Browsing Artikler fra Kunnskapssenteret by Subject "Evidence-Based Medicine"
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Effectiveness of telemedicine: a systematic review of reviews.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-11)OBJECTIVES: To conduct a review of reviews on the impacts and costs of telemedicine services. METHODS: A review of systematic reviews of telemedicine interventions was conducted. Interventions included all e-health ... -
Evidence-informed health policy 1 - Synthesis of findings from a multi-method study of organizations that support the use of research evidence.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-12-17)ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Organizations have been established in many countries and internationally to support the use of research evidence by producing clinical practice guidelines, undertaking health technology assessments, ... -
Evidence-informed health policy 2 - Survey of organizations that support the use of research evidence.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Previous surveys of organizations that support the development of evidence-informed health policies have focused on organizations that produce clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) or undertake health ... -
Evidence-informed health policy 3 - Interviews with the directors of organizations that support the use of research evidence.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-12-17)ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Only a small number of previous efforts to describe the experiences of organizations that produce clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), undertake health technology assessments (HTAs), or directly support ... -
Evidence-informed health policy 4 - Case descriptions of organizations that support the use of research evidence.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-12-17)ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Previous efforts to produce case descriptions have typically not focused on the organizations that produce research evidence and support its use. External evaluations of such organizations have typically ... -
Factors influencing the utilization of research findings by health policy-makers in a developing country: the selection of Mali's essential medicines.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-03-05)BACKGROUND: Research findings are increasingly being recognized as an important input in the formation of health policy. There is concern that research findings are not being utilized by health policy-makers to the extent ... -
GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.
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Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004-06-19)Users of clinical practice guidelines and other recommendations need to know how much confidence they can place in the recommendations. Systematic and explicit methods of making judgments can reduce errors and improve ... -
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 10. Integrating values and consumer involvement.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12-05)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best ... -
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 12. Incorporating considerations of equity.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12-05)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best ... -
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 13. Applicability, transferability and adaptation.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12-08)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best ... -
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 14. Reporting guidelines.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12-08)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best ... -
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 15. Disseminating and implementing guidelines.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12-08)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best ... -
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 8. Synthesis and presentation of evidence.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12-05)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best ... -
Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 9. Grading evidence and recommendations.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12-05)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO), like many other organisations around the world, has recognised the need to use more rigorous processes to ensure that health care recommendations are informed by the best ... -
Measuring physiotherapy performance in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: a prospective study.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-07-08)ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Patients with knee osteoarthritis [OA] are commonly treated by physiotherapists in primary care. Measuring physiotherapy performance is important before developing strategies to improve quality of ... -
Norwegian physicians' knowledge of and opinions about evidence-based medicine: cross-sectional study.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-11-13)To answer five research questions: Do Norwegian physicians know about the three important aspects of EBM? Do they use EBM methods in their clinical practice? What are their attitudes towards EBM? Has EBM in their opinion ... -
Summary-of-findings tables in Cochrane reviews improved understanding and rapid retrieval of key information.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-06)OBJECTIVE: To measure the effects of a summary-of-findings (SoF) table on user satisfaction, understanding, and time spent finding key results in a Cochrane review. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We randomized participants in ... -
Symbols were superior to numbers for presenting strength of recommendations to health care consumers: a randomized trial.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-12)OBJECTIVE: To compare health care consumers' understanding, evaluations, and preferences for symbols vs. numbers and letters for the representation of strength of recommendations (SOR) and quality of evidence (QOE). STUDY ... -
Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004-12-22)BACKGROUND: A number of approaches have been used to grade levels of evidence and the strength of recommendations. The use of many different approaches detracts from one of the main reasons for having explicit approaches: ...