scholarly journals Efficacy of a complex intervention comprising the guideline evidence-based health information and a training programme on the quality of health information: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Lühnen ◽  
Birte Berger-Höger ◽  
Burkhard Haastert ◽  
Jana Hinneburg ◽  
Jürgen Kasper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Based Medicine

Abstract Background Evidence-based health information (EBHI) is a prerequisite for informed and shared decision-making. The criteria for EBHI have been described comprehensively but the implementation in practice is still insufficient. The guideline evidence-based health information addresses providers of health information. Its goal is to improve the quality of health information. The evidence-based guideline emerged from the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (DNEbM) and was published in February 2017. In addition, the competences of providers of health information were explored and a training programme was developed. Aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a training programme addressing providers of health information to support the application of the guideline evidence-based health information. We expect the intervention to improve the quality of health information in comparison to provision of the guideline only. Methods The trial uses a superiority randomised control group design with ten months follow-up. 26 providers of health information (groups with up to ten members) will be enrolled to compare the intervention (guideline & training programme) with usual care (guideline publicly available). The 5-day training programme comprises an evidence-based medicine training module and a module to prepare the application of the guideline. The primary outcome parameter is the quality of the health information. Quality is operationalised as the extent of adherence to the guideline’s recommendations. Each provider will prepare a single health information informing a health-related decision on a freely chosen topic. The quality of this information will be rated using the Mapping Health Information Quality (MAPPinfo) checklist. An accompanying process evaluation will then be conducted. Discussion The study results will show whether the efficacy of the intervention justifies implementation of the training programme to enhance health information developers’ competences in evidence-based medicine and to ensure high quality EBHI in the long-term. Trial registration ISRCTN registry, registration number: ISRCTN96941060, Date: 7 March 2019, URL: http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN96941060

scholarly journals Efficacy of a training programme to support the application of the guideline evidence-based health information: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Lühnen ◽  
Birte Berger-Höger ◽  
Burkhard Haastert ◽  
Jana Hinneburg ◽  
Jürgen Kasper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Guideline Implementation ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Based Medicine

Abstract Background The evidence-based guideline entitled guideline evidence-based health information emerged from the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (DNEbM) and was published in February 2017. The guideline addresses providers of health information and its goal is to improve the quality of health information. In addition, we explored the competences of providers of health information and developed a training programme. Aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a training programme addressing providers of health information to support the application of the guideline evidence-based health information. We expected the intervention to improve the quality of health information in comparison to the provision of the guideline on its own. Methods The trial uses a superiority randomised control group design with ten months follow-up. 26 providers of health information (groups with up to ten members) will be enrolled to compare the intervention (guideline & training programme) with usual care ( a publicly available guideline). The 5-day training programme comprises an evidence-based medicine training module and a module to prepare the application of the guideline. The primary outcome parameter is the quality of the health information. Quality is operationalised as the extent of adherence to the guideline’s recommendations. Each provider will prepare a single health information informing a health-related decision on a topic freely chosen before randomisation. The quality of this information will be rated using the Mapping Health Information Quality (MAPPinfo) checklist. An accompanying process evaluation will then be conducted. Discussion The study results will show whether the efficacy of the intervention justifies implementation of the training programme to enhance health information developers’ competences in evidence-based medicine and to ensure high-quality EBHI in the long-term. Trial registration ISRCTN registry, registration number: ISRCTN96941060, Date: 7 March 2019, URL: http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN96941060 Keywords health information; guideline implementation, training programme; evidence-based medicine; guideline evidence-based health information

scholarly journals Efficacy of a complex intervention comprising the guideline evidence-based health information and a training programme on the quality of health information: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Lühnen ◽  
Birte Berger-Höger ◽  
Burkhard Haastert ◽  
Jana Hinneburg ◽  
Jürgen Kasper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Based Medicine

