INSPECT-SR: a tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials
Describes development of INSPECT-SR, a structured assessment tool and guidance for checking the trustworthiness of randomized trials considered for systematic reviews.
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- Jack Wilkinson: Centre for Biostatistics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. · ORCID 0000-0003-3513-4677
- Calvin Heal: Centre for Biostatistics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Ella Flemyng: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
- Georgios A Antoniou: Manchester Vascular Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Tony Aburrow: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
- Zarko Alfirevic: University of Liverpool, UK.
- Alison Avenell: Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation, University of Aberdeen, UK.
- Virginia Barbour: Medical Journal of Australia and Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
- Vincenzo Berghella: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
- Dorothy V M Bishop: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.
- Esmée M Bordewijk: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Nicholas J L Brown: Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
- Jana Christopher: FEBS Press, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Mike Clarke: Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
- Darren Dahly: HRB Clinical Research Facility, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. · ORCID 0000-0003-0110-324X
- Jane Dennis: University of Bristol, UK.
- Patrick Dicker: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland.
- Jo Dumville: School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Helen Frankish: The Lancet, London, UK.
- Andrew Grey: University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Steph Grohmann: Research Integrity Editor, Cochrane, London, UK.
- Lyle C Gurrin: School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne.
- Jill A Hayden: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.; Novia Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- James A J Heathers: Medical Evidence Project, Center for Scientific Integrity, NY, USA.
- Kylie E Hunter: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0002-2796-9220
- Ian Hussey: Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland. · ORCID 0000-0001-8906-7559
- Lukas Jung: Independent researcher, Heidelberg, Germany. · ORCID 0009-0007-9174-1494
- Emily Lam: Independent Lay Member, Unaffiliated, Cheshire, UK.
- Toby J Lasserson: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
- Sarah Lensen: Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, Royal Women's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia.
- Tianjing Li: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.
- Wentao Li: National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, Centre for Big Data Research in Health and School of Clinical Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
- Jianping Liu: Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China. · ORCID 0000-0002-0320-061X
- Elizabeth Loder: The BMJ, UK.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Andreas Lundh: Cochrane Denmark & Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Odense (CEBMO), Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.; Open Patient data Explorative Network (OPEN), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark .; Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital-Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz: University of Woolongong, NSW, Australia.
- Ben W Mol: Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
- Florian Naudet: Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S, Rennes, France.; Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France. · ORCID 0000-0003-3760-3801
- Anna Noel-Storr: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
- Neil E O'Connell: Department of Health Sciences, Centre for Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse, Brunel University of London, United Kingdom. · ORCID 0000-0003-1989-4537
- Lisa Parker: Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia.
- Rita F Redberg: Department of Medicine, UCSF Philip Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, USA.
- Barbara K Redman: New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA.
- Rachel Richardson: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
- Anna Lene Seidler: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Rostock, Rostock, Germany; German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ), partner site Greifswald/Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
- Kyle Sheldrick: Spine Labs, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales.
- Emma Sydenham: Cochrane Central Editorial Service, London, UK.
- Madelon van Wely: Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Colby J Vorland: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, USA.
- Rui Wang: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia.
- Stephanie Weibel: University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Würzburg, Germany.
- Matthias Wjst: Institut für KI und Informatik in der Medizin, Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Informatik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Grillparzerstr. 18, D-81675 München, Germany.
- Lisa Bero: Center for Bioethics, and Humanities, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
- Jamie J Kirkham: Centre for Biostatistics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. · ORCID 0000-0003-2579-9325
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