Competency in evidence-based practice can be enhanced with training, especially when training is multifaceted, clinically integrated, and includes an assessment component. However, training programs incompletely address the five steps of evidence-based practice (ask, acquire, appraise, …
Throughout 2021 we have been sharing some tips on how to use the PEDro Advanced Search. The tenth tip is “Access full text using links in PEDro”. Access to full-text copies of research articles is …
Each month in 2021 we are sharing short videos illustrating how to use the PEDro Advanced Search to find the best research to answer clinical questions submitted by PEDro users. The tenth question to be …
November 17 marks World COPD Day. This year’s theme, “Healthy Lungs – Never More Important”, aims to highlight the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the importance of keeping our lungs healthy. To …
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Taylor et al. The review concluded that behaviour change interventions increase physical activity during admission in hospitalised patients. Some suggestions for applying this evidence into practice are …
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability globally and results in enormous direct healthcare and lost productivity costs. Despite a large amount of research, there remains uncertainty about the best treatment approach for …
Transparent, accurate and comprehensive reporting of systematic reviews helps clinicians and policy-makers to implement the review findings into practice. This can be facilitated by helping the authors of systematic reviews to clearly report why the …
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone. There are now 53,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro.
DiTA contains 2,262 records. In the 1 November 2021 update you will find: 2,031 reports of primary studies, and 231 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests …
PEDro contains 53,008 records. In the 1 November 2021 update you will find: 40,814 reports of randomised controlled trials (39,870 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 11,504 reports …
