Browsing Conducting Research by Subject "Research Methods"
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Adding value, reducing research waste, the role of the NHS research and development management community
(2018-02-23)Purpose – Research suggests that 85 per cent of health research is avoidably wasted. The research and development management community has an important role in the research process and can contribute to improving the ... -
Can rapid approaches to qualitative analysis deliver timely, valid findings to clinical leaders? A mixed methods study comparing rapid and thematic analysis
(2018-08)Objectives: This study compares rapid and traditional analyses of a UK health service evaluation dataset to explore differences in researcher time and consistency of outputs. Design: Mixed methods study, quantitatively ... -
Collecting self-report research data with people with dementia within care home clinical trials: Benefits, challenges and best practice
(2019-08)One-third of people with dementia live in care home settings and in order to deliver better evidence-based care, robust research including clinical trials is required. Concerns have been raised by researchers about the ... -
Combining Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Interventions in Network Meta-analysis in Psychiatry
(2019-04)Network meta-analyses (NMAs) assess the comparative associations of 2 or more interventions even if they have not been compared in a randomized clinical trial.1 The validity of NMAs is founded on the assumption of transitivity ... -
Co‐producing research with youth: The NeurOx young people’s advisory group model
(2019-03)Context: The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children have the right to be heard in all matters affecting them. The Convention inspired a surge in research that investigates young people's ... -
Development of A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analyses (AGReMA)
(2020-02)There are a growing number of studies using mediation analysis to understand the mechanisms of health interventions and exposures. Recent work has shown that the reporting of these studies is heterogenous and incomplete. ... -
Difficult conversations? Engaging patients in reducing waste in health care
(2016)Purpose – Reducing waste in health care can result in savings that could be used to meet the projected shortfall in NHS funding or to meet the care needs of vulnerable groups. Patients and their families can contribute ... -
Managing resources and reducing waste in healthcare settings
(2015-12)The NHS is under pressure to increase its effectiveness and productivity. Nurses are tasked with delivering effective and efficient care, as well as improving patient safety, experiences and results. The reduction of ... -
Reducing waste in the NHS: an overview of the literature and challenges for the nursing profession
(2016-04-20)Waste in the NHS is estimated to account for 20% of health expenditure. This article examines the literature on reducing waste, analyses some approaches to waste reduction, and identifies the role that nurses and other ... -
ROB-MEN: a tool to assess risk of bias due to missing evidence in network meta-analysis
(2021-11)Selective outcome reporting and publication bias threaten the validity of systematic reviews and meta-analyses and can affect clinical decision-making. A rigorous method to evaluate the impact of this bias on the results ... -
A Systematic Review of the Reporting Quality of Observational Studies That Use Mediation Analyses
(2022-02)Mediation analysis is a common statistical method used to investigate mechanisms of health exposure and interventions. The reporting quality of mediation studies used in randomised controlled trials has been considered ...