Meta-Research: Methods and Protocols

ISBN-13: 9781071615683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021

Evangelou, Evangelos

Opis

This volume presents state-of-the art design, analysis and integration approaches for biomedical data including novel statistical models for a comprehensive and powerful synthesis and assessment of scientific evidence. Chapters detail principles of systematic reviews, semi-automated tools for systematic searches, fixed- and random-effects meta-analytical models, living systematic reviews, meta-analysis of genetic studies, meta-analysis of pragmatic and explanatory trials, network meta-analysis, and other modern approaches for data synthesis. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and cutting-edge, the Meta- Research: Methods and Protocols book, written by global experts, will introduce the reader in a step-by-step process to the methods of the vital and highly promising field of evidence synthesis.

Spis treści

1. Principles of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Rebecca L. Morgan and Ivan D. Florez

 

2. Semi-automated Tools for Systematic Searches

Gaelen P. Adam, Byron C. Wallace, and Thomas A. Trikalinos

 

3. Fixed- and Random-effects Models

Steve Kanters

 

4. Assessing Heterogeneity in Random-Effects Meta-Analysis

Dean Langan

 

5. Performing Meta-Analyses with Very Few Studies

Anke Schulz, Christoph Schürmann, Guido Skipka, Ralf Bender

 

6. Systematic vs Rapid vs Scoping Reviews

Zachary Bouck, Sharon E. Straus, and Andrea C. Tricco

 

7. Living Systematic Reviews Mark Simmonds, Julian H Elliott, Anneliese Synnot, and Tari Turner

 

8. Umbrella Reviews: What They Are and Why We Need Them

Stefania I Papatheodorou and Evangelos Evangelou

 

9. Meta-analysis of Genetics Studies: Assessing Common and Rare Variation

Evangelos Evangelou

 

10. Meta-analysis of Pragmatic and Explanatory Trials

Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Theresa Aves

 

11. Meta-analysis of Proportions

Guido Schwarzer and Gerta Rücker

 

12. Meta-Analysis Methods of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies

Niki Dimou and Pantelis Bagos

 

13.Network Meta-Anaylsis

Jennifer Watt and Cinzia Del Giovane

 

14. Contrast-based and Arm-Based Models for Network Meta-Analysis

Amalia Karahalios, Joanne E. McKenzie, and Ian R. White

 

15. Software to Conduct a Meta-Analysis and Network Meta-Analysis

Caitlin Daly and Charlene Soobiah

 

16. Modelling Multicomponent Interventions in Network Meta-analysis

Areti Angeliki Veroniki, George Seitidis, Stavros Nikolakopoulos, Marta Ballester, Jessica Beltran, Monique Heijmans, and Dimitris Mavridis

 

17. Practical Considerations and Challenges when Conducting an Individual Participant Data(IPD) Meta-Analysis

Sarah J Nevitt and Catrin Tudur Smith

 

18. Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis and Network Meta-Analysis

Suzanne C Freeman

 

19. Challenges in Comparative Meta-Analysis of the Accuracy of Multiple Diagnostic Tests

Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Sofia Tsokani, Gerta Rücker, Dimitris Mavridis, and Yemisi Takwoingi

Blurb

This volume presents state-of-the art design, analysis and integration approaches for biomedical data including novel statistical models for a comprehensive and powerful synthesis and assessment of scientific evidence. Chapters detail principles of systematic reviews, semi-automated tools for systematic searches, fixed- and random-effects meta-analytical models, living systematic reviews, meta-analysis of genetic studies, meta-analysis of pragmatic and explanatory trials, network meta-analysis, and other modern approaches for data synthesis. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

 

Authoritative and cutting-edge, Meta- Research: Methods and Protocols book, written by global experts, will introduce the reader in a step-by-step process to the methods of the vital and highly promising field of evidence synthesis.