Twenty years of Cochrane reviews in menstrual disorders and subfertility

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dc.contributor.authorFarquhar, C.
dc.contributor.authorMoore, V.
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharya, S.
dc.contributor.authorBlake, D.
dc.contributor.authorVail, A.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, J.
dc.contributor.authorCheong, Y.
dc.contributor.authorShowell, M.
dc.contributor.authorNagels, H.
dc.contributor.authorMarjorbanks, J.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe past three decades have seen considerable change in the understanding of clinical research methods. There has been an acceptance that RCTs are the best way of establishing treatment effectiveness and a recognition that, while single studies are useful, pooling knowledge from a complete body of work is likely to provide the best evidence. Advances in methodology have been mirrored by the many advances in the field of reproductive medicine, such as assisted reproduction, assessment of male fertility, ovulation induction and laparoscopic surgery. Together, they have led to welcome improvements in the outcomes of fertility treatments. In particular, systematic reviews have become important tools enabling clinicians and patients to make health-care decisions based on evidence from all the available high-quality studies. The move towards identifying and aggregating the highest quality evidence has been led by the Cochrane Collaboration, which this year celebrates 20 years of preparing and publishing systematic reviews. This paper outlines the achievements, progress and challenges of this enterprise to date, with a particular focus on systematic reviews of reproductive medicine.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityCindy Farquhar, Vivienne Moore, Siladitya Bhattacharya, Debbie Blake, Andy Vail, Jane Thomas, Ying Cheong, Marian Showell, Helen Nagels, Jane Marjoribanks, on behalf of the Cochrane Editorial Board of the Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group
dc.identifier.citationHuman Reproduction, 2013; 28(11):2883-2892
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/humrep/det334
dc.identifier.issn0268-1161
dc.identifier.issn1460-2350
dc.identifier.orcidMoore, V. [0000-0001-9505-6450]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/82299
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford Univ Press
dc.rights© The Author 2013.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/det334
dc.subjectCochrane reviews
dc.subjectmenstrual disorders
dc.subjectsubfertility
dc.subjectassisted reproduction
dc.subjectsystematic reviews
dc.titleTwenty years of Cochrane reviews in menstrual disorders and subfertility
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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