This article and the related Feature Topic at Organizational Research Methods were
motivated by the concern that despite the bourgeoning number and diversity of review …

In response to limitations in the understanding and use of published evidence, evidence-
based medicine (EBM) began as a movement in the early 1990s. EBM's initial focus was on …

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: Previous systematic reviews have indicated that exercise-based cardiac
rehabilitation (ExCR) for patients with heart failure (HF) has a beneficial effect on health …

Policy Points: Currently, there is massive production of unnecessary, misleading, and
conflicted systematic reviews and meta‐analyses. Instead of promoting evidence‐based …

A timely determination of the risk of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prerequisite
for efficient service delivery and prevention. We provide a risk estimate tool allowing a …

Questions Does the PEDro scale measure only one construct ie, the methodological quality
of clinical trials? What is the hierarchy of items of the PEDro scale from least to most adhered …

Meta‐analyses aim to provide a full and comprehensive summary of related studies which
have addressed a similar question. When the studies involve time to event (survival‐type) …

The concepts of appropriate and necessary care are fundamental to the creation of an
efficient and equitable health-care delivery system. Evidence of inappropriate overuse and …

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 …