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ArticleCochrane evidence synthesis and methods2024

Equity in evidence synthesis: You can't play on broken strings.

Tamara Lotfi, Vivian Welch, Jordi P Pardo, Jennifer Petkovic, Shaun Treweek, Andrea J Darzi, Rebecca Glover, Declan Devane, Meera Viswanathan, Lawrence Mbuagbaw and 9 more

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Article in Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Advancing health equity in the guideline enterprise.Clinical and public health guidelines · 2025
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  3. Equity in evidence synthesis: You can't play on broken strings.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Tamara LotfiDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
Vivian WelchBruyere Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Jordi P PardoDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Jennifer PetkovicBruyere Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5824-584X
Shaun TreweekHealth Services Research Unit University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
Andrea J DarziDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
Rebecca GloverDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy LSHTM London UK.
Declan DevaneSchool of Nursing and Midfwifery University of Galway Galway Ireland.
Meera ViswanathanRTI International Durham North Carolina USA.
Lawrence MbuagbawDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
Kevin PottieResearch Chair in Family Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada.
Elizabeth KristjanssonSchool of Psychology University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Shahab SayfiDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
Lara MaxwellFaculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Olivia MagwoodBruyere Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Damian FrancisSchool of Health and Human Performance, Center for Health and Social Issues, Georgia College Milledgeville Georgia USA.
Dru RiddleTexas Christian University Fort Worth Texas USA.
Beverly SheaBruyere Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Peter TugwellSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID40475882
PMCPMC11795980

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