Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health
There are varied lessons to be learned regarding the current methodological approaches to women’s health research. In the present scheme of growing medical literature and inflation of novel results claiming significance, the sheer amount of information can render evidence-based practice confusing. T...
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description | There are varied lessons to be learned regarding the current methodological approaches to women’s health research. In the present scheme of growing medical literature and inflation of novel results claiming significance, the sheer amount of information can render evidence-based practice confusing. The factors that classically determined the impact of discoveries appear to be losing ground: citation count and publication rates, hierarchy in author lists according to contribution, and a journal’s impact factor. Through a comprehensive literature search on the currently available data from theses, opinion, and original articles and reviews on this topic, we seek to present to clinicians a narrative synthesis of three crucial axes underlying the totality of the research production chain: (a) critical advances in research methodology, (b) the interplay of academy and industry in a trial conduct, and (c) review- and publication-associated developments. We also provide specific recommendations on the study design and conduct, reviewing the processes and dissemination of data and the conclusions and implementation of findings. Overall, clinicians and the public should be aware of the discourse behind the marketing of alleged breakthrough research. Still, multiple initiatives, such as patient review and strict, supervised literature synthesis, have become more widely accepted. The “bottom-up” approach of a wide dissemination of information to clinicians, together with practical incentives for stakeholders with competing interests to collaborate, promise to improve women’s healthcare. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d4ea0c90db1d48a6a98ac6a6819fa5982023-12-03T13:36:25ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-01-01919210.3390/healthcare9010092Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s HealthCharalampos Siristatidis0Vasilios Karageorgiou1Paraskevi Vogiatzi2Assisted Reproduction Unit, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, 76 Vass Sofias, 11528 Athens, Greece2nd Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, 12642 Athens, GreeceAndromed Health & Reproduction Diagnostic Lab, 3 Mesogion Str, 15126 Maroussi, GreeceThere are varied lessons to be learned regarding the current methodological approaches to women’s health research. In the present scheme of growing medical literature and inflation of novel results claiming significance, the sheer amount of information can render evidence-based practice confusing. The factors that classically determined the impact of discoveries appear to be losing ground: citation count and publication rates, hierarchy in author lists according to contribution, and a journal’s impact factor. Through a comprehensive literature search on the currently available data from theses, opinion, and original articles and reviews on this topic, we seek to present to clinicians a narrative synthesis of three crucial axes underlying the totality of the research production chain: (a) critical advances in research methodology, (b) the interplay of academy and industry in a trial conduct, and (c) review- and publication-associated developments. We also provide specific recommendations on the study design and conduct, reviewing the processes and dissemination of data and the conclusions and implementation of findings. Overall, clinicians and the public should be aware of the discourse behind the marketing of alleged breakthrough research. Still, multiple initiatives, such as patient review and strict, supervised literature synthesis, have become more widely accepted. The “bottom-up” approach of a wide dissemination of information to clinicians, together with practical incentives for stakeholders with competing interests to collaborate, promise to improve women’s healthcare.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/1/92research qualitymethodologyevidence-based medicinesystematic review |
spellingShingle | Charalampos Siristatidis Vasilios Karageorgiou Paraskevi Vogiatzi Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health Healthcare research quality methodology evidence-based medicine systematic review |
title | Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health |
title_full | Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health |
title_fullStr | Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health |
title_full_unstemmed | Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health |
title_short | Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women’s Health |
title_sort | current issues on research conducted to improve women s health |
topic | research quality methodology evidence-based medicine systematic review |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/1/92 |
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