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Peggy Edwards - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Andreas Laupacis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Cochrane Collaboration – how is it progressing?
    Statistics in medicine, 2002
    Co-Authors: Andreas Laupacis
    Abstract:

    During the last seven years, the Cochrane Collaboration has rapidly developed into an important international organization, producing high quality systematic reviews of randomized trials. Challenges, which it will likely meet, include maintaining the quality of the reviews, ensuring that reviews are done of the most common therapies for important diseases, securing stable funding, and making the format of the reviews more accessible for the average clinician.

  • the Cochrane Collaboration how is it progressing
    Statistics in Medicine, 2002
    Co-Authors: Andreas Laupacis
    Abstract:

    During the last seven years, the Cochrane Collaboration has rapidly developed into an important international organization, producing high quality systematic reviews of randomized trials. Challenges, which it will likely meet, include maintaining the quality of the reviews, ensuring that reviews are done of the most common therapies for important diseases, securing stable funding, and making the format of the reviews more accessible for the average clinician.

Prathap Tharyan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • International activity in the Cochrane Collaboration with particular reference to India.
    The National medical journal of India, 2007
    Co-Authors: Claire Allen, Mike Clarke, Prathap Tharyan
    Abstract:

    The Cochrane Collaboration is the world’s largest organization dedicated to preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions. It is an international organization with participants in more than 100 countries. Since the year 2000, a periodic audit has been done to count the number of active members in Cochrane Review Groups, categorized by the countries in which these people are based. At the beginning of 2007, there were more than 15 800 people involved, an increase from about 5500 in 2000. The South Asian Cochrane Network was formed in 2005 to raise awareness about the Cochrane Collaboration and evidence-based practice in South Asia, support review authors and contributors from countries within the region, promote access to The Cochrane Library and advocate high quality research in South Asia. The growth of activity in India has been dramatic, particularly authors of Cochrane reviews and protocols—from just 19 (with 11 authors) in 2000 to 126 (with 78 authors) in 2007. Increasing the uptake of relevant and reliable evidence in healthcare decisions in India and the South Asian region forms the core of the network’s strategic plan. The continued growth of contributors from India and South Asia will help ensure that decisions regarding healthcare in the region are informed by reliable and relevant evidence. Natl Med J India 2007;20:250–5 BACKGROUND The Cochrane Collaboration (www.Cochrane.org) is an international, independent and non-profit organization established in 1993 that has become internationally renowned for striving to improve healthcare for the world’s population. It does this by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions. Systematic reviews are a key component in the evidence base for healthcare and are vital to making the vast amount of healthcare research manageable and available for decision-makers. During the past 14 years, more than 3200 full Cochrane reviews have been prepared, protocols are available for 1700 more, and many hundreds more are at earlier stages of development. This paper describes a periodic audit of the number of active members in Cochrane Review Groups, which are responsible for these Cochrane reviews, with a particular emphasis on activity in India. We show how The Cochrane Collaboration grew from about 5500 people in 64 countries in the year 2000 to more than 15 000 people in over 100 countries by 2007; and how the number of participants in India rose from 19 to 126 over the same period. (Additional information for other countries is available at http://www.Cochrane.org/docs/contributorsbycountry.htm. ) We also detail the activities of the South Asian Cochrane Network (SACN) and its role in improving healthcare in India and the South Asian region.

  • The relevance to meta-analysis, systematic reviews and the Cochrane Collaboration to clinical psychiatry.
    Indian journal of psychiatry, 1998
    Co-Authors: Prathap Tharyan
    Abstract:

    Traditional review articles provide clinicians with syntheses of the medical literature but are criticised as being haphazard in their methodology and biased in their conclusions. Systematic reviews use rigorous methods to minimise bias and statistical methods to synthesise results (meta-analysis) that increase power and precision. They permit investigation of generalisability and consistency, improve transparency of methodology, and enhance reproducibility. This article examines the science of systematic reviews and meta-analysis and their relevance to clinical psychiatry. It evaluates the potential errors and sources of bias of meta-analysis, and offers guidelines for evaluation of systematic reviews. It highlights the efforts of the Cochrane Collaboration which is an international organisation involved in preparing, maintaining and disseminating highly structured, frequently updated, and good quality systematic reviews of the effects of interventions in all aspects of health care.

Douglas G. Altman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Meta-analysis and The Cochrane Collaboration: 20 years of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group
    Systematic reviews, 2013
    Co-Authors: Joanne E. Mckenzie, Georgia Salanti, Steff Lewis, Douglas G. Altman
    Abstract:

    The Statistical Methods Group has played a pivotal role in The Cochrane Collaboration over the past 20 years. The Statistical Methods Group has determined the direction of statistical methods used within Cochrane reviews, developed guidance for these methods, provided training, and continued to discuss and consider new and controversial issues in meta-analysis. The contribution of Statistical Methods Group members to the meta-analysis literature has been extensive and has helped to shape the wider meta-analysis landscape. In this paper, marking the 20th anniversary of The Cochrane Collaboration, we reflect on the history of the Statistical Methods Group, beginning in 1993 with the identification of aspects of statistical synthesis for which consensus was lacking about the best approach. We highlight some landmark methodological developments that Statistical Methods Group members have contributed to in the field of meta-analysis. We discuss how the Group implements and disseminates statistical methods within The Cochrane Collaboration. Finally, we consider the importance of robust statistical methodology for Cochrane systematic reviews, note research gaps, and reflect on the challenges that the Statistical Methods Group faces in its future direction.

Jos Verbeek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the occupational health field in the Cochrane Collaboration
    Industrial Health, 2007
    Co-Authors: Jos Verbeek
    Abstract:

    It is the aim of the Cochrane Collaboration to gather, summarise and disseminate evidence of health care interventions. Recently, the Occupational Health Field has started to do so for occupational health interventions. In this article we would like to describe the organisation and the methods used by the Field. First, the use of research information to improve the quality of occupational health practice is explained. Next, the process and contents of Cochrane Reviews are described. The pros and cons of Cochrane Reviews are listed and what occupational health practitioners can learn from it. There is a great variety of occupational health interventions that requires flexibility in which research design to use. The Occupational Health Field will enhance our understanding of the effectiveness of occupational health interventions in the coming years.