Abstract Background Evidence-based health information (EBHI) is a prerequisite for informed and shared decision-making. The criteria for EBHI have been described comprehensively but the implementation in practice is still insufficient. The guideline evidence-based health information addresses providers of health information. Its goal is to improve the quality of health information. The evidence-based guideline emerged from the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (DNEbM) and was published in February 2017. In addition, the competences of providers of health information were explored and a training programme was developed. Aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention comprising the guideline evidence-based health information and a training programme addressing providers of health information in a randomised controlled trial. We expect the intervention to improve the quality of health information in comparison to provision of the guideline only. Methods The trial uses a superiority randomised control group design with ten months follow-up. 26 providers of health information (groups with up to ten members) will be enrolled to compare the intervention (guideline & training programme) with usual care (guideline publicly available). The 5-day training programme comprises an evidence-based medicine training module and a module to prepare the application of the guideline. The primary outcome measure is the quality of the health information. Quality is operationalised as the extent of adherence to the guideline’s recommendations. Each provider will prepare a single health information informing a health-related decision. The quality of this information will be rated using the MAPPIN Health Information Quality instrument. An accompanying process evaluation will then be conducted. Discussion The study results will show whether the efficacy of the intervention justifies implementation of the training programme to enhance health information developers’ competences in evidence-based medicine and to ensure high quality EBHI in the long-term. Trial registration ISRCTN registry, registration number: ISRCTN96941060, Date: 7 March 2019, URL: http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN96941060 Keywords health information; guideline implementation, training programme; evidence-based medicine; guideline evidence-based health information

scholarly journals Publication by association: how the COVID-19 pandemic has shown relationships between authors and editorial board members in the field of infectious diseases

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjebm-2021-111670
Author(s):  
Clara Locher ◽  
David Moher ◽  
Ioana Alina Cristea ◽  
Florian Naudet
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
New Type ◽  
Based Medicine

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rush to scientific and political judgements on the merits of hydroxychloroquine was fuelled by dubious papers which may have been published because the authors were not independent from the practices of the journals in which they appeared. This example leads us to consider a new type of illegitimate publishing entity, ‘self-promotion journals’ which could be deployed to serve the instrumentalisation of productivity-based metrics, with a ripple effect on decisions about promotion, tenure and grant funding, but also on the quality of manuscripts that are disseminated to the medical community and form the foundation of evidence-based medicine.

Med-on-@ix

2011 ◽  
pp. 974-994
Author(s):  
In-Sik Na ◽  
Max Skorning ◽  
Arnd T. May ◽  
Marie-Thérèse Schneiders ◽  
Michael Protogerakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Physician Shortage ◽  
Virtual Presence ◽  
Based Medicine

The aim of the project Med-on-@ix is to increase the quality of care for emergency patients by the operationalisation of rescue processes. The currently available technologies will be integrated into a new emergency telemedical service system. The aim is to capture all the necessary information comprising electrocardiogram, vital signs, clinical findings, images and necessary personal data of a patient at the emergency scene and transmit this data in real time to a centre of competence. This would enable a “virtual presence” on site of an Emergency Medical Services physician (EMS-physician, the German Notarzt). Thus, we can raise the quality of EMS in total and counter the growing problem of EMS-physician shortage by exploiting the existing medical resources. In addition, this system offers EMS-physicians and paramedics consultation from a centre of competence. Thereby referring to evidence-based medicine and ensuring the earliest possible information of the hospital.

scholarly journals The Square Curve Paradigm for Research in Alternative, Complementary, and Holistic Medicine: A Cost-Effective, Easy, and Scientifically Valid Design for Evidence-Based Medicine and Quality Improvement

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1117-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soren Ventegodt ◽  
Niels JØrgen Andersen ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽  
New Research ◽  
Based Medicine

