Pragmatic evaluation of methods for retrieving unpublished information on comparator interventions in a systematic review of smoking cessation trials.

Neža JavornikDaniel J H PowellMaarten C EismaMarie JohnstonMarion K CampbellJamie Hartmann-Boyce Susan Michie Robert J WestNicola BlackMarijn de Bruin

Published in: Psychology & health (2022)

Requesting authors for unpublished comparator intervention data, using specially-developed checklists and unpublished materials, substantially improves the quality of data available for systematic reviews.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
electronic health record
replacement therapy
randomized controlled trial
big data
systematic review
physical activity
study protocol
machine learning
clinical trial
data analysis
quality improvement
deep learning
double blind