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2013
Scott, S. D., Johnson, D. W., Klassen, T. P., Bishop, T., Hartling, L.
Introduction Stories may be an effective tool to communicate with patients because of their ability to engage the reader. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of story booklets compared to standard information sheets for parents of children attending the emergency department (ED) with...
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A descriptive analysis of a representative sample of pediatric randomized controlled trials published in 2007
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Hamm, Michele, Vandermeer, Ben, Thomson, Denise, Milne, Andrea, Tjosvold, Lisa, Klassen, Terry P., Curtis, Sarah, Hartling, Lisa
BACKGROUND: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for trials assessing the effects of therapeutic interventions; therefore it is important to understand how they are conducted. Our objectives were to provide an overview of a representative sample of pediatric RCTs published in...
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A descriptive analysis of child-relevant systematic reviews in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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Hartling, Lisa, Chisholm, Annabritt, Moher, David, Bow, Simon, Klassen, Terry P., Thomson, Denise, Tjosvold, Lisa, Klassen, Jeffrey
Background: Systematic reviews (SRs) are considered an important tool for decision-making. There has been no recent comprehensive identification or description of child-relevant SRs. A description of existing child-relevant SRs would help to identify the extent of available child-relevant...
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2012
Thomson, D., Chisholm, A., Hartling, L., Dryden, D. M.
Background: Overviews of systematic reviews compile data from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) and are a new method of evidence synthesis. Objectives: To describe the methodological approaches in overviews of interventions. Design: Descriptive study. Methods: We searched 4 databases from 2000 to...
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2014
Hamm, M. P., Shulhan, J., Milne, A., Williams, G., Scott, S. D., Hartling, L.
Background: Social media use is highly prevalent among children, youth, and their caregivers, and its use in healthcare is being explored. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review to determine: 1) for what purposes social media is being used in child health and its...
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Children are not just small adults: the urgent need for high-quality trial evidence in children.
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Offringa, M., Hartling, L., Craig, J. C., Klassen, T. P.
Children are often touted as being very important members of society because they represent our future. Optimizing their health outcomes has the potential for a huge impact on public health because children are at an early stage in the life trajectory. But it is often unclear how society...
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2005
Swingler, G., Williams, K., Hartling, L., Moyer, V., Cramer, K., Klassen, T. P., Wiebe, N.
Background The delivery of optimal medical care to children is dependent on the availability of child relevant research. Our objectives were to: i) systematically review and describe how children are handled in reviews of drug interventions published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews...
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Controlled trials in children: quantity, methodological quality and descriptive characteristics of pediatric controlled trials published 1948-2006.
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Tjosvold, L., Thomson, D., Vandermeer, B., Klassen, T. P., Cohen, E., Hartling, L.
Background The objective of this study was to describe randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials (CCTs) in child health published between 1948 and 2006, in terms of quantity, methodological quality, and publication and trial characteristics. We used the Trials Register...
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2012
Small, S.P., Neufeld, A., Kushner, K.E.
The purpose of this study was to understand parental approach to the topic of smoking with school-age preadolescent children. In-depth interviews were conducted with 38 parents and yielded a grounded theory that explains how parents communicated with their children about smoking. Parents...
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Diagnosing Clinically Significant Dehydration in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Using Noninvasive Methods: A Meta-Analysis
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Milne, Andrea, Hartling, Lisa, Vandermeer, Ben, Freedman, Stephen B.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the most accurate, noninvasive method of assessing dehydration. STUDY DESIGN: The following data sources were searched: electronic databases, gray literature, scientific meetings, reference lists, and authors of unpublished studies. Eligible studies were comparative...