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Umbrella Reviews

Evidence Synthesis with Overviews of Reviews and Meta-Epidemiologic Studies

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Editors:
  1. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

    1. Dept of Medico-Surgical Sci, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

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  • Explains how to read, interpret, and independently conduct umbrella reviews
  • Written by a multinational team of contributors who provide a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach
  • First book to be devoted solely to umbrella reviews

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Umbrella Reviews in the Evidence Hierarchy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai
      Pages 3-10

    3. Evidence Hierarchy

      • Colin Ng, Umberto Benedetto
      Pages 11-19

    4. From Qualitative Reviews to Umbrella Reviews

      • Ana Ortega, Eduardo Lopez-Briz, María Dolores Fraga-Fuentes
      Pages 21-41

    5. Umbrella Reviews, Overviews of Reviews, and Meta-epidemiologic Studies: Similarities and Differences

      • Michail Tsagris, Konstantinos C. Fragkos
      Pages 43-54

  3. Sound Design, Conduct, and Reporting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Designing the Review

      • Spyridon N. Papageorgiou, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai
      Pages 57-80

    3. Registering the Review

      • Alison Booth
      Pages 81-93

    4. Searching Evidence

      • Su Golder, Kath Wright
      Pages 95-106

    5. Abstracting Evidence

      • Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe La Torre, Leonardo Roever, Fabrizio D’Ascenzo
      Pages 107-113

    6. Appraising Evidence

      • William L. Baker, Meg Bennetts, Craig I. Coleman, Joseph C. Cappelleri
      Pages 115-135

    7. Statistical Models for Overviews of Reviews

      • Tzu-Ting Chen, Yu-Kang Tu
      Pages 137-153

    8. Bayesian Approach to Evidence Synthesis

      • Francisco José Vázquez Polo, Miguel A. Negrín, María Martel
      Pages 155-160

    9. Appraising Between-Study Homogeneity, Small-Study Effects, Moderators, and Confounders

      • Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Tania B. Huedo-Medina, Kostas N. Fountoulakis
      Pages 161-188

    10. State-of-the-Art Reporting

      • Akira Onishi, Toshi A. Furukawa
      Pages 189-202

  4. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Case Study of Allied Health and Complementary and Alternate Medicine

      • Saravana Kumar
      Pages 205-216

    3. Case Study in Dentistry

      • Clovis Mariano Faggion Jr, Utsana Tonmukayakul
      Pages 217-234

    4. Case Study in Neonatology

      • David Andrew Osborn
      Pages 235-272
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About this book

​This book is an ideal guide to umbrella reviews, overviews of reviews, and meta-epidemiologic studies for evidence synthesis. Research is conducted at different levels: primary research consists of original studies while secondary research comprises qualitative reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Recently, a novel further level of research has been introduced, based on the analysis and pooling of reviews and meta-analysis. This book is the first to focus solely on this new type of research design, which permits a comprehensive and powerful synthesis of scientific evidence in medicine as well as in many other fields in order to inform decision-making. All aspects are covered, including review design and registration, the searching, abstracting, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence, the appraisal of moderators and confounders, and state of the art reporting. Case studies in a range of medical specialties are then presented. The hands-on approach of the book, written by a multinational team of experts, will enable the reader to interpret and independently conduct umbrella reviews.

Reviews

“This is a great reference for conducting an umbrella review given the novelty of the methodology and availability of several systematic reviews on a given clinical topic. … This well-written, step-by-step guide to umbrella reviews takes a complex, novel topic and breaks it down into manageable, easy to understand pieces. I would recommend this book for those new to the field and also to those who have done reviews in the past.” (Rajeshwari Nair, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Medico-Surgical Sci, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

    Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

About the editor

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai is Assistant Professor in Cardiology in the Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies of Sapienza University of Rome. He has got an established expertise in evidence-based cardiovascular medicine and is the founder of the Meta-analysis and Evidence-based medicine Training in Cardiology (METCARDIO) Collaboration. He has published more than 500 articles indexed in MEDLINE, including more than 130 systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or umbrella reviews, and he is the editor of the first book devoted to network meta-analyses and mixed treatment comparisons.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Umbrella Reviews

  • Book Subtitle: Evidence Synthesis with Overviews of Reviews and Meta-Epidemiologic Studies

  • Editors: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25655-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25653-5Published: 17 February 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79822-6Published: 30 March 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25655-9Published: 03 February 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 391

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Nursing

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