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Konstantinos I. Bougioukas; Paschalis Karakasis; Konstantinos Pamporis; Emmanouil Bouras; Anna-Bettina Haidich – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Systematic reviews (SRs) have an important role in the healthcare decision-making practice. Assessing the overall confidence in the results of SRs using quality assessment tools, such as "A MeaSurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews 2" (AMSTAR 2), is crucial since not all SRs are conducted using the most rigorous methods. In this…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Research Methodology, Decision Making, Medical Research
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Kahwati, Leila C.; Kelly, Bridget J.; Johnson, Mihaela; Clark, Rachel T.; Viswanathan, Meera – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Background: Enhanced uptake of systematic reviews that use qualitative comparative analyses (QCA) requires knowing how end-users interpret such findings. The study purpose was to identify effective approaches to communicating results from a QCA within a systematic review. Methods: Sequential exploratory mixed methods design; thematic analysis of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mixed Methods Research, Comparative Analysis, Interviews
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Veroniki, Areti Angeliki; Pavlides, Marios; Patsopoulos, Nikolaos A.; Salanti, Georgia – Research Synthesis Methods, 2013
A problem that is frequently encountered during the systematic review process is when studies that meet the inclusion criteria do not provide the appropriate numerical estimates to include in a meta-analysis. For dichotomous outcomes, a method has been suggested by Di Pietrantonj for reconstructing the 2 × 2 table when the Odds Ratio…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Tables (Data), Statistical Analysis, Error of Measurement