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Jadad AR, Boyle M, Cunningham C, et al. Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 1999 Nov. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 11.)
This publication is provided for historical reference only and the information may be out of date.
The San Francisco Cochrane Center helped coordinate the peer review of this report. Our thanks go to Dr. Lisa Bero, Dr. Drummond Rennie and Ms. Andrea Clark.
Structured Format for Referee Comments
(Please refer to page and paragraph number when making very specific comments.)
Question Formulation
Are evidence report questions well formulated and easily understandable?
Study Identification
Is there a thorough search for relevant data using appropriate resources?
Are there unbiased, explicit searching strategies that are appropriately matched to the question?
Study Selection
Are appropriate inclusion and exclusion criteria used to select articles? Are selection criteria applied in a manner that limits bias? Are efforts made to identify unpublished data, if this is appropriate? Are reasons for excluding studies from the report stated?
Appraisal of Studies
Is the validity of individual studies addressed in a reliable manner? Are important parameters (e.g. setting, study population, study design) that could affect study results systematically addressed?
Data Collection
Is there a minimal amount of missing information regarding outcomes and other variables considered key to the interpretation of results? Are efforts made to reduce bias in the data collection process?
Data Synthesis
Are important parameters, such as study designs, considered in the synthesis? Are reasonable decisions made concerning whether and how to combine the data? Are results sensitive to changes in the way the analysis was done? Is precision of results reported? Are limitations and inconsistencies of studies stated? Are limitations of the review process stated?
Research
Are implications for research discussed?
Conclusions (stated throughout the report)
Are conclusions supported by the data reviewed? Is evidence appropriately interpreted as inconclusive (no evidence of effect) or as showing a particular strategy did not work (evidence of no effect)? Is a summary of pertinent findings provided?
Format
Does the Executive Summary adequately summarize the report? Is the evidence report presented in a clear readable manner? If not, your suggestions are:
Other
What are the major strengths of this report? What are the major limitations of this report?
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Reviewers of this Task Order :
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Ronald Brown, PhD | Society for Pediatric Psychology Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina |
| Mina Dulcan, MD | Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago, Illinois |
| Theodore Ganiats, MD (Methodology expert) | American Academy of Family Physicians UCSD School of Medicine LaJolla, California |
| Peter Jenssen, MD | NIH Associate Director for Child and Adolescent Research Washington, DC |
| Rachel Klein, MD | New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University New York, NY |
| Geraldine Macdonald (Methodology expert) | Centre for Professional Studies University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom |
| William Mahoney, MD | Professor, Pediatrics McMaster University Children's Hospital Hamilton, Ontario |
| James Perrin, MD | Co-Chair, AAP subcommittee on ADHD Boston, Massachusetts |
| Karen Pierce, MD | American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Chicago, Illinois |
| Parminder Raina, Ph.D (Methodology expert) | Centre for Community & Child Health Research Co-Author, CCOHTA report Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Leonard Rapport, MD | Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts |
| Bennett Shaywitz, MD | Child Neurology Society New Haven, Connecticut |
| Martin Stein, MD | Co-chair, AAP subcommittee LaJolla, California |
| Richard Ward, MD | Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Deborah Zarin, MD | American Psychiatric Association Washington, DC |
| Criticism Editor Patricia Huston, MD, MPH | Ottawa Heart Institute Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |