Summaries of findings, descriptions of interventions, and information about adverse effects would make reviews more informative

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 770-778

  Glenton, Claire ^a   Underland, Vigdis ^a   Kho, Michelle ^b   Pennick, Victoria ^c   Oxman, Andrew D ^a  

^a Norwegian Health Services Research Centre   (Norway)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge translation; Patient information; Patient centred research; Research quality; Risk communication; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646554601     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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