Twenty years of network meta-analysis: Continuing controversies and recent developments [0.03%]
二十年的网络元分析：持续的争议和最近的发展
A E Ades,Nicky J Welton,Sofia Dias et al.
A E Ades et al.
Network meta-analysis (NMA) is an extension of pairwise meta-analysis (PMA) which combines evidence from trials on multiple treatments in connected networks. NMA delivers internally consistent estimates of relative treatment efficacy, neede...
Appropriateness of conducting and reporting random-effects meta-analysis in oncology [0.03%]
肿瘤学中进行和报告随机效应荟萃分析的合理性
Jinma Ren,Jia Ma,Joseph C Cappelleri
Jinma Ren
A random-effects model is often applied in meta-analysis when considerable heterogeneity among studies is observed due to the differences in patient characteristics, timeframe, treatment regimens, and other study characteristics. Since 2014...
Using qualitative comparative analysis as a mixed methods synthesis in systematic mixed studies reviews: Guidance and a worked example [0.03%]
在系统混合研究评论中将定性比较分析作为一种混合方法综合：指导和实例分析
Reem El Sherif,Pierre Pluye,Quan Nha Hong et al.
Reem El Sherif et al.
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a hybrid method designed to bridge the gap between qualitative and quantitative research in a case-sensitive approach that considers each case holistically as a complex configuration of conditions a...
Comparative Study
Research synthesis methods. 2024 May;15(3):450-465. DOI:10.1002/jrsm.1698 2024
Enhancing recall in automated record screening: A resampling algorithm [0.03%]
自动记录筛选中召回率的提升：一种重采样算法
Zhipeng Hou,Elizabeth Tipton
Zhipeng Hou
Literature screening is the process of identifying all relevant records from a pool of candidate paper records in systematic review, meta-analysis, and other research synthesis tasks. This process is time consuming, expensive, and prone to ...
Hanan Khalil,Fiona Campbell,Katrina Danial et al.
Hanan Khalil et al.
This scoping review aims to identify and systematically review published mapping reviews to assess their commonality and heterogeneity and determine whether additional efforts should be made to standardise methodology and reporting. The fol...
Sanghyun Hong,W Robert Reed
Sanghyun Hong
This study builds on the simulation framework of a recent paper by Stanley and Doucouliagos (Research Synthesis Methods 2023;14;515-519). S&D use simulations to make the argument that meta-analyses using partial correlation coefficients (PC...
Meta-Analysis
Research synthesis methods. 2024 Mar;15(2):303-312. DOI:10.1002/jrsm.1697 2024
Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis with empirical heterogeneity priors for application in health technology assessment with very few studies [0.03%]
贝叶斯随机效应元分析在非常少研究的健康技术评估中的应用及经验异质性先验量的使用
Jona Lilienthal,Sibylle Sturtz,Christoph Schürmann et al.
Jona Lilienthal et al.
In Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis, the use of weakly informative prior distributions is of particular benefit in cases where only a few studies are included, a situation often encountered in health technology assessment (HTA). Sugges...
Meta-Analysis
Research synthesis methods. 2024 Mar;15(2):275-287. DOI:10.1002/jrsm.1685 2024
Consensus on the definition and assessment of external validity of randomized controlled trials: A Delphi study [0.03%]
论随机对照试验效果外推性定义及评价的共识-一项德尔菲研究
Andres Jung,Tobias Braun,Susan Armijo-Olivo et al.
Andres Jung et al.
External validity is an important parameter that needs to be considered for decision making in health research, but no widely accepted measurement tool for the assessment of external validity of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exists. O...
Automated data analysis of unstructured grey literature in health research: A mapping review [0.03%]
健康研究中灰色文献的自动化数据分析：系统评价式审查
Lena Schmidt,Saleh Mohamed,Nick Meader et al.
Lena Schmidt et al.
The amount of grey literature and 'softer' intelligence from social media or websites is vast. Given the long lead-times of producing high-quality peer-reviewed health information, this is causing a demand for new ways to provide prompt inp...
Assessment of temporal instability in the applied ecology and conservation evidence base [0.03%]
评价应用生态学与保护证据基础的时效性不稳定因素
Elizabeth Brisco,Elena Kulinskaya,Julia Koricheva
Elizabeth Brisco
Outcomes of meta-analyses are increasingly used to inform evidence-based decision making in various research fields. However, a number of recent studies have reported rapid temporal changes in magnitude and significance of the reported effe...