Interventions for increasing the use of shared decision making by healthcare professionals

F Légaré, R Adekpedjou, D Stacey… - Cochrane database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Shared decision making (SDM) is a process by which a healthcare choice is
made by the patient, significant others, or both with one or more healthcare professionals …

Natural experiments: an overview of methods, approaches, and contributions to public health intervention research

P Craig, SV Katikireddi, A Leyland… - Annual review of public …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Population health interventions are essential to reduce health inequalities and tackle other
public health priorities, but they are not always amenable to experimental manipulation …

The use of controls in interrupted time series studies of public health interventions

J Lopez Bernal, S Cummins… - International journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Interrupted time series analysis differs from most other intervention study designs in that it
involves a before-after comparison within a single population, rather than a comparison with …

Conducting interrupted time-series analysis for single-and multiple-group comparisons

A Linden - The Stata Journal, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, I introduce the itsa command, which performs interrupted time-series analysis
for single-and multiple-group comparisons. In an interrupted time-series analysis, an …

Methodology and reporting characteristics of studies using interrupted time series design in healthcare

J Hudson, S Fielding, CR Ramsay - BMC medical research methodology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard
when evaluating the causal effects of healthcare interventions. When RCTs cannot be used …

Two decades of mortality trends among patients with severe sepsis: a comparative meta-analysis

EK Stevenson, AR Rubenstein, GT Radin… - Critical care …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Trends in severe sepsis mortality derived from administrative data may be
biased by changing International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical …

Use of interrupted time series methods in the evaluation of health system quality improvement interventions: a methodological systematic review

C Hategeka, H Ruton, M Karamouzian, LD Lynd… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Background When randomisation is not possible, interrupted time series (ITS) design has
increasingly been advocated as a more robust design to evaluating health system quality …

Comparative efficacy of interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: systematic review and network meta-analysis

N Luangasanatip, M Hongsuwan, D Limmathurotsakul… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the relative efficacy of the World Health Organization 2005 campaign
(WHO-5) and other interventions to promote hand hygiene among healthcare workers in …

Non‐medical prescribing versus medical prescribing for acute and chronic disease management in primary and secondary care

G Weeks, J George, K Maclure… - Cochrane Database of …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A range of health workforce strategies are needed to address health service
demands in low‐, middle‐and high‐income countries. Non‐medical prescribing involves …

Printed educational materials: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes

A Giguère, HTV Zomahoun… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Printed educational materials are widely used dissemination strategies to
improve the quality of healthcare professionals' practice and patient health outcomes …