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Primary Outcomes Reporting in Trials (PORTal): a systematic review of inadequate reporting in pediatric randomized controlled trials
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Adams, Denise, Terwee, Caroline B., Hansraj, Namrata, Hartling, Lisa, Vohra, Sunita, Bhaloo, Zafira, Liu, Yali
Objective: Conduct a systematic review of pediatric randomized controlled trials published in high impact journals to assess the reporting of primary outcomes and the psychometric properties of their measures. Study Design and Setting: Systematic review with screening and simultaneous data...
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Quantifying bias in randomized controlled trials in child health: a meta-epidemiological study.
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Hartling, L., Vandermeer, B., Dryden, D. M., Fernandes, R. M., Hamm, M. P.
Objective: To quantify bias related to specific methodological characteristics in child-relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Design: Meta-epidemiological study. Data Sources: We identified systematic reviews containing a meta-analysis with 10–40 RCTs that were relevant to child health in...
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Risk factors for loss to follow-up among chidren and young adults with congenital heart disease
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Nicholas, D., Mackie, A.S., Rempel, G., Magill-Evans, J., Rankin, K.
Objective: To identify risk factors for loss to cardiology follow-up among children and young adults with congenital heart disease. Methods: We used a matched case-control design. Cases were born before January, 2001 with moderate or complex congenital heart disease and were previously followed...
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Skills and attributes required by clinical nurse specialists to promote evidence-based practice.
Skills and attributes required by clinical nurse specialists to promote evidence-based practice.
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Profetto-McGrath, J., Campbell, T. D.
Purpose/Objectives: The purposes of this article were to describe the challenges that clinical nurse specialists (CNS) face in their role and to examine how CNSs describe the skills and attributes that are needed to promote the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in their workplaces. This...
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Storytelling as a communication tool for health consumers: development of an intervention for parents of children with croup. Stories to communicate health information.
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Hartling, L., Johnson, D., Scott, S. D., Bishop, T., Klassen, T. P., Pandya, R.
BACKGROUND: Stories may be an effective tool to communicate with and influence patients because of their ability to engage the reader. The objective of this paper is to describe the development of a story-based intervention for delivery of health evidence to parents of children with croup for use...
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Systematic Review of Knowledge Translation Strategies to Promote Research Uptake in Child Health Settings
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Snelgrove-Clarke, Ema, Archibald, Mandy, Albrecht, Lauren, Scott, Shannon D.
Background: Strategies to assist evidence-based decision-making for healthcare professionals are crucial to ensure high quality patient care and outcomes. The goal of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize the evidence on knowledge translation interventions aimed at putting...
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Treatment in the pediatric emergency department is evidence based: a retrospective analysis.
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Wiebe, N., Waters, K. L., Cramer, K., Klassen, T. P., Hartling, L.
Background Our goal was to quantify the evidence that is available to the physicians of a pediatric emergency department (PED) in making treatment decisions. Further, we wished to ascertain what percentage of evidence for treatment provided in the PED comes from pediatric studies. Methods We...
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Utilization of national clinical practice guidelines: A survey of Canadian pediatric physicians
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Robinson Joan, Nicholson Katharine, Vandermeer Ben, Kumar Manoj, Nasir Fareeha
Background: It is not clear how physicians currently use clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). Objectives: The objective was to describe how Canadian pediatric residents and pediatricians use CPGs and to identify barriers to CPG use. Methods: Pediatric emergency physicians and general...
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Women's and care providers' perspectives of quality prenatal care: a qualitative descriptive study
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Kingston, D., Tough, S., Janssen, P.A., Brooks, S., Sword, W., Young, D., Heaman, M.I., Hutton, E., Akhtar-Danesh, N., Helewa, M.E.
Background: Much attention has been given to the adequacy of prenatal care use in promoting healthy outcomes for women and their infants. Adequacy of use takes into account the timing of initiation of prenatal care and the number of visits. However, there is emerging evidence that the quality of...