READ-It update on publications: October - December 2023

16 Jan 2024

October 2023

Updated Cochrane Review

Taylor M, Tapkigen J, Ali I, Liu Q, Long Q, Nabwera H. The impact of growth monitoring and promotion on health indicators in children under five years of age in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD014785. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD014785.pub2. (Note: this Cochrane Review supersedes the published Cochrane Review Panpanich 1999). 

November 2023

New Protocol

Toriro R, Nevin W, Kuehn R, Ryan H, Beeching N, Fletcher T, Burns D. Antibiotic treatment to reduce the duration and severity of travellers’ diarrhoea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD015208. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015208. 

Updated  Cochrane Review

Reis S, Metzendorf M-I, Kuehn R, Popp M, Gagyor I, Kranke P, Meybohm P, Skoetz N, Weibel S. Nirmatrelvir combined with ritonavir for preventing and treating COVID‐19. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD015395. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015395.pub3. 

Other Peer-Reviewed Publications

Page MJ, Sterne JAC, Boutron I, Hróbjartsson A, Kirkham JJ, Li T, Lundh A, Mayo-Wilson E, McKenzie JE, Stewart LA, Sutton AJ, Bero L, Dunn AG, Dwan K1, Elbers RG, Kanukula R, Meerpohl JJ, Turner EH, Higgins JPT. ROB-ME: a tool for assessing risk of bias due to missing evidence in systematic reviews with meta-analysis BMJ. 2023 Nov 20;383:e076754. DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076754. PMID: 37984978.  

Gallardo-Gómez D, Pedder H, Welton NJ, Dwan K1, Dias S. Variability in meta-analysis estimates of continuous outcomes using different standardization and scale-specific re-expression methods. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2023 Nov 8;165:111213. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.11.003 

[1]Dr Kerry Dwan, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis: her publications are reported by READ-It due to Kerry’s association with the READ-It programme (FCDO funded) and CIDG due to her strategic role within DoCS and the Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health.

December 2023

Other Peer-reviewed Publications

Moore THM, Higgins JPT, Dwan K1. Ten tips for successful assessment of risk of bias in randomized trials using the RoB 2 tool: early lessons from Cochrane. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2023; 1:e12031. doi:10.1002/cesm.12031 

Axon E, Dwan K1, Richardson R. Multiarm studies and how to handle them in a meta-analysis: a tutorial. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2023; 1:e12033. doi:10.1002/cesm.12033 (Partner: UK – LSTM)Axon E, Dwan K1, Richardson R. Multiarm studies and how to handle them in a meta-analysis: a tutorial. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2023; 1:e12033. doi:10.1002/cesm.12033

Ebrahim S, Blose N, Gloeck N, Hohlfeld A, Balakrishna Y, Muloiwa R, et al. (2023) Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine in preventing morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19 in children aged 5 to 11 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(12): e0002676. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002676. 

[1]Dr Kerry Dwan, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis: her publications are reported by READ-It due to Kerry’s association with the READ-It programme (FCDO funded) and CIDG due to her strategic role within DoCS and the Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health.

 

These publications are associated with the Research, Evidence and Development Initiative (READ-It). READ-It (project number 300342-104) is funded by UK aid from the UK government; however, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.