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Most healthcare interventions tested in Cochrane Reviews are not effective according to high quality evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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2022
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Howick, J., Koletsi, D., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Madigan, C., Pandis, N., Loef, M., Walach, H., Sauer, S., Kleijnen, J., Seehra, J., Johnson, T., & Schmidt, S. (2022). Most healthcare interventions tested in Cochrane Reviews are not effective according to high quality evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 148, 160–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.017

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OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of healthcare interventions tested within Cochrane Reviews that are effective according to high-quality evidence. METHODS We selected a random sample of 2,428 (35%) of all Cochrane Reviews published between 1 January 2008 and 5 March 2021. We extracted data about interventions within these reviews that were compared with placebo, or no treatment, and whose outcome quality was rated using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. We calculated the proporti

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  • Howick, Jeremy
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  • Koletsi, Despina
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  • Ioannidis, John P A
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  • Madigan, Claire
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  • Pandis, Nikolaos
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  • Loef, Martin
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  • Walach, Harald
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  • Sauer, Sebastian
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  • Kleijnen, Jos
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  • Seehra, Jadbinder
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  • Johnson, Tess
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  • Schmidt, Stefan
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148

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160

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0895-4356

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Howick, J., Koletsi, D., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Madigan, C., Pandis, N., Loef, M., Walach, H., Sauer, S., Kleijnen, J., Seehra, J., Johnson, T., & Schmidt, S. (2022). Most healthcare interventions tested in Cochrane Reviews are not effective according to high quality evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 148, 160–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.017

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