scholarly journals Designing and analysing clinical trials in mental health: an evidence synthesis approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 114-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Wandel ◽  
Satrajit Roychoudhury
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Synthesis Approach

scholarly journals Blockade of the angiotensin system improves mental health domain of quality of life: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J Brownstein ◽  
Estela Salagre ◽  
Cristiano Köhler ◽  
Brendon Stubbs ◽  
João Vian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trials ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Angiotensin System ◽  
Health Domain

scholarly journals An evidence synthesis approach to estimating the incidence of seasonal influenza in the Netherlands

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. McDonald ◽  
Anne M. Presanis ◽  
Daniela De Angelis ◽  
Wim van der Hoek ◽  
Mariette Hooiveld ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Synthesis Approach

scholarly journals Evidence synthesis software

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 140-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Elizabeth Park ◽  
James Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Research Synthesis ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Bias Assessment ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Geographical Space ◽  
Synthesis Approach

It can be challenging to decide which evidence synthesis software to choose when doing a systematic review. This article discusses some of the important questions to consider in relation to the chosen method and synthesis approach. Software can support researchers in a range of ways. Here, a range of review conditions and software solutions. For example, facilitating contemporaneous collaboration across time and geographical space; in-built bias assessment tools; and line-by-line coding for qualitative textual analysis. EPPI-Reviewer is a review software for research synthesis managed by the EPPI-centre, UCL Institute of Education. EPPI-Reviewer has text mining automation technologies. Version 5 supports data sharing and re-use across the systematic review community. Open source software will soon be released. EPPI-Centre will continue to offer the software as a cloud-based service. The software is offered via a subscription with a one-month (extendible) trial available and volume discounts for ‘site licences’. It is free to use for Cochrane and Campbell reviews. The next EPPI-Reviewer version is being built in collaboration with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence using ‘surveillance’ of newly published research to support ‘living’ iterative reviews. This is achieved using a combination of machine learning and traditional information retrieval technologies to identify the type of research each new publication describes and determine its relevance for a particular review, domain or guideline. While the amount of available knowledge and research is constantly increasing, the ways in which software can support the focus and relevance of data identification are also developing fast. Software advances are maximising the opportunities for the production of relevant and timely reviews.

Mobile Mental Health for Depression Assistance

2022 ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Jorge Magalhães Rodrigues ◽  
Frédéric Oliveira ◽  
Carolina Porto Ribeiro ◽  
Regina Camargo Santos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Medical Illness ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Mobile Mental Health ◽  
Effective Treatments

Depression is a prevalent and severe medical illness that negatively affects how people feel, think, and act, with estimates pointing towards more than 300 million suffering from depression worldwide. Although effective treatments exist, about 80% of people in low and middle-income countries do not receive therapy. Therefore, technology has become a promising tool to assist in reducing disparities. This study aims to identify and map the available evidence on mobile health applied to depression and clarify key concepts. The authors analyzed clinical trials developed over the last five years. EBSCO and PubMed were searched, and a total of 14 conducted RCTs were selected and reviewed. Despite some limitations regarding dropout rates and several ethical and safety concerns, the mobile mental health future seems promising.

Economic evaluations in global mental health

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Mosweu ◽  
Paul McCrone
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Access To Services ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
All Solutions

This chapter discusses the importance of undertaking economic evaluations in mental health and the subsequent use of the results to inform policy relating to priority setting, resource allocation, or simply scaling up mental health services in low and middle income settings. We present examples o f economic evaluations conducted either alongside clinical trials or using economic models, in LAMIC. We also point out challenges that researchers in these settings may encounter and possible ways of dealing with these, but at the same time acknowledging that economic evaluation does not provide all solutions for issues facing mental health in the developing world. Access to services, affordability, equity, and stigma also need to be given a priority, while economic evaluation first needs to be understood and approved by policy makers, before it can be adopted.

Mental health quality of life after bariatric surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e12290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Szmulewicz ◽  
Kerollos N. Wanis ◽  
Ashley Gripper ◽  
Federico Angriman ◽  
Jeff Hawel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trials ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Health Quality ◽  
Health Quality Of Life

National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Trials

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Insel ◽  
Nitin Gogtay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Trials

scholarly journals Rapid evidence synthesis approach for limits on the search date: how rapid could it be?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Xu ◽  
Ke Ju ◽  
Lifeng Lin ◽  
Pengli Jia ◽  
Joey S. W. Kwong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Synthesis Approach
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