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Kahwati, Leila C.; Kelly, Bridget J.; Johnson, Mihaela; Clark, Rachel T.; Viswanathan, Meera – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Background: Enhanced uptake of systematic reviews that use qualitative comparative analyses (QCA) requires knowing how end-users interpret such findings. The study purpose was to identify effective approaches to communicating results from a QCA within a systematic review. Methods: Sequential exploratory mixed methods design; thematic analysis of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mixed Methods Research, Comparative Analysis, Interviews
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Papadimitropoulou, Katerina; Stijnen, Theo; Riley, Richard D.; Dekkers, Olaf M.; Cessie, Saskia – Research Synthesis Methods, 2020
Meta-analysis of individual participant data (IPD) is considered the "gold-standard" for synthesizing clinical study evidence. However, gaining access to IPD can be a laborious task (if possible at all) and in practice only summary (aggregate) data are commonly available. In this work we focus on meta-analytic approaches of comparative…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Correlation, Scores, Outcomes of Treatment
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Wang, Qianying; Liao, Jing; Lapata, Mirella; Macleod, Malcolm – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
We sought to apply natural language processing to the task of automatic risk of bias assessment in preclinical literature, which could speed the process of systematic review, provide information to guide research improvement activity, and support translation from preclinical to clinical research. We use 7840 full-text publications describing…
Descriptors: Risk, Natural Language Processing, Medical Research, Networks