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Quantifying bias in randomized controlled trials in child health: a meta-epidemiological study.
Download2014
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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Steroids and bronchodilators for acute bronchiolitis in the first two years of life: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Download2011
Bialy, L., Klassen, T. P., Hartling, L., Vandermeer, B., Johnson, D., Milne, A., Plint, A., Fernandes, R. M.
Objective To evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety of bronchodilators and steroids, alone or combined, for the acute management of bronchiolitis in children aged less than 2 years. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline, Embase, Central, Scopus, PubMed, LILACS,...
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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.
Download2010
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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2012
O'Leary, K., Hartling, L., Kovacs Burns, K., Scott, S., Thompson, D., Newton, A.S., Ball, G.D.C., Hofmeyer, A., Albrecht, L., Jones, C.A., Dryden, D.M., Klassen, T.P.
Background: Knowledge translation (KT) aims to close the research-practice gap in order to realize and maximize the benefits of research within the practice setting. Previous studies have investigated KT strategies in nursing and medicine; however, the present study is the first systematic review...
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Which resources should be used to identify RCT/CCTs for systematic reviews: a systematic review.
Download2005
Cramer, K., Hartling, L., Wiebe, N., Klassen, T. P., Crumley, E. T.
Background Systematic reviewers seek to comprehensively search for relevant studies and summarize these to present the most valid estimate of intervention effectiveness. The more resources searched, the higher the yield, and thus time and costs required to conduct a systematic review. While there...