Systematic Reviews in Health Research
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Verlag)
978-1-4051-6050-6 (ISBN)
In this Third Edition of the classic Systematic Reviews textbook, now titled Systematic Reviews in Health Research, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the rapidly evolving area of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. The book demonstrates why systematic reviews-when conducted properly-provide the highest quality evidence on clinical and public health interventions and shows how they contribute to inference in many other contexts. The new edition reflects the broad role of systematic reviews, including
Twelve new chapters, covering additional study designs, methods and software, for example, on genetic association studies, prediction models, prevalence studies, network and dose-response meta-analysis
Thorough update of 15 chapters focusing on systematic reviews of interventions.
Access to a companion website offering supplementary materials and practical exercises.
A key text for health researchers, Systematic Reviews in Health Research is also an indispensable resource for practitioners, students and instructors in the health sciences needing to understand research synthesis.
Professor Matthias Egger, Direktor / Head of Department, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne.
Professor Douglas Altman, Centre of Statistics and Medicine, University of Oxford.
Professor George Davey-Smith, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol.
Table of Contents.
Foreword.
Introduction.
General principles of systematic reviews.
1. Rationale, potentials, and promise of systematic reviews.
2. Principles of and procedures for systematic reviews.
3. Problems and limitations in conducting systematic reviews.
4. Going beyond the grand mean: subgroup analysis in meta-analysis.
5. Why and how sources of heterogeneity should be investigated.
6. Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases.
7. Obtaining individual participant data.
Systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials.
8. Identifying randomised trials.
9. Systematic reviews of randomised trials - general issues.
10. Systematic reviews of randomised trials extensions.
11. Assessing the quality of randomised controlled trials.
Systematic reviews of other types of study.
12. Systematic reviews of observational studies.
13. Systematic reviews of evaluations of prognostic variables.
14. Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests studies.
15. Systematic reviews of genetic epidemiology studies.
Statistical methods and computer software.
16. Statistical methods for examining heterogeneity and combining results from several studies in meta-analysis.
17. Effect measures for meta-analysis of trials with binary outcomes.
18. Meta-analysis software.
19. Meta-analysis in StataTM.
Large-scale initiatives.
20. The Cochrane Collaboration.
21. The Campbell Collaboration.
22. HUGE.
Using systematic reviews.
23. Using systematic reviews.
Improving and developing systematic reviews.
24. The importance of complete and accurate reporting of research
CONSORT, STARD, STROBE.
25. Reporting systematic reviews
The revised QUOROM Statement.
26. Updating systematic reviews.
27. The importance of improving access to research registration, protocols, and data
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.7.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Chicester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1398 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-6050-0 / 1405160500 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-6050-6 / 9781405160506 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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