in medical practice and research. Clinicians use systematic reviews to keep abreast of current research and to provide information on the effectiveness of competing interventions. Agencies including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in the United States and the National Institute of Clinical Excellence in the United Kingdom use systematic reviews to prioritize funding or coverage decisions. Health care organizations use systematic reviews to shape policy and inform clinical practice guidelines. Despite there being many published systematic reviews of medical devices, no empirical evaluation of the reviews has been performed. A thorough empirical appraisal of systematic reviews is needed to critically assess current practices and identify issues and gaps in reporting. The information generated from an empirical appraisal of systematic reviews of medical devices could be used to develop new items in reporting guidelines and improve the conduct and the quality of reporting of systematic reviews of medical devices. The strength of systematic reviews and meta-analyses relies in part on the clarity of the reporting. Reporting standards may serve to improve the quality of systematic reviews and ultimately to benefit evidence-based patient management and treatment decisions. There have been attempts to improve the general quality of reporting of systematic reviews through guidelines. Current reviews indicate that adherence to existing systematic review reporting guidelines has generally been low in systematic reviews published in high-impact journals or leading medical journals. Existing systematic review reporting guidelines include the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines. While these represent consensus guidelines to improve the quality of reporting in systematic reviews in general, they do not provide guidance for reporting or analyses of variables unique to the field of medical devices. Standardized guidance for researchers conducting systematic reviews on device-related topics could benefit the users of these reviews. The following Key Questions were formulated in consultation with the TEP and AHRQ. For each of the proposed Key Questions, with input from the TEP, we operationalized our analysis by creating specific items that could be answered by the systematic reviews. 1. How are items such as literature searches, study selection, and results reported in published systematic reviews of implantable medical devices? 2. How do published systematic reviews of implantable medical devices report device- or operator-specific information? 3. How is the reporting of heterogeneity handled in published systematic reviews of implantable medical devices? 4. What are the limitations and issues related to reporting of the quality and generalizability in published systematic reviews of implantable medical devices?...

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Release Date : 1973
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Author by : Elizabeth Morrow
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Release Date : 2012-01-17
Publisher by : John Wiley & Sons

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Description : This book fills an important niche in the market providing practical expert advice on the involvement of service users - patients, carers and the public - in nursing and healthcare research. An invaluable guide for anyone working or involved in nursing and healthcare research, this book provides a step-by-step guide to the principles and process of involvement, including understanding the rationale for involvement, designing involvement, working with service users, and evaluating what has been achieved. With illustrations, worked examples and tool sheets throughout, this evidence-based guide uses real life examples from recent research studies in health and social care research, thus relating theory to practice in a meaningful way. The Handbook of Service User Involvement in Nursing & Healthcare Research introduces a wide range of key issues, including: Why? Why should researchers involve service users? How? How can researchers and service users work together successfully and productively? Who? Who chooses to become involved in research? How are issues of representation and diversity addressed? When? At what stage should service users be involved in the research process?...

Author by : Institute of Medicine
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Release Date : 2011-07-20
Publisher by : National Academies Press

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Description : Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research....