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Jos Kleijnen is affiliated with Kleijnen Systematic Reviews in the United Kingdom. Their work spans a broad range of topics within medicine, with a focus on systematic reviews and meta-analyses. They have contributed extensively to the field of surgery, oncology, rheumatology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's research output includes a strong emphasis on healthcare interventions and treatments, often exploring outcomes related to pelvic floor disorders, anorectal diseases, colorectal cancer surgeries, and quality of life assessments. They have engaged in meta-analytical studies and have utilized the Delphi technique in research.

Frequent co-authors in Jos Kleijnen's publications include Robert Wolff, Nigel Armstrong, Stéphanie O. Breukink, Manuela Joore, and Sabine Grimm, reflecting collaborative research efforts across related specialties.

Main publication venues where their work appears are:

  • PharmacoEconomics
  • Colorectal Disease
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • United European Gastroenterology Journal
  • BMJ Open

Highlighted recent papers authored or co-authored by Jos Kleijnen include:

  • European Society of ColoProctology: guideline for haemorrhoidal disease, 2020, Colorectal Disease
  • Patient outcomes, patient experiences and process indicators associated with the routine use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in cancer care: a systematic review, 2020, Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in patients with signs or symptoms of suspected colorectal cancer (CRC): a joint guideline from the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), 2022, Gut
  • Most healthcare interventions tested in Cochrane Reviews are not effective according to high quality evidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of Faecal Incontinence-A UEG/ESCP/ESNM/ESPCG collaboration, 2022, United European Gastroenterology Journal

The main topics of Jos Kleijnen's research encompass:

  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies

Best Publications

  • The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G. Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

    D Moher;A Liberati;J Tetzlaff;D G Altman

  • The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and ElaborationPRISMA: Explanation and Elaboration

    Alessandro Liberati;Douglas G. Altman;Jennifer Tetzlaff;Cynthia Mulrow

  • The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews

    Penny Whiting;Anne W S Rutjes;Johannes B Reitsma;Patrick M M Bossuyt

  • Cannabinoids for Medical Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Penny F Whiting;Penny F Whiting;Robert F Wolff;Sohan Deshpande;Marcello Di Nisio

  • [ROBIS: a new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed.]

    Penny Whiting;Jelena Savović;Julian P T Higgins;Deborah M Caldwell

  • Influence of context effects on health outcomes: a systematic review.

    Zelda Di Blasi;Elaine Harkness;Edzard Ernst;Amanda Georgiou

  • Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity

    Janis Baird;David Fisher;Patricia Lucas;Jos Kleijnen

  • Five steps to conducting a systematic review

    Khalid S Khan;Regina Kunz;Jos Kleijnen;Gerd Antes

  • PROBAST: A tool to assess the risk of bias and applicability of prediction model studies

    Robert F. Wolff;Karel G.M. Moons;Richard D. Riley;Penny F. Whiting

  • Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study.

    Wichor M. Bramer;Melissa L. Rethlefsen;Jos Kleijnen;Jos Kleijnen;Oscar H. Franco

  • Clinical trials of homoeopathy.

    J Kleijnen;P Knipschild;G ter Riet

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement (Chinese edition)

    D Moher;A Liberati;A Liberati;J Tetzlaff;D G Altman

  • Use of uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography to predict pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: a systematic review and bivariable meta-analysis

    Jeltsje S. Cnossen;Rachel K. Morris;Gerben ter Riet;Gerben ter Riet;Ben W.J. Mol

  • Sources of Variation and Bias in Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy: a Systematic Review

    Penny F Whiting;Anne W S Rutjes;Johannes B Reitsma;Afina S Glas

  • PROBAST : A Tool to Assess Risk of Bias and Applicability of Prediction Model Studies: Explanation and Elaboration

    Karel G.M. Moons;Robert F. Wolff;Richard D. Riley;Penny F. Whiting

  • Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies

    Penny F Whiting;Marie E Weswood;Anne W S Rutjes;Johannes B Reitsma

  • Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine.

    Khalid Khan;Regina Kunz;Jos Kleijnen;Gerd Antes

  • Systematic review of water fluoridation.

    Marian S McDonagh;Penny F Whiting;Paul M Wilson;Alex J Sutton

Frequent Co-Authors

Khalid S. Khan
Khalid S. Khan University of Granada
Manuela A. Joore
Manuela A. Joore Maastricht University Medical Centre
Johan L. Severens
Johan L. Severens Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mike Clarke
Mike Clarke Queen's University Belfast
Douglas G. Altman
Douglas G. Altman University of Oxford
Stephen C. Robson
Stephen C. Robson Newcastle University
Michael Drummond
Michael Drummond University of York
Milo A. Puhan
Milo A. Puhan University of Zurich
David Moher
David Moher Ottawa Hospital

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