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Using different statistical formats for presenting health information

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006776Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 17 October 2007see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Protocol
Cochrane Editorial Group:

  1. Cochrane Consumers and Communication Group

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  1. Copyright © 2010 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Elie A Akl

    Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

  • Andrew D Oxman

    Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services, Oslo, Norway

  • Jeph Herrin

    Charlottesville, USA

  • Gunn Elisabeth Vist

    Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

  • Cecilia Costiniuk

    Department of Internal Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital‐General Campus, Ottawa, Canada

  • Diana Blank

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  • Holger Schünemann

    Correspondence to: INFORMA/CLARITY Research/Department of Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

    [email protected]

    [email protected]

Contributions of authors

EAA: study conception and design, screening, data extraction, data analysis and interpretation.
ADO: study conception and design, data analysis and interpretation.
JH: study conception and design, data extraction data analysis and interpretation.
GV: screening, data extraction, data analysis and interpretation.
CC: screening, data extraction.
DB: screening, data extraction.
HJS: study conception and design, screening, data extraction, data analysis and interpretation.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Italian National Cancer Institute, Regina Elena, Rome, Italy.

  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway.

  • State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.

External sources

  • Norwegian Research Council, Norway.

Declarations of interest

None known.

Version history

Published

Title

Stage

Authors

Version

2011 Mar 16

Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions

Review

Elie A Akl, Andrew D Oxman, Jeph Herrin, Gunn E Vist, Irene Terrenato, Francesca Sperati, Cecilia Costiniuk, Diana Blank, Holger Schünemann

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006776.pub2

2007 Oct 17

Using different statistical formats for presenting health information

Protocol

Elie A Akl, Andrew D Oxman, Jeph Herrin, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Cecilia Costiniuk, Diana Blank, Holger Schünemann

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006776

Keywords

MeSH

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Keywords

Medical Subject Headings Check Words

Humans;

Table 1. Search strategies for identification of studies

Database

Search strategy

MEDLINE (starting January 1966)

1‐randomized controlled trial.pt.
2‐controlled clinical trial.pt.
3‐((random$ or control$) adj5 trial$).mp.
4‐((random$ or control$) adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).mp.
5‐cross?section$.mp.
6‐(cross$ adj section$ adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).mp.
7‐(random$ adj allocat$).mp.
8‐randomized controlled trials/
9‐controlled clinical trials/
10‐cross‐sectional studies/
11‐random$.ti,ab.
12‐1 or 2 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11
13‐*Risk/
14‐exp communication barriers/
15‐exp probability learning/
16‐(fram$ adj4 effect$).mp.
17‐(communicat$ adj5 risk$).mp.
18‐((quantit$ or amount) adj2 information).mp.
19‐((way$ or method$ or manner) adj2 (present$ or interpret$ or report$) adj3 (evidence or information or data or results)).mp.
20‐health education.mp.
21‐patient education.mp.
22‐graphic$.mp.
23‐(information$ adj5 display).mp.
24‐(risk adj5 presentation).mp.
25‐13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21or 22.mp. or 23 or 24
26‐12 and 25

EMBASE (starting January 1980)

1‐randomized controlled trial.pt.
2‐controlled clinical trial.pt.
3‐((random$ or control$) adj5 trial$).mp.
4‐((random$ or control$) adj5 (trial$ or stud$)).mp.
5‐cross?section$.mp.
6‐(cross$ adj section$ adj3 (trial$ or stud$)).mp.
7‐(random$ adj allocat$).mp.
8‐randomized controlled trials/
9‐controlled clinical trials/
10‐cross‐sectional studies/
11‐random$.ti,ab.
12‐1 or 2 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11
13‐*Risk/
14‐exp communication barriers/
15‐exp probability learning/
16‐(fram$ adj4 effect$).mp.
17‐(communicat$ adj5 risk$).mp.
18‐((quantit$ or amount) adj2 information).mp.
19‐((way$ or method$ or manner) adj2 (present$ or interpret$ or report$) adj3 (evidence or information or data or results)).mp.
20‐health education.mp.
21‐patient education.mp.
22‐graphic$.mp.
23‐(information$ adj5 display).mp.
24‐(risk adj5 presentation).mp.
25‐13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21or 22.mp. or 23 or 24
26‐12 and 25

PsycINFO (starting January 1887)

1‐randomi#ed controlled trial$.tw.
2‐((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj3 (blind$ or mask$)).tw.
3‐placebo/
4‐placebo$.tw.
5‐random$.tw.
6‐comparative studies$.tw.
7‐(clin$ adj3 trial$).tw.
8‐1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7

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Table 1. Search strategies for identification of studies
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