Clinical trials and systematic reviews addressing similar interventions for the same condition do not consider similar outcomes to be important: a case study in HIV/AIDS

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 84, Issue , 2017, Pages 85-94

  Saldanha, Ian J ^a   Li, Tianjing ^a   Yang, Cui ^a   Owczarzak, Jill ^a   Williamson, Paula R ^b   Dickersin, Kay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Core outcome sets; HIV AIDS; Outcome selection; Outcomes; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); HIV INFECTIONS; LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85016005077     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.02.005     Document Type: Article

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