Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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The AEDUCATE Collaboration. A Comprehensive antenatal education birth preparation programs to reduce rates of caesarean section in nulliparous women. Protocol for an individual participant data prospective meta-analysis
Published 2020Abstract Introduction Rates of medical interventions in normal labour and birth are increasing. This prospective meta-analysis (PMA) proposes to assess whether the addition of a comprehensive multicomponent birth preparation ...Open AccessArticle -
A guide to prospective meta-analysis
Published 2020In a prospective meta-analysis (PMA), study selection criteria, hypotheses, and analyses are specified before the results of the studies related to the PMA research question are known, reducing many of the problems associated ...Open AccessArticle -
Network meta-analyses in reproductive medicine: challenges and opportunities
Published 2020Abstract Network meta-analysis allows researchers to synthesise both direct and indirect evidence, thus enabling simultaneous comparisons of multiple treatments. A relatively recent addition to evidence synthesis in ...Open AccessArticle -
Associations between industry involvement and study characteristics at the time of trial registration in biomedical research
Published 2019Background Commercial or industry funding is associated with outcomes that favour the study funder in published studies, across various areas of research. However, it is currently unclear whether there are differences ...Open AccessArticle -
Antiplatelet agents for preventing pre-eclampsia and its complications
Published 2019We set out to assess the ability of antiplatelet agents, such as aspirin and dipyridamole, to prevent women from developing pre-eclampsia during pregnancy and to improve health outcomes for them and their babies. We also ...Open AccessArticle