Methodology

Virtual issues
16 May 2017
22 July 2020

In the following Virtual Issue, we highlight 34 articles published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine related to methodology.

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Are randomized controlled trials being conducted with the right justification?

Corbin Walters,  Trevor Torgerson,  Ian Fladie,  Angela Clifton,  Chase Meyer,  Matt Vassar, 

Tutorial of the probabilistic methods Bayesian networks and influence diagrams applied to medicine

Beatriz Nistal-Nuño, 

Clinical research methods for treatment, diagnosis, prognosis, etiology, screening, and prevention: A narrative review

Xiaomei Yao,  Ivan D. Florez,  Ping Zhang,  Chongfan Zhang,  Yi Zhang,  Chunxue Wang,  Xiaofang Liu,  Xiuhong Nie,  Bing Wei,  Michelle A. Ghert, 

Risk of bias assessments and reporting quality of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials examining acupuncture for depression: An overview and meta-epidemiology study

Shanxia Luo,  Youlin Long,  Wenzhe Xiao,  Xin Wang,  Rui Chen,  Qiong Guo,  Jia Liu,  Ruochen Shao,  Liang Du,  Min Chen, 
Open Access

Brief introduction of medical database and data mining technology in big data era

Jin Yang,  Yuanjie Li,  Qingqing Liu,  Li Li,  Aozi Feng,  Tianyi Wang,  Shuai Zheng,  Anding Xu,  Jun Lyu, 

Flexible piecewise linear model for investigating dose-response relationship in meta-analysis: Methodology, examples, and comparison

Chang Xu,  Lehana Thabane,  Tongzu Liu,  ASM Borhan,  Xin Sun, 

Quality analysis of randomized controlled trials reporting in the field of pediatrics by Indonesian researchers

Aryono Hendarto,  Mikhael Yosia,  Sudigdo Sastroasmoro, 

The uptake of Bayesian methods in biomedical meta-analyses: A scoping review (2005–2016)

Robert L Grant, 
Open Access

P in the right place: Revisiting the evidential value of P-values

Per Lytsy, 

Issues possibly associated with misinterpreting survival data: A method study

Frank Peinemann,  Alexander Michael Labeit, 

Quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for infectious diseases in China

Dongbo Wu,  Wei Jiang,  Le Yu,  Yonghong Wang,  Yachao Tao,  Hong Tang,  Enqiang Chen, 

New practical methods to obtain crucial data in performing diagnostic meta-analysis of the published literature

Xuelei Ma,  Hao Zeng,  Jing Zhang,  Linyan Chen,  Hongyuan Jia, 

Introduction to methodology of dose–response meta-analysis for binary outcome: With application on software

Chao Zhang,  Pengli Jia,  Liu Yu,  Chang Xu, 

Clinical practice guidelines in India: Quality appraisal and the use of evidence in their development

Soumyadeep Bhaumik,  Soushieta Jagadesh,  May Ellatar,  Neeraj Kohli,  Muhammad Riedha,  Monday Moi, 
Free Access

Software and package applicating for network meta-analysis: A usage-based comparative study

Chang Xu,  Yuming Niu,  Junyi Wu,  Huiyun Gu,  Chao Zhang, 

Contemporary methodological issues in drug development: the functionality of blinding is poorly studied

Segun Bello, 

Using AGREE II to evaluate the quality of traditional medicine clinical practice guidelines in China

Wei Deng,  Le Li,  Zixia Wang,  Xiaonan Chang,  Rui Li,  Ziye Fang,  Dang Wei,  Liang Yao,  Xiaoqin Wang,  Qi Wang,  Guanghui An,  Yaolong Chen, 
Free Access

Meta-epidemiological study: a step-by-step approach by using R

Zhongheng Zhang, 

Knowledge of evidence-based guidelines in ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention

Mohammadreza Yeganeh,  Hamid Yekta,  Rabiollah Farmanbar,  Malahat Khalili,  Tahereh Khaleghdoost,  Zahra Atrkar Roushan, 

Open access of evidence-based publications: the case of the orthopedic and musculoskeletal literature

Kaissar Yammine,