Evaluation of the Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing the risk of bias in randomized trials: focus groups, online survey, proposed recommendations and their implementation

Jelena Savović; Laura Weeks; Jonathan Ac Sterne; Lucy Turner; Douglas G Altman; David Moher; Julian Pt Higgins

doi:10.1186/2046-4053-3-37

Evaluation of the Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing the risk of bias in randomized trials: focus groups, online survey, proposed recommendations and their implementation

Jelena Savović, Laura Weeks, Jonathan Ac Sterne, Lucy Turner, Douglas G Altman, David Moher, Julian Pt Higgins

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Abstract

In 2008, the Cochrane Collaboration introduced a tool for assessing the risk of bias in clinical trials included in Cochrane reviews. The risk of bias (RoB) tool is based on narrative descriptions of evidence-based methodological features known to increase the risk of bias in trials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	37
Journal	Systematic Reviews
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-37
Publication status	Published - 2014

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