Application of causal inference methods in individual-participant data meta-analyses in medicine: addressing data handling and reporting gaps with new proposed reporting guidelines.

Autor: Hufstedler H; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. heather.hufstedler@uni-heidelberg.de., Mauer N; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany., Yeboah E; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany., Carr S; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.; Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA., Rahman S; University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, USA, MA., Danzer AM; KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt School of Management and Economics (WFI), Ingolstadt, Germany.; IZA, Bonn, Germany.; CESifo, Munich, Germany., Debray TPA; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.; Smart Data Analysis and Statistics B.V, Utrecht, The Netherlands., de Jong VMT; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.; Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands., Campbell H; Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, BC., Gustafson P; Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, BC., Maxwell L; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany., Jaenisch T; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.; Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, USA, CO.; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, USA., Matthay EC; Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, USA, NY., Bärnighausen T; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.; Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA, MA.

Publikováno v: BMC medical research methodology [BMC Med Res Methodol] 2024 Apr 19; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 91. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 19.

Systematic Review Reveals Lack of Causal Methodology Applied to Pooled Longitudinal Observational Infectious Disease Studies.

Autor: Hufstedler H; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg University, Germany. Electronic address: heather.hufstedler@uni-heidelberg.de., Rahman S; University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA., Danzer AM; KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt School of Management and Economics (WFI), Germany; IZA Bonn, Germany; CESifo Munich, Germany., Goymann H; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg University, Germany., de Jong VMT; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Campbell H; Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Gustafson P; Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Debray TPA; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Jaenisch T; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg University, Germany; Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, USA., Maxwell L; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg University, Germany., Matthay EC; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA., Bärnighausen T; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg University, Germany; Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Publikováno v: Journal of clinical epidemiology [J Clin Epidemiol] 2022 May; Vol. 145, pp. 29-38. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 16.