Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies.

JJ Deeks, J Dinnes, R D'Amico… - Health technology …, 2003 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
OBJECTIVES: To consider methods and related evidence for evaluating bias in non-
randomised intervention studies. DATA SOURCES: Systematic reviews and methodological …

An introduction to methodological issues when including non‐randomised studies in systematic reviews on the effects of interventions

BC Reeves, JPT Higgins, C Ramsay… - Research Synthesis …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Methods need to be further developed to include non‐randomised studies
(NRS) in systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions. NRS are often …

Issues relating to study design and risk of bias when including non‐randomized studies in systematic reviews on the effects of interventions

JPT Higgins, C Ramsay, BC Reeves… - Research synthesis …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐randomized studies may provide valuable evidence on the effects of interventions.
They are the main source of evidence on the intended effects of some types of interventions …

The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised and non-randomised studies of health care interventions.

SH Downs, N Black - Journal of epidemiology & community health, 1998 - jech.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE: To test the feasibility of creating a valid and reliable checklist with the following
features: appropriate for assessing both randomised and non-randomised studies; provision …

Including non‐randomized studies on intervention effects

BC Reeves, JJ Deeks, JPT Higgins… - … systematic reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter aims to support review authors who are considering including non‐randomized
studies of interventions (NRSI) in a Cochrane Review. NRSI are defined here as any …

Critical appraisal of nonrandomized studies—a review of recommended and commonly used tools

JM Quigley, JC Thompson… - Journal of Evaluation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale, aims, and objectives When randomized controlled trial data are limited or
unavailable, or to supplement randomized controlled trial evidence, health technology …

Comparison of evidence of treatment effects in randomized and nonrandomized studies

JPA Ioannidis, AB Haidich, M Pappa, N Pantazis… - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThere is substantial debate about whether the results of nonrandomized studies are
consistent with the results of randomized controlled trials on the same topic. ObjectivesTo …

Including non‐randomized studies

BC Reeves, JJ Deeks, JPT Higgins… - Cochrane handbook for …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter has been prepared by the Non-Randomised Studies Methods Group (NRSMG)
of The Cochrane Collaboration (see Box 13.8. a). It is intended to support review authors …

A systematic review of comparisons of effect sizes derived from randomised and non-randomised studies.

RR MacLehose, BC Reeves, IM Harvey… - Health technology …, 2000 - europepmc.org
Background There is controversy about the value of evidence about the effectiveness of
healthcare interventions from non-randomised study designs. Advocates for quasi …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analyses including non-randomized studies of therapeutic interventions: a methodological review

T Faber, P Ravaud, C Riveros, E Perrodeau… - BMC medical research …, 2016 - Springer
Background There is an increasing number of meta-analyses including data from non-
randomized studies for therapeutic evaluation. We aimed to systematically assess the …