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Life After Stroke
Throughout March theCochrane UK team will be looking at the theme of ' life after stroke. ' This will include Cochrane evidence, ongoing research and the perspectives of stroke survivors, researchers and health professionals on life after stroke from the acute phase to rehabilitation and long-term effects and adjustments.See below for a round-up of materials or follow along on Twitter with the hastag#LifeAfterStrokeBlogpostsLife after stroke: a special series from Cochrane UKCochrane EvidenceLife After Stroke: a round up of Cochrane evidenceAll of the Cochrane Reviews on stroke can be found here, in the Cochrane Library.Fi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 15, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Cochrane Stroke vs COVID-19: Making it easy for people to find relevant COVID-19 evidence
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The chances of having a stroke increase with age and older people also appear to suffer greater consequences from COVID-19. There may be a link between COVID-19 and new strokes, so healthcare professionals may be caring for people who have both COVID-19 and stroke.Cochrane Stroke heard from stroke care professionals and researchers that it was difficult to find relevant material amongst the thousands of articles available. To address this need, they collated useful resources for stroke care teams on their website. In addition, they made it easier for people to fi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 24, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Cochrane Stroke vs. COVID-19: Making it easy for people to find relevant COVID-19 evidence
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The chances of having a stroke increase with age and older people also appear to suffer greater consequences from COVID-19. There may be a link between COVID-19 and new strokes, so healthcare professionals may be caring for people who have both COVID-19 and stroke.Cochrane Stroke heard from stroke care professionals and researchers that it was difficult to find relevant material amongst the thousands of articles available. To address this need, they collated useful resources for stroke care teams on their website. In addition, they made it easier for people to fi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 24, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Introducing Cochrane Heart, Stroke and Circulation
Stroke, heart disease, hypertension and peripheral vascular diseases are leading global causes of mortality and morbidity. As the population ages and these conditions become more common in low-income countries, the need for an integrated response has become increasingly clear.The newHeart, Stroke and Circulation Thematic Groupaims to bring together experts from across all four topics to foster collaboration between researchers in different fields while providing comprehensive reviews on cutting-edge topics related to stroke, heart disease, hypertension, and peripheral vascular diseases. A collaborative effortThrough th...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Featured Review: Electromechanical and robot ‐assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living, arm function, and arm muscle strength after stroke
Updated review: Electromechanical and robot ‐assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living, arm function, and arm muscle strength after strokeIn thisupdated review authors from Germany came together to re-assess the effects of electromechanical and robot ‐assisted arm training for improving arm function in people who have had a stroke. The review was updated from having low/very low quality evidence of benefit to high quality evidence of benefit.Electromechanical and robot ‐assisted arm training uses specialised machines to assist rehabilitation in supporting shoulder, elbow, or hand movements. Howev...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - September 6, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news
Cochrane vs. COVID-19
Cochrane provides high-quality, relevant and up-to-date synthesized research evidence to inform health decisions. This page highlights the many ways that Cochrane has successfully responded to COVID-19 around the world.Click on any of the case studies below to find out more, and check back often as we continuously add and update new stories.Making COVID-19 evidence easier to find - Cochrane Stroke heard from stroke care professionals and researchers that it was difficult to find relevant material amongst the thousands of articles available.Learn how Cochrane Stroke addressed this challenge. Making sure COVID-19 evidence...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
International Clinical Trials' Day 2016
International Clinical Trials' Day is celebrated around the world each year on or close to 20 May, commemorating the day in 1747 on which James Lind began the first known controlled trial, comparing different treatments for scurvy then in common use among sailors in the British Royal Navy. (Watch a video explaining the trial to see history in the making.) International Clinical Trials' Day seeks to raise awareness of the importance of research to health care, and draw attention to ways in which the research can become more relevant to practice.The European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (ECRIN) helps to co-ordin...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 19, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: mumoquit at cochrane.org Source Type: news
Promoting evidence-based health care in Africa