In this paper we present a new research paradigm for alternative, complementary, and holistic medicine — a low-cost, effective, and scientifically valid design for evidence-based medicine. Our aim is to find the simplest, cheapest, and most practical way to collect data of sufficient quality and validity to determine: (1) which kinds of treatment give a clinically relevant improvement to quality of life, health, and/or functionality; (2) which groups of patients can be aided by alternative, complementary, or holistic medicine; and (3) which therapists have the competence to achieve the clinically relevant improvements. Our solution to the problem is that a positive change in quality of life must be immediate to be taken as caused by an intervention. We define “immediate” as within 1 month of the intervention. If we can demonstrate a positive result with a group of chronic patients (20 or more patients who have had their disease or state of suffering for 1 year or more), who can be significantly helped within 1 month, and the situation is still improved 1 year after, we find it scientifically evidenced that this cure or intervention has helped the patients. We call this characteristic curve a “square curve”. If a global, generic, quality-of-life questionnaire like QOL5 or, even better, a QOL-Health-Ability questionnaire (a quality-of-life questionnaire combined with a self-evaluated health and ability to function questionnaire) is administered to the patients before and after the intervention, it is possible to document the effect of an intervention to a cost of only a few thousand Euros/USD. A general acceptance of this new research design will solve the problem that there is not enough money in alternative, complementary, and holistic medicine to pay the normal cost of a biomedical Cochrane study. As financial problems must not hinder the vital research in nonbiomedical medicine, we ask the scientific community to accept this new research standard.

scholarly journals Wikipedia: A Medical Student Educational Project to Edit Wikipedia in Preparation for Practicing Evidence-Based Pain Medicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 238212052095969
Author(s):  
Diana Kantarovich ◽  
Hanna B Vollbrecht ◽  
Sebastian A Cruz ◽  
Hector Castillo ◽  
Cody S Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Pain Medicine ◽  
Based Medicine

Objective: Wikipedia is commonly used to acquire information about various medical conditions such as chronic pain. Ideally, better online pain management content could reduce the burden of opioid use disorders. Our goal was to improve the quality of the content available on Wikipedia to make it more accurate and applicable to medical students and the general public while training medical students to practice evidence-based medicine and critically assess their sources of information. Methods: An elective class in Neuroscience, Pain, and Opioids composed of 10 medical students met biweekly to discuss landmark and practice-changing research articles in the fields of acute pain, chronic pain, and opioid management. The professor chose Wikipedia articles relevant to this course. Three independent viewers analyzed the quality of citations, anecdotal medical content, and content value for both patients and medical professionals. As part of their coursework, students then edited the Wikipedia articles. Results: Although some of the Wikipedia pain topic content (6.7% ± 2.0) was anecdotal, financially biased, or inconsistent with Western Medical Practice content, overall articles included primarily high-quality citations (85.6% ± 3.1). On a 0-5 Likert scale, students felt content would be moderately helpful for both medical students/professionals (3.4 ± 0.2) and laypersons (3.5 ± 0.2). Editing and adding citations was feasible, but novel material was often reverted. Conclusion: A significant amount of pain medicine content was relevant and amenable to student editing. Therefore, future use of this tactic could provide a unique opportunity to integrate evidence-based medicine into the medical curriculum and have a direct impact on the widely available medical information. Future refinement in the editorial process may also further improve online information.

scholarly journals Pearls for Interpreting Neurosurgical Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Lessons From a Collaborative Effort

Neurosurgery ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor M Lu ◽  
Christopher S Graffeo ◽  
Avital Perry ◽  
Michael J Link ◽  
Fredric B Meyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Cranial Neuralgia ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the neurosurgical literature have surged in popularity over the last decade. It is our concern that, without a renewed effort to critically interpret and appraise these studies as high or low quality, we run the risk of the quality and value of evidence-based medicine in neurosurgery being misinterpreted. Correspondingly, we have outlined 4 major domains to target in interpreting neurosurgical systematic reviews and meta-analyses based on the lessons learned by a collaboration of clinicians and academics summarized as 4 pearls. The domains of (1) heterogeneity, (2) modeling, (3) certainty, and (4) bias in neurosurgical systematic reviews and meta-analyses were identified as aspects in which the authors’ approaches have changed over time to improve robustness and transparency. Examples of how and why these pearls were adapted were provided in areas of cranial neuralgia, spine, pediatric, and neuro-oncology to demonstrate how neurosurgical readers and writers may improve their interpretation of these domains. The incorporation of these pearls into practice will empower neurosurgical academics to effectively interpret systematic reviews and meta-analyses, enhancing the quality of our evidence-based medicine literature while maintaining a critical focus on the needs of the individual patients in neurosurgery.

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