Petticrew, M., Song, F., Wilson, P. and Wright, K. (2000) Quality-assessed reviews of health care interventions and the database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness (DARE). International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 15(4), pp. 671-678.
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Abstract
Objectives: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) (http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/) at the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination provides a unique international resource of structured summaries of quality-assessed reviews of health care interventions. These reviews have been identified from searches of electronic databases and by hand-searching journals. This paper describes and summarizes the DARE database, including the topic areas covered and the review methods used. Methods: The first 480 structured abstracts on the DARE database were summarized. Data were extracted from each database field and coded for analysis. Results: Most of the systematic reviews investigated the effectiveness of treatments: 54% investigated the effectiveness of medical therapies, and 10% assessed surgical interventions. Around two-thirds used meta-analytic methods to combine primary studies. The quality of the reviews was variable, with just over half of the reviews (52%, n = 251) having systematically assessed the validity of the included primary studies. Narrative reviews were more likely than meta-analyses to reach negative conclusions (42% vs. 25%, p = .0001). The 21 reviews that reported drug company funding were more likely to reach positive conclusions (81% vs. 66%, p = .15). Conclusion: The DARE database is a valuable source of quality-assessed systematic reviews, and is free and easily accessible. It provides a valuable online resource to help in filtering out poorer quality reviews when assessing the effectiveness of health technologies. Key Words: Systematic reviews; Evidence-based health; Evidence-based
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Petticrew, Dr Mark |
| Authors: | Petticrew, M., Song, F., Wilson, P., and Wright, K. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Centre for Population and Health Sciences |
| Journal Name: | International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care |
| ISSN: | 0266-4623 |
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