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Riley, RD, Moons, KGM, Snell, KIE, Ensor, J, Hooft, L, Altman, DG, Hayden, J, Collins, GS and Debray, TPA (2019) A guide to systematic review and meta-analysis of prognostic factor studies. BMJ, 364. ISSN 1756-1833
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Abstract
Prognostic factors are associated with the risk of future health outcomes in individuals with a particular health condition or some clinical start point (eg, a particular diagnosis). Research to identify genuine prognostic factors is important because these factors can help improve risk stratification, treatment, and lifestyle decisions, and the design of randomised trials. Although thousands of prognostic factor studies are published each year, often they are of variable quality and the findings are inconsistent. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are therefore needed that summarise the evidence about the prognostic value of particular factors. In this article, the key steps involved in this review process are described.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the final published version of the article (version of record). It first appeared online via BMJ at https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4597 - Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | systematic review; meta-analysis; prognostic factor |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Primary Care Health Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2019 11:17 |
Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2019 15:03 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/5761 |