INSPECT-SR 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 M13 9PL, UK jack.wilkinson@manchester.ac.uk. · ORCID 0000-0003-3513-4677
- Lisa Bero: Center for Bioethics, and Humanities, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. · ORCID 0000-0003-1893-6651
- Calvin Heal: Centre for Biostatistics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. · ORCID 0000-0002-6445-1551
- Ella Flemyng: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK. · ORCID 0000-0002-9845-9076
- 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, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. · ORCID 0000-0001-8209-0406
- Tony Aburrow: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK.
- Zarko Alfirevic: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. · ORCID 0000-0001-9276-518X
- Alison Avenell: Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK. · ORCID 0000-0003-4813-5628
- Virginia Barbour: Medical Journal of Australia and Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0002-2358-2440
- Vincenzo Berghella: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. · ORCID 0000-0003-2854-0239
- Dorothy V M Bishop: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. · ORCID 0000-0002-2448-4033
- Esmée M Bordewijk: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. · ORCID 0000-0001-7983-1613
- Nicholas J L Brown: Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Vaxjo, Sweden. · ORCID 0000-0003-1579-0730
- Jana Christopher: FEBS Press, Heidelberg, Germany. · ORCID 0000-0002-2699-3368
- Mike Clarke: Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK. · ORCID 0000-0002-2926-7257
- 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, Bristol, UK. · ORCID 0000-0001-9718-2653
- Patrick Dicker: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. · ORCID 0000-0002-7942-9314
- Jo Dumville: School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. · ORCID 0000-0002-6546-3685
- Helen Frankish: The Lancet, London, UK.
- Andrew Grey: University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. · ORCID 0000-0002-7803-0096
- Steph Grohmann: Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft Open Innovation in Science Centre, Vienna, Austria. · ORCID 0000-0001-5640-1688
- Lyle C Gurrin: School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0001-7052-1969
- Jill A Hayden: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.; Novia Scotia Health, Halifax, NS, Canada. · ORCID 0000-0001-7026-144X
- James A J Heathers: Helena Group Foundation, New York, NY, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-0936-026X
- Kylie E Hunter: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0002-2796-9220
- Ian Hussey: Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. · ORCID 0000-0001-8906-7559
- Lukas Jung: Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. · ORCID 0009-0007-9174-1494
- Emily Lam: Primary Care Research in Manchester Engagement Resource, Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Toby J Lasserson: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK. · ORCID 0000-0001-9638-2856
- Sarah Lensen: Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, Royal Women's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0002-1694-1142
- Tianjing Li: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. · ORCID 0000-0001-5371-4558
- Wentao Li: National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, Centre for Big Data Research in Health and School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0001-8980-0909
- Jianping Liu: Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China. · ORCID 0000-0002-0320-061X
- Elizabeth Loder: The BMJ, London, UK.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. · ORCID 0000-0003-1501-2947
- 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. · ORCID 0000-0002-4982-8680
- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz: University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0002-1156-9345
- Ben W Mol: Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0001-8337-550X
- Florian Naudet: University of Rennes, CHU Rennes, INSERM, EHESP, IRSET-UMR_S, Rennes, France.; Academic Institute of France (IUF), Paris, France. · ORCID 0000-0003-3760-3801
- Anna Noel-Storr: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK. · ORCID 0000-0003-3476-8432
- Neil E O'Connell: Department of Health Sciences, Centre for Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse, Brunel University of London, UK. · ORCID 0000-0003-1989-4537
- Lisa Parker: Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0001-8635-6953
- Rita F Redberg: Department of Medicine, UCSF Philip Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA. · ORCID 0000-0001-6281-0250
- Barbara K Redman: New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. · ORCID 0000-0001-5119-9898
- Rachel Richardson: Cochrane Central Executive, London, UK. · ORCID 0000-0003-2848-6260
- Anna Lene Seidler: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Rostock, Rostock, Germany.; German Centre for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ), partner site Greifswald/Rostock, Rostock, Germany. · ORCID 0000-0002-0027-1623
- Kyle Sheldrick: Spine Labs, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. · ORCID 0000-0002-2198-8025
- Emma Sydenham: Cochrane Central Editorial Service, London, UK. · ORCID 0000-0002-1471-4237
- Madelon van Wely: Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands. · ORCID 0000-0001-8263-213X
- Colby J Vorland: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indianapolis, IN, USA. · ORCID 0000-0003-4225-372X
- Rui Wang: NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. · ORCID 0009-0005-1237-6376
- Stephanie Weibel: University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Würzburg, Germany. · ORCID 0000-0003-1900-2535
- Matthias Wjst: Institute of AI and Informatics in Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. · ORCID 0000-0002-4974-5631
- Jamie J Kirkham: Centre for Biostatistics, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. · ORCID 0000-0003-2579-9325
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