Journal Club Presentation Resources (Statistics Help): Meta-Analyses & Systematic Reviews

AHRQ YouTube video

Improving Medical Statistics and the Interpretation of Clinical Trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology article

Russo MW. How to review a meta-analysis. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2007;3(8):637-42.

Tierney JF, Vale C, Riley R, et al. Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: guidance on their use. PLoS Med. 2015;12(7):e1001855.

Berger VW, Alperson SY. A general framework for the evaluation of clinical trial quality. Rev Recent Clin Trials. 2009;4(2):79-88. doi:10.2174/157488709788186021

Improving Medical Statistics and the Interpretation of Clinical Trials

BMJ Blog
By Chris Mavergames and Julian Elliott

Egger M. Meta-analysis: principles and procedures. BMJ 1997;315:1533.

Li T, Puhan MA, Vedula SS, Singh S, Dickersin K. Network meta-analysis-highly attractive but more methodological research is needed. BMC Med. 2011;9:79.

GA Wells, B Shea, D O'Connell, J Peterson, V Welch, M Losos, P Tugwell. Department of Epidemiology and Commuunity Medicine, University of Ottawa

greatdoctorstv YouTube video of Gordon Guyatt, M.D., M.Sc.

Shamseer L, Moher D, Clarke M, et al. Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation. BMJ. 2015;349:g7647.

Annals of Internal Medicine article

greatdoctorstv YouTube video of Gordon Guyatt, M.D., M.Sc.

Hatala R, Keitz S, Wyer P, Guyatt G. Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 4. Assessing heterogeneity of primary studies in systematic reviews and whether to combine their results. CMAJ. 2005;172(5):661-5.

Blettner M, Sauerbrei W, Schlehofer B, Scheuchenpflug T, Friedenreich C. Traditional reviews, meta-analyses and pooled analyses in epidemiology. Int J Epidemiol. 1999;28(1):1-9. Article discusses the different types of meta-analyses.

Students 4 Best Evidence

Hilda Bastian - Absolutely Maybe

Bastian H. Absolutely Maybe : Evidence and Uncertainties about Medicine and Life PLOS blog.

Miser WF. Applying a meta-analysis to daily clinical practice. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2000;13(3):201-10.

Improving Medical Statistics and the Interpretation of Clinical Trials

Scott I, Greenberg P, Poole P, Campbell D. Cautionary tales in the interpretation of systematic reviews of therapy trials. Intern Med J. 2006;36(9):587-99.

Terry Shaneyfelt, M.D.

Students 4 Best Evidence

University of Connecticut - Tania Huedo-Medina, et al.

Terry Shaneyfelt, M.D.

Sedgwick P. How to read a forest plot in a meta-analysis. BMJ 2015;351:h4028

Teramukai S, Matsuyama Y, Mizuno S, Sakamoto J. Individual patient-level and study-level meta-analysis for investigating modifiers of treatment effect. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2004;34(12):717-21. Discusses the difference between individual patient-level and study-level meta-analyses.

The Cochrane Library

Higgins JP, Thompson SG, Deeks JJ, Altman DG. Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. BMJ. 2003;327(7414):557-60.

Sedgwick P. Meta-analyses: heterogeneity and subgroup analysis. BMJ. 2013;346:f4040.

Sedgwick P. Meta-analyses: how to read a funnel plot. BMJ. 2013;346:f1342.

Sedgwick P. Sample size: how many participants are needed in a trial?. BMJ. 2012;344:e3971.

Handbook of Biological Statistics
John H. McDonald

Li T, Puhan MA, Vedula SS, Singh S, Dickersin K. Network meta-analysis-highly attractive but more methodological research is needed. BMC Med. 2011;9:79.

Cochrane Prospective Meta-Analysis Methods Group

YouTube video by Terry Shaneyfelt, M.D.

Cochrane Community (beta)

Cochrane Collaboration