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| Title |
Can we rely on the best trial? A comparison of individual trials and systematic reviews
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-10-23 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Paul P Glasziou, Sasha Shepperd, Jon Brassey |
| Abstract |
The ideal evidence to answer a question about the effectiveness of treatment is a systematic review. However, for many clinical questions a systematic review will not be available, or may not be up to date. One option could be to use the evidence from an individual trial to answer the question? |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 43 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 16 | 37% |
| Canada | 5 | 12% |
| Germany | 2 | 5% |
| Greece | 2 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 12 | 28% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 53% |
| Scientists | 11 | 26% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 64 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 57 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
| Professor | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 19 | 30% |
| Unknown | 4 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 52% |
| Psychology | 5 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 March 2021.
All research outputs
#1,362,230
of 23,929,753 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Research Methodology
#168
of 2,117 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,144
of 108,924 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Research Methodology
#2
of 12 outputs
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