Browsing by Author "Stone, Jennifer C"
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Comparison of bias adjustment in meta-analysis using data-based and opinion-based methods.
Stone, Jennifer C; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Aromataris, Edoardo; Barker, Timothy H; Doi, Suhail A R ( Wolters Kluwer Health , 2024 , Article)Several methods exist for bias adjustment of meta-analysis results, but there has been no comprehensive comparison with unadjusted methods. We compare 6 bias-adjustment methods with 2 unadjusted methods to examine how these ... -
Comparison of bias adjustment methods in meta-analysis suggests that quality effects modeling may have less limitations than other approaches.
Stone, Jennifer C; Glass, Kathryn; Munn, Zachary; Tugwell, Peter; Doi, Suhail A R ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)The quality of primary research is commonly assessed before inclusion in meta-analyses. Findings are discussed in the context of the quality appraisal by categorizing studies according to risk of bias. The impact of appraised ... -
Methodological quality assessment should move beyond design specificity.
Stone, Jennifer C; Glass, Kathryn; Ritskes-Hoitinga, Merel; Munn, Zachary; Tugwell, Peter; Doi, Suhail A R... more authors ... less authors ( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2023 , Article)This study aimed to assess the utility of a unified tool (MASTER) for bias assessment against design-specific tools in terms of content and coverage. Each of the safeguards in the design-specific tools was compared and ... -
Moving towards a standards-based methodological quality assessment scheme for clinical research
Stone, Jennifer C; Doi, Suhail A R ( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)None -
A unified framework for bias assessment in clinical research
Stone, Jennifer C; Glass, Kathryn; Clark, Justin; Munn, Zachary; Tugwell, Peter; Doi, Suhail A R... more authors ... less authors ( Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins , 2019 , Article)Methodological flaws, limitations, and inadequate practices in research are well known and pose threats to the internal validity of any research study. However, there are ways of safeguarding research conduct to reduce the ...