Comparison between the standard and a new alternative format of the Summary-of-Findings tables in Cochrane review users: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Carrasco Labra, Alonso ^a,b   Brignardello Petersen, Romina ^b,c   Santesso, Nancy ^a   Neumann, Ignacio ^d   Mustafa, Reem A ^a,e   Mbuagbaw, Lawrence ^a   Ikobaltzeta, Itziar Etxeandia ^f   De Stio, Catherine ^g   McCullagh, Lauren J ^g   Alonso Coello, Pablo ^a,h   Meerpohl, Joerg J ⁱ   Vandvik, Per Olav ^j   Brozek, Jan L ^a   Akl, Elie A ^a,k   Bossuyt, Patrick ^l   Churchill, Rachel ^m   Glenton, Claire ^n,o   Rosenbaum, Sarah ^n,o   Tugwell, Peter ^p   Welch, Vivian ^q   Guyatt, Gordon ^a   Schünemann, Holger ^a   more..

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f Ministry for Health Basque Government OSTEBA Basque Office for Health Technology Assessment   (Spain)

^g DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^h CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^k AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Norwegian branch of the Nordic Cochrane Centre   (Norway)

^o Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services   (Norway)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Evidence summary; GRADE approach; Knowledge translation; Summary of Findings table; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LITERATURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPREHENSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928622683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0649-6     Document Type: Article

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