Importance Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of individual participant data (IPD) aim to
collect, check, and reanalyze individual-level data from all studies addressing a particular …

Background Drinking is influenced by youth perceptions of how their peers drink. These
perceptions are often incorrect, overestimating peer drinking norms. If inaccurate …

The Fifth Edition of Harris Cooper's bestselling Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: A
Step-by-Step Approach offers practical advice on how to conduct a synthesis of research in …

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Abstract Background Although Kaplan-Meier survival analysis is commonly used to estimate
the cumulative incidence of revision after joint arthroplasty, it theoretically overestimates the …

Background Cocaine dependence is a major public health problem that is characterised by
recidivism and a host of medical and psychosocial complications. Although effective …

The conceptual literature increasingly portrays corporate philanthropy (CP) as an old-
fashioned and ineffective operationalization of a firm's corporate social responsibility. In …

Meta-analysis is widely used to compare and combine the results of multiple independent
studies. To account for between-study heterogeneity, investigators often employ random …

Objectives To demonstrate how individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses have
impacted directly on the design and conduct of trials and highlight other advantages IPD …

Hierarchies of evidence are an important and influential tool for appraising evidence in
medicine. In recent years, hierarchies have been formally adopted by organizations …