Bert Maerten

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How to get a 'risk of bias summary' to display 'unclear' risks in RevMan 5.3?

This is a practical question about the risk of bias summary in RevMan 5.3: When I make a RoB summary, it only shows the '+' and '-'. Where the RoB is unclear, the box is empty, whereas it should...

22 April 2017 7,268 19 View

How to rate the quality of evidence (GRADE-approach) for outcomes with a non-significant result?

I am working on a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs and I am wondering if there is a different approach for rating the quality of the evidence if the difference is statistically...

05 December 2016 7,907 2 View

Shoud you included risks of bias towards the null in the Cochrane RoB analysis?

I am working on a SysRev about an infection prevention strategy for intubated patients. In most of the included RCT's, the randomization takes place after the intubation. Therefore, some of the...

07 October 2016 7,324 4 View

Is it appropriate to use the "Cochrane RoB tool" for assessing the RoB in a systematic review of RCTs and quasi-RCTs?

I am working on a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non randomized prospective, controlled trials and was wondering how to assess the risk of bias of the individual studies...

30 November 2015 9,415 5 View