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Director ofCochane South Africa, gave an interview to the World Health Organization Bulletin. Here is a re-post , with premission, from their recent publication.Charles Shey Wiysonge is devoted to encouraging better use of scientific evidence for health policies and programmes in African countries. He is the director of the South African Cochrane Centre, a unit of the South African Medical Research Council, and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the department of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He was Chief Res...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Cochrane ' s 30 under 30: Ndi Euphrasia Ebai-Atuh
Cochrane is made up of 13,000 members and over 50,000 supporters come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.Cochrane is an incredible community of people who all play their part in improving health and healthcare globally. We believe that by putting trusted evidence at the heart of health decisions we can achieve a world of improved health for all. Many of our contributors are young people working with Cochrane as researchers, citizen scientists...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 12, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Cochrane author ’s work acknowledged in NIHR co-production publication
Cochrane author, and joint Co-ordinating editor, Alex Pollock, of Glasgow Caledonian University has seen her ground-breaking work in co-producing a Cochrane review included in a new UK ’s National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) INVOLVE publication.Alex involved stroke survivors, carers, physiotherapists and educators in an update of a Cochrane systematic review relating to physiotherapy after stroke. Her innovative work was included inCo-production in Action Number Two, as an example of good practice in Co-production, published in November 2019 by INVOLVE. You can hear Alex talk about her work in a webinar recorded ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 3, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Australian guideline developers join forces to advance Living Evidence
This news item was orginally posted on Cochrane Australia website.A new report published heralds an exciting development for evidence-based health care in Australia, with the promise of near real-time incorporation of research into evidence-based guideline recommendations now a step closer to reality. TheLiving Evidence for Australian Health Care report details the outcomes of forum hosted byCochrane Australia last month which brought together leading experts in evidence synthesis and guideline development across several of Australia’s most pressing chronic diseases to explore opportunities for advancing ‘Livi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - June 11, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Cochrane ' s 30 under 30: Joel Pollet
Cochrane is made up of 13,000 members and over 50,000 supporters come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.Cochrane is an incredible community of people who all play their part in improving health and healthcare globally. We believe that by putting trusted evidence at the heart of health decisions we can achieve a world of improved health for all. Many of our contributors are young people working with Cochrane as researchers, citizen scientists...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 13, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news
Cochrane ’s Neurological Sciences Field launches 2019 Summer School for young physicians and trainees interested in cerebrovascular diseases
Discussions on evidence-based medicine (EBM), elements of statistics, and what is needed to appraise evidence will be conducted so that participants will be encouraged to promote clinical EBM research and systematic reviews in their professional activity to manage uncertainty.After successful completion of the course, participants will bridge the research-practice gap in a context of evidence-based education through: knowing when and how to screen for particular conditions;having an understanding of how to appraise the evidence from trials and systematic reviewsknowing how to read a Cochrane Summary of Findings Table;unde...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - June 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Featured Reviews: Behavioural activation therapy for depression
How well does behavioural activation therapy work for depression in adults? And what about the effects of this treatment on depression for adults with long‐term physical conditions? Two new Cochrane systematic reviews look at the available evidence.Depression is a common mental health problem. It can cause a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in people, activities, and things that were once enjoyable. Treatments for depression include psychological therapies (talking therapies). Two reviews recently published byCochrane Common Mental Disordersfocus on a type of psychological therapy called behavioural a...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - September 9, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Real-time reviews of research findings will help policymakers address global crises such as COVID-19
Real-time reviews of research findings could help policymakers address global crises such as COVID-19, saysthis articlepublished inNature. Living evidence was first developed by Cochrane and an important recommendation for future health emergencies that came out of the recent Cochrane Convenes meetings. According to scientists writing in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, policy missteps will continue to overshadow the global response to COVID-19 because policymakers are overwhelmed with rapidly shifting research evidence. Faced with new challenges such as the Omicron variant, decision-makers can ’t keep up wi...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
