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Writing to authors of systematic reviews elicited further data in 17% of cases

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: EDITOR—Roberts and Schierhout have emphasised the importance of writing letters to authors of trials in order to locate additional references for systematic reviews.1 We have recently completed nine reviews related to the treatment of tardive dyskinesia, which are available in the Cochrane Library. We identified 49 trials that had data suitable for our reviews, and a further 72 trials that still require either clarification of design issues or extraction of data on the prespecified outcomes. Altogether …

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7131.631a

Authors: J McGrath, G Davies, K Soares

Institutions: Park Centre for Mental Health, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Language: English

Topic: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1992055051

FWCI: 1.94

Cites: 1

